Sandevistan Vs Cyberdeck Vs Berserk Vs Chrome Compressor | Which is Best? 

For revolvers and high damage pistols, Sandy is badass to have for an "It's high noon" moment and shoot everyone at once

For me Cyberdeck is the best I can’t imagine playing this game without it. Killing people without having to touch or shoot them making cars self destruct while chasing you is so much fun.

I don't care what everyone says, berserk is some of the most ridiculous power tripping you can get in a game and is insanely OP with the invulnerability. Plus if you have a certain perk or cyber ware, you can basically stay in berserk the entire fight with each kill giving 20% more time

Compressor is really fun, not being able to press E and win every fight makes gameplay far more interesting. I'd like to point out that fast burst fire guns also work pretty well with Sandy, Raiju/Senko LX being the best example.

IMO the Cyberdeck is the best OS simply because while the rest add to your build, the Cyberdeck IS your build. You can still slice people up without a Sandy or Smash people without a Berserker, but you can't be a netrunner without a deck.

Sandevistan is also great for stealth! Just activate and then crouch sprint past all enemies, they almost never notice you as long as ur quick. It's inconvenient but workable in a pinch :)

I used to feel like I couldn't EVER let go of my cyberdeck 😂because I always showed up and started scanning enemies, pinging, tagging thru walls, checking cameras and disabling them, attracting enemies to gas cannisters or separating them, taking them out, etc. But using the Sandevistan made me appreciate the game more, because it forced me to re-think the way I approached enemy encounters and overall change my playstyle and be more careful. So I'm having a blast with it right now, it kinda feels like I have a "special power", like David Martinez. Running around with a sword, throwing knives, a heavy pistol, the projectile launcher, and the Sandie hits different.

Have to say I agree with you, even being able to scope out where people are via cameras even if I don’t plan on frying them with “magic” is sorely missed when sporting a Sandy/Berserk. Also Gorilla Arms + Berserk is hella fun, Superhero Landing into the thick of it and then tossing some poor soul into their remaining friends is epic.

I didn’t think I would like the compressor but I did a max body and armor build with a crap ton of cyberware and assault rifle perks-and I’m enjoying it a lot. It’s really held its own.

I understand why they don't want to allow full-on netrunner/sandevistan hybrid builds, but there should be something that makes at least basic camera hacking and maybe Ping available to other OSes (similar to how Kernenzikov provides some time slow ability to other OSes). Those basic utility hacks feel like an integral part of the stealth mechanics, and there'd still be plenty to make netrunners feel different.

Sandy + Byakko is the closest thing you'll get to physically doing that thing in anime where the someone pulls out their sword, screen goes black followed by white slash lines and then enemy is suddenly in pieces. That's pretty much the reason why I love it so much.

I always thought Cyberdeck was the only OS available in the game until 1.6. To me it feels like the ultimate Cyberpunk gameplay style and it’s how I’ve played both of my playthroughs. Though for my third one, I will force myself to use either the Sandy or the Beserk for a different gameplay loop.

I think the Chrome Compressor would make a viable and fun option if it opened up a new cyberware slot for each body part apart from the capacity buff

Stealth Sandi is beautiful, you can headshot an entire room of Scavs without even triggering an alert. At times I thought that maybe I'd made the game too easy lol. Loved my first playthrough so much I'm looking to go back and do a Netrunner build.

okay, i have to say the LMG build got my interest. standing in the middle of the street and just spitting out bullets at everything looks so satisfying.

Chrome Compressor is actually the best for Assault Rifles, the secret is that Quantum Tuner makes Kerenzikov recharge instantly like 20 times in a row, thus making it a 3-minute Sandevistan with almost-invulnerability from Defenzikov, and it also gives around 100 free Cyberware capacity.

Bloody fantastic analysis of all these, top notch work

I personally switched to a Sandevistan from a Cyberdeck at around level 45-50. I have since reset my attributes and now everything is at 20 except for body at 18 and intelligence at 3, which was at 16 before I reset. I like the Sandevistan. Considering my loadout is Johnny’s pistol (though I can switch it for Her Majesty for stealth), O’Five (I can switch it to Overwatch for stealth), a Punknife, and Mantis Blades, I think me and the Sandevistan are a match made in heaven. There are things I miss like being able to disable cameras and turrets, but I can just enable Sandevistan and get out of a camera’s line of sight in time.

I went Netrunner stealth build in my last play through, as that's how I usually play such games, but now I'm running a Berserk build. Very different play style but very, very fun. I actually prefer it.

I wanna see you make a build around the Tetratronic Rippler - just stacking quickhacks and doing biblical amounts of damage to enemies.

There is something profoundly awesome - and effective - about using throwing weapons with berserk, completely eliminating the range limitation of the OS. With the zero-g weapon mod, if you're just cracked enough, you can even be a berserk sniper!

Awesome video as always

While I believe that Cyberdecks are the most powerful OS available, I can’t get away from Sandy’s. I normally prefer to use pistols and melee,the combo of a those weapons and a sandy work very well together. I also use optical camo, and it along with a sandy work well together, the sandy artificially extending the length of the camo, allowing a surprising amount of stealth.

Awesome vid's choom really great work much appreciated 👌👍

New subscriber here. Great videos. Could also listen to you talk all day, very soothing voice. After watching this video, did leave me feeling rather basic for not experimenting in my own game. I'm inspired to do so now, though.

I find the Cyberdeck to be a perfect addition to my more assassin type build. Couldn't imagine playing it without shutting cameras off, pinging everyone in the area to tell where they are and where to plan my next move, turning turrets on their masters, etc.

I’ve always used the cyberdeck, but I decided to use the sandy in my most recent run and a combo I don’t see many talking about is sandy + gorilla arms to unlock your inner JoJo protagonist

I never thought you would utter the words "Gorilla Fisting" on a video... :D It was a pun worthy of BFC 9000.

so basically, cyberdeck: you're a wizard V sandevistan: I AM SPEED, and I make sushi crome compressor: welcome to 'murica! guns go brrr berserk: 'if this game had destructeble enviorment, I wouldn't use the door, I'd go throught the wall... you know, a straight line from A to B'

Ty for all your wisdom. CP can be really intimidateding at first for noobs like me. Appreciate the vid, new sub, bet.

Great video! Keep up the good work 🔥

For tech weapons, activating your sandy at the end of the charge can actually be amazing for hitting headshots or collaterals

i didin't know anything about the melee build and im trying to play one right now actually so this helped me a lot to rethink how i was doing some of it XD sadly dont have dlc....... so most of what you said i cant get XD

Sandy does have some trade off stealth value. If you don't need/want ping, then it can be good for being able to thread the tighter patrol detection windows. Meaning, you're better in the active part of stealthing (not counting cameras) instead of the stronger planning of a cyberdeck

I am using the cyberdeck, because with the cox-2 optimiser simple overheat oneshots EVERYTHING except bosses, so i usually turn on overclock, jump into the middle of the enemies and give overheat to everyone. I am using biomonitor with blood pump so i have a lot of potencial ram. when my overclock runs out and i havent killed everybody i just headshot them with sniper rifle.

As always Sam, your videos are very well made and very informative. While much of what you discuss is subjective, the info you share always works and usually solves my build problems. My first play through was a nomad using a cyberdeck. Now at level 60, with the chrome I've installed, the perks and attributes maxed out V can pretty much stealth through anything. Delivering cars for El Capitan is as easy as hitting the pursuers with Emergency Brake followed by Self Destruct. V is also pretty good at absorbing damage. Second play through was a Corpo, played around with other builds but went back to cyberdeck because I found the other systems too lacking through at least the first half of the game. Especially when quest givers would get up in arms about not doing it quietly. But my third build, I wanted to go Sandevistan. I already had Phantom Liberty (had played through it with my nomad). I couldn't get it to work like I did pre-PL release, so I went looking for a tutorial. Found yours, regarding the Sandy/Byakko build. I worked my Street Kid up to that build and they are amazing and so much to play! I love hitting a group with the arm launcher, hitting the sandy then leaping into them with Byakko; flying body parts ensue! So thanks for that video. I've always turned my nose up at the Chrome Compressor because, well, no abilities in it. But just this afternoon I was thinking how none of the cyberware really suits a gun fighter (I think Berserk did before PL dropped). Then I saw this video and now I'm thinking, I need to swap the Corpo onto the CC, find him a good LMG, maybe a shotgun and have it!

My favourite cyberpunk account here. Love your work

For me Chrome Compressor. As of typing the first, second and third comments chose Berserk, Sandy, and Cyberdeck respectively so I didn’t want cc to feel sad. Also I hope we can have a assault rifle/ smg tier list in the future!

I have to say guts with an apogee works really well because most enemies get 1 shot and the time between shots is fast enough that you aiming or moving to the next enemy is enough

Still need to do a 2.1 netrunner build, but I’ve found sneaking up to a group activating the Sandy, cloaking and letting loose with headshots from Her Majesty to be a lot of fun.

Im having alot of fun with a sandevistan brute (shotguns, the malorian and some blade work) and its been fairly good on very hard throughout the whole game (having a different pistol obv)

I first played the game with a cyberdeck and loved it then I played a Sandy and that is my current favorite but now I think I'll try the compressor as I like the idea of being a mobile weapon platform.

There's another really good sandy build you should talk about which uses a high damage tech weapon (like the satara or nekomata) and charging it beforehand and using your sandy just before either full charge or bolt charge for massive damage :)

I very much look forward to the cyberdeck videos you mentioned. I have been racking my brain on how exactly I wanna play a netrunner since 2.0 and 2.1. Smart weapons? Pure netrunning? SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE SAM BRAM!

My last playthrough was a stealth netrunner with throwing knives. Right now I am playing a sandevistan samurai build using a katana and throwing knife. I just really like the knives

Great vid! I recently found your channel and I've been going through it at a rate of knots. Do you think you'll ever remake your David build video?

I'm doing a Sandy playthrough right now, using Apogee. I'm paring it with a Katana, the throwing Axe you get from the top of the pyramid and Fenrir. I tried Overwatch, but it's far too slow. I just like rushing enemies and slicing them 😂 I usually do a Netrunner build and love Contagion lol Wanted to try something different for once and I love the blade/sandy build.

My favourite quickhack combo goes as follows: Sysytem collapse

For a sandy build my favorite weapons are daggers equip 3 and it auto switches...enough perks you can "rapid fire" them.

I have three separate accounts for playing, so I get to experience all three just on separate characters, another use for the cyber decks is during the repeatable car races, all you have to do is emergency brake all of your opponents and you’ve won

Its pretty cool to be a techy and be able to have conversations and do those things with a cyberdeck but when you do a physical build, you're practically cyber Hercules and damn near impossible to kill even for maxtac, a pure force of cybernetic nature and probably the most fun way to play

I really love em all tbh they're all incredibly fun to play but i think Sandy's my favorite i love using it for stealth and swords ,knives and pistols and plus having 20 tech ( which i think all decent builds have ) you can just run up and turn off any camera or turrets

The first ever build-ish thing I did was go shotgun, lmg, sandy. I could tear apart small groups of enemies instantly, and with that one cyberwear I could go right back in and go it again, essentially ending entire encounters before they could begun. The scalpel is so powerful that despite not being built for it I ended up using it for a while more then my shotgun, just sandy + that. One of my favorite combos with a cyberdeck is a high level contagion + overheat, because the contagion says that while they are affected by it, fire damage will cause them to explode, and overheat causes fire damage. I used it multiple times on small groups of gang members to just detonate one guy and usually take out the guys around them.

Even with literally base 3 int (character's currently lvl 43), I can't give up the cyberdeck. It's so versatile and always allows me to enter into fights on my terms and the utility it offers even when not speccing into it is hard for me to concede. Being able to destroy enemy weapons, lock down quick enemies or disable cyberware, turn turrets on enemies etc, or completely scope out a place so I can stealth all the way through without getting surprised by an enemy in a blind spot - it can provide that and still provide dmg bonuses with higher tier quick hacks. I'd likely use a Sandy in another playthrough where I'm dedicated to just going in guns blazing at all times or something, but the cyberdeck just allows me to do missions or general fights according to what the quest might require and I really do treasure that. I imagine a very optimized build would favor a sandy or the other ones, but the cyberdeck will always have its uses and I think it's great that it can fit so many builds even if it's technically not the best in slot you could have. CDPR I think really did a great job with all the overhauls over the years, 2077 is probably one of my favorite games to come back to and that's saying something cause even when I LOVE a game, I very rarely go back through it (and I primarily play rpgs, so there's usually always a reason to replay them).

I love the gorilla arms/sande build. Literally tamed every cyberpsycho and KITR fight in one burst. You can still work in a stealth build without needing to hack cameras with engineering and good timing. Plus the sande can let you waltz past cameras and sentries. The versatility in this game is its saving grace.

I've been using both cyberdeck and sandy in my playthroughs and had the most fun using sandy with blades and double barreld shotgun builds. I could see my latest blade build switching from sandi to berserk or chrome compressor though since I hardly feel pressed to turn on sandy anymore anyway. At level 50+ you are virtually a god compared to the opposition (on "very hard"). I just wish the game was more challenging. It's really fun to play and the story and atmosphere are great, but starting at about level 25, if you keep upgrading your gear and adding cyberware, even "very hard" feels way too easy.

Ive been using a Zetatech Sandy iny early and mid game to great success. I use Gorilla arms, smgs and pistols. Using it to blink in close and either clip dump or speed blitz with punches. Combined with emp grenades combat for becomes a game of never allowing enemies to react

I always end up with the sandy... but I cant deny that after I change there are many situations where I sorely miss the cyberdeck. But I cant help myself, going berserk with the katana in slow motion is so much fun

My favorite build uses the tetatronic rippler, pariah tech pistol, & optical camo. Int + cool + tech, focus on stealth and handguns. Blinds all nearby enemies when overclock is activated, with invisibility, penetrative silenced gunfire, and debilitating quickhacks.

I'm so excited to play cyberpunk again, last time I played was 1.04 or something

Perfect time for this video, playing my first Playthrough and thought I was all in on a katana build, only to absolutely love throwing knife build. Currently only level 21, so I'm still deciding what OS to run, whether sandy or deck. Just found your channel and loving the videos. Thank you. Are agaou, headhunter, and blue fang still king, when it comes to throwing?

Berserk is actually quite useful against Smasher because during the bossfight, he's really agressive and creates a counter to your build. He outmaneuvers the Sandi and hacks you back if you're hacking him long enough BUT he can't shut Berserk down, so as long as you can stay alive during the cooldown and as long as you've got yourself some really damaging weapons - you can outtank and outlive him pretty much face to face

I wouldn't say Sandevistans and shotguns are _totally_ at odds. One of my favorite builds ever was a "Speed Shotgun" build that relied on Microgenerators, the Sovereign shotgun, and good old Sandy. Sovereign has a unique feature that grants bonus reload speed when you hit an enemy in the torso, and it stacks multiple times, so by activating Sandy when I land a hit, I could run up to each enemy in a crowd and unload a point blank double-barreled shotgun blast to their chests, each of which not only did massive damage on its own, but also had an electrical explosion accompanying it thanks to the Microgenerator, with each shot coming quicker than the last. Battlefields were nothing but scattered piles of scorched meat and detached limbs by the time I was done with them. Good times, good times...

Playing a sneaky knife thrower atm so it's Sandevistan for me. DId a netrunner playthrough pre 2.0. Gonna look into the Chrome Compressor, though. That looks like it could be a lot of fun.

i like the sandy, but i also play stealth most of the time so i stick with a cyberdeck. really wish there wouldve been a best of both worlds hybrid deck, like no lethal cyberware allowed and a sandy effect with a shorter duration or something

My main build is netrunner stealth edgerunner with specialization in smart and tech weapons, pariah, yinglong crimestopper and widowmaker are my favorite weapons, of course I use overclock and optical camo, my approach is causing havoc with quickhacks such contagion and cyber psychosis, then highlight other enemies who survived and kill them while undetected. Cyberdeck is absolutely the most versatile and fun way to play stealth characters in cyberpunk imho I love this game.

I started the first half of my game with Cyberdeck and switched to Sandy to see what all the fuss was about and immediately felt naked without my ability to Ping groups. I did however have a fun time running pistols at close range to unlock the Gun Fu achievement.

I’ve enjoyed recreating my Borderlands Krieg playstyle via Berserk and throwing weapons (namely that axe from 2.1) in moments where I run out of healing items. I throw it in tandem with the Headhunter knife that primes the enemy for 200% headshot damage taken.

if berserk didn’t limit you to melee weapons i would have loved to use it, but i went for a shotgun, lmg, and projectile launcher build so i naturally went with chrome compressor and i enjoy seeing the armor meter fill up every time i update my chrome

I did a sande build run and while I really liked it , the cyberdecka are just so much deeper and feels like ur missing out on a big chunk of the game because of how much there is to them (cyberdecks) not to mention there are parts in the main story that are pretty much made with using the cyberdeck in mind a good example is the parade sequence where u hunt down rhe snipers when you get to nest each one will have tripmines blocking the way protecting them and since the mission heavily guides. You to doing this mission stealthy it becomes impossible with out havibg the cyberdeck so you xan hack and disarm as shooting will obviously blow your cover you can jump over the 1 st one heavily exposing yourself but the next 2;are in a small space you cant jump over I think it would really help if they made some basic hacks basekit or at least available in like another cyberware all you would need is distract ping and turn off cameras and mines

I did a chrome compressor shotgun build. one of the most fun builds i have ever done. having so much extra cyber capacity turns you into a walking tank, thro on defensnikov and you are immortal

Just got cyberpunk around Christmas.. ik im extremely late.. but for me it’s nothing like going berserk with the gorilla arms.

Chest beating aside, my first and most often used OS is the cyberdeck. It just made sense to me setting wise, it felt like going into the game a certain cyberdeck would make you god!

I use a melee netrunner. People probably don't get how that works but it exists. Even at the start of the game, you can use Bait to lure enemies to you, use Sonic Shock on them when they come close and then just beat them to death with whatever weapon you got. Sometimes even just fists. Its so cheap. But when they added car hacks, it just got better. I would control Jackie's bike and move it around hostile areas then hack enemies through the bike's camera. No one ever suspects the self driving bike.

Started off with a street kid melee sandy build, my next play through as a nomad I light run a gunslinger type build with some netrunning stuff, but I’m saving corp for a full net runner, I figured a corpo wouldn’t want to get their hands bloody

Beserk is just amazing, I know it’s somewhat less flashy compared to the others (obviously excluding the chrome compressor) but it can get you out of tight spots and feels hella cool to use; you literally see red when using it!

Definitely enjoy being a cyber samurai, still have some leveling to do as i am only lvl 42 "i think" but it is tons of fun uploading hacks and the instant before it kicks in running in with a scalpel or the like and taking heads. Even at that lvl though i think my slots are filled with cyber ware i wont change much if at all. Heavily depands on dogtown gear as i havent been there yet, want to put it off while i finish quests and just explore.

I started off netrunner and I absolutely love it, trying to find the best all around build for V that allows swapping between the different OS systems because playing one style for long runs while really fun can get a little stale when you aren’t being creative with takedowns. Currently 20 in int and 20 in tech, I still think these can be useful for sandi os as smart and tech weapons still benefit from these perk trees and there’s a lot of smart weapons that are really good and with 15 points in cool headshots melt enemies as well as the benefits/perks for pistols. so between cyber deck and sandi this works. I just don’t know if I should make my last 20 point stat be body / reflex / cool. - Reflex for maneuverability and swords+throwing knives for the sandi version of the same V - body for the infinite magazine sub machine gun perk as you will already be using smart and tech weapons for your netrunner OS when you swap to it - cool for the throwing knife aspect of the samurai sandi so either reflex for the sword or cool for the throwing knife. All around this build let’s me run both OS on the swap and keeps the play through fresh

What I typically do is build up a stealth build as a foundation with the cyberdeck and double jump (forgot the name), completing all of Regina's gigs and cyberpsychos in Watson before the Heist. Afterwards, I slowly change my build into one of speed and ability, changing to sandevistan with optical camo and mantis blades by the time I'm fighting Oda. By the end of the game, I can phase in and out of combat at speeds where I can shred someone in the middle of a room and still not get seen. If optical camo could be triggered on and off then it would be an incredible build I think. Getting Axolotyl from Regina so early on helps with this, but it's hard to spare that much cyber capacity until a little later.

I gotta agree! When I play play A LOT with a cyberdeck until I can get the best Sandi, and I miss having the hacks so much (if I'm not playing with mods)

Only started playing the game a week or so ago. Been trying to do a stealthy build with katana and silenced Dying Night, with non silenced sniper for back up. Also leaning into Reflexes for Dash and eventually Air Dash.

Oh man, I had absolutely no idea that you could add a quickhack to the monowire. I saw that as a perk but I just didn't put 2+2 together, hahaha.

Just finished my replay as a sandevistan blades build on Very Hard, the Smasher boss fight was so much damn fun even if it was hard, felt like being the Flash and fighting Reverse-Flash

i personaly play a apoge pride build taking advantage from the extra crit but im defnetly gonna try a cyberdeck after this video

Im an apogee pistol guy, and I really don't like the compressor, but it's actually better at end game than you'd think, unless something has changed since I last played, there is a cap on how many of each rarity of capacity shard can drop in one playthrough, so that extra 70 makes for a much more cyberware packed build

You don’t know the feeling of walking into a room and seeing some gonks blowing up with their own grenades while others putting a gun to their head just at the sight of you. Cyberdecks are beyond phenomenal

Sandy been amazing for my Ninja Cowboy build haha Mcgree/Genji Life lol

Anything other then Cyberdeck changes your gameplay sooo much. Missions get wayyyy harder if you run around without a Cyberdeck. Thats why I love this game. Changing your playstyle actually means something not just for "style" purposes. Its way harder to be stealthy in a base. You cant hack cameras nor doors or anything. You can miss certain optional mission objectives just bc you cant hack for sh*t. This makes the game 100 times better and each playthrough can be vastly different.

My first playthrough was pure cyberdeck. So OP. Second playthrough I picked up a berserker as soon as I could and holy cow was that a blast. Got the Clever from Placid and became the butcher of Night City. It was a great early game build until I could get a good Sandi.

I like the fact that all those builds offer a different style of playing the game. Most extreme are maybe the Netrunner just sitting somewhere safe cleaning the whole area via cameras, and the uttermost messy close combat berserker. The Sandevistan blade I played on weaker levels mainly as sneaky knife/axe thrower. Only at level 60 with full Relic I could go comfortably full blade melee soloing Arasaka Tower on normal difficulty. The main difference here was the armor, 730 first try vs. around 1300 the second try. Armor is essential for soloing Smasher or MaxTac'ing.

Questi9n can the cogito latice effect be used if you dont have a cyberdeck, nor perks. Cuz if im remembering right you star with less than 12, or can get lower than 12 easily, so is it jjst free armor?

Now I've only played two runs, one before phantom liberty and one after (which I haven't finished but I'm almost max level) and I got to be honest I like the cyberdeck alot, not only is it useful for gigs and most jobs due to many of them being stealth focused or encouraging stealth, but as a Zhuho Fan the overclock auto lock on ability from 20 INT made it so I could one-shot most enemies till I was level 50 with a non-moded tier 5 Zhuho (though I have only played on standard difficulty and thus the fall off of the Zhuho may happen earlier on hard difficulty). I've also had it that I've made overclock basically renew itself even without synapse burnout, by just having a large amount of regenerate on kill effects stacked. Cyberdecks are just fun, and with the introduction on the enhanced dashes from the reflexes trees, it makes the activation of korenzekov less awkward in my opinion, making sandevistans kind of whatever to me. TLDR; I like the the ability to oneshot enemies with my smart shotgun, and korensekov is far more intuitive to activate with the enhanced dodges from reflexes.

I’d love to try out the chrome compressor with an hmg. That just sounds like so much fun :0

sandevistan is my favorite bc I like to play combat heavy wrecking ball-type characters and it just offers so much utility mid-combat. You can fire it to dodge shots, reach high ground with less risk, get in and out of close range really well, regen stamina using Tailwind, and of course placing meatshots on enemies with a shotgun is a joy. It’s also great because it feels basically limitless, both falcon and apogee being able to be triggered at low charge makes it feel like it has all the utility of the Kerenzikov with a lot more damage utility.

I chose a Blade/Sub-gun build with some OP Crit Netrunning on the side, and one issue I ran into was not being able to justify using monowire for replenishing RAM since Errata already turned enemies into confetti, so I had to compensate by choosing cyberware upgrades that also granted RAM Regen upon killing enemies. Still works like a dream, but it also meant PLS was the only arm cyberware that wasn't a stupid option for my build

Compressor on a weapons (assault rifles build) focused character is great

Looking forward to this because I took one look at Chrome compressor and thought "???" At first glance I cant fathom why you'd pass on the most game-changing cyberware for more run-of-the-mill stuff but then there's the iconic cyber to think of

Usually play with a cyberdeck and sniper sneaky build, because I love stealth missions. But there is also something satisfying about a shotgun and a sandevistan build 😂

I have plated 3 playthroughs of cyberpunk, and each one I ended up playing the exact same type of build. It’s become my cyberpunk version of stealth archer 🙄🙄🙄. I passionately call the build “Corporation Killed V” but it’s more of a lone wolf commando/jack of all trades type. Pistol, AR, and Sniper for weapons to tackle ant range, arm launcher or regular grenades for arm mods, kerenzicov and cyber deck, fill deck with combat quick hacks with the exception of ping, investing mostly into intelligence and reflex, split rest amongst cool and tech to upgrade weapons and allow surprisingly great stealth. Makes my V this mind bogglingly versatile and adaptable killer. One that could silently assassinate a target or entire building one at a time, or go guns blazing and take on an entire army at once, or be in and out without touching anyone and leaving no trace whatsoever. The commando, the spy sort of, the jack of all trades perhaps, the corporation killer.

My current build (first 2.x) is again the "stealthy netrunner" and while some story or boss battles are a challenge (I died so many times in the "Contra la Luna" scene, because... no place to hide - still loved that scene to death) for most of the game it's so OP, esp. if there's a camera you can hack. You can often take out most enemies without them even having a chance to spot you, or get to you even if they trace you, it's scary. At max level I sometimes really feel sorry for these poor little bugs, unable to understand what happens to them, or do anything about it. And that's on "hard". It really becomes a power fantasy once you've reached high tiers of cyberdecks and quickhacks and you have a little patience. My next run will definitely be a movement based build, probably blades and Sandy, speed and jumps.