If you wanted to throw knives in Cyberpunk 2077, you're going to be disappointed to find out that the mechanic of doing so is not the most sustainable. Throwing these weapons actually throws them, meaning they'll leave your inventory once you do, rather than being a tool or a type of ammunition.
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This can lead to dismissing the entire Ninjutsu tree. That is a mistake; some of the very best skills in the game are here. Trying to blast your way through Night City is going to leave V flatlined more often than not. With just a few well-placed skill points, you'll become a force of darkness in the city of neon.
10 Sniper
Sniper
Passive
Increases Headshot Damage Outside Combat By 10%
You'll notice that most skills are heavily incremental. The game is alright with giving you a little percentage boost here or there, but it's usually for situations in the midst of battle.That's what makes this skill so special.
As a stealth character, you will spend nearly all of your time outside of combat. And if you're outside of combat, headshots are freebies. So this is essentially a damage boost at the cost of only one skill point, or two if you want to max it out.
9 Crouching Tiger
Crouching Tiger
Passive
Increases Movement Speed While Sneaking By 20%
Wanting a boost to movement speed while sneaking around might sound like the complaint of an impatient individual, but it's actually got some combat functionality. Or rather, some functionality to avoid combat.
On multiple occasions, you'll be forced to dive behind cover when an enemy is patrolling briskly around. You don't have five seconds to make your move, but you will have four. This skill will keep you protected from wandering eyes more often than you think.
8 From The Shadows
From The Shadows
Trigger
Upon Entering Combat, Critical Chance Increases By 10% For 7 Seconds
Crit chance is usually not useful for silenced sniper rifles, as you will be getting one-hit kills for most of the game. But there is a massive exception to this rule and that is the boss fights.
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Cyberpsychos and high-threat targets will take more than one shot. Your first shot can take the majority of their health if you get a crit, but a regular shot might leave them above half. Crit chance does not stack on items, so this one of very few ways to boost those odds further.
7 Assassin
Assassin
Passive
Deal 15% More Damage To Human Enemies
Considering you'll be fighting humans for most of the game, this skill is a no-brainer. To add that extra damage boost across the board is something that's hard to pass up on.
Also, even if you only dip into hacking a little bit, you'll be granted moves that can wipe out or significantly reduce the capabilities of all robotic enemies in a single hack. So this is really just a 15 percent damage increase for most of your combat encounters.
6 Ghost
Ghost
Passive
Detection Time Is Increased By 20%
Timing is everything in stealth operations and sometimes you can't peek your head out without being spotted. On harder difficulties, all it takes is a single second for mobs to sound the alarm.
Increasing this by 20 percent might not sound so special, but if you look at your trusted sniper rifle, you'll notice that this skill makes it so you can get off a shot in just enough time to duck back down.
5 Stunning Blows
Stunning Blows
Trigger
Quick Melee Attacks With Ranged Weapons Stagger Enemies, Giving You An Opportunity To Grapple Them
This might be the most overpowered skill in the entire tree, but doesn't get enough love. If you use your ranged weapon to smack an enemy, you can immediately grab them. And grabbed enemies can be killed or knocked out instantly.
With this, every melee attack on an enemy in the game can become an instant kill, so you'll never have to worry about them again. Why would you not want this skill?
4 Restorative Shadows
Restorative Shadows
Passive
While In Stealth, Increases Health Regeneration By 25%
"While in stealth" should really read "For the entire game" in your mind. There are times you'll be driving or in a cutscene, but really you've got no reason to spend much, if any, combat time standing up and absorbing blows.
A 25 percent boost to the ultra-slow health regeneration is a pretty sweet boost as a result, and it combines nicely with cybernetics that grant regeneration as well. Keep getting that health back.
3 Cheat Death
Cheat Death
Trigger
When Your Health Drops Below 50%, Reduce All Incoming Damage By 50% For 10 Seconds. Cannot Occur More Than Once Per Minute
Think about those boss fights again: you're going to have to have a Plan B for those brief but significant moments when you're going to have to take a few hits. You could spend about twenty points in the body skill tree trying to toughen up, but wouldn't you rather just spend one point right here?
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Ten seconds of near-immunity is plenty of time to bring down even the toughest enemies if your cover is blown, so this perk is a must-have.
2 Silent And Deadly
Silent And Deadly
Passive
Increases Damage Dealt By Silenced Weapons By 25% While Sneaking
It's hard to think about when this wouldn't apply. If you're using a silenced weapon, chances are you will be sneaking. So, if anything about this would apply to your gameplay style, this is a general 25 percent boost.
Keep in mind that silencers reduce damage by around this same amount, so this skill will help balance that out and make it so your gun essentially does full damage with the benefit of muzzling noise from your targets.
1 Aggressive Antitoxins
Aggressive Antitoxins
Passive
Grants Immunity To Poison
Being poisoned is a pain in Cyberpunk 2077. V will twitch every time a damage increment ticks, throwing off your shots and getting you that much closer to death. Plus, even if enemies have only a small chance to apply poison damage, if five of them are shooting multiple bullets at you, that all but guarantees that you'll be getting poisoned.
For one measly skill point, you can have peace of mind and immunity from being poisoned for the rest of the game. It's clearly the best perk to choose from the Ninjutsu skill tree.
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