Adam Smasher Fight (Reaper) is Garbage

[Midnight]

WTF? I spend the whole game earning all this ♥♥♥♥ and now I have rapidly dropping 80 health and nothing does ♥♥♥♥ to this guy, odds are even if I'll get a takedown prompt, and I get one shotted out of nowhere. The fight is supposed to be difficult, not a dev snickering to himself like an a hole. I can't even takedown the guy without stealth engaged so that I can use stealth to get away from the dickwipe.

[valium]

Working as intended, unfortunately for you. If you have so low health, and it took you that long to get through the building, your build is bad.

[M'Hæl]

What have you done to your poor build? I've wiped the floor with the guy on very hard with 7 different builds and never had an issue. If you wanna post what your stats are / what your running might be able to help recommend some fixing but it seems like you've not been paying attention to what kind of character you're building if you're honestly getting wiped like that by him.

[ImHelping]

They knew it would make the people mad other players were beating solo ending smasher happy if they patched the fight to be more annoying instead of challenging, that is literally it.

Even if you kill him no problem but agree "Yeah, overtuned baby instead of a cool boss" to people still banging their head on the wall, people will treat you like you can't even clear the tutorial scav den.

[DeVeers]

Gamers when they set the game difficulty to very hard and the game is now very hard - *shocked pikachu face*

[PanPan]

Level scaling is pretty badly done and people have different skill levels.
I play with a controller in normal because am lazy.
But lvl60, i rolled on Smasher even on hard...

[Pigsnortcore DSP style]

this fight ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ stinks now. I have maxed character and before patch was able to kill him 5th try (he can still one shot you in all that chaos mess with effects and ♥♥♥♥'s hard to see), but now I can't simply beat him. He always one shots you at the end of fight and his HP bar is twice as bigger

[valium]

Gonna have to rethink your build.

[lauruswolfe]

he's vulnerable to shock damage or was i see they updated him in a patch i haven't played in yet.

[orcaa]

Originally posted by Brad Pitt beat Bruce Lee:

this fight ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ stinks now. I have maxed character and before patch was able to kill him 5th try (he can still one shot you in all that chaos mess with effects and ♥♥♥♥'s hard to see), but now I can't simply beat him. He always one shots you at the end of fight and his HP bar is twice as bigger

without knowing your build and weapons it is hard to offer anything but general suggestions. Try rethinking your tactics.

[Zilljah]

People were complaining about how easy it was to beat Smasher, how he wasn't like the Smasher in Edgerunners. So the devs gave them their wish-a massively overpowered Smasher. Thanks, people.

Smasher is supposed to be tough, not unbeatable. He should have weaknesses we can exploit. Should he be able to one-shot you? No, you're supposed to be at a point where you're one of the best mercs in the city. Should you be able to one-shot Smasher? No, because he's supposed to be a near-myth. The fight should be hard, but winable.

One of the good things about the game is it's balance in builds. You can build maxed out Sandie-amped mercs, wiz level netrunners, average in nearly everything builds, etc, and they are all viable. It's why the game is so replayable-near endless character combos to try. But if only a certain build can beat Smasher, then the game's out of balance and no longer fun

[yahboi1988]

No matter the build you just can't sit around. Hacking him does work you just have to think about what hacks you want to use. I find Cyberware Malfunction and Cripple Movement work really well to keep him from being on top of you constantly. He is really hard and he is meant to be. You can stealth kill him if you are actually good at it and not just cheesing the game all the time.

[VibroKnife]

Most of the boss fights in the game are almost impossible to me on hard difficulty WITHOUT upgraded Dash ability from Reflexes tree. Also I had much more of a problem fighting his minions than him in that fight.

[Micas]

Bros be hiding in between those second heart cool downs.

[valium]

Smasher doesnt one-shot me, I have fought him since his uber buff with 3 different builds without much trouble. The fight is actually fun now -- tense, engaging.

[ImHelping]

People who find smasher overtuned on VH now: List details of the fight and mechanics of said fight even when they win (Overheat sustained longer with gunfire unsung hero of ram economy). Maybe throw in the latest prank bug like the white uniform ninja corpse glitching out to not let you collect the elevator keycard.

People who brag smasher is 'totally an immersive challenge now'': Zero relevant details
"But real gamers like me find him too ez still on VH, trust me bro"