All Cyberdecks Ranked Worst to Best in Cyberpunk 2077 2.0

The most versatile OS in the game, each Cyberdeck is optimized for a different style of play. But which is best for you?
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
00:47 Perks
02:50 Cyberware
04:17 Raven Microcyber
07:37 Tetratronic Rippler
10:22 Biotech Σ
12:55 Netwatch Netdriver
15:43 Militech Canto
18:58 Militech Paraline
21:32 Arasaka
23:59 Conclusion

[@SamBram]

Edit: There is a greater untapped potential with the Microcyber and Tetratronic Rippler which I don't fully delve into here. I felt personally that playing a pure-runner with Overclock all the time left you very vulnerable. That is still true. However, it seems there are specific methods here that CAN work frighteningly well! I want to do better by both of these decks and I will, in dedicated build videos, as well as possibly a new quickhack ranking, which shows off some of the most broken new combinations we can use! Thanks for watching Choombas and thanks for Chippin' In with your suggestions as always. Your comments often help me steer the direction of this channel and figure out which videos are most helpful and ought to be made next!

[@thundereagle4130]

Personally, I think the mistake you make is that you have an image of ''what a Netrunner should be'' to much stuck in your head. In your head a Netrunner is someone only using smart pistols and monowire doing stealthy stuff. But I'd say netrunning isn't as dedicated, even compared to 1.6. Even if monowire or smart pistols are considered being part of netrunner fantasy, why can't a bulky meathead with a crowbar and a LMG not be a very strong netrunner? I think CDPR really wanted both to expand on stealthy netrunning fantasy while also providing tons of options for guns-blazing netrunning. The Microcyber is honestly more something for a John Wick Netrunner, being a Netrunner that goes in gun blazing trough the frontdoor with like a LMG/Shotgun and tanks everything while hacking multiple enemies with combat QH and seeing his enemies burn into a crisp by combat quickhacks. So a build mainly specced into body and intelligence. and just a walking force of destruction with combat and Ultimate QH. The Rippler is more something for marksman kind of build focussing on a silenced pistol. Upload combat QH > keeping Ping up > when target is low HP instantly kill with silenced pistol > cloak. In a way this Cyberdeck reminds me of the Infiltrator role in Mass Effect, in which you're just walking around in the fight cloaked, find a spot and shoot with a sniper. Biotech is mainly for builds that have problems taking on bulky targets or out-of-reach targets, and I'd say Katana builds with monowire support, full monowire or some shotgun builds. These builds for example can use QH's to deal with snipers and use monowire for bulky tier 3 enemies you want to deal with quickly without wasting tons of stamina. Netdriver is for really classic netrunning. Basically the goal is playing chess inside bases. You mainly wanna use cars detonations and turrets to create as much chaos inside a base as possible and weaken them like blowing up a lot of goons with car detonation, take over turrets and use things like Cyberpychosis before you even enter (or just kill them completely), alternatively you can kill key targets, I'd say it also works really well with snipers, as even if they hear you and are alerted, you're so far away nobody sees you or can touch you (and no, it is not boring at all). Canto: are for netrunners that have mainly specced into overclock and kinda wanna make their own fun. This cyberdeck adds nothing special but a very OP cool quickhack. Make your own fun with this one. Paraline: a cyberdeck that is basically the default ''cosplay as Netrunner Cyberdeck'' with support for smart weapons and monowire. So if you're really into that fantasy of a Netrunner always using smart weapons and monowire this is the deck for you. Just like the Canto it is also very versatile, but does not offer a lot of bonuses for either stealth or guns-blazing. Also unlike the others the 10% QH damage is kinda flat, so also the perfect cyberdeck for people who want to use netrunning as an ''addition'' rather than Arasaka as you describe, secret agent stealthy guy, but if you get detected you're basically dead. I'd personally rank them as follows: 7) Biotech: Might be very weird to use, and it is somewhat confusing what kind of build it is really going for, as there are better ways to deal with bulky targets. 6) Arasaka: Very good deck for stealth, but feels very boom/burst. Covert QH aren't that expansive anyway. 5) Rippler, you need to get the feel for this one, but it mainly focusses on you taking down targets with pistols and keeping Ping up, and reposition with cloaking. 4) Paraline: the most ''simple'' cyberdeck for peeps who really want that Netrunner fantasy, it is also very versatile. 3) Canto, very versatile as well, as long you invest in intelligence you can do whatever you want with it, but with full hacking commitment in Overclock if you wanna use Blackwall effectively. 2) Microcyber: Speccing full body, going in gun-blazing, churning out QH's and see all fools die around you. 1) Netdriver: You kinda have to hack in a new way, you're either far off with some sniper or are sneaking around doing takedowns/knive throwing, use vehicles and turrets to create as much chaos in a base as possible and just enjoy all the chaos around you as you walk towards the objective like it's nobodies business. But honestly, with the exception of the Biotech all of them are very close to each other. If you're good with being a Marksman the Rippler will be your nr1.

[@EdTheDragonSlayer]

Netrunning is not nerf, it is much stronger than in 1.0 due to Overclock. If you have high HP regen, high health item regens and cyberware recharge, you reach a point where Overclocking all the time actually works in your favor because every enemy killed regains health and increase cyberware use time (and recharge), which means more Overclock hacks. Though this means some high end Phantom Liberty Cyberware like Camillo Ram Manager and Axolotl. But the result is amazing: The more you kill in Overclock, the more you heal, and the longer you stay in Overclock and rinse and repeat. Overclock literally does not end until everything in your sight is dead, or you get hit by a lucky stray bullet (which happens a lot on Very Hard regardless of builds) Stealth is niche in 2.0 because quickhacks and 5 points in Reflex for the Dash ability completely negates the need for stealth. For pure Netrunner I think Reflex and Cool is absolutely useless, Body and Tech is the way to go. Tech allows you to have extra health item charges, heal % and recharge, plus more cyberware room.

[@smscx]

Not sure if others suggested this already but Rippler + Cybersomatic Optimizer might be the highest single target damage you can do in this game. Synapse Bournout + any Controll hack should 1 shot pretty much anything in Overclock. With enough health regen you can throw in in Sonic Shock to go stealthy and synpase bournout should keep overclock running until all enemies are dead.

[@By4o]

Rippler gives u +12 RAM when fully upgraded which kind of compensating you those additional spending on 3rd hack if u even need it, counting on a fact that sonic shock iconic version costs a whopping 2ram and implant malfunction cost another whopping 4ram with dis 2 hacks its no problem of reaping all benefits of the rippler, but yeah i am personally playing 2 smart SMGs that u never need to reload(tnx devs for Submachine fun) so when enemy notices me(somehow) that i am here i am immediately going battle mod with overclock + optics reboot (+40% head dmg ) + implant malfunction (+15% dmg, multiple instances if enemy is extra thick) and in between those 2 u can slap overheat for its full buffed dmg and +20% of thermal bonus dmg to your weapon dmg bcuz of the fact how overheat works now, and as u understand with 2 smart SMG that never need to be reloaded u can start shot your enemies from around a corner non-stop with such speed that they will be not able even move their finger XD

[@blacklotusbloom]

My humble opinion. With the raven deck, most effective way I’ve used it so far is sonic shock, contagion, overheat, and then detonate grenade. Also, its usually easier to get the ram cost down for detonate because explosives are usually always around and you can turn enemies into explosives. Can also just let the dots end em too if you all the top tier gear, but for lower levels using a tier three, or purple contagion along with a tier one overheat is a mean and neat combo. Things just corrode, burn, and by your choose explode.

[@Gaelen208]

Just FYI, the Tetratonic Rippler MK.5 Tier 5++ version (from Phantom Liberty) gives you 12 extra ram instead of the 5 extra ram you get from the base tier 5, which in my opinion makes it better than all the others

[@mercurialblonde]

Yeah this is my judgement too.

[@SteinerNein]

Overclock. Synapse. Ram is pointless when you can just feed the health engine

[@gakutoo]

agreed the Rippler is easily the best one

[@S34Mii]

It's not pointless when you can do the same thing you're doing with overclock but not consuming health or using overclock to do it. Not everyone is OK with dipping into their health pools to quickhack, me being one who has gotten through the entire game on very hard difficulty using this exact cyber deck without needing overclock at all. 45 total ram with a Ram jolt is pretty beastly.

[@brawler5760]

@@SteinerNeinMaybe not everyone is interested in trading every bit of their health to get more quickhacks out.

[@GacPrime]

You can activate Overclock when using cameras, but you have to be in scanning mode to do so.

[@totalishnc]

you've just changed my life

[@RhondaFizzleflint]

Please pin this comment, because the game never tells you and I was doing the camera on/off + overclock Limbo all the time. Thx choom!

[@pizzadlvboy1964]

I was wondering why he thought that. I've had no issues. Guess I am literally always in scan mode when I turn it on now that I think about it though.

[@albarca5084]

@@totalishnc our lives* bugsbunnycommiememe.jpg

[@MisterCynic18]

Lol I did this by accident several times and was upset I kept wasting it out of combat.

[@SirVelstadt]

The raven mk3 is my absolute favorite. It allows me to spread contagion and then queue up over heat on everyone for a massive nove of explosions. Paired with the new iconic explosive pistol things go from stealth to everyone explodes into a million pieces simultaneously. Note the 5++ version gives you +100% spread distance

[@scirrhia_kruden]

Try Synapse Burnout + the Iconic Bioconductor. Synapse Burnout extends Overclock with each kill, the Optimizer guarnatees crits, the damage scales off RAM used and scales double in overclock, up to 800% extra damage in Overclock, which then is also a guaranteed Crit, that extends Overclock. Synapse Burnout deals between 7k-70k+ per hit with this. Heal on Kill implant + Blood Pump (activates instantly) + Body tree to go infinite. Only downside is it trivializes combat, even on Very Hard, but it's a fun power fantasy.

[@iPrimitive]

​@@scirrhia_krudenDang! On the microcyber mk3? Or another one?

[@IvBeM]

This sounds amazing. Could you show this build in action in a vid? @@scirrhia_kruden

[@IvBeM]

@@scirrhia_kruden Ok, I've tried it, and you are absolutely right, this is insanely broken. The Raven 5++ is the absolute best deck for this by the way, because with overclock it has a 65% chance to double or triple the amount of Synapse Burnouts across vast distances. The cyberware investment is absolutely brutal of course, because you need 20 for the Raven, 50 for the Iconic Optimizer, then you need to stack memory boost, ram recoup, ex-disk so that your RAM amount isnt completely trashed by the -8 RAM from the Optimizer, which means 41 for those. Then blood bump, biomonitor, heal on kill is another 40. That is a shitton of cyberware points, but oh boy is it worth it. Synapse burnouts just keeps your overlock going forever, and with the amount of HP you recover from blood pump, a few points into body for regen, a few points into tech for better heal item charges, etc. What's more, the more Synapse kills, the less it costs, so you truly have infinite RAM. I tested this on Very Hard and kept murdering the cops at maximum heat for 10 minutes until I got bored. It blows up mechs in one hack, it does 20k base damage on anything it touches.

[@JesseBrohinsky]

As an INT/TECH runner, I agree, the Raven is pretty awesome. Contagion/Overheat is pretty much the equivalent of a D&D fireball.

[@ItsJayBirds]

A little tip, if you use sonic shock before the blackwall, the blackwall isn’t counted as activated allowing you to queue it to another enemy. You can clear an entire base if you upload 3-4 blackwall to 4 different corner in the group.

[@connoranderson7432]

Works with any control quick hack. I’ve been using cyberware malfunction. Canto is probably my new favourite deck.

[@arcadealchemist]

Also sonic shock also loads the hack faster for me, but without blood pump bio monitor I gotta work out the best method to stay immortal during my cyberpsyco moods

[@joaot8253]

@@arcadealchemist Queue some expensive quick after Blackwall, like Sunnyside or psyChosis, you get the ram back because of skills and whatnot and monowire siphons RAM in AoE during oerclock

[@jador9641]

It's kinda unfortunate tho to think that this isn't anymore the case apparently, with another unnecessary nerf coming from these butthurt assholes working for CDRP, clearly deadset to make the stealthy netrunner playstyle as much frustrating and unplayable as possible for some really stupid and questionable reasons, with the aggravating of being a god damn single player rpg game. With the tier 4 of Memory Wipe being now the only viable option for a pure stealth netrunner build, and considering how much expensive it is to use in queue on multiple enemies, they made lowkey impossible to stealth by any means with Blackwall Gateway. Thus making by fact the Tetratonic Rippler mk.5 the only reasonable and useful cyberdeck to main. That is unless you like even to use your guns every now and then. In this case, the Paraline is another top tier option.

[@Raphsophomes]

Wouldn't that fcking fry ur skull 💀

[@swami6484]

It's really hard to rank them properly because of how they cater to different styles. Personally, I've found the Tetratronic Rippler Mk. 5 to be the best for a pure netrunner build that doesn't really use other weapons.

[@chriswhinery925]

That juicy +40% damage mmmmmm.

[@swami6484]

@@chriswhinery925 that plus cox-2 optimizer + OC + synapse burnout and you"re destroying everyone before they can react

[@k808]

Tetratronic FTW, nothing else matters.

[@tangahkoncek6841]

Arasaka in the otherhand is quite viable of youre using the tracing system,while the tracing is 80% slower using the t4 memory wipe or just takedown to reduce cost for system collapse making it almost always 4 ram My fave combo is system shock into reboot optic kunai headshots Certainly give the ninja netrunner vibe for role-playing

[@chriswhinery925]

@@tangahkoncek6841 Main problem with the Arasaka is that Sonic Shock at blue tier or higher makes your hacks untraceable. It's so easy to just queue that up first that once you get to that point there's really no reason you should ever have to interact with the tracing system ever again. Slower tracing is a cool idea in concept but it's just objectively worse than not getting traced in the first place.

[@leek504]

I have to say I just love the camera playstyle. In my first playthrough I played a brute that just went into every building guns blazing. Now in my second playthrough I’m playing the camera Netrunner, which feels so great to me. Whipping an entire building without every entering it just feels so amazing to me.

[@queenannsrevenge100]

“Give me a Surveillance Camera, and I can move the world.” - _@rch1m3d3s_

[@waltlock8805]

Been looking forward to this one. So nice to have simple guides explaining options rather than just doing a "best build". Sounds like the game is now geared for owning multiple cyber decks and switching to the one you need for each situation.

[@0ff_13lvck4]

You can't swap your deck without a ripper doc unfortunately

[@mengxi6157]

It’s rather what style you want to roll out. You can get the same gig done using any Cyberdeck, if V’s properly tuned and controlled. So far, I feel, Raven Mk.3+Prototype: Shingen is the most mindless combination. Wipe out trash pulls so fast with so little control input. I play on very hard.

[@tokeeriksen2425]

@@mengxi6157 Yup, great combo. Raven mk3 + Contagion + any weapon that deals fire damage is pure carnage.

[@reasondro]

​@@0ff_13lvck4if you play on PC, there's this mod called RippedDeck that will allow you to do so. Here's the nexus mod link: www.nexusmods.com/cyberpunk2077/mods/9302

[@Boshea241]

Body is probably the better companion for Netrunner builds now instead of Cool. Adrenaline rush gives a nice safety net when going hard on OC, and makes the Bloodpump a better Ram Manager. You are probably going deep into Tech anyway for the Cyberware perks, so you can easily grab the healing item bonuses. With high level Synapse extending OC on kills, its almost like playing with a Sandi/Berserk. Pop OC and you can clear entire buildings without ever alerting anyone as long as you lead with Sonic Shock. For all the changes with Netrunner, it still has a similar progression curve as pre-2.0. It takes a little strategy early, but once you get T4/5 hacks you have all the tools you need to decimate any encounter before they even know you are there. You can invest into Cool/Dex for all the mobility, stealth speed, and Camo shenanigans, or just brute force hack with body and kill everyone before they even have a chance to start noticing you. Doesn't hurt that Adam's Smart Shotgun is rad as hell in 2.0.

[@jhacinf455]

Thats what i do im constantly being fed health so im able to slaughter everyone with overclock

[@nunumusslulu]

I mean with current Lv 60 max Level, you can just go 20 int 20 body 20 tech and a 15 cool for your common crouch perks- is what I do anyways

[@destroyercreater98]

Healing item bonuses? Why not the ram on neutralize stuff since. Overclock makes health = Ram. 1 point of ram = 10-9 points of health. Good cyberware rolls give you 0.19-0.33 points of ram per neutralize on each piece. Overclock has perks which make health stuff and ram stuff affect your health. On top of that, it’ll give you ram even if you use a quick hack or not. Which in overclock means you get more health on each kill than you do normally.

[@fishtheperson]

​@@destroyercreater98you can get both though

[@MrCraziieOne]

@@nunumusslulu i ended up going 20int 20 body 20 tech, 15 reflex and rest cool, once you use air dash its hard to go back, even if you get busted, i find it as a good escape option

[@charliegleason3782]

The Raven Microcyber deck is my personal favorite for its ability to upload Contagion to all enemies within spread distance at once. Combined with incendiary grenades (guarantees Burn within range) to detonate Contagion (at Tier 5) and the Warning: Explosion Hazard perk (which massively increases explosion damage against enemies affected by quickhacks), you have an amazing "oh shit" move in case you get overwhelmed. Best case, you can hit Overclock, then do Contagion on 15+ enemies and then detonate all of them using incendiary grenades. If you have the Pyromania and Burn This City perks (from the Tech tree), you can potentially do this in an infinite loop, since Contagion affects up to 5 enemies at once, and Burn This City replenishes a grenade charge after 5 explosion hits. Enemies affected by Contagion are obviously already close together, and they don't move much while they're affected, so if you aim well, you can hit all 5 with one explosion and immediately get that grenade charge back. If you don't hit all of them with the explosion, you temporarily gain a lot of Mitigation Chance, which greatly reduces the damage you take in case the enemies you missed survive Contagion and start attacking again.

[@Ecliptor.]

I love the explosion perk because of the large amount of tanks and whatnot you can make explode, one shotting the random enemy walking past one of those never gets old.

[@Chronor3]

I was so excited for this video, netrunning is my favorite way to play. Thank you Sam for another great cyberpunk video

[@specterspecter6373]

Rippler may still be the best depending on your play style. Extra ram allows you to potentially upload contagion 3 times. Start a fight by uploading it once into each group of enemies (usually there's not more than 3 groups), then use thermal dmg (Shingen Mark V smart smg works best) to explode contagion - kills everyone on Very Hard and is fastest clear for groups of enemies as a netrunner.

[@supergold9390]

This is pretty much my set up. Drop a contagion then create explosions with the shingen.

[@D00M3R_MAVS]

I have a rippler and a paraline. I use the paraline for my general build, but the rippler I seen potential in, so have one anyway. I'm not quite sure what to do with it in terms of builds, but the extra RAM is certainly nice. also the auto upload of reboot and the disarm hack to all targets within 8 meters, when you pop overclock, that just sounds awesome. Not sure if it works in practice yet, but it sounds great.

[@S2condHeartbeat]

Contagion only uploads 3 times with the iconic version, it has nothing to do with the cyberdeck you use. Contagion damage caps at 2 stacks, unless you have the iconic tier 5, regardless of the deck

[@CostelloDamian]

@@S2condHeartbeat you still need ram for it which rippler gives you the most

[@devilkit13]

Love your 2.0 coverage Sam, I was trying not to spoil myself watching your excellent videos. However I was able to finish one playthrough of Phantom Liberty this weekend. And I went full monkey mode with berserk and found it really fun. And was looking to go through as a stealthy nethacker my next run and well you release this video. Kudos and good health and continued growth and prosperity.

[@Evanz111]

Been binging all of your videos recently. I love how niche they are and how much they appeal they have for people who love learning the ins and outs of this game!

[@AnimalKing012]

You did amazing job with this. You’re right on how it’s hard to rank them now with all the changes to them in 2.0. Personally I use the Tetratonic Rippler MK.5. While I do mainly do stealth, I also like doing open combat and the Tetratonic seems like a nice balance for both with all the sweet RAM space. Can’t wait to see the rankings for pistols and submachine guns.

[@pepsi_baby]

I agree with the Arasaka. I started playing this game on 2.0 and chose Arasaka since it goes well with my play style. It's nice to see it's a deck that a more experienced player would choose as well. Awesome video. I learned a lot about netrunner style.

[@Pyke_]

Rippler is the best for my build: A Combat Netrunner. I don't use hacks to sneak like a undetected ninja, but to weaken enemies and finish them all with a single strike.

[@cnote6923]

yeah and he should be using the green reboot optics to add +40% damage for 2 RAM

[@GuakstickLabs]

Good list, though as you say it's harder to definitively rank these now as they each have strengths and weaknesses for different areas, like the bonuses to the Monowire for CQ or hacking through devices.

[@solomonkane9499]

Can’t wait to see your updated vehicle ranking

[@bladegolden7730]

I f****** love this guy...... His videos always help me out so much..... I love cyberpunk but sometimes it's hard to understand what I'm upgrading and this guy breaks it down easily. Thanks for being one of the best KZbin channels man.

[@NateMcQuade]

Great ranking, some very good pointers on combo play. None of the decks perform optimally for what I've tried to build (Net-slinging pistol/revolver and quickhack V) but the Firecracker mod on a silenced pistol combo'd with the Raven has gotten me close ...and given me a few absolutely spectacular group fights.

[@joshmakarenko5809]

I got a build for ya in a bit

[@phatvato7373]

Im currently using the Arasaka cyberdeck on a new netrunner build. Its ideal 4 a ninja netrunner build on Cyberpunk 2077 2.0. The detection time with the added shadowrunner perk is op.

[@Comicsluvr]

As usual, your video is informative as well as entertaining. Like you, I struggled to find the optimum pairing of cyberdeck and technique. One thing that I found to be effective though, especially for larger groups, is to upload Cyberpsychosis after Sonic Shock. The now-crazed enemy will get the attention of their former allies which can allow more shenanigans like controlling turrets or bursting fuel tanks. Another good tactic that I found is Distract Enemy to draw targets followed by Detonate Grenade. Fun for the whole family!

[@danielperalta9294]

Just something to consider… some combat and covert quick hacks have iconic (craft able, as far as I’ve seen) versions, with some getting increased duration, making the combat quick hack extension useful for some massive stacks on single targets (synapse burnout comes to mind)

[@Nathan_Coley]

I THINK I've only discovered your channel in recent months Sam but you are quickly becoming ranked among my regular watches.

[@Matt-iq7ci]

Hes the GOAT of cyberpunk. Glad u found him!

[@whiteowlmassacre4907]

Yo, kudos for tackling this ranking list, Sam. 2.0 made everything so highly specialized that most weapons/cyberware's usefulness is gonna be very dependent on how you play the game/personal preference. As always, very informative vid regardless!

[@benjamin_winters]

Been waiting for this one!!💜

[@SamBram]

After seeing your latest build I'm beginning to wonder if I placed the Rippler a little low 😬

[@zalo.kin.26]

SERIOUSLY GOOD CONTENT, got loads of ideas from more builds here, nice one

[@username.mp4387]

Bro you are pumping out these videos quick

[@cynic5581]

I’m really loving the Tetratonic. Really need to use the synergy with other quickhacks and Cyberware though. For example go sonic shock tier 4 > short circuit tier 5/iconic > reboot optics tier 2 than followed by synapse burnout or even an ultimate quickhack will get you all your RAM back since then enemy will die typically at the short circuit and you get 80% of the last thing in the queue back which is already discounted so you spend 10-15 but get 20-25 back. If the enemy doesn’t die and you hit him with an ultimate you’ll get 50K+ crit damage (since it’s multiplicative) and at that point nothing is going to live through that (thought I saw Krazegaming getting 100k crits I haven’t pulled that off yet granted overkill). Meanwhile you haven’t even been detected everyone is dead and your RAM and health are full. Again requires a lot of synergy. I guess the only fault I see, although a bit of a nitpick is you need kill one enemy at a time so you get all your RAM back. I’m betting you’ll see a zero damage play through using this deck (minus forced damage of course).

[@D00M3R_MAVS]

I was using the Tetra first, but switched to the Paraline at legendary, as the bonuses had more synergy with my build. The Tetra is great though. I just love the auto upload of reboot and disarm when you pop overclock. What kind of build is the Tetra best suited to, do you think please? I'd like to get some more use from it.

[@rhodan74]

@@D00M3R_MAVS e.g. Builds that don't use any +RAM cyberware but use monowire and/or guns/melee. You focus all your damage multipliers on the elites, spam some contagion on the trash mobs, pop overclock and then go ham with constant monowire finishers for full RAM refund. Trace ? What's that lol. Everything is frozen in place and puking. I am using biotech on my hammer/netrunner build. Spam all the DOTs while spamming blood pump for max adrenaline, overclock, spam more till hp is at 25% which refunds blood pump. Then wrecking ball through them, quake in the middle and start flinging fools. It's glorious. I get DOTs ticking for thousands while blood pump/adrenaline is always up.

[@willroth7521]

Do you seriously get back more ram than your spending? I’m not saying you’re wrong it just doesn’t seem like it should be possible.

[@rhodan74]

@@willroth7521 Atm the game refunds 80% of the base cost of hacks w/o taking any reductions into account. So yep, you can refund more than you spent.

[@D00M3R_MAVS]

@@rhodan74 nice. I might watch the movie "hackers" I've never seen it before, and they have an aesthetic in that movie, that is really close to cyberpunk. I was joking the other day, that my Runner looked like an extra from "hackers" :D

[@aeidenhowlett]

If you pair axotolt with Militech Paraline Mk4 with Ying Long you get infinite Overclock since every kill reset the countdown for Overclock making Ying Long to autolock on every enemy it has it sight on and the electricity damage just shred with Ying Long have a chance to proc EMP blast. It shred enemy on hard difficulty.

[@davidwhitfield6025]

Thanks for this. I was curious to see your recommendations compared to what I did. Most were the same although I did still like a few boosts to allow me some katana play. Your views are certainly different from others - I think the Rippler got many votes as the best - not to my taste. I have to admit I was old fashioned and just picked up my beloved Raven as soon as possible and then the Netwatch when I was able. Rarely used the Netwatch through the cameras and totally useless in the big running fights you get into at the end of Phantom Liberty trying to get Songbird to the Orbital Air shuttle but it still worked for me. (that took 2 attempts - you are not wrong about the one shot kill on Lvl 40 -50 Netrunner builds). However now that I have finished PL (and boy the "good" ending left me determined to go out in a blaze of glory rather than live as ... well spoliers - although starting all over again is a V speciality so ... and I still had my 2mil eddies to keep me company).

[@kilbom11]

I love that little James Bond reference at the very beginning. It speaks to the 007 fan in me

[@EricIsntSmart]

I HATE that awesome Blackwall tech like the erebus and canto are locked behind one ending with no alternative acquisition

[@euphoricstamen9562]

Honestly it sucks the game doesn't have a proper NG+, it'd benefit and compliment the game massively, allowing you to make different choices for different resolutions and rewards. Be fun going through everything again with a Militech Canto, killing everyone with horrific daemons that tear their nervous systems to shreds.

[@newnamesameperson397]

It's the best ending imo. So-mi finds her freedom and so does Reed in a way.

[@nicholaskarras2759]

​@@newnamesameperson397how so, of the 4 endings, this route has the 2 worst of the dlc, either you kill so mi, dont get a cure, reed is trapped working for the FIA, or you dont kill so mi she is "cured", but reduced to a crippled blackwall access point as her mind has been torn to sherds by malevolent AI, little to no memories or autonomy left, you literally wipe johnnys engram, alex dies as well, reed is once again duty bound to the fia, AND worst of all you become a husk of your former self, no cyberware, no friends, no legend.... The alternative to this is, alex is in monte carlo free of her duties, reed dies but is set free, you fuck over the bitch president, so mi is actually cured, johnnys engram is savable, night city doesnt abandon you and you are free to seek other avenues od being cured.

[@jador9641]

@@newnamesameperson397 As a long as inevitably ending as some kind of braindead sack of meat with your personality being erased and overwritten by a bunch rogue AI, falling for the rest of your life both slave of the Blackwall and Myers temper tantrums enters in your personal sphere of "freedom" then yeah, no one can actually argue with your logic.

[@insertedgynamehere___969]

@@jador9641 i think he meant killing her

[@cutwir3317]

I agree. I like Arasaka Mk5 while wearing the Optical Camo using Emergency Cloak from my relic. I love this play style.

[@jarichmaegh6676]

I really like the raven. In combination with a fire damagin weapon their is often a chain reaction between enemies when contagion is going on, clearing multiple enemies at once with 5 bullets.

[@scirrhia_kruden]

Try Synapse Burnout + the Iconic Bioconductor. Synapse Burnout extends Overclock with each kill, the Optimizer guarnatees crits, the damage scales off RAM used and scales double in overclock, up to 800% extra damage in Overclock, which then is also a guaranteed Crit, that extends Overclock. Heal on Kill implant + Blood Pump (activates instantly) + Body tree to go infinite. Only downside is it trivializes combat, even on Very Hard, but it's a fun power fantasy.

[@bokozulu1982]

Bait and kill

[@user-yz8py5dt5h]

Contagion and psalm 11 6 or the metel revolver with firecracker on it or even ogou smart pistol are a recipe for mass explosions with the raven. Im going to switch to it when i get home.

[@bluegem8582]

Seems early on I caught onto the fact that the new arasaka was gonna be great, with even its baseline having that 40% tracing (Although I've mostly once again gone with sande/biodyne beserk in my corpo rn, but nomad and making use of like shingen prototype/genjiroh seems also like a fun idea)

[@tangahkoncek6841]

The best thing about arasaka is once overclock, you can going ham spreading daemon and it will not increase the trace meter like others, and the combo of covert into damage daemon is very cheap

[@certanmike]

Wish they let you do the simple hacks with a sandy as I wanted to do a minowire sandy run

I play on very hard and don't care about being traced. With the rippler just sandwich short circuit or synapse burnout in between control quickhacks and you'll destroy everything. That +40% damage is no joke.

[@Jarredpearman]

You can slot in low tier control quickhacks to save ram if that helps, i think.

[@Lowdian]

This. The 40% extra damage just from putting a cheap control quickhack right after in the queue alone already makes the Rippler my absolute favorite. The extra ram and more damage with smart weapons is just the glazing on top.

[@walterbutter]

Great video as always Sam! Can't wait for the Phantom Liberty secrets videos! I like watching them more than playing cyberpunk itself 😂.

[@studiodevilry8412]

Awesome! I had get real creative with netrunning due to the nerfs but I couldn't settle on a deck, I used the Netwatch Netdriver but wasn't happy with it, I think I'll try the Militech or Arasaka.

[@silent_killer_636]

I was waiting for you video man.. I already started using Arasaka from Tier1. I'm releaved after seeing your video.

[@kinsan89]

I love the Arasaka deck simply because I love doing stealth and oftentimes do more takedowns than hacking, so I'm refreshing my RAM very often. With the bug of System Collapse stacks lasting infinitely, it synergizes amazingly

[@sonjaR2]

Heh! Watching this makes me feel validated. :D I chose the Arasaka Deck for precisely the reasons you mention, and it has been awesome. Thanks for such a clear, informative video, btw. I enjoy how, unlike many KZbinrs who focus on gameplay, you cut through the repetition, chaff and hyperbole (do they get paid by the word?), and just deliver all the important information.

[@Silvanohnerizz]

These type of videos are the best atm

[@S34Mii]

I haven't used any other cyber deck but I know that Rippler tears through some stuff. 45 total RAM on my build with a RAM jolt. That's enough to tear some stuff up and then some. I pretty much never need to overclock but the option is there if I care to use it and get even more.

[@pascalg16]

My man is on a roll!

[@BookkeeperGaming]

I like the rippler for my stealth netrunner, bc in the early game and even in the late game sometimes the reboot optics bonus damage headshot + the deck damage bonus stack and can make it possible to one shot enemies you normally wouldn't be able to do. Hard to rank all of them bc they can all be used for specific styles of play. Honestly, glad we have so many with very different features.

[@cosmicsubset851]

Hey Sam, love the video. I have been trying to decide what build to do next and was wondering if you would do a 2.0 build ranking video?

[@taliawtf6944]

I love the overclock mechanic, I have yet to run into a group in either a stand up fight or a stealth situation that I could not utterly demolish in one short overclock use. It's just divine to run into a big angry boi mech then tear him apart from the inside out. lol

[@snappa_tv]

Or better yet use cyberpsychosis and have him slaughter his friends doing your bidding

[@revalon1282]

The Militek canto while I know Blackwall gateway isn’t optimal there is just something so fun when you get it to run perfectly. And I generally only ran memory wipe/ping, short circuit, synapse burnout, and sonic shock before getting it so I’m not that hurt by only having 4 slots.

[@blackop3765]

I still use netwatch. Old habits die hard. My ram regen is very similar to pre 2.0, its probably because my netrunning skill is nearly maxed. Legendary synapse only costs 8 ram after using a single legendary malfunction that only costs 4. Netrunning for sure isnt dead

[@FreyAgni]

I played my og runs as a netgunner more neteunner than anything. Entering the new update was crazy on how different the game was... then so I was just waiting for this video since you did the sandy one, as always the help to build my V is top tier

[@pastrana21]

Nice vid sam. was looking forward to this one. for me, i've been conflicted between netwatch netdriver, paraline and arasaka for a while (started new playthrough for p.l). + & - for each. I love the netwatch ram capacity it gives, but that's about it, paraline for the semi all round capability & arasaka for the untracability...but all 3 have negatives that i dislike equally so still been switching off and on throughout my game this time around.

[@pastrana21]

sidenote: i also think you deserve more subs. been watching your vids since you started your 1st vids with cyberpunk and i always find them really informative. you have a good "voice" for content speaking lol

[@Kmonroe3]

I use tetratronic rippler . With the following pattern. Sonic Shock (t3) Short circuit (t5) Reboot optics (t1) Synapse burnout (t5) Iconics on t5 if possible So with the reduction of cost with last hack in queue and 80% return of unreduced cost you can just constantly upload this combo to weaker enemies. If they are strong enough to survive the short circ crit then the crit from synapse burnout ends them.

[@bluger711]

Why not always t5?

[@Kmonroe3]

@bluger711 ram cost. If you have the iconic sonic shock it is less than t3 and I use that. I didn't at the time of the comment

[@bluger711]

​​@@Kmonroe3And sometimes a lower tier requires less RAM? Is it Tier 5++ Cyberdeck you have?

[@Kmonroe3]

@bluger711 it's more why spend ram you don't have too you don't need the effects of t5 sonic shock and reboot is only there to give the 40% boost to short circuit with tetratronic why pay for them. The bonus damage on synapse is already enough that if short circuit doesn't end them it does. Makes you more able to spam it without overclock and keeps you healthier when In overclock

[@bluger711]

@@Kmonroe3 Thanks! I will try that out as soon as my Tetratronic is on 5++. So Sonic Shock also on t5 and the rest is like you posted initially?

[@86wezza88]

I use the Raven deck. I use it for Contagion, followed by overheat to make an explosion. It's great when enemies are close together. I did have a tough time choosing though. Self Ice definitely helps.

[@86wezza88]

That Arasaka deck definitely seems interesting. Might need to give that a shot.

[@BLeePrit]

I could imagine the Rippler being amazing for an Netrunner sniper Ashura build. Reboot optics with this cyberdeck would give the sniper a huge headshot boost and if people get close you pop overclock and whip the monowire to cover your close range needs.

[@Err0Rose]

this vid is super useful, thanks!!

[@sn0wyc0sm0]

I went from despising the Arasaka cyberdeck before 2.0, because it felt so selective like I had to play only one way, now it’s my main cyberdeck because I can play with a mix of quickhacks, stealth takedowns, and guns. Previously I was using a legendary silenced Nue, but now I wanna spec into Smart weapons to better compliment quickhacks in combat, don’t wanna do the end of the game for the smart weapon in Adam Smasher’s secret room, so I’m gonna do Stadium Love and get that weapon.

[@MrElvisNilsson]

Tetratronic Rippler is soooo broken. This should always be your first deck, before you start reaching higher levels and don't need the extra 12 Ram anymore. The +40% damage on just following any combat quick hack with any old 2 Ram costing control hack is such a nice Ram saver. Instead of queuing up 3 short circuit, just que 2 and have 2 cheap controlls after, does WAY more damage for less cost (due to synergies on perks AND deck). I tried the Raven... which whould be my favorite, if the spreading was consistent on Contagion... which I found it was not. Sometimes is spreads to 3 guys around a car and a guy across the street. sometimes I just hits 2 of the guys around the car... feels very buggy :_:

[@jadedrivers6794]

Great video! Subbed!

[@karenpojar2514]

I love the Biotechnica deck with the "extra dmg per hack type", "ram generated on monowire hit", and "ram regenerated applies to health during Overclock" perks. It turns a monowire build into a lifestealer melee class with crowd control and stealth nukes. The extra dot dmg and duration from the deck means a Sonic Shock and Overheat combo is overkill for low tier enemies. For mid-tier tanky enemies, add in a cyberware malfunction to the combo finish them off. But for bosses: weapon glitch to keep them close range, a full stack of cyberware malfunction for the massive burst dmg and permanent electric dot, overheats as availble, and finally a thermal monowire (more dots) while using Overclock. The thermal dot from the monowore gets boosted, and the ram regained from monowire hits heals any damage received. Adding in Adrenaline from the Body tree and you become a lifestealing tank.

[@10C45E]

wow. They REALLY improved cyberdecks since the last time I played!

[@Equinoxx131]

You ranked the Tetratronic and Raven last where they are the 2 best one in Very Hard. But i see why in other difficulties they don't perform that well. The Raven combined with a burn mod on weapons or burning weapons (new katana, Shingen Mark V) is very powerful, you can place contagion then shoot on the ennemies and make them all explode, with the Shingen who is also a Smart Weapon it's very good. The problem with this cyberdeck is indeed Stealth and Boss fight. You still have a good combo for stealth, Memory Wipe - Reboot Optics - Sonic Shock, you can use the Blue Memory Wipe for less ram usage in this combo. The Tetratronic, in Very Hard you need the 40% damages bonus, mostly for the Synaps Burnout combo with Cyberware Malfunction. It really good for boss fight wich is one of the problem netrunner have.

[@candybeans]

I've been using the Raven for the AoE advantage, but this makes a great case for using the Arasaka before starting PL and then trying to get that new deck. Such a cool bonus.

[@johnroberts838]

Excellent comparison, thank you Sam, 👍👍👍

[@SamBram]

Thanks for watching John!

[@haborym3508]

One thing to note about the Rippler is how the 40% damage buff synergizes with Blood Daemon, Queue Mastery, and Data Recycler. Blood Daemon gives 40 HP back for each queued hack on kill. If your buffed up second quickhack kills and you have a locked queue of 4 hacks, you get 80 HP back, the equivalent of 8 RAM if you're overclocked. Data Recycler refunds 80% of the quickhack cost of queued hacks on kill. This seems to be calculated before the 50% discount from Queue Mastery, so you effectively gain 30% of the RAM cost of the last hack in the queue as long as it doesn't upload. So with a queue like T3/4 Sonic Shock + T5 Synapse Burnout + T2 Reboot Optics + T5 Synapse Burnout, the first Synapse Burnout gets the 60% extra damage from Embedded Exploit, 40% from Rippler, and 15% from Queue Mastery. The 80 HP from 2 Blood Daemon triggers should fully cover the cost of T2 Reboot Optics after quickhack resistances against non-netrunners, and the 80% refund of the second Synapse Burnout should fully cover its own (reduced) cost and effectively give you a 30% discount on the first Synapse Burnout.

[@chriskarpetas]

Raven is fantastic IMO, simply because at T5++ the spread is distance is +100% giving Contagion massive AoE spread potential. Then switch to the Shingen Mark V, fire a few round and watch as everyone explodes, especially if enemies are close to each other for chain reactions. Getting traced is fairly irrelevant if everyone is already dead by the time they start firing at you. Combine it with Overclock + Synapse spam and you pretty much kill everything 2 seconds into the fight. I find the Canto as one of the worst, actually, simply because the RAM costs are insane, and you might as well overload and spam Suicide. It's cool for the lore aspect, but having only 4 slots is crippling for any serious netrunning build.

[@mikee4639]

Very helpful Thank you

[@Spacemanspark]

I've been waiting for this video. I use the Biotech cyberdeck, with my only physical weapon being the monowire. Damn thing slaughters when overheat + control hacks have been uploaded. I've specced into tech, body and reflexes, allowing me to fly all around each combat encounter like a deranged hyena while letting loose with the wire and hacks. Absolutely love this playstyle.

[@ANUBIS.911]

TECHNOTRONIC RIPPLER

[@Seoul_Soldier]

Great video but one correction: the Biotech cyberdeck does affect Short Circuit. Specifically it boosts the "+control duration quickhacks" effect of Short Circuit and the EMP damage over time. Militech Paraline and Canto are still my favorites though since I favor smart weapons.

[@sanguinetales]

I have since changed my mind from the Paraline to the Raven Micro. Cox-2 Cybersomatic Optimizer and Synapse Burnout is all you need during overclock and you can wipe everything in minutes. Synapse can spread and it often will causing multiple enemies to go down giving you infinite overclock

[@smiling4726]

One huge advantage of the militech canto is, that you can take down every boss enemy (exept adam smasher, who you cant use blackwall gateway on, because of impossible ram costs) in 1 or 2 blackwall gateways. Its also not lethal on boss enemys which makes it perfect to neutralize cyberpsychos

[@Cuthawolf]

Haven't had a chance to experiment with the 'Decks much, but your #2 seems like it's going to be my first port of call.

[@gizmo104drives7]

Hey Sam. Just to let you know iv been gorging on cyberpunk content over the last few weeks... your content is without a shadow of a doubt ruling supreme over the rest Hope I can be in a place to help support this endevour on your patreon or donate soon

[@prncrx]

also running the militech paraline, surprised it's not mentioned much in the comments. definitely the best for an offensive monowire build; the only downside to monowire in 2.0 is that it's way underpowered unless you have the higher level perks and/or the PL relic perks, both of which are mid-later game options at best.

[@Shadowhunt687]

I am in LOVE with the Canto

[@chtrouvpadnom]

After a (long !) deliberation, I finally went with the Tetratronic. First of all, it has the highest ram. Then, against "bosses" such as cyberpsychos, the +40% is soooooooo helpfull in higher difficulties ! With more crowded locations, being stealthy is often possible without a dedicated cyberdeck. And if you need to take down multiple ennemies at once, the extra ram is a huge help.

[@petrisz]

Arasaka matches my play style best but I was not expecting that deck at No 1 :) I can't wait to get into the Phantom Liberty part of my current play. It will be a lot of fun to discover the game the same time you gradually release further gameplay and story videos.

[@UnrealAxel27]

He did say that this is only his opinion so most likely he's running a similar build to you. For me Rippler is No. 1. All that extra ram goes great with overclock and synapse burnout

[@bokozulu1982]

Good video Sam. But you missed the point of the Techatronic Rippler. You get more ram as you upgrade to make use of the queue mastery perk and ram recovery. At tier 5, you upload 4 quick hacks - control, combat, control, combat. The last one can be synapse burnout which will be at half cost. With overdrive active, you will recover ram when the enemy is downed or if they are downed by the first combat hack you get 80% of the stated ram cost back of the last 2 hacks, not the lesser ram cost used.

[@west5385]

The tetraronic is my favorite cyberdeck as it suits my playstyle the best. I appreciate the list and also how you said it will very person to person, playstyle to playstle.

[@ducksoff7236]

I'm playing a fully borged up sword wielding mantis swinging limb chopping samurai. Been pretty invincible so far 3/4 through the game. This is the first time I've not only been looking forward another play through but wanting to play again in completely different play style with this much anticipation and knowing I'll probably want to try 3 or 4 styles after that. I'm glad I got Starfield for free with my CPU because I quit playing it once Phantom Liberty hit and haven't looked back.

[@CheekiScrubb]

just a tip : use heal on kill cyberware and only do blackwall gateway on overclock, it doesnt really make it capable of killing multiple times, however because i also spec in body and play a hybrid playstyle between agressive solo and ghostrunner it helps to take out high threat enemies considering it deactivates devices and instakills most enemies, i just use optical camo and sonic shock on netrunner enemies and the other 3 can be whatever u want. especially since the pl update makes it easy for stealth even for low cool attribute builds using only the gag order perk

[@caffiend81]

I'm using Arasaka with Cool/Body support and it's insane. Pair with T5 Synapse Burnout to extend Overclock when you take an enemy out with all the health recuperation on kill from cyberware/Body and Stealth from Cool and you can basically breeze through entire buildings like some vengeful spirit lol

[@witcher1973]

Thinking it may be time for a new update on decks, since you can overclock through cameras now for one. Would be nice for a fresh perspective, since i dont use sandies on my build but run a time stop / bloodpump edgerunner cyber samurai build, but im not good at nor have the patience for maxing potential. I just went with what feels good, now if i could get airdash to work on my 5th mouse button it would be even better, its placement on the keyboard sucks (so i literally cant use it, not double jointed) but running overclock and hacking everything in sight before jumping in with a katana as time slows is a hella lot of fun, specifically when berserk kicks in afterwards, feel like a real cyberpsycho when the laughing starts. Newer build guides would be a blessing. Saving my reset on perks till i figure out exactly how to keep my build intact but push it to the max. Think i have watched this video about 5 times now.

[@ARUNMANOJ86]

reinstalled it to play DLC after 2 year break..loaded up my runner build still had rippler in deck.. upgraded it and tested the old contagion + fire grenade combo still drops valentions in 1 shot at veryhard.. so imma stick to that build.. good that they dint remove the contagion + fire explosion thing its also satisfying to hear teh sizzle when it happens.

[@scooterberry0605]

fun fact: the contagion + burn/overheat combo can proc pyromania from the tech tree the raven deck may be useful for a more explosively inclined netrunner

[@Osma777]

Thanks for the breakdown, and I'm surprised but happy that I picked the "best deck", especially for my build. My build is really focused on stealth...at least at first. My body is only at 6 and reflexes are at 4, making anything other then cyberdecks useless. Meanwhile with cool now controlling pistols and rifles, I have even more reason to put tons into cool. However, I do not have the patience to be James Bond. Eventually they WILL find me. ...Which is why my Tech was at 20 before I even got the chip. This results in an enemy detecting an intruder, only to find a borged out solo headhunter with more armor then god, a freaking rocket arm, and more grenades then the NUSA Army. Oh, and a fully upgraded tech shotgun or rifle to fire through walls, naturally. Man when I get my hands on Comrades Hammer... Stealth for days, because they won't like me when I BREAK stealth. "I see nothing! I know NOTHING!!"

[@dapprman]

I'm another who was waiting for this video as nothing was clear cut. I started a new run when 2.0 came out and moved across to Raven, but do realise it's weaknesses in tougher fights, especially as I tend to stealth cyber. Might actually give the Arasaka a try now as the tracking is too much of an issue with the large scale stuff Phantom Liberty seems to bring (at least with the side missions).

[@MathewSteeleAtheology]

I just got to level 30 on my second playthrough, having only been playing for about three weeks, and I only now realized how lucky I was to find the Paraline on the first run. I don't have a preferred playstyle, I try everything, and that one is perfect for flexibility.

[@foxfire7]

The Arasaka one is my favorite also, but I could see myself using the smart gun enhancing one for my net runner.

[@4m4n40]

My go-to is the Raven, dumping loads of contagions and using that iconic prototype arasaka smg makes them explode and also makes detonate grenade dirt cheap too. Also works very well with synapse burnout.

[@SeraphimXVI]

Holy fuck, boutta try this rn

[@MeatXsuperreal]

Hi sam! Love your vids, help out so much 😊. I was working on the best ways to make the Canto more practical and I think I’m onto something. Four things 1.) Biomonitor 2.) Blood Pump 3.) Tier 5 synapse burnout 4.) Sublimation perk Tier 5 synapse extends overclock if it kills an enemy. The idea here is to pop overclock, apply Blackwall to the furthest target and go nuts spamming synapse burnout on targets not being hit with blackwall. As you spend your health and ram, you start to get both back overtime as long as overclock is active AND biomonitor will keep your health in check as you hack. But then it gets extra stupid because thanks to synapse’s extending effect, you’ll make back most of your resources as blackwall keeps going, it’s especially useful since blackwall’s upload starts so slow. But let’s say you mess up and blackwall ends early, no biggie, spam again and again. If you wanna get EVEN MORE STUPID. Adrenaline Rush, Ticking Time Bomb, and Spillover makes overclocking feel godlike. Now granted, you can do all these same things with a different cyber deck and just synapse. That’s where I start to get stumped, making canto do something actually unique with this idea. But at least you can use Canto without it being too…disappointing

[@MeatXsuperreal]

Wait! @Jay-bz8zo cracked it! If you use blackwall as a queued hack instead then you can continue uploading blackwall to several different targets effectively making use of all the ram you’re getting during overclock. Combine this with my own strat and BEHOLD devastation.

[@essidus]

For myself, I found myself focusing on the Rippler. At Tier 5++, the deck provides a hefty 32 max ram. The natural 20 already has it tied with only one other board, and the 12 bonus is hard to turn down when paired with the Camillo RAM Manager. At Tier 5++, gives 30% of max RAM back when you drop below 20%. When you're spec'd for ram, that's something like 12 extra ram. Then have a look at the Iconic Synapse Burnout- 12% extra damage for each ram spent, up to 600%, which is doubled on Overclock, and extends Overclock duration by 5 sec. Then you go back and factor Rippler's damage bonus by dropping a second hack behind it, and it gets insane very, very quickly. Then, to top it off, focus on body/Tech for the extra health and healing perks, and you very, very quickly have enough ram to deal with even the most major encounters with pure hacking, or mix it up with the monowire/smart gun regen effects to augment hacking with a bit of combat. And beyond that it synergizes with the monowire relic enhancement- delivering a non-combat quickhack that will give your monowire 15% bonus damage.

[@dolphinboy7006]

I haven't finished the PL story, by what is this second face cyberware slot? how did you get it? time around 3:55 when you were showing the kiroshi.

[@Morgan13174]

I currently am running with the Militech Canto, and there are a few other perks that I have found. The Canto is not a stealth deck, it is a combat deck for a intelligence/body build more than a typical stealth hacker build. I went 20 int 20 body and ignored every perk in the body tree aside from the health regen bonuses and adrenaline perks. Then, once you upgrade the Canto to its highest level (its ridiculously expensive in terms of components, but it's worth it), there is almost no cooldown on overclocking. Next, the blackwall hack actually can be buffed by uploading several cheap quickhacks before uploading the blackwall breach, and at the highest upgrade, you can upload two. So the strategy is go to in "guns" so to speak blazing, go into overclock immediately, upload a cheap hack several times then upload blackwall breach, do it again to another, then watch as everyone around you gets hacked almost simultaniously with blackwall breach. On bosses, I have found that stacking cyberware malfunction, then uploading two blackwall breaches, is enough to one shot or at least very heavily damage most bosses. Then with your body build and blood pump, you are near instantly back at full health and ready to overclock again. Edit: actually after some testing I was wrong. Upgrading does not let you upload more than one Blackwall hack, but rather as you upload the hack, if you are fast, you can upload as many blackwall hacks as you want.

[@charlespk2008]

I think with double jumps and air-dashes, you can replace stealth with running around EVERYWHERE. Also there seems to be a great synergy between explosives, and quickhacks, that isn’t directly supported by any of the scyberdecks.

[@combsmsb]

Something that works with the rippler is there are non combat quickhacks that deal really good damagw like cyberware malfunction. So do sonic shock -> short circuit -> cyberware malfunction will one shot a ton of stuff

[@electrified0]

I'd recommend trying out putting memory wipe, synapse burnout, and system collapse alongside the Arasaka deck. Basically, your bread and butter is using synapse burnout to drop all the weak enemies, with memory wipe pre-queued to keep resetting trace progress down to zero. Synapse burnout will maintain a 3x reduced ram cost and extend your overclock, then you can use system collapse at a reduced cost of 4 RAM to 1-shot any harder enemy. It's also possible at higher levels to simply activate overclock and system collapse 1-shot a lot of otherwise difficult enemies from untracable status.

[@paraboliczen4618]

Just a heads up, I don't know if you already know, but it wasn't covered in the video, so I thought I'd add a tip. Suicide quickhack grants health, so when used with overclock, you essentially have infinite ram. I get chunks back with synapse as well. Pretty cool tbh.

[@TheZaror]

So far I found that my favorite is the raven having reached act 3 on very hard usually trying to be non lethal mostly relying on system reset and a low level memory wipe. In combination with the cooldown resetting iconic which is not once per combat but a fixed amount of cooldown it can reset gives you a lot of over clock and most of the time enemy’s Weill never enter combat. On a small side note stealth is extremely easy with the perk that triggers stealth on crouch sprinting allowing the player to basically ignore cover and just run straight to the objective