Cyberpunk 2077: This ‘Trickshot Grenade’ Build Will Totally Change The Combat - Kotaku

Most builds successful Cyberpunk purpose for precise acquainted concepts: stealthy hackers, invincible punching machines, frighteningly close snipers, deadly accelerated katana wielding samurais, and galore more. Those are each amusive ways to play for sure, but if you privation thing that shows disconnected astute choices successful accomplishment trees portion inactive requiring a spot of marksmanship to get it right, this “grenade trickshot” physique is thing you indispensable effort out.

While blessed accidents successful aggravated shootouts successful Night City had maine beauteous definite you could sprout a slug into a grenade for an aboriginal explosion, a caller video from YouTube transmission KhrazeGaming confirmed it was imaginable by showing disconnected however this elemental quirk of the game’s combat tin go the ground for an full quality concept. This circumstantial setup kicks disconnected astatine astir 5:32 connected the video. KhrazeGaming besides had a sick Edgerunners-inspired David Martinez physique that we’ve talked astir before.

Shooting grenades mid-air mightiness beryllium the cardinal entreaty to this build, but there’s a batch of flexibility astir this, making it a cleanable complimentary playstyle for different builds if you’ve got the eddies, perks, and accomplishment points to spare. KhrazeGaming recommends grabbing the “Jackpot” perk successful the Engineering tree, arsenic good arsenic different perks that buff grenade damage. But we tin spell beyond that. Overall, you’re going to beryllium investing successful Reflexes and Technical Ability (Engineering) to marque the astir of this build.

Time-affecting cybernetic implants and which ripperdocs person them

As was shown disconnected successful KhrazeGaming’s video, you’re gonna person to beryllium capable to dilatory down clip to marque the astir of this concept. There are a fewer options erstwhile it comes to slug clip successful Cyberpunk and they stem from cybernetics.

One of the astir communal is the Kerenzikov cyberware implant. This volition dilatory down clip whenever you purpose down sights, block, oregon onslaught portion sliding oregon dodging. It comes successful Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, and Legendary variants, sold for 4,000, 6,000, 10,000, 16,000, and 28,000 respectively. Common and uncommon variants don’t person a stat requirement, but for Rare, Epic, and Legendary, you’ll request a Reflex people of 12, 15, and 18 respectively. Kerenzikov’s tin beryllium recovered from the pursuing ripperdocs successful these locations:

• Common (time is slowed by fractional for 1.5 seconds): All ripperdocs (who don’t merchantability higher level versions)
• Uncommon (time is slowed by 60 percent for 1.8 seconds): Japantown, Rocky Ridge, Rancho Coronado, Arroyo, West Wind Estate
• Rare (time is slowed by 70 percent for 2 seconds): Arroyo, Wellsprings, Downtown
• Epic (time is slowed by 80 percent for 2.5 seconds): Wellsprings
• Legendary (time is slowed by 90 percent for 3.5 seconds): Arroyo

You tin besides put successful a Synaptic Accelerator implant, which slows down clip erstwhile you’re spotted. But fixed however you mightiness not beryllium going for stealth with a physique of this kind, this whitethorn oregon whitethorn not beryllium arsenic desirable. A Reflex Tuner, which slows down clip by fractional for 2 seconds erstwhile your wellness is simply a 4th of your max, mightiness besides beryllium worthy seeking out.

Some different large options see immoderate of the Sandevistan Operating System implants. The vantage present is that these fto you dilatory down clip by holding down E alternatively of being tied to a question acceptable oregon a circumstantial script similar the others. These each person varying clip dilation stats on with different bonuses similar buffs to crit chances and damage, truthful you’ll privation to analyse which is close for your build.

To maximize your Sandevistan slug time, look retired for the Dynalar Sandevistan Mk.1 oregon 3, oregon immoderate of the Zetatech OS implants. You whitethorn besides privation to usage an Overclocked Processor mod and/or a Heatsink mod to foodstuff effect duration and trim cooldown respectively.

These aren’t the lone cybernetics to see for a trickshot build. A Maneuvering System implant from the ripperdoc successful Arroyo requires a people of 14 successful Reflexes, but it volition fto you execute dodges successful midair. Fortified Ankles tin besides boost your mobility, giving you much angles to propulsion grenades from and propulsion disconnected sick shots.

The Rare variant of Fortified Ankles requires a people of 12 Street Cred (buying from Viktor Vektor waives the Street Cred req), and is disposable from each but 2 ripper docs (Downtown and Wellsprings don’t person them). This volition fto you clasp the leap fastener to get a boost to your max leap height. In wide this makes the crippled overmuch easier to play, but it volition besides fto you get a large vantage constituent for tossing grenades and landing skillful shots.

The Epic mentation of Fortified Ankles is wherever the amusive begins. Only Fingers successful Japantown person this variant of the implant (so, you know, don’t termination him arsenic overmuch arsenic that mightiness symptom you). This volition trim your autumn harm by 15 percent and volition fto you Halo 5-style hover and stabilize portion aiming mid air.

Toss a grenade into a assemblage of enemies, leap into the air, dilatory down time, and thread the needle with a well-placed changeable and you’ll beryllium the speech of the metropolis successful nary time.

Or possibly Regina Jones volition deliberation you’re a cyberpsycho and’ll nonstop W to termination you.

Best guns for grenade trickshots (and more!)

So if you’re gonna sprout a grenade, you request thing to sprout it with. It’s astir apt just to accidental that astir guns speech from possibly shotguns volition bash the trick. That said, V’s limb volition lone propulsion a grenade truthful far, truthful a sniper firearm mightiness beryllium overkill.

For my money, thing beats a handgun. Not lone bash I deliberation a handgun-specced V is the canonical mode to play Cyberpunk 2077, they besides person immoderate of the coolest equip animations. Besides, if you lone spell for handguns, you’re going to marque inventory absorption mode easier. Just marque definite you banal the hellhole up connected ammo.

Not each handgun is built equally. There are 2 wide categories here, Pistols and Revolvers. From there, you person Smart, Power, and Tech varieties (there are nary Smart Revolvers, however). Hitting a grenade with a Smart Pistol is going to beryllium a challenge, truthful ideally you privation either a Power oregon Tech gun. If you’re going with an Edgerunners-inspired Falco build, you tin usage his Techtronika RT-46 Burya Tech Revolver, but I’m going to promote you to see Power Pistols for 1 cardinal feature: Ricochet.

Injecting a spot of Revolver Ocelot into your V volition assistance grow the trickshot physique beyond conscionable hitting grenades. Any slug fired from a Power limb volition person a accidental for ricochet, but grabbing a Kongou, accessible during “The Heist” quest by grabbing it from Yorinobu’s bedroom, is 1 of the champion moves arsenic this weapon volition ever occurrence ricocheted shots.

Also, the Ballistic Coprocessor cyberware volition amended your ricochet chances with immoderate Power weapon.

Ricochets tin beryllium unpredictable, truthful you’ll privation to tame those by either grabbing the “Draw the Line” perk successful the Engineering histrion oregon the Trajectory Generator cyberware optics mod to amusement a visualization of ricochet trajectory connected your HUD. The Play the Angles perk (also successful Engineering) volition boost ricochet harm by 15 percent for each perk level you’ve invested.

The “In Perspective” perk, nether the Assault histrion volition besides amended ricochets with battle rifles, sniper rifles, and submachine guns if those weapons are much your style.

Hitting enemies down screen with a ricocheted changeable is ever a bully time. But if you negociate to onshore a ricocheted changeable into a flung grenade…send maine a clip of that truthful I tin suffer my friggin’ mind.

Best V Attributes, Skills, and Perks for grenade trickshots

As mentioned earlier, Reflexes and Technical Ability are your champion friends for a grenade trickshot build. I urge a Reflex people nary little than 12 truthful you tin marque the astir retired of slug clip effects. Meanwhile, a Technical Ability people of astatine slightest 7 volition beryllium needed to commencement boosting your grenade damage, but ideally it should beryllium higher than that.

You tin standard your weapons perks arsenic you consciousness necessary, but for grenade trickshots, you’ll privation to see Grenadier, Shrapnel, Bigger Booms, Can’t Touch This, and Jackpot. The past 1 of those requires a people of 20, but it volition let grenades to people captious damage.

Grenade choices and different considerations

My favourite facet of the grenade trickshot physique is that it doesn’t conscionable trust connected the mathematics of your stats alone. Your hud volition bespeak wherever a grenade is, and slowing down clip helps a ton, but really hitting a grenade with a slug takes immoderate accomplishment adjacent aft you’ve invested successful perks and cyberware. It’s a large mode to support the situation of an FPS successful a crippled that you tin different predominate by numbers alone.

You’ll apt privation to get a wide assortment of grenades. That’s the different amusive facet of this build: Fragmentation, incendiary, EMP, poison, oregon adjacent flashbang grenades tin marque for amusive moving targets, benignant of similar having a unsocial enactment of spells with antithetic presumption effects successful a phantasy RPG.

It astir apt goes without saying, but this is simply a physique that volition astir payment rodent and keyboard players. The precision of a rodent volition marque hitting a grenade oregon timing a ricocheted changeable overmuch much doable. Not lone that, but dodging connected keyboard is pulled disconnected by double-tapping a question cardinal (remember, dodging successful combat activates the Kereznikov implant), whereas you person to double-tap B oregon Circle connected a gamepad.

If you’re acceptable connected playing connected a gamepad, however, you could effort a claw grip to support a digit connected your dodge functionality. Alternatively, you could get a controller with an assignable rear button. Hitting those grenades and pulling disconnected trickshots portion clip is slowed truly relies connected being capable to purpose astatine a moment’s notice, truthful the clip mislaid erstwhile traveling from the outer look fastener to your close thumbstick tin trim your effectiveness with this build.

In general, the trickshot grenade physique isn’t thing you’ll nail arsenic soon arsenic your stats conscionable the threshold. You’ll request to signifier a bit, but it’s good worthy the effort and is 1 earnestly unsocial mode to play this game. If you’ve ever been skeptical of the fusion of RPG mechanics and FPS gameplay, effort this benignant out.

For practice, caput retired to the outskirts to not beryllium bothered by anyone. For unrecorded targets, look retired for NCPD alerts, oregon throwdown with immoderate of the pack members you’ll find hanging astir Night City earlier you leap into the main quests to amusement disconnected your skills successful beforehand of an NPC you’re trying to impress. Before you cognize it, you’ll beryllium piercing grenades mid aerial and bouncing bullets disconnected walls. Preem.