Cyberpunk 2077 - Destroying Adam Smasher with Only Stealth Takedowns

[@olleronn616]

As a defense mechanism, Smasher will make the T-pose when his instincts tell him his enemy is behind him.

[@MrWongWey]

It’s supposed to scare off larger predators. Didn’t work this time.

[@dwightcarltomongha4322]

@@MrWongWey too bad the predator was smaller.

[@the-secret]

0:55 *asserting dominance*

[@markloh9182]

Thank you I tot I’m the only one sees it lol

[@C1umsyJester]

It’s his establish dominance cyberwars kicking in

[@AltProtomix]

seeing the devs create multiple unique takedown animations for a fight that almost nobody will use stealth in, and watching it be punctuated by t-posing perfectly captures the cyberpunk experience

[@Snipergoat1]

Brilliance interposed with WTF now? Yeah that describes the game pretty well.

[@jordonby]

Lmao I'm glad for it tbh, might be one of the last glichy games we all experience

[@AltProtomix]

@@jordonby trust me, there is absolutely no risk that the games industry will stop putting out rushed, buggy games anytime soon

[@jeremyphillips3087]

@@AltProtomix he means because we'll all be dead soon in a mass extinction event.

[@allopic3764]

@@AltProtomix at least cdpr probably won't have the guts to fuck up their next game, they're working hard to recover the trust of their audience, it'd be like shooting themselves in the foot.

[@jackieboi1566]

those fucking T-poses absolutely got me offguard

[@lokumo13]

You and him both

[@derrickzane5834]

Just Smasher trying to establish dominance over his foe. But the chad player had no time for weak displays, he was busy being a flash bang/ knife ninja.

[@Spawnyfox]

Nice fighting strategy to distrack your enemy with T-pose

[@SkoolConnor]

ok

[@maxsilvernail1479]

the knife throw at the end was clean

[@lnf-sidekick755]

true

[@Sarcastro_78]

This house is clean........

[@ianperry4974]

This feels like a more brutal way of taking him down. Its polar opposite of the way smasher himself fights. He's almost....helpless

[@GodfatherActual]

It’s because the ai in game are hopeless.

[@thepackable]

It would be absolutely humuliating for him though. To be taken down without being able to fight back. But so is getting beaten down by a purple version of the very meat he despises so much. ;)

[@GameBang666]

I used streetbrawler build mixed with hacks for crowd control. So while he was desperately trying to swing and shoot, his weapons began to malfunction, and even if he could shoot or swing at me he couldn't see where he was aiming at. So he just got wailed on helplessly by a meatbag half his size while all his 'superior' metal toys become a hinderance instead of a help.

[@eagleye2893]

@@GameBang666 All Thanks to Chrome, No Sane Choom Would Ever Pack. Not that V is A Sane Choom to Begin With, At Least Not After the Heist.

[@somerandomassguyontheinter2869]

@@thepackablebro really had so much hype just to be killed of by some random who’s barely even still breathing

[@Monstervolging]

Smasher tried to assert dominance by t posing but was too late and got cut off by the knife

[@ThrenodyVascos]

He only lasted that long because of the T

[@KePzez]

You know after watching Anime Adam Smasher this feels wrong, he was supposed to be an NC legend, someone who could keep up with a sandevistan, moving and reacting in a split second, scooting around the playing field, and shooting more bullets than you can count. But this, A. Smasher just looks and feels like a more durable bullet sponge.

[@jaguar5281]

Play in Super Hard mode, you will regreat trust me

[@Zonedoutallthetime]

if you fight him normally he does dash around the arena faster than anyone else in the game, he definitely has the highest movement speed

[@slobbery5292]

@@Zonedoutallthetime i mean, he also has a sandevistan so it would make sense for him to be one of the faster enemies

[@MJ-mu3kb]

they really need to buff him in a future update.

[@dominikhanak297]

V is the legend.

[@EruditeFeline]

We found him. We found the only guy who made a Stealth build in cyberpunk.

[@ahtoshkaa]

First build i went for. Love it. Knives are effing awesome.

[@thepackable]

My version of stealth is to kill everyone in the building because I can't sneak. Can't be seen if there are no witnesses.

[@Andychiu845]

@@thepackable That basically Assassinscreed lol

[@GameBang666]

Stealth is overpowered like in most RPGs. With the exception of VERY early game, you can either avoid combat altogether or cheese the AI into ridiculously elaborate kill boxes to the point where it becomes a sandbox murder playground(add crowd control and ultimate hacks for extra chaotic fun)

[@eagleye2893]

@@GameBang666 TLDR; You Get to Play Futuristic Dishonored.

[@alex_ho]

I like to imagine the way this translate to reality is that Smasher is doing everything he can, running all over the room, scanning, using his Sandevistan when he thinks he could catch V. But the whole time V is like a ghost, appearing only on the periphery of Adam, vanishing right before his eyes as he catches a glimpse, dodging his attacks effortlessly, and somehow always a step ahead of his moves. That moment near the end when Adam was trying to find V between the pillars, while V stalks him on top of one right behind him? Pure Predator vibes.

[@Resi1ience]

I _love_ this. This is the character V is supposed to be; the Ghost of Night City. Comes in like a freight train, dashing through like an angry bear, disappearing like a ghost. Cameras catch his face as a blur and no one but a doll at Clouds knows his name.

[@broughswenson651]

This is by far the best takedown of Smasher that I’ve seen. Nice work.

[@dontae2422]

2:19 jesus that line tho.....

[@MonstrousEthicist]

The game generally does a poor job of defining what “cyberpsycho” means, but that line is helpful to this cause

[@Nothing_happening_here_go_away]

@@MonstrousEthicist he is NOT cyberpsycho

[@TubeEamo]

@@Nothing_happening_here_go_away - Agreed. Smasher is a psychopath but his cyborg transformation never really changed him into a mindless cyberpsycho. Just made him more like himself. In a weird way his lack of empathy made him more resistant to cyberpsychosis because he didn't have any humanity to lose.

[@MonstrousEthicist]

@@Nothing_happening_here_go_away He hasn’t lost his capacity for reason or autonomous decision-making like the people we call cyberpsychos. Yet he’s definitely insane, and the years he’s spent without a human body represent a large part of that madness. In any case, the inability to remember pain is a trait Adam shares with cyberpsychos.

[@wes8723]

@@MonstrousEthicist What? How did you came to this conclusion? The game has multiple cyberpsychos cases and at the end you discover what cyberpsychosis means atleast in CDPR game

[@rogueraccoon1840]

Holy crap that's actually awesome I didn't even know you could fight Adam with stealth.

[@damienjohnson3450]

What I was gonna say.

[@wes8723]

All bosses can be defeated with stealth.. good games do it this way :) not even Deus Ex Human Revolution on its original release had these options

[@GameBang666]

All enemies can be stealth takedown. However, you need to be about their level(otherwise they break free, or the prompt just doesn't show, though that usually isn't a problem). Most bosses take 2 takedowns, Adam takes 3(maybe 4, haven't tried it on the secret ending)

[@Henbot]

So gotta be max Cool and wonder if the optical camo can help too

[@theefiiny7771]

A guys storming arasaka with just a knife. Solid

[@Henbot]

Honestly feels like a canon way of defeating Smasher considering Morgan Blackhand survived him and barely any cyberware. He literally designed for full all out battle but smarts and stealth is a weak spot for him if you got the means to

[@gibster9624]

So basically you are batman. You even brought vengeance.

[@zombiesalmon4997]

Im imagining the vine boom sound effect every time he t poses and its making me do this shitty little giggle

[@SmileyTheMadman]

Kinda hope CD Project Red fix the animations for the takedowns

[@ZacTBH]

Imagine if Johnny said what Smasher said to him before he executed him. "Told ya Smasher-Boy, told you I'd end you someday."

[@GabeStrenke]

Wow, I barely used grenades in general, but the flashbangs/concussives or whatever is used here seem like they would have been a lot of fun.

[@francisharkins]

Flashbangs are honestly a little op since you can just pop them and stun any enemy in the game lol. They are pretty cheap to buy/craft too.

[@colorzFX]

A lot of the grenades are very good, especially after some upgrades from the tech tree :#)

[@wotwott2319]

There's a perk under the technician tree that makes you immune to your own grenades and honestly, it just makes grenade builds all the more exciting

[@lukassimms694]

@@wotwott2319 or if you don't take that perk you can use a heat-converter/metabolic-editor to turn incendiary grenades into a damage buff and biohazard grenades into healing.

[@shadowskill111]

I'm impressed they put in the take down animations. Then again I just shot the crap out of him with a few rockets and Skippy the smart gun in half the time.

[@Trubripes]

You made him T-pose you magnificent bastard.

[@kamalalsb7292]

Tight as hell. I personally made a point of only using Johnny's gun for the whole fight, which is WAY less impressive than this but... love a bit of poetic justice.

[@politecat9207]

Ah I usually save my last headshot when he's on his knees for the Malorian.

[@thestateofyum6991]

i used guts for obvious reasons.

[@JoaoPedro-kp5px]

Hope they increase A. Smasher as a boss. He need to look like the absolute Night City legend in the anime

[@frankbeans2175]

Got to love the t-pose mid animation

[@lucnoctis3924]

So after Cyberpunk Edgerunners... I'm going to kill Adam Smasher again for Rebecca and David...

[@MrViki60]

those two deserved it.

[@taylorfoerster843]

The fucking T-pose sent my drunk ass OMFG

[@shannonolivas9524]

Not gonna lie, sort of a badass way to do this. Came into this fight with a ton of smoke grenades, the man plays to his strengths.

[@quietwulf]

I’m embarrassed by just how uncreative I’ve been with fighting Adam. Had no idea this was even possible. Slick.

[@clarencewalters338]

The game actually has quite the fun combat system, it's a shame the AI is too easy because it doesn't actually FORCE you to learn some of the games more stylish/advanced strats

[@zombaeshka8431]

3:54 MAN THAT WAS SICK

[@vitoscaletta6113]

My man can't stop t posing even with one hand

[@AnumaOnline]

The sound of that final knife throw was too satisfying

[@muhammudbinislam7843]

Rebecca smiles upon you

[@quattlebot]

There’s more stealth takedowns for smasher than there is for the whole game lol

[@Dissolved_Salt]

a LOT less menacing than in the series lol

[@Vexed_Vixen]

Hes usually alot scarier than this in the fight. This is cheesing him hardcore

[@corvaec.kalvidae8822]

Report, the intruder has a knife! Mech security guy: oh no (._ . )

[@tomvo2872]

The cyberpunk edege runner takes me here!

[@sunsofttitus6896]

Daaaaaamn David Martinez looking funny in the light...getting crushed by that????

[@saiku13years7months2]

Yup 😄

[@si-cw2pf]

That fucking T-pose killing me

[@dec5747]

He T-posed for one second letting his guard down, and thats how he lost

[@spaceperson613]

Cold af knife throw at the end🥶🥶

[@andreischultz8587]

2:48 A little T-pose to assert dominance

[@MassiveMiniGaming]

I love that Johnny's first reaction to watching his friend for is making a pun out of the killers name 💀 "Bastard Smasher!"

[@BrentBlueAllen]

I swear I'm going to play this game someday

[@octavianneagu594]

Did you played it?

[@Aetherealrizz]

I just finished it it’s so good some glitches but it’s worth it

[@octavianneagu594]

@@Aetherealrizz which ending did you get?

[@Aetherealrizz]

@@octavianneagu594 the happy ending with Panam I’m gonna do another play through as female v for the ending with Judy

[@octavianneagu594]

@@Aetherealrizz nice,I wanted to get that one but I was afraid that she would die

[@cb2291]

To me this was the greatest feat of the game

[@Henbot]

Proper greatest feat of the game be no cyberware or minimal and non lethal. Doing non lethal at moment though you have to be lethal on kill missions to do them

[@EricIsntSmart]

I honestly think this was the way the fight was meant to be played, but constraints with time and concerns over non-stealth playstyles struggling made the fight into its current easy combat self

[@Henbot]

That was hella cool, doing hybrid stealth at moment then was gonna do a full stealth build corpo and seeing that you can do stealth against Smasher made even more hyped for that.

[@dasu-beida]

right before the takedowns you see Smasher T-pose! 😂😂

[@trevorphillips2250]

Never expected a animatiin like that awesome!

[@Jm-ki4su]

That tpose had "who the fuck are you?!" energy

[@ReaverTheSurvivalist]

“Frightened, worm?” “Just looking for an opening. >:)”

[@j00tt]

Did Adam just use Sandevistan to T-pose right before V strikes from behind?

[@thephenom_7231]

0:54 Smasher: feeling cute, might T-Pose

[@orangeapples]

I thought there was going to be some sort of aerial stealth kill animation that sorta skips the jumping on his back part. Kinda odd that you drop down behind him to jump on his back and pull the plug when you could have just fallen on his back and pulled the plug.

[@RadiationEnthusiast282]

0:54 the t-pose caught me off guard 💀

[@atziluth12]

What a glorious T pose

[@ShadowSloth3]

This almost makes me feel like this could've been a boss fight from the Metal Gear Solid games.

[@ZzVinniezZ]

the game really make Adam into a joke of a character where he just a bullet sponge compare to Anime and lore. i would love to see we fight him slowly and have unique take down whenever we reach that damage threshold.

[@francisharkins]

To be fair. 1.) His AI is dumb. 2.) His level starts at 18 and only can scale to 30 well players can get to level 50. 3.) He has barely any resistant to players builds or most damage types. 4.) Lore Wise Adam Smasher has multiple bodies he can connect his brain to depending on the mission he is taking on. As seen with his body back in 2023, his current body, the one in the anime being a different chasis as well (shoulder mounted rocket is different from the one in game), and him having a gemini chasis as well. Those 4 being the confirmed bodies he has so far. So we likely lucked out with the Chasis he chose/or if he didn't phase the Sandy out entirely since he viewed it as rudimentary and it was a a year before the games events when he said so to David in Edgerunners so he could have opted for a Cyberdeck over a Sandy on his current Chassis. He could be better. But CDRP mucked the game up bad because they just had to shove Keanu Reeves into the game. And thus had to scrap alot of already made content to fit him into the story as Johnny. (as well as the amount of funding they had to use to even afford his likeness.)

[@wyldfirehydrant]

Alas Adam Smasher dies by T-posing

[@TheMaibus]

That execution, chef's kiss.

[@nevasoba5953]

that has got to be the best boss fight I've seen

[@dirtypink3197]

you haven't seen much then

[@CB2904-l9l]

???? lmao what

[@jameslambertus5820]

Not really. Oda boss fight are better for me. Mantis sith lightsaber plus greyfox stealth camouflage are way cooler.

[@Yuri-xx2gi]

Only game you played?

[@vitoscaletta6113]

You ever play a video game?

[@Lyubimov89]

When Adam Smasher meets Peter Sneaker

[@Nikillem]

This is like how the guy from the anime moves haha. I didn’t know super speed lasted that long, I def missed out on this build 😂

[@johnnysilverhand361]

omg im so stupid, i was wondering why i wasnt unable to takedown him...i didnt had a knife weared...

[@LSC69]

It's "I didn't have a knife equipped." Wrong diction. Also weared isn't even a word. The past participle of wear is worn. It also doesn't make sense to say "I didn't had" becase the "didn't" is already in the past tense so you don't need "had." If you trule wanted to use the past perfect tense it should be "I hadn't equipped a knife" or "A knife had not been equipped by me."

[@saucynate4177]

​@@LSC69 congrats, you gave some random on the internet an English lesson, in a cyberpunk KZbin comments

[@PiciorTe]

@@LSC69 you must be funniest at the parties

[@Entroxity]

@@PiciorTe this guy has never been invited to a party

[@spidertib]

@@Entroxity Sometimes a single lesson is all you need so you don't repeat the same mistake.

[@chemicalkid7399]

That was badass bruv

[@exdi4188]

So they make awesome one time animations, meanwhile we are stuck with a single stealth take down for the whole game. Really smart.

[@alanhermesjr9949]

Wow I was expecting Adam smasher to be strong the robot isn’t strong

[@omarjimenezromero3463]

i was expecting the same, but flatline him with sovereighn in less than 2 minutes, im kinda dissapointed.

[@nanokiryt]

@@omarjimenezromero3463 Try it in max dificulty, that man its the strongest NPC of the game

[@majoraswrath6182]

Honestly, the fight probably be woulda been way more interesting if you fought in a larger arena and instead of having to just wait to damage him, it was about opening up weak points with stealth takedowns by using an your tools and the environment to lose hime

[@Henbot]

Well it funny how compact the fight is, or the area. I hope after Elden Ring developers allow more larger arena spaces

[@Jarikraider]

The random ass T-posing lol

[@AvianDnD]

I really hope for a Adam Smasher boss battle rework.

[@shinbetE]

Got your wish :) He uses sandevistan now

[@AvianDnD]

@@shinbetE saw the trailer 👀 hype

[@Bataowata]

Just think This is Johnny vs. Adam Round 2

[@RoyalTea0806]

I like the way Adam Smasher T-posed

[@robertbutterworth5969]

its just been revoked *throws knife.

[@stormshadowoffire]

Ironically this seems like the most realistic way someone would take smasher down. Probably how Morgan Blackhand would do it

[@andhieyusuf7008]

2:10 "Nice cut, G!" *slaps*

[@certifiedpogger697]

0:55 🗿

[@NaiveAgenda]

Edgerunners redeemed Smasher because in the game he is straight pussy but in the show he is exactly how he was depicted in the books and lore.

[@umartdagnir]

0:36 - for a second it looked like VATS aiming in Fallout.

[@Automation6350]

DAM RAT DIDN’T EVEN HAVE THE NERVE TO FIGHT ME HEAD ON!!!!!!!

[@AlIegory]

does letting smasher live do anything?I;ve never actually seen anyone do it.

[@mattkim5077]

There’s no effect at all on the game, but think about it - if you spared Smasher, he would just get carted off and put into a new body, and you know he’s down to run it back the very next day. It’d be silly to spare an enemy like that

[@nanokiryt]

@@mattkim5077I think Adam Smasher will come back in a sequel, in the cyberpunk world you can make 1000 stories where Smasher could revive

[@damienjohnson3450]

@@nanokiryt Just remember how disgusting he finds mercy as an attribute.

[@obviousaimbot3056]

the T pose got me.

[@Naiddou]

adam smasher T-posing before takdown

[@cycada2405]

The T posing cyberware must be the secret

[@VirtueCanada]

My only expectation for phantom liberty is that they make this fight more difficult. Ideally, it should be nearly impossible on very hard difficulty.

[@reapxrr1]

THIS IS AMAZING

[@sadgiraffe6669]

Crazy how he dosent have any sort of ocular implant of the back of his head or something

[@luffydugrau4182]

Mr freeze batman arkham city fight vibes

[@bossmitchell3455]

It's kind poletic tearing apart like how he did David

[@anhaolan3121]

This video should be named : Cyberpunk 2077 - Destroying Adam T-poser with Only Stealth Takedowns

[@santamuerte4767]

Imagine anime smasher on max difficulty, and trying to do stealth takedown on him...

[@tisisonlytemporary]

not gonna lie that was fucking sick

[@netcyber]

Lol, guess David should've put more points into stealth instead of trying to not be a manlet!

[@janniclas666]

nice adam smasher T pose

[@KuroAn29]

Have to say in Cyberpunk 2077 terms: "That was some p**sy slaying ass moves you got there."

[@Night_flight_fpv]

0:55 😂😂😂

[@secilios]

Dayum, that was gorgeous

[@amon7458]

that was cool, good job.

[@SkmtMntn]

Wherever you go, do the T pose XD

[@tengetactiv1365]

I found out if yu die during this mission the credits roll

[@eagleye2893]

Only if You do the Secret Ending Where V Raids Arasaka Alone, This is Clearly the Ending Where Johnny and Rouge Raid Arasaka.

[@liamrorke4280]

The fact there are unique animations bro... this game is a work of art tainted by its shitty reputation

[@KrazEKing]

Now that was cool never knew that gonna try it out now lol