Okay so 4th playthrough and over 400 hours in the game and I’m only finding out now how OP throwing knives are.
Okay so 4th playthrough and over 400 hours in the game and I’m only finding out now how OP throwing knives are.
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They are truly a hoot! Super satisfying. I’ve only just made it through Act 1 so I’m stoked to think of what I can achieve.
oh it is improved now?
i tried it before and when i saw i can’t even loot back the knife i threw, i didn’t bother
anyway… no more room for it really on my stealth cool/reflex kid
Is your build specifically set up for this or is it based on a variety of things?
Yep once you get them 3rd tier skills that increase crit damage and recovery time they become insane. Though I stopped using them when I got Alex’s amazing silenced pistol… I didn’t like how they started to dominate my playstyle. Same reason I don’t touch Sandy.
Same choom. Having a ton of fun with my knives/katana build.
I like the iconic hatchet that you get in Dogtown. EMPs on crits, just have to be careful around civilians.
Same. Just been using knives and revolvers. Don’t even know what to run as a third weapon so I got it empty.
I just discovered them last night and I can’t get enough! I’m just an idiot with a revolver and a knife but boy can you just mow down everyone…
ya throwing daggers is awesome, i just don’t know how to build tree and gear around them. i was able to take out that big mini boss girl with the sledge hammer at mall (i forgot her name) before you run into that field agent guy that offered to take the virus out of your head. i did her only with throwing daggers, i love the daggers.
Fun too
Haven’t even gotten to hellman and I’ve completed most NCPD gigs and got like a level 57 headhunter skill, and I can say this shit is insane
That’s because they were basically useless before 2.0.
Yeah I made a new character for Phantom Liberty and just threw knives left and right
How do we know that this video clip isn’t gameplay on Easy difficulty…
Nehan or the new tomahawk from phantom Liberty slaps. Once you invest into Cool with Juggler perk you can basically just wipe out entire groups with zero cool down
They are fun af. Try finishers with them too.
SAME THING HAPPENED MAN
did they just add that with 2.0?
Absolutely cracked since they made them usable, 2.0 made them better. Between all the melee damage boosters that apply to throwing knife hits, crit and headshot damage sources, and the volume of debuffs they apply you either oneshot something, or the bleed/poison does and all your knives just show up in your hands.
I was hitting 3 THOUSAND damage crits in sandevistan before I respecced to a gun build, and I had a lot of room to optimize between cyberware and iconic tier upgrades, and general tuning of stuff.
I found a 5+ claw a while back (throwing axe) head shots are a one tap on any non 💀 enemy.
Its my main stealth range weapon now.
Normal Tier 5++ Punknife virtually has no cooldown even if you miss.
Throwing knives are my go to stealth playthrough weapon
I remember specifically in the first week of the game releasing people warning others not to use your knife throwing perk as it waste your knife… now look at us
My last playthrough was a knife throwing netrunner and it was an absolute fucking blast.
They’re op, but I’d just miss most of these throws.
Throwing knives are extremely badass, to the point that I find other builds boring and hard to stick to.
The only downside is that sometimes they don’t actually “kill”, so you sink one in a target’s eye during an assassination, and feel like a badass, but then the fixer calls you out for being a pussy who refuses to get their hands dirty.
Like bro has *a knife in his brain*, but sure, I totally spared him.
Мочи суку?!
Used to be even more OP when kezenikov worked with it.
I also just discovered knives. But im nkt sure what the best one is. Right now i have a suppressed nue, legendary punknife (i think) and the thermal katana. But ive found a few iconic knkves but the return times are super long. The knife i found is 1.4 seconds. And it has a mod that makes it not have gravity affect trajectory which is neat.
Although ut does suck when i occasionally miss the headshot in the sandevistsn bevause the knife doesnt come back lol.
No cap, throwing knifes > any other silenced gun.
I just walk through rooms with my throwing knife sandy build. It’s absolutely op, but I’m loving it so much!
What difficulty? I’ve been playing very hard and they feel underwhelming