Buffed Adam Smasher destroyed by Stealth Takedown - Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.1 (Hard)

[@misternoobie]

Sasquatch takedown: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJjIn4V7apeVmqc If you stare at NCART passengers: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5Wuin6MpKmnm5Y

[@ez9212]

How did you get THAT many ram????

[@ZrodyApo]

First time I see Takemura getting knocked out by Smasher, usually he can tank him during the whole fight And the takedown animations are pretty much unique to Smasher, so they definitely thought about allowing us to do this which is nice

[@misternoobie]

Yeah. same with Weyland.

[@lorddante571]

First time i see Takemura fighting smasher lmao

[@wes8723]

All boss fights in the main game have their own unique stealth takedowns.. I'm amazed that they did this when most people play this game as a FPS RPG or atleast combat heavy builds but games like Prey, Deus Ex, Vampire Bloodlines and similiar didn't allowed stealth builds to defeat bosses with stealth

[@kikosawa]

It would be nice if we had a quest to scope out weaknesses in his design in order for these takedown opportunities to appear

[@usshared1649]

This would be amazing! Maybe we could obtain the ba xing chong early during it as well.

[@tinycarrot718]

Woooooooooooow turns out smasher is just an npc?????? Well done choom, I would have never thought about trying to stealth takedown smasher

[@Sonlirain]

It was always an option before patch 2.0. But it was disabled during 2.0 for some reason only to get brought back in 2.1.

[@misternoobie]

the takedown animation was clunkier and rougher before patch 2.0 though.

[@caav56]

@@misternoobie He even T-posed in them for a moment

[@kangmintaid3970]

Just image the emotional damage for adam if he was defeated by stealth and then V proceeds to spare him

[@guilhermehubnervalinhos6932]

For him, this is worse than death

[@cptTK421]

Probably extra hella raw if _physical_ pain is a sensation he forgot, lmao

[@wes8723]

That was what I did my first playthough

[@Neo2266.]

Denied a fight Denied death Forced to taste defeat

[@TheCrimsonLupus]

This is brilliantly done, glad that it takes a few takedowns and not just one, that would be disappointing - never thought to try mindwipe on him... will definitely try that myself.

[@DadGamingLtd]

Same with Oda. You have to do two or three take downs on him too, before breaking his arm.

[@meateaw]

there's a couple boss fights that require multiple takedowns. One early one I remember is in one of the cyberpsycho callouts you fight a guy in a small courtyard wearing a cyberskeleton exosuit, takes 2 stealth attacks to fully takedown.

[@TrollSakk253]

This fight on Guns Blazing is kinda hard. But in Stealth Mode is literally a walk in the park 💀🍷

[@Alp577]

All stealth build are way OP in a lot of RPG games. 😂

[@Ecliptor.]

nah it's not that bad, you just gotta spam dash around the arena and hide when he shoots

[@CorelUser]

​@@Ecliptor. replies like this are always so funny because saying "you just hide when he shoots and dodge when he attacks" doesn't exclude it being difficult

[@Ecliptor.]

@@CorelUser Spamming dodge is not a matter of skill, I didn't say it had to be timed dodges, literally just spam it and he'll miss you 99% of the time.

[@DeathWishMonkey]

@@CorelUser I just ran circles around the arena and kited him until he died. Use Kerenzikov dash when he gets close to land ranged weapon hits. A fairly low risk and easy tactic.

[@dogestranding5047]

Crazy how Lucy couldn’t do anything to him, but V can so easily quickhack him lol

[@duykhanhcloud6866]

Cuz V has the blackwall cyberdeck mk6 that is lile the god level cyberdeck cant compare that to the trash Lucy have.

[@donbototo5068]

lucy got pretty shitty gear then, or simply she wasnt that good

[@imnonene]

Not enough ram probably, also that smasher ICE is terrifyingly fast

[@CorelUser]

yeah cuz this is a game and your confusing game mechanics with actual narrative

[@duykhanhcloud6866]

@@CorelUser there something called LORE and in the LORE V beat Adam so he stronger than anyone that is lore not game mechanics .

[@monkeseeaction21987]

Smasher the entire time: *huh?*

[@jason-qc5lr]

who am i and what was i doing

[@TheDennys21]

Smasher says your meat is failing you but as you can see he still has his human head and torso.

[@foxtrot570]

So did we found it?! We found Smashers weakness. I mean who would have the balls to approach this giant for takin em down like that. It would make sense, if no one would've thought about that.

[@fp6343]

OK, this gives me at least a bit of hope. In my first playthrough I have a stealth build and it was very much not working against Smasher. But my memory wipe costs 34 out of my 41 RAM and I did not dare to try it. But now I will. Although I don't know how he didn't chase you. In my attempts it always felt like he was on my tail all the time.

[@DeathWishMonkey]

That's what the Memroy Wipe/Optics Jam is for.

[@sebastiandargbe5061]

Tier 5 memory wipe is garbage. Just use tier 4.

[@NumbDigger22]

I love how you puched him at the end.

[@l-shadow1775]

Well the devs expected this

[@wes8723]

I mean the game is designed in a way that you can use all the different playstyles from finish to end.. you can play the whole game without using guns and just stealth your way through it, without killing anyone.. or you can shoot your way to the end credits.. or hacking everything in your way.. or use melee weapons as your main playstyle .. or mix them together even :) it's up to you and the game allows it

[@johanliebert8708]

“ mercy for this thing “

[@dulio12385]

Interesting. If Sonic Shock's trace defeating functionality gets restored in a subsequent patch, it'd actually be useful to fend off Smasher's countertracing ICE.

[@clarencewalters338]

Did it get removed as a whole? What's the point of having it if it can't stop traces?

[@dulio12385]

@@clarencewalters338 Totally unsure. it was not in the patch notes but after patch 2.1 if you use it and follow up with a non-covert Quick hack, you get traced.

[@clarencewalters338]

@@dulio12385 damn dude. Literally the one thing it's good for got sacked. Noise levels really aren't a big factor in enemy tracing and the use case for it instead of reboot optics was that it couldn't be traced but could still be used as a control quickhack. Reminds me of when they gutted the original ping so the legendary version couldn't hack through walls. A needed balance change? Sure, but it was also the primary use case for using ping over filling that slot with a damage or control hack

[@dulio12385]

@@clarencewalters338 Yeah it was either an oversight or they're nerfing it to give Memory Wipe a reason to exist. Either way I reported it, hopefully I'll get an answer.

[@clarencewalters338]

@@dulio12385 memory wipe does have a reason to exist without it but the use is a niche that people often don't use. If you use an Arasaka cyberdeck, stealth cyberware, and covert/crowd control hacks you can become an untouchable close range cyber assassin.

[@SyntheticShinobi]

Your chrome is failing you Adam

[@Shvabicu]

He didn't ask for this

[@DarshanBhambhani]

Going to the final boss after completing all side quests:

[@claireredfield7368]

Lol, the End cracks me up. *PunchPunchPunch* *UnghUnghUngh*

[@BierBart12]

Smasher is such a Mechanicus cultist. Way ahead of his time

[@GalaxyKane]

Yes, as of 2025, it is still possible to stealth takedown Smasher.

[@Molisa682]

Jesus Christ V sounds so tired in this ending 😭

[@hiddenone8436]

tier 5 memory wipe is op for bosses, need to remember that

[@ShadKats]

Holy shit! That was amazing!

[@DT-Mainnet]

Adam the boom boom 😂

[@thewizardbrand]

Damn bro you let him kill your friend lmao

[@thrinelikeit]

i bet adam smasher can still be one shot with net running with the RIGHT quickhacks

[@misternoobie]

maybe 🙂

[@kolegazmokotowa]

he cant i tried, actually at very hard its impossible to kill him with JUST quickhacks without any weapon

[@misternoobie]

@@kolegazmokotowa agree. been trying that since day 1. Not sure if other guys can do it with the "RIGHT" quickhacks.

[@thrinelikeit]

@@kolegazmokotowa look up 200k quick hack damage video, he one shots adam smasher

[@mahjoubadam1742]

Quickhacks alone can't do shit against him, even all on legendary with the best cyberdeck, sandevistan is the way to go

[@samuelerlacher2401]

W8.. how does this work.. why does this work.. I don't understand at all.. i'm on my second playthrough because I wanted to try a stealth build but I don't understand anything about stealth tbh

[@yinlin1126]

Adam punching bag (new name)😂

[@jace9986]

I am currently doing a super net runner build, how tf do people get their ram to like 39-45 ram?

[@misternoobie]

i was using tier 5 tetratronic rippler mk5. netrunner skill at max. tier 5 ex disk for frontal cortex and tier 5 ram upgrade. ram Relocator, smart Link, ram Recoup.. i might be missing one or two.

[@mencobasukses97]

eat ram nug and ram jolt

[@NumbDigger22]

You just need to download more ram, amateur.

[@bartoszjastrzebski8078]

just close all chrome tabs

[@lucalbrecht1477]

Waht ending is this since wehn does he enter from above?

[@UnknownPersononGoogle]

Mind over matter.

[@spectre1209]

I love how Smasher’s red highlight is just a torso.

[@spakeschannel]

Would it work on Very Hard though?

[@misternoobie]

yes

[@CorelUser]

I did it on Very Hard with a guns build, no hacks needed. Just have the optical camo with the Relic skill unlocked and you can make him lose track of you pretty easily

[@cooltwittertag]

wait why can you hack him so easily? For me the suicide option costs 115 I do play on very hard if that changes anything but so far adam smasher has been a no hit run for me, tbf my build isnt that good

[@ixiahj]

Netrunners win again.

[@secondaryfront]

Netrunners > Edgerunners, take notes moon dwelling pedo-exhibitionists!

[@Cat_in_The-Box]

​@@secondaryfrontwhat

[@NumbDigger22]

@@Cat_in_The-Box Fella is mad at that crappy cyberpunk cartoon i guess. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@sunsee1537]

i just got the game before patch 2.1 and i waited for the buffs to finish the story for the first time, i remember trying to do stealth takedowns bc i was doing a stealth netrunner build but it wouldnt give me the option for a takedown,i thought you werent able to because he was the final boss, now i see that its possible, i must have fucked something up. i played on hardest dificulty and i kept dying from 3 shots lol. had to use suicide hack and zap to eventually get him

[@redsol3629]

MEMORY REBOOT INITIALISED.

[@happybuggy1582]

Fighting him with bare hands tank build is easy

[@CATORTOISE]

smasher get smashed

[@Miunim]

How the fuck is Takemura alive for you

[@misternoobie]

i saved him before: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIvSgWSwoa1pesksi=1ckJiXEOiIXlZJfI

[@covkusomkrema4436]

5Head strat 🤓 I'm realy enjoying watching this, sneaky netrunner, CDPR ain't considered this

[@ardour1587]

What you mean? There is a few quickhacks in the game and first thing that comes right into a mind is memorywipe on bosses. Its stupid to assu,e that they didnt know that. And its actually that bosses do not ignore mechanics of the game, And since smasher is allmost full cyborg its only natural that he is weak agains a hacker.

[@xMinos]

The unique takedown animations imply that they did consider this.

[@dmde722]

Откуда там японцы взялись??

[@panir_gaming_kekw]

Эммм... Где?

[@basil_burrito]

👆To all the people who comment under new boss fight videos: "Boo-hoo, I couldn't fight him befoooore, now they made him even moooore haaard 😫😫"

[@maximstrikel4610]

Where's the fight? It looks like a cheat, but yes, this is a cheat build:)))

[@TheJanooby]

taking him down in stealth is weak sauce beta 💩