Solo/Netrunner Hybrid Build

[Lich God]

I'm making a solo and netrunner build. Does anyone have some advice?

[Chief Spreading Bull]

Best advice I can give is to be patient with it; Its an archetype that goes through a lot of gameplay changes over time. Early on, you'll actually be relying more on Takedowns and a Silenced pistol than your Quickhacks but as you grow into your power and expand into Tech and Body, you turn into an armored monster with a mountain of hp that can kill people with a glance or beat them to death with a vibrator.

As a practical matter you're going to end up raising Body, Tech and Int to 20, so your most consequential choice would be which gets 15/6, Cool or Reflex. Reflex 15 gives you insane mobility and blades but Cool gives you a lot of passive buffs though a lot of it needs Optical Camo to work to their fullest, so that means giving up grenades. Or you could go 12/9 to eke out an extra 4 points of cybercapacity.

Post 2.1, Cyberware costs have been reduced, so its possible to get by with 15 in Tech and raise either Cool or Reflex 20 depending on your back weapon preference. Though be aware, regardless of which way you go, all of them will still be less efficient than Overclocked Quickhacks backed by fast regen.

[ImHelping]

As I am getting back into the swing of things myself, one thing comes to mind for muscle hacker (The best hacker).

"Hey what if LMG isn't ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ now if you use it to refresh overheat nonstop?"

Still, rambo hacker was great even at launch because of shotguns and blunt chaos as much of a joke LMG are. and with all the passive aggressive changes to stealth and stealth hacking? "♥♥♥♥ it, I have a shotgun" style hacker seems like it would not be that much of a shift in mindset.

As for people pushing you toward 20 cool as if you are made of stat points? Remember the capstone "Guaranteed headshots = crit with deadeye" perk for 20 cool does not work for pistols like the rest of the cool tree. only revolver type handguns (God forbid semi-auto be good for anything but "Can take a silencer" and even that is down to them nerfing revolvers). Oh no, Pistols gets a garbage side swerve perk at 20 "uh.... well... hipfire doesn't cost stamina anymore!" ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ wooooow. 99% of the cool shooting is dedicated to ADS, precision headshots, or both.

Also, plan around how many perks you would have at level 30 for sanity first. level 50 was a ♥♥♥♥♥ of a grind just doing laps around the city putting off the endgame in the old days, people acting like 60 is EZ don't want you to enjoy your build, they want to brag about their endgame.

If your build is still miserable to play with halfway through, telling yourself "But I will be OP later! The internet promised!" Is never a good time.

[Pharis Gough]

A fun I did was a 20 reflex, 20 int, and 20 tech since thermal weapons can proc contagion explosions.

Basically hunt down psalm ar, prototype shingen, and errata and watch the fire works.