Katana Build Very Hard Difficulty: Cyberware Suggestions: Stamina Or Survivability.

[50K]

Between Legendary Synaptic Signal Optimiser and Bionic Lungs which would be the better choice. 60% Health buff or 60% Stamina buff.

Between Legendary Adrenaline Booster and Syn Lungs which would be the better choice. 50% Stamina On Kill or 25% Faster stamina regeneration.

Cannot decide if I need the extra stamina and whether or not I can maintain stamina better through regen or kills. Suggestions appreciated.

[GordoBoy]

Postat inițial de Sunny50D:

Between Legendary Synaptic Signal Optimiser and Bionic Lungs which would be the better choice. 60% Health buff or 60% Stamina buff.

Between Legendary Adrenaline Booster and Syn Lungs which would be the better choice. 50% Stamina On Kill or 25% Faster stamina regeneration.

Cannot decide if I need the extra stamina and whether or not I can maintain stamina better through regen or kills. Suggestions appreciated.

I did this build for very hard in older versions, with the updates nothing much has changed regarding approach.
You dont need to worry stamina, just stack everything that gives damage and health, since you will get shot at a lot.
I used sandevistan and synaptic accelerator as the basic legs of this build, get detected and before SC ends you already killed 1-2 enemies, then abuse the sandevistan cooldowns.
Also for katanas, base katana has the biggest DPS so you know.

[50K]

Perfect thank you.

[Mander]

This is the Running Katana build I've used for Very Hard:

https://nukesdragons.com/cyberpunk-2077/character?v=1&a=ek3ig&s=eeekkk33iigg&p=ab1a62a81ah1aj1ae1ak1r91r21re1r83r41r71rg2r61rd1ra2r12r01rb2ec1eh2b23b83bd2bg1b03b13bb1bc1b32b72bf2b51u11u81u71ua3uf2u41uc2u61ud1uj1sc1sj1sb1sk1s51s31s22s12s01se2sd1sf1c93cc1c01c82c42c62c72&i=o84oz2l44l04l72f34f24n52n44c72c24i04i24g04g12g54s24s52c43&im=ia4ia4ia4-i51i51i51-r32r24io2----------------

Between Legendary Synaptic Signal Optimiser and Bionic Lungs, kinda neither: adrenaline booster (circulatory system) gives you back up to 50% stamina for every killed enemy, therefore you trade an higher cap for regen (which imo is better).
With sandevistan active (and with a CD of less than 2 sec), no enemy will be able to target you: not before you've cleaned the whole room anyway: so, an higher cap of stamina contributes little.
Therefore, why not put even more damage in your skeleton slot with microrotors and microvibration generator?

Slot "Scalpel" as your katana of choice, and you can basically one shot every single enemy in the game (as soon as you have reflex at 15 and tech at 18 for sandevistan and legendary mods.)

As a long range option, I use the SOR22, which is a very precise hybrid of sniper and rifle: you can do whatever else and reallocate the points as you see fit... or give it a try. It's a good rifle. :)

[50K]

I see thank you quick question I noticed for certain things like your sandevistan and kiroshi optics you have applied the same mods on them didn't they remove the ability to stack cyberware mod effects?

[Mander]

Postat inițial de Sunny50D:

I see thank you quick question I noticed for certain things like your sandevistan and kiroshi optics you have applied the same mods on them didn't they remove the ability to stack cyberware mod effects?

For certain, the mods on the sandevistan stacks: cd of less than 2 sec is why the build is so strong. Almost perma bullet time, plus invisibility on command... is really hard for the IA to counter it (it's still not my favourite, but for sure it's among the strongest :) )
Afaik, the nerf just lowered the crit chance (to the current 2%), but they still stacks...

AND in any case, the Katana Scalpel is in the build to pick up the slack: 50% more crit chance on sandevistan activation (plus the build), means that almost all hits are crits anyway.