All Quickhacks Ranked Worst to Best in Cyberpunk 2077 (1.6)

[@SamBram]

Update! This video is completely outdated as of update 2.0! Go watch the updated version instead: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWPTdml-jrOYqLM This is only relevant to old gen console users now.

[@featuresnobodyaskedfor]

Legendary optic reboot is one of the best quickhacks to carry as the passive makes the enemy go blind when they see you

[@SamBram]

It's also funny to watch them shoot randomly into thin air!

[@joaquinvallejos5603]

Yea Men Optic Jamer is a preaty OP Deamon.

[@crazy-tommy]

Optic Jamer also takes out cameraswhen they detect you

[@rustyjones7908]

I've had a lot of fun with legendary weapon glitch, legendary reboot optics, contagion, and legendary short circuit plus the closest SMG. Contagion stuns, then optics blinds, then when they try to shoot their guns explode. Meanwhile you're the thunder god. But in general the legendary passives on quickhacks tend to be pretty good.

[@rayzhang7591]

Also sonic shock. A must on very hard imo

[@UssBishop]

Fun fact: if you have the target analysis mod on your optics, even lethal quickhacks do not kill your target, therefore suicide becomes a second system reset, and if you have the Tetratronic Rippler mk.4 you can drop 4 people non lethally in seconds

[@thetdy1]

Bruh...

[@cardellkenith]

Found this when you wake up in the scavengers. Wanted payback so changed everything to lethal, only to see them all wiggling about still. Took the time to throw them of the balcony one by one after that

[@angel8fingers]

Or you can level up your ninjutsu and cold blood with blades etc….

[@spykidsthemovie]

how do they suicide then?

[@UssBishop]

@@spykidsthemovie I mean the animation stays the same. They pull out some iron and pop themselves in the head, they just don't die, just go unconscious

[@leleolupus713]

Legendary short circuits passive is also massively OP. It short circuits an enemy any time they get hit by a crit. Makes any weapon overpowered.

[@Stefan-xt5sk]

This effect helped me easily finish the fist fighting tournament despite having no points in melee abilities or strength. It took me a few moments to understand where the huge damage instances came from, but bursting down super buff fighters in a few crits was fun xD

[@TemporalMeteor]

@@Stefan-xt5sk it's so much damage it's just nuts

[@alexguigui8231]

Used to work off of car hits too...Dunno if it still does haven't booted the game in a year.

[@Snoogen11]

@@Stefan-xt5sk Yeah, same happened with me (although I didn't know about the passive effect at the time), literally 1 shot the last fight club opponent XD

[@avroarchitect1793]

it also does extra damage against robots

[@happyninja42]

I actually hate Sonic Shock for a stealthrunner build. The legendary passive effect, that cuts them off from the network, instantly alerts them that they are being hacked, and they scream out "we got hostiles!" and now the whole area is at Alert lvl 2.

[@SamBram]

Kind've defeats the object of isolating them from the network I suppose, though I didn't find this to be much of an issue when using it for this video, it's good to know that it can cause this problem!

[@happyninja42]

@@SamBram I specifically recall it being an issue when I was sneaking into the GIM for the Voodoo Boys. You know how there is that first cluster of 3 Animals by the cars, and then the next room in has 2 Animals, and then 3 Animals further back from them a bit? I used the Sonic Shock on that second room of Animals, specifically targeting the 2 Animals in the front cluster. They immediately were like "urmagurd we're being hacked!" Placide got angry with me over the comms, yelling "we said DON'T be detected!" and the other 3 in Animals in the back started being alert as well. So after the debacle I never equipped it again.

[@user-th7kr3og2t]

Ah man tysm, i had no idea why everyone was getting alerted, guess sonic shock is bugged or smth.

[@happyninja42]

@@user-th7kr3og2t I'm not sure if it's bugged? I mean it very well could be "working as intended" 🤷‍♂ I just noticed that when I would apply it up front before doing something like Short Circuit or Overheat to take out an enemy and keep them from alerting their allies, they would freak out at just the application of Sonic Shock. And if they are packed close enough it makes a type of chaos that might as well be "loud" combat anyway. So yeah I don't really use it.

[@O-D-X]

@@happyninja42 Alerted is not detected, but I generally agree. I rarely use it as I have at least 6 better ones.

[@LSB001]

Short Circuit's passive is honestly the most overpowered thing about it. You can just run around with an SMG and if you have a crit build, you'll be constantly proccing hits for 20-30 times the actual bullet damage. You can just mow through everything without even bothering to hack.

[@SamBram]

Yes it's so good! I learned about it after making this video unfortunately but am covering in the next vid just what sheer power can be attained through using automatic weapons with this quickhack for the reasons you mention

[@georgeerhard1949]

@@SamBram Don't forget it also applies to other crits. Such as ... grenades, if you've got the perk for them. Or melee. Or knives. Or other quickhacks if you've THAT perk. Legendary Short Circuit + a Level 50 Sovereign or Bloody Maria in the Secret Ending = "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I'm -all- out of bubblegum." Carnage ensues (oh wait, Carnage is a different shotgun, isn't it?)

[@stanimir4197]

using a shotgun is even better as it fires like 14 separate instances that can crit on their own, costing a single round of ammo.

[@Asghaad]

@@stanimir4197 too long reload and refire rate Widowmaker or Lizzie are the go-to weapons for this as Widow fires 6 projectiles and Lizzie 4 with no drawbacks shotguns suffer from with a bonus of being able to shoot through walls

[@The_Other_Dan]

Not sure if they've nerfed it but at release Contagion was a literal "I Win" button. You could stand outside of a building. Ping something to get locations. Hit one enemy with a Contagion and it would spread throughout the entire facility taking out every single enemy. Then all you'd have to do is wander through and clean up all the items.

[@SamBram]

I found I needed to hit them 2 or 3 times for it to work personally. Perhaps if I'd specced into more poison perks though it would've been a one shot!

[@Gantali9305]

@@SamBram Combined with breach protocol, net watch cyberdeck and some of the cold blood perks i have taken out a building of enemies with one application of contagion. Suicide is the best quick hack for some of the assassination missions that require you not to get caught ... just get in eye line of the target, begin the upload and GTFO before it completes.

[@josecarlosamador]

I did this is my first run! You'd clear entire buildings from the other side of the street.

[@shutupkittyxD]

@@SamBram word of advice poison perks don't effect contagion or at least they didn't use to not sure if it's changed but with the right perks and cyberdeck you can 100% still wipe out entire crowds with a single use but honestly you're better off just using short circuit with the deck that allows it to spread downs enemies instantly and you can get it to where the cool down is practically instant

[@jacobwilliams9438]

Contagion/Ping were more powerful at launch as ping allowed you to target enemies through walls, which also affected contagion's spread ability; Ping no longer lets you target enemies through walls (instead, you target cameras, machinery, turrets, etc) and contagion's damage was nerfed a bit.

[@thegreatmoustachio]

I actually really like Memory Wipe. It is super effective against cyberpsycho’s, allowing you to remove them from combat then choke them out. It’s also good if you’re trying to complete a gig without leaving a trace. While it’s not the most effective way to play the game, completing a gig as a ghost is a different kind of badass.

[@redsol3629]

Memory wipe + reboot optics + Iconic Sonic Shock = downed opponent that isn't a boss. Potential cost of, MW = 10 + RB = 6 + SS = 2 That's 18 Ram to bring a key target down.

[@anlumo1]

I usually just short-circuit everyone. Sometimes the cooldown is short enough that I can apply it multiple times while in quickhack mode. Earlier in the game I used Cyberpsychosis a lot, because the one victim also took out the others, but now it's way slower than just frying everyone. The only exception is when I get access to a surveillance camera system and can cyberpsycho enemies I can't reach yet, so they do the dirty work while I move forwards.

[@shutupkittyxD]

Cyber psycho suicide and detonate grenade with the deck that lets legendary hacks spread is pretty nutty

[@eldibs]

I ALWAYS run Short Circuit, Contagion, and Reboot Optics. With the legendary Netwatch cyberdeck, the right build, and a bit of patience, legendary Reboot Optics basically makes combat optional, especially if you hit them with Breach Protocol and trigger the Optics Jammer daemon. For when you have to fight, Contagion followed by Short Circuit will make a mess of them.

[@eden20111]

Where can I find the legendary contagion quick hack?? Because the one in Coastview is rare…

[@eldibs]

@@eden20111 Craft it.

[@jean-pierrerieck1361]

And the one that isolates the hacked enemy from the network, I think defining, is the English name, is the passiv from a legendary, they know you’re there, but they can’t hack you, if they don’t have you in front of them…

[@bloodshottomato604]

Memory wipe is fantastic for taking down enemies that need to be taken alive. I use it to take cyberpsychos in because you can memory wipe then slide in behind them and go for a takedown insta drop. Super useful for early game.

[@adpsycho1]

Craft a gun that has non-lethal mod installed on it. i have a silenced Liberty one.

[@darkmojojojo]

@@adpsycho1 even with non lethal weapons you have to be careful not to shoot them when they're already down otherwise it's lethal. Kind of annoying really and I'm not sure why this mechanic exists. Maybe at some point they were going to only let you temporarily knock out enemies and then they got rid of it.

[@printezstroman]

I typically use Overheat or Short Circuit for that. I’d use System Reset but it takes way too much RAM.

[@t900HAWK]

@@adpsycho1don’t even have to put it on the gun just get the upgrade koroshi eyes and out the target analysis cyberware and it will make all your guns non lethal

[@adpsycho1]

@@t900HAWK Imo, that's no point in having a gun and kinda dumb which is why i never mentioned it.

[@Dronuggz]

With the Rippler + Legendary Contagion passive + Legendary Cripple Movement you can constantly keep enemies Frozen in place. I think it spreads up to 6 enemies, they can't move or attack you...even if you're already in combat. Lasts 14 seconds I think and cooldown is up before the effect is expired. It's basically an AOE freeze with no cooldown. You can walk up to them and punch them in the face and they still won't attack lol.

[@SamBram]

Damn that sounds OP AF! Will have to try that combo out myself somewhen haha

[@Pogiforce]

@Sam Bram Yeah Contagion at higher levels especially with a strong cyberdeck can wipe out entire areas by itself. the Rippler with contagion will knock them all out before they even realize what happened. The Netwatch will do it much more slowly, but cover a wider area and jump more times. And if you have more jumps left it will jump BACK to somebody who's already been hit for even more damage and ensure the KO. Contagion is the king of clearing out NCPD hustles and small enemy packs by itself with just one use. it's why for me Contagion has to be in my top 3. not so good for single enemies but great everywhere else.

[@Timikitusaki]

yes but just buy having cripple in your deck will alert the enemy even if you don't use it enemy's will notice you as soon as you ping them or run a breach.

[@Pogiforce]

@@Timikitusaki I don't think that's correct, but I can't check right now..

[@Timikitusaki]

@@Pogiforce when you get a chance try it out. Cripple movement isn't the only one either, there are 2 or 3 more that will do the same. You won't need to use them just have them come n your deck and they will alert the enemy as soon as you ping or data breach.

[@shoelace5977]

note about whistle: the destination the target go to is the place you stand at(if they can reach it) when they start walking. with this in mind, its easier to position them for a take down. just make sure to get one that doesnt make them cautios as well

[@Throrface]

Short Circuit, Contagion and Ping have carried me through the whole game like I was a hacking god. The legendary bonus on Optic Reboot also works wonders. Legendary Short Circuit is also amazing for the boxing missions, because the shocks do trigger from fists too.

[@OkeanosRedux]

For a pure stealth takedown build, Reboot Optics, Whistle (vital to separate targets from groups), Distract Enemies, Ping and Memory Wipe are pretty much all you need, with supporting perks. Memory Wipe is used on Cyberpychos and bosses to be able to use takedown on them (may have to use twice). You will need a regular damage quickhack for mechs since you can't use takedown on them (I use Short Circuit), so you do end up having to take the damage supporting perks also.

[@Species1571]

You can set the order that your quickhacks appear in the selection by removing them and re-fitting in reverse order so you can have your favourite at the top and not even need to move the selector to it each time.

[@SamBram]

Thanks, I hadn't considered doing that and that will be incredibly useful for time saving! Three guesses for what's sitting at the top haha

[@wanderinwolf3804]

@@SamBram ping

[@zanekai4829]

@@SamBram short circuit ,ping,contagion

[@traior246]

Reverse ? No wonder the list is never correct

[@Species1571]

@@traior246 But now you know how to do it, there's no excuse.

[@bertschmert]

As far as KZbin guide videos go, this was one of the best I've ever seen. Format and pacing, everything we want. Informative, Fun, good stuff man. Wish where was more out there like you.

[@knighth2452]

The best part of suicide is the extra weapons that they normally drop. The animation is fun to watch as well. They really changed it up with the various ways they end themselves.

[@stonelane1827]

I love Contagion with Short Circuit being a close second and of course Ping but all my other slots are just filled with hack to mess with targets Suicide and cyberphyco are just fun.

[@UmmonTheLight]

Cripple Movement was my early favourite to take down strong enemies. Especially for the cyberzombie questline. It's a very easy setup with the charged jump augmentation and the perk that gives you non-lethal takedowns by jumping on people. All you need to do is to stop their movement, jump on the nearest wall or trash can and then manage to land a second jump on their head.

[@Myselfsama]

What are the odds that I look up a quick hacks overview video and stumble upon your video that went live like 30 mins ago. Great run down of these, im still doing my first play through so this was helpful.

[@SamBram]

Those are some pretty small odds! Glad you found the video though and glad it was helpful!

[@Coretalless]

With all of the updates occurring in CP2077, some of the "Tutorial" and Tip & Tricks video need major updates. at any rate Short Circuit and Overheat are my go tos to reduces the hostiles before getting into the Melee.

[@bermuda333]

I've actually found Whistle to be pretty useful for separating targets from key areas. For example, let's say a guard is blocking a doorway in a very open and public area. You can simply whistle him from afar, then walk around (making sure not to get seen) and just slip into the doorway much easier. Think of it less like how in "Assassin's Creed" you bring him TOWARDS you, and think about it more like how in "Hitman" you can throw a coin to move people AWAY from their group.

[@loveableheathen7441]

It reminds me a lot of the rock throw from far cry 3

[@gyny2358]

I'd like to note that Memory Wipe can be used in stealth, as an enemy that isn't in combat when it's activated won't be able to enter combat for a short while, making it possible to just walk past them. Something like Reboot Optics is still way better, but I'd usually rather use Memory Wipe over Sonic Shock.

[@BMKTW]

weapon glitch used to acquire multple widowmakers from Nash before 1.5 He will drop a widowmaker whenever you cast weapon glitch on him. Combining the passive effect of legendary Sonic Shock and legendary Contagion could prevent the enemy from revealing your location. Moreover, with the passive effect of legendary Short Circuit, Critical Error perk, and high enough critical chance, a late-stage V could wipe a NCPD mission in a single Contagion.

[@ppBizU]

Hello Sam! I just watched your all rankings for CP77 weapons. I finished the game 3 times already with a different builds. Happy to hear that: In majority of cases, I had similar ranking about weapons, but what's even nicer - I've learned some new things form your videos (gun mods and sandy for the instance). Fabulous quality of videos, and nice, very subtle sense of humor. Keep up!

[@crazy-tommy]

Overheat is affected by the Body/Annihilation perk "Burn Baby Burn" which doubles its duration. As Overheat gets stronger with each tick it can stack up huge damage numbers with the extended duration, making it viable to take out cyberpsychos with a single use.

[@starbirbs5128]

Does the same perk affect synapse burnout? Because technically that leads to burn according to the wikia

[@moxiesaint-clare4257]

For Sonic shock, weapon glitch and reboot optics. You might want to read the passive with the legendary. they auto execute if the network is under the effect of a breach protocol.Short circuit will auto execute on a critical and my main two are Lethal suicide and non-lethal system reset.

[@SamBram]

Thanks for the tips! I've got some upcoming videos exploring these in more detail, since they were missed out here...

[@paulleach3612]

Thank Gibson for Bartmoss and those wonderful little demons he created.

[@uogiusj]

Grats on reaching more that 10 times the goal you set yourself up in less than half the time, Sam. Thank you for the video, really good content.

[@SamBram]

Cheers! Glad to be making videos that people enjoy!

[@sunflwrchyld]

Short Circuit is so OP. I was doing two simultaneous playthrough. Both net runner builds but one was lethal and the other was non-lethal. I found the non-lethal build easier because all I did was just spam Short Circuit. I stopped even using the other builds.

[@happyninja42]

I found Memory Wipe to be very useful for dealing with the Cyberpsycho missions for Regina. If you end up alerting the psycho, reboot optics, memory wipe, and Optical Camo, is a great way to chill them out long enough for you to sneak up behind them and give them a non-lethal cuddle. I actually used RO/MW on that one cyberpsycho that is perched on that scaffolding? The one that is a Tyger Claw, and is scripted to drop down and kill that one guy. You are basically forced to come at him head on (i tried the other direction and he bugged out, didn't trigger the scripted drop attack), but it almost guarantees he will agro you and go into open combat. Which sucks because if you do that way, at about 60%hp, he bamfs away and now starts fighting in a big area with several other Tyger Claws as support. So you end up in a massive fire fight, in public, and it's a mess But I just hung back a bit, let him drop down, kill that one guy he always kills. Hit him with RO, then Memory Wipe, popped my invisibility, and sprinted in, slid in behind him, gave him a sleepy hug, and boom, no phase 2 of that fight. Super handy as that one mission gave me a lot of trouble. But that method let you drop him in about 15 seconds. No muss, no fuss.

[@SamBram]

Thanks for the advice, I will defo be using this tactic next time I end up replaying that mission!

[@gregconen]

You don't even need Reboot Optics or Optical Camo, most of the time. As long as no one else is alerted, someone affect by Memory Wipe won't alert even if you're right in front of them, and in my experience the duration is usually long enough to get behind someone and grab them without anything else. (Admittedly, I usually have Reboot Optics and Camo equipped anyway, because they're also really good)

[@r1pbuck]

Nice. I think if you play on Very Hard, that particular cyberpsycho can resist Quickhacks. You're right, it's a very tough fight otherwise.

[@rjframe4410]

i walked in on that guy with optic camo up, and slow walked while hitting him with contagion, overheat and short circut, and it bugged him, he went down, triggered the flash, and then was just standing there during the TC fight, had to take all of them out myself too...not a big deal and it still let me finish the mission so no big, but weird

[@nathanpapp432]

Any time you dont kill an enemy with a head-shot its considered "non-lethal." If you notice, enemies are always still technically alive when lying on the ground, even when using lethal weapons. You have to execute them to actually kill them. The ONLY time this isnt the case is the monk mission. You can always use lethal weapons against cyberpsychos and still get credit for not killing them as long as you dont kill them with a head shot or shoot them while lying on the ground.

[@Businessgoose124]

Memory wipe is awesome for stealth, because of one major part of the description. If the enemy isn't in the combat state, it makes them unable to enter a combat state until it runs out. If youve got 2 enemies together, you can memory wipe one of them and run up, full view of the guy you wiped. They dont react. You can actually just pull out a gun and flatline his buddy, and he'll just stand there and do nothing.

[@Rocky357]

I just bought the game this past weekend, so I haven't unlocked all these quickhacks yet, but we definitely agree on number one so far! I'm mainly a pistol plus sword guy, but when I need to take cover and heal, I resort to quickhacks to continue to deal damage. This is the one I use when I want to face 4 enemies instead of 5, or 5 enemies instead of 6, etc. 😁 Still trying to figure out the reset on it and RAM recovery rate and those things, but really like it so far.

[@m.s.8377]

Carefull most helpfull vids spoil the game im torn myself ...better for 2nd play through

[@Rocky357]

@@m.s.8377 Yeah I've run into that problem with a couple of vids, but most people do a little disclaimer and say "Spoilers ahead" or something like that before they do it. I have had to cut a couple of videos off mid stream because rhey didn't warn me though.

[@spiderz5145]

Bruh the legendary version of Overheat is great for shutting down high value targets like Cyberpsychos because it disables their movement and actions. Also my Netrunner’s contagion is pretty insane with the Raven Cyberware, I followed a build by “Fudgemuppet”.

[@jayff0000]

I wouldn't rank it too high, but I've had fun moments with whistle, the ability to target the specific enemy you want and to bring them out of position where ever you are able to get to yourself rather than to a fixed distraction enabled device can be pretty invaluable for some stealth situations. Especially like memory wipe or some things on their own can't help you where enemies have good visuals on each other and that's where whistle can shine.

[@MythivarYaslana]

Only 6 hours into Cyberpunk, had it on my playlist since pre-order, but I waited until I had a good rig to play it and when it was stable enough to take the plunge. My immediate reaction to playing was to run in guns blazing and "fuck all that puzzling and hacking nonsense", but your video showed me that there will be a lot of future fun in trying out hacks. I like your approach to content, easy to listen to and I learnt some stuff. Thanks Dude. Liked, subbed and errrr "commented". lol.

[@seeinred]

What is the best and kinda overlooked part of Short Circuit - is the passive effect of it's legendary version. It basically adds additional proc of this thing to weapon hits. The first time i've used this was on melee variant of hybrid netrunner and DAMN it slaps, despite saying that it triggeres 'first tier' version.

[@ajkazpire3674]

I felt overheat to be op and handy for myself, with the additional burn duration from a perk and spread increase, its one of the best!

[@lordium1848]

My to go OP net runner build is: Teatronic Rippler (Short Circuit, Suicide, System Reset, Reboot optics and other 2 for your preference). I also use a breach auto uploader mod that basically solves any breach in 2 seconds, including all the stages. For cyberware, use Memory Boost (3 ram recovery per kill), Ex-Disk and Limbic System Enhancement. Fully upgraded Breach Protocol and Quickhacks tree, paired with Cold Blood literally makes you a stealth netrunner without actually being stealthy. I usually start with a breach with 3 daemons which turns off all cameras, turrets, reduces ram cost and turns on reboot optics passive which blinds every single enemy that spots you. Now here comes the fun part, I simply walk forward uploading suicide on different pairs (rippler ability to upload ultimate quickhacks to an additional target) and finishing off other targets with short circuit. Now remember that memory boost gives me back 3 ram for every kill and considering the fact that I spent 3-4 ram for suicide and receive 6, I got basically infinite ram.

[@SamBram]

Sounds like a really powerful build! My next video is a Batman Style build which also uses quickhack's (figured the whole detective thing fitted with it) and it's quickhacking aspect is actually very similar to what you describe!

[@bookie8923]

Wasn't a nethrunner back when i play from 2019 (More of a tech sniper who focuses on absurdly large guns) but i loved the ping quickhacks; this one gave me a whole journey of cyberpunk. I wiped out all of the city's skull marked bounties while minimally able to carry the Grad and Quasar(The Anti material rifle and burst fire revolver). I used to play stealth based off a traditional revolver but they're bullet sponge that could one shot me so my strategy changed to be hit and run dumped solid rounds through solid cover with the ping until all of them are wiped out! I was just used ping from a simple electronics in the enemy camps such as lamps, computers and security cameras to spread the ping(I assume it is a sonar reflection through walls that highlights targets). I was able to spot a nethrunner 90% of the time and quickly shot them through a solid cover because they're the only one who would crouch with distinctive gesture; tapping on cybernetics in cover after the whole building heard the first shot. With practice I could blast a nethrunner through solid cover every single time with well prepared staged shot, be it open or anywhere in the game; I would just use my trusty car or a simple road bench as a wallbang stop until thier skulls are riddled tons of armor piercing bullets(I focus on anything that increases headshot damage). I could have utillizing terrain and urban layout that can be used in other competitive FPS games too! Truly i am happy this simple quickhacks got mentioned.

[@TheFlyingSailorYT]

The best quickhack is the one best suited to your needs and playstyle (coughpingcough) Also Sonic Shock and Memory Wipe go great together. As Legendary Sonic Shock has a passive ability where if you have it any enemy under the effect of a quick hack can't snitch to their chooms. Now read what Memory Wipe says, particularly the part where it says it effects the whole squad. With these two together, you'll be able to use memory wipe and not have them return to being angy. Oh, and if you hit them with that jedi mind trick make sure you stay out of sight once you hit them with it, just because they forgot WHY they were in combat, doesn't mean they won't take exception to you being there. That's probably what you were running into when trying the quickhack out.

[@SamBram]

Ping is defo the best unique ability bestowed by quickhacking so I can agree it's no.1 for certain playstyles. Now that combo sounds awesome! And I'll defo be going back and testing it in more detail. Yes, perhaps that's why I struggled with memory wipe. Though one time I was outside the enemy perimeter and they still re-aggro'd on me, though perhaps if I was in closer proximity to the rest of the base when activating the hack it would'v been different

[@O-D-X]

@@SamBram Ping is the king for tech gun builds. I use ping to mark all my enemies, then sit outside the building killing them all from a great and safe distance.

[@StumpyDaPaladin]

Sonic Shock's legendary passive is also triggered by Ping. And Ping lasts a looooong time.

[@angel8fingers]

Quick hacks are my jam! Good job buddy! Great vid, great content!

[@SamBram]

Thank you man, glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for your continued support. I really appreciate it!

[@llew-AZ]

Holy smokes that is the same cyber deck I use. The cooldown time and upload speeds at level level 20 intelligence and full perk tree is incredible. If it was not so fun to beat someone down or katana them into pieces, I would always use this.... Great pick my man!

[@9999plato]

Contagion takes out 3 or more in end game and is the best because it often takes out whole groups at one shot after a Breach, followed by short circuit. because SS only affects one NPC but SS leaves many NPCs half wounded.

[@midnight_yota]

the contagion and overheat combo is goated. Literally turns an emery into a grenade. I had a net runner build that I could clear grounps using contagion so fast.

[@coriolass]

The most useful imo is short circuit, it's always slotted in my deck. I also really like contagion for mob damage and control, plus it cracks me up making my foes puke their guts out. Cyberpsychosis is a fantastic distraction program. System reset is great for stealth drops, like sentry removal. Reboot optics and ping are the only utilities I typically slot and even they are situational, otherwise I just have fun with assault hacks. There's just so much power and flexibility in a netrunner build it basically turns on easy mode regardless of the set difficulty level of the game.

[@V1rtualFlod]

Don't know if CDPR rebalanced anything, but about 6 months ago I did a poison based stealth netrunner build. With subliminal message, mass vulnerability, and contagion it could clear out buildings with a single use. Could kill anything except bosses, which I just throwing knifed to death. Took down Oda in 2 throwing knives. It was honestly so busted that I will never use this build again. It trivialized combat to such a mind numbing degree that it wasn't even fun anymore. However, one really cool part of the build was the cyberware which heals me on poison damage. So in the rare occasion where an enemy got close to me, I would throw a poison grenade at my feet that would kill them and heal me at the same time.

[@SamBram]

Damn, gotta get me that cyberware that heals from poison!

[@randomn4me205]

I bought the game on release and got to use the pre-nerf Ping on legendary. While it did no damage on it's own it was the centre to my build. I wasn't that surprised that they removed the quickhack enemies line from the legendary version.

[@mournwood]

There is just something satisfying about wiping out an entire building of creeps without being seen....from a block away.

[@InaAkuma]

my build: 1: Short circuit ( can spread to 2/3 enemies with a legendary deck) (one shot Kos) 2: overheat (budget short circ, i use it when i need to off multiple people quickly when short circ just got used already) 3: contagion (the big brother of overheat which can kill an entire camp with a single use, aka i am lazy and i want you dead) 4: ping (useful to find distraction opportunities, or to weasel your way through an infested base) 5: cyberpsychosis (it's just fun, on it's own it's not great but and just takes more time than other options) 6: whistle (although not commonly used effectively it's great for opening a path to doors where guards are stationed allowing you to pass without bumping into them when invisible)

[@LUC.Knives]

Currently playing a netrunner build and quickhacks are completely overpowered. legendary short circuit is the go-to and is an immediate 1-hit. same for other nearby enemies when upgraded.

[@SamBram]

Yeah the spread ability makes it even crazier. Also something I didn't mention in the video but all crit hits apply the short circuit damage as well!

[@pkidawmbt]

the legendary passive on reboot optics that allows you to inject the effect on a a breach makes it a necessary part of my end game kit. you can literally walk through a room full of enemies and just watch them go blind as they "notice you". then wreck them however you like.

[@SeaKaned]

I love the contagion as it just melts groups after you get the max amount of chain infections. And bringing it with short circuit you can take on pretty much anything

[@r1pbuck]

I've made pretty good use of Whistle...it can be tricky, but done right you can take out several members of a group, one by one. Memory Wipe I use when attacking a small group...it puts one out of action [usually the most dangerous one if I can determine who it is] while I take out the other two. Cyberware Malfunction I find particularly effective against cyberpsychos, but otherwise it has pretty limited application. Overheat is indispensible, IMO. It's one of the few I use all the time. Along with Contagion, you could even consider using nothing else. Cripple movement, like Memory Wipe is great for immobilizing a few members of a group while you take out the rest, esp. with knife or sword. Attack 3 and normally, one will always get you. Freeze one, and you can take out two, then the helpless third. Detonate grenade is indeed fun...but a good many enemies either don't have a grenade, have something weak like a flashbang, or will run away from the grenadier when he starts glitching out. Most military enemies will have them, though. Also, there's a lack of control, so results can be unpredictable. The great thing about Cyberpsychosis is that robots and drones will turn on their own allies and each other...very useful! It's fun, but it doesn't take you out of danger...once again unpredictable. Yes, Contagion is one of the 2 or 3 indispensible quickhacks. I've taken out whole groups of death-head enemies just with repeat applications of Contagion and Overheat. Ping is useful, as you say...but often it will alert a whole network of enemies. Use with caution. Yes, Short Circuit is probably the king of quickhacks...I got so bored with using it that it prompted me to explore the others just for variety. There are a couple of mods that will up your Netrunner game even higher...one will give you 8 slots on your Legendary cyberdeck, another will give you the option of automatically uploading several or all of your Quickhacks to a whole network if you do a grapple takedown of one member. It can get crazy and way OP. Something you don't mention here is that some QHs will warn your enemies around the target and reveal your position if the QH doesn't take them out quickly enough. I still haven't figured out how to predict when this will happen, although it seems like Short Circuit is a prime offender, thereby compromising its utility.

[@SamBram]

Very interesting points with these! Thanks for sharing. Ah I did always wonder how enemies detected me so easily. I am often a heavy user of ping! Those mods sound quite ridiculous. I think I'm OP enough without them haha. Yes, I think I put system reset near the top as it is great for stealth but also expensive. Short circuit is flashy and loud and not so great for stealth. Though tbh, with something that powerful. Stealth is largely unnecessary most of the time

[@jacobwilliams9438]

I enjoy whistling to enemies on another side of a door that requires tech to unlock. They'll open the door for you :D

[@r1pbuck]

@@jacobwilliams9438 Whoaaa... Gonna have to try that one...

[@jacobwilliams9438]

@@r1pbuck keep in mind that the door will lock behind them when they head back to their normal patrol, but it's a great way to maneuver around it if you have a low tech build. I haven't tried this on a "body" door yet but would be nice if that worked

[@Roesguard]

For a low-leveled netrunner, Reboot optics and Whistle are some of the best options for stealth. Whistle an enemy to you, move out of sight, but position yourself close enough to the original spot to do a sealth takedown when they begin to move back. Reboot optics is best for just moving past an enemy from one point of cover to another. Given sometimes they'll turn around afterwards, it's not always the best option for sneaking up to them (especially if it has a short duration). Once the perk for quickhack spreading is taken, recently deceased enemies can be set up like quickhack traps, spreading anything [spreadable] uploaded to them prior to death. This is useful if the range is still short (prior to the related perk). Given quickhacks can be used in lieu of a weapon during car chase scenes, one needn't fire a single shot -- just quickhack the driver and they won't continue following. Lastly, Cripple Movement and Cyberpsychosis are two of my favourite QHs, and when used together they are effectively Suicide. Enemies will be hostile to one another, but without the ability to move or attack, they'll simply give up on life much faster than with CP alone. Those plus the Tetratronic Rippler equals two deaths per pop. Not all that cost effective (given you could just use Suicide), but it sure is fun mixing them together.

[@Pierre-gk5ky]

Overheat into synapse burnout carried me so hard. Without the upload speed reduction, synapse burnout takes a little while to upload, and as a result gives time for overheat to work. Usually long enough to be below 50%, and low enough to instantly die. It was nice.

[@C4MG1RL]

Synapse burnout is my favorite one. My build let me take out entire groups with it and it looked glorious and like it'd be the scariest shit ever to witness. Your whole gang of chooms just spontaneously having fire shoot out of their eyes and ears like grievous? So satisfying.

[@DarkKing616]

My preferred mix is Contagion, Ping, System Reset, Synapse Burnout, Weapon Glitch and Reboot Optics. Particularly once they're at Legendary. Start combat with a Breach Protocol from stealth and you've hit EVERY ENEMY with a delayed release Reboot Optics and Weapon Glitch. Once the fight starts, they will all go blind and have their weapons blow up - and the latter can do quite a bit of damage. I'll swap out Weapon Glitch for Static Shock on occasion, particularly when fighting Cyberpsychoes...because it still works on them as of patch 1.61. Plus the Legendary version has that neat feature of applying Static Shock on critical hits...which is a bit of an exploit for the "Beat on the Brat" side-missions if you stack on enough hand-to-hand buffs.

[@SamBram]

That full blind mode sounds insane! I missed out the breach protocol tactics for the video (partly for timing purposes) though with the benefit of hindsight, I think they deserved a mention in some places. I'll do another video looking at quickhack's from a slightly different angle somewhen and mention these abilities in detail

[@beardpwn282]

If you use Short Circuit with Netwatch Legendary chip, it affect 2-3 people at the same time, if they stand close together.

[@SamBram]

I've also been finding this, very useful and OP!

[@KosmataBradva]

I always forget this and it ruins my entire plan of action, since instead of killing one guy, it kills half the thugs in the disctrict. All this planning, gone to waste...

[@vladimoosh2915]

Ping stays winning, and suicide/cyberpsychosis are also really fun to use- it's so much fun to ping a group of enemies, make two turn on all the others, and just watch their outlines slowly vanish while I eat popcorn behind a wall

[@stew8584]

I use the STEPHENSON TECH MK.4 ( SC Level at time ), and load Cyberpsychosis on a enemy in the middle of a group and depending on ram will then use Contagion if possible on same target or nearest and sit back watch the big men ( or woman ) fall. I will be looking at System Reset, Cripple Movement which I didn't realise spreads. Will go and buy the Rippler Deck now. Great video, Cheers.

[@atibamaule]

Congrats on hitting 2k subs

[@SamBram]

Thank you very much!

[@Micmoves]

You are right. Not only is Short Circuit great for a net runner build, if you're looking to run a combo build, all you really need for the netrunnino build, for it to be invaluable is Ping and Short Circuit. The rest are for play, but if you're already doing a physical stealth build, don't sleep on those 2.

[@NocturnEternal]

Cyberdeck: Netwatch Netdriver Mk. 5 Quickhacks: Overheat, Short Circuit, Suicide, Ping, Detonate Grenade, System Reset Notes to Mention: All Quickhacks being used are at Legendary quality. Intelligence attribute is at LVL20. Update: Just finished watching your video. I have to disagree with your assessment on Overheat. You nailed some valid points on the Quickhack and why you feel it doesn’t score higher. For me it doesn’t feel that weak, unless I’m going up against certain cyber psychos. I do agree full stop it’s a great “softener” but I have its duration set to 15+ seconds, which means damn near every enemy affected is going down. I’ll have to really re-check my setup. Maybe I can send you pics on my attributes and you go from there.

[@zephyr1249]

One of my favorite things to do when I did a Netrunner playthrough was walk into a Gun for Hire gig, look at the person I was supposed to eliminate, use the Suicide quickhack, then turn around and walkout the door. Easiest gigs ever. I also really enjoyed the Contagion/Cyberpsychosis quickhack combo, Contagion to weaken everyone around, then a Cyberpsycho to finish them all off. Also, my game had a weird glitch with Short Circuit where after I used it on an enemy and they went down, they would get shocked again after about 3 seconds while they were already down, which would kill them. Very inconvenient when trying to deal with Cyberpsychos non lethally

[@JuergenGDB]

By the way, for those that do not know at 2:12 the Gal behind the desk was a contact of T-bugs, probably in Pen and paper aspect, she would have been a source for T-bugs Software of Quickhacks possibly. You can also find the gift from T-bug here and learn what happened to her.

[@po1odo1o]

Legendary memory wipe affects all members of the gang/group.It's handy with short circuit on the rippler and a few choice perks as you can memory wipe everyone and drop them all before anyone even notices.

[@nomadasol8247]

You can hack the militech shard & still shoot Royce fyi. After the mission is over you can take the 10,000 for yourself 😄

[@TerantQ]

A while ago I tried a full netrunner build where I pretty much just sat in a hidden corner outside a building, got into the camera network, and took out entire areas with short circ, system reset, cyberpsychosis, and suicide. That was so powerful I scared myself sometimes. My current build is a stealth hybrid, using hacks to blind or distract enemies while I take them out silently either from behind, with throwing knives, or with a silenced revolver. It's tough not to just fall back on system reset when given the option, so I try to limit my kit to mostly covert hacks while using the Arasaka deck that lowers their RAM cost.

[@ledocteur7701]

I'm running ping, detonate grenade (mostly for the legendary passive effect), cyberpsychosis (alongside the rippler this thing absolutely destroys enemy groups), synapse burnout (for the panic effect, you'll see why in a moment), system reset (for stealth and the passive effect) and suicide (whish is were the panic comes in handy, as causing an enemy to panic reduces the cost of ultimate quickhacks by 2) with all the passive effects reducing the ram cost of ultimate quickhacks, I can pretty consistently get a 8 ram cost reduction on all my quickhacks ! with a theorical maximum reduction of 16 ram cost if I defeat 4 ennemies with explosions, cause an enemy to panic, and defeat 6 ennemies in total before using an ultimate quickhack.

[@yarugatyger]

Reboot Optics allowed me to get certain achievements like "Daemon in the Shell" and generally set up groups of enemies by guiding them using sound. Furthermore my last build was a stealth quickhack build with the Arasaka Cyberdeck, this paired with the right skills allowed me to clear entire organized crime levels using one contagion or one shot anyone using short circuit.

[@rl0001]

short circuit, overheat, and ping are my go-to's in my game. those quickhacks along with clothing mods that decrease the upload time and cooldowns means i no longer need weapons but i carry a katana to switch things up.

[@tomcascaddan8319]

Having played Cyberpunk 2077 from release I agree with your ranking of quickhacks completely.

[@andrewcullen2527]

I hope he redoes this list with 2.0 changes, few hacks would change location. Biggest being Sonic Shock which easily jumpst to top 10, if not Top 5 due to being one of the only ways to steath kill due to new tracable hack system in the game

[@SamBram]

Sonic Shock is crucial now! This list is probably mostly still okay but I would like to revamp it at some point

[@andrewcullen2527]

@SamBram I think also Synapse Burnout and Overheat are a lot stronger then before. But yeah look forward to some updated ranking lists. Love the content!

[@benjin3993]

I usually play mostly martial or ranged in RPGs, avoiding the magic systems. But Cyberpunk has such a fun "magic" system. I love hitting a group with contagion then cleaning up the rest with my revolver

[@intoHeck1964]

Personally love detonate grenade. Just like the idea being the intrusive thought of " Hey man, wonder how your buddy would react? Just do it, you'll be fine".

[@VoxFauste]

I did a netrunner build with the NetDriver MK.5 and System Reset for the legendary passive. System Reset reducing the cd for all of your quickhacks when you defeat an enemy, the combination makes even Synapse Burnout more viable on targets at full HP. Dip into buffing your poisons with Ninjutsu and Contagion can start clearing APBs without leaving the car. Of course all of these reduce the cd for System Reset to help keep it in active rotation.

[@lunaholdaway9999]

Can we get a 2.0 update for these lists? Most of them work differently now

[@LonzoLeal]

Legendary System Collapse is great for stealth, knocks them right out, it’s a shit ton of RAMS to use but is super helpful. Also with the 2.0 update, apparently enemy netrunners can trace your location when you use a quickhack on one of them.

[@riicky83]

Contagion is my fav quickhacks to use when I'm stealth killing opponents from good distance. Even if they know they're under attack, they've no idea where I am most of the time and even if they somehow starts pathfinding to me (cheating ai walking to you even though they've not spotted you) I can quickly reposition myself until they give up trying to find me.

[@hadescerbex9984]

not cheating ai there are some enemys that can detect the hack and trace it back to your position basiclly a skill you can get as well

[@riicky83]

@@hadescerbex9984 maybe but I find that nearly every ai does it. the only way to stop them finding you is if they get hit by another quick hack (disable optics or the contagion bounces back to them), you evade their detection long enough or the contagion kills them.

[@_kazoo]

A thing that I found when using a net runner build is that the synapse burnout hack wouldnt actually kill the cyber psychos like mentioned in the vid, it would still just incapacitate them!

[@BPMaverick111]

One of my favorites lately has been Cripple Movement. It turns Cyberpsycho fights a joke. You use that the target is left standing there exposed. walk up behind them and grab then just non-lethal takedown, fight over.

[@bloodshottomato604]

Contagion is also good for a throwing knife build due to ninjutsu perks. Poisoned targets can't sprint, and you can detonate all the poison damage, or make it effect robots

[@SamBram]

Damn I've just done a throwing knife build and missed using contagion with it! Was too enamored by the power of short circuit

[@Ryz414]

I love playing with quick hacks its pretty much my go to.

[@paladinpaine2066]

I found request backup to be very useful when paired with suicide. Request backup on the first dude you see via cameras, suicide the 'backup', rinse and repeat until no one is left in range.

[@sobanya_228]

When only one enemy of the pack is able to see you, and you apply memory wipe fast enough, it just ends the fight on the spot and allows you to go stealth again. Cyberpsychos don't die from lethal weapons, unless you finish them off after the fight. With quickhacks it may happen, if he dies while it's still uploading. Basically, they get cheat death once card.

[@danielsternberg8941]

I am playing a netrunner build right now and agree completely, though I rarely use Ping. Some of the quickhacks have interesting interactions in terms of causing panic and reducing quickhack cost for each panicked enemy. I use the Rippler and only use weapons if I feel like it.

[@PlebNC]

Weapon glitch is great for getting more money. The glitched weapon is dropped, allowing you to take it and the NPC's backup gun is also dropped when they're defeated allowing you to get 2 guns to sell from each enemy. Admittedly the backup gun is always white tier but it's still extra money and depending on the gun model can still be lucrative.

[@Onisshoku]

I never go anywhere without memory wipe equipped, for the sole reason that it takes you out of combat. No one seems to mention that during that period, you can pause the game, go into your cyberdeck and swap out quickhacks during an engagement. The cost of one slot and some RAM to have your whole deck available for whatever situation you find yourself in.

[@ToadenK]

system reset and short circuit are the 2 I use the most when running this kind of character. system reset is my number one as it doesn't put you in combat . .. however as you can't use it on Adam Smasher, short circuit being number 1 makes sense. My last net runner character I changed most my deck up to just things that I can use against smasher (so very offensive or not instant kills by design). short circuit, burning, any cyberpsychosis (cuz you need friends when doing the loner ending) were my favs. Besides Contagion of course which I would put it as my number 3.

[@pilkuu3128]

I carry synapse burnout along with suicide and system reset, as when they're all at legendary, the synergy keeps RAM costs super low despite how expensive ultimate quick hacks usually are. It's not uncommon to chain a short circuit into a burnout and end up spending 3-4 RAM on suicide or reset.

[@SamBram]

I did notice the chaining effect several times with a lot of these quickhack's. Very useful indeed. I didn't wanna tangent off too far and go into how to use and abuse the effect but perhaps I'll save it for a future video.

[@Stefan-xt5sk]

I used that with the Tetratronic Rippler cyberdeck, which makes ultimate quickhacks spread once. Once you get it going, it basically deletes groups for free with each kill/incapacitated enemy refilling RAM and reducing cooldowns almost to 0 (through perks). If only the Contagion legendary passive could enhance this synergy with more jumps...

[@khornelordofskulls7090]

always love timing short circuit to activate along with suicide and/or system reset to kill a small group of enemies.

[@SamBram]

Tbf, it's vastly quicker upload time does lend itself well to timings I guess. Cool idea!

[@usagipaige5377]

Ping, Contagion and Short Circuit were my go to hacks on my netrunner build.

[@CondemnedGuy]

Contagion is my personal favorite to start a fight with. Pick a nice cluster of enemies and you can soften them up nicely before switching to guns.

[@DomoArigatoMrRobaito]

I had a knife throwing stealth build I was perfecting, and toying with and I would utilized Reset/Blind Optics, and you could get to attempt to grapple the enemy again.

[@paulleach3612]

The text for System Reset is an Easter egg for the I.T. crowd. You solve all 'problems' with, "Have you tried turning it off and back on again?"

[@SamBram]

Damn I love that show, should've noticed! 😂

[@fooltheroyal8691]

When you get ti high level, a single use of contaigon will take out an enemy. Pair this with the spread netrunner build and you can take out a large group of enemies with a single use of it. Of course your short circuit will still spread, but thats better for taking out small groups, where contaigon will take longer but annihilate large groups.

[@gameoverinsertcointocontin8102]

There is a great synergy with Legendary Tetratronic, Contagion, Synapse Burnout. Contagion, Suicide spreading and weakening foes with some minor CC. Synapse burnout to kill weakened foes with ease and causing panic which also lowers the cost of the Suicide hack. It quickly snowballs into entire groups dying with ease.

[@MrProdigy810]

Short circuit’s legendary perk is so op, just adding that extra damage on top of your own just for procing a crit. Even in a full stealth build using no damage quickhacks, I still have to include it

[@luckerowl8990]

system reset, suicide, and synapse burnout all legendary as a combo is WAY underrated. infinite RAM and using the Rippler means your resets spread. the "panic" synapse burnout causes doesn't actually mean they enter combat or even detect you, so it's literally free and is 100% the strongest way to stealthrunner for most of the game

[@stevenwalsh6179]

THIS. You can throw in cyberpsychosis in the mix too, and spam a ton of fire and forget quickhacks. The southwestern border is a ton of fun to mess with when you have this build.

[@mostneuter]

in one of mine, i just used suicide with every cooldown and upload time reduced, adding detection time increased, you can just walk around undetected because suicide upload faster than they can detect and the cdr is so short you can spam it without worrying (and ofc infinite ram) and for bosses and sometimes to fuck around i used shotgun with max movement speed to have a more dynamic choice

[@IGI_Media]

Fun Fact Follow-up: When adding QH's to your CyberDeck, slot your favorite like Short Circuit last. It will then appear at the top of the list when you scan someone. if need be, replace SC with a useless QH, then when you're finished, add SC back in to again, slot it at the top.