Adam smasher is basically impossible to beat first playthrough because you don’t really know how to get the best weapons and go in with a freaking pistol and a submachine gun
Yeah, I can't seem to do anything to him. I've died against him like 6 times in my netrunner build and I have second heart. My main weapon skill is power weapons and quick hacks. Quick hacks do nothing to him and only slightly chip away at him while I get nearly instantly killed if smasher so much as sneezes on me. I'm trying to make up the difference with my guns but I just tickle him. I can survive the fight up to about 6 or 8 minutes but he always catches me eventually. My only movement available to escape or dodge is charged jump and default sprint. I feel directly punished for choosing the build that I went with, which was amazing and fun for the Oda fight and rest of the game but with smasher it just feels like a mismatch or something. I get slaughtered every time.
@@Butterkin i agree.. i have a similar build as you which was me trying to venture a skillset i normally dont do.. i usually choose to build smash em up skill sets in most games, or a blend of tactical like sniper/sneak shit but this time i tried to invest in netrunning/hacking thinking that it would/could be viable and or extremely useful in a tech based game/world... but, facing smasher has been a rude awakening that i have done something wrong, or not enough... im currently level 30 and can say ive barely tapped even half of the potential of the skill sets shown, so in my mind i feel like i should be much further along or more evolved before embarking on this quest line this deep... im thinking i need to go back and avoid this quest line until i am ready.. thats my only conclusion is that i am just not strong enough yet to defeat smasher??? what level are you?
@@JohnnyxRogain Since I made that comment I have defeated Smasher multiple times and completed the game! Here's what I learned: If you are doing netrunner you have only 2 options Tech Weapons or Smart Weapons, if you choose any other kind of weapon besides Tech or Smart weapons you lose synergies with the Intelligence tree. Once I grabbed a set of decent Smart Weapons and did the respec I was able to kill him and once you kill him once you can go to his ship and get the crafting specs for the best legendary smart shotgun in the game which is basically like a homing missile launcher. The next two times I killed smasher I killed him with that smart shotgun and the fight was actually easy.
Playing on very hard, there is no more facetanking all of his attacks (at least without Berserk), he'll... smash you *ba dum tss* into pieces in no time. Now, Adam has the mobility thanks to... a rudimentary implant, he's aggresive and pack a punch even with simple fist strike. You need to keep V in motion, and when you are a netrunner, his counterhack can blind you, which is deadly, if catch you at wrong moment. For experienced player, it's not something to be scared of, but if you are new to the game or not best with quick paced games, you must be careful (especially with DFTR scenario, where you are alone with only 50% of max hp), because it's nothing special for Adam, to deal 200 dmg instantly or 30-50dmg per shot with quick succession. Imagine, that form of fight for game release, no1 wouid be dissapointed, but at least we finally got Adam we deserved :)
aha ! so I'm about 30 tries into this fight with absolutely zero success at all - I keep getting this white out screen thing that blinds and instant kills me every single time over and over and over - i swear if I have to watch Smasher kill Rogue again I'm going to burst into flames ... anyhoo after reading this comment I assume it's his counter-hack blinding me and then he just one shots me every time - I've actually been one shot killed every single attempt at this fight whether it was the white out of death or not .. I've got 349 hours into this game and haven't encountered anything even remotely close to this difficult - in fact the game was all a bit too easy hence playing it on hard for my second play-through .. meanwhile this fight just makes me feel totally useless as a gamer .. thanks for dropping this comment - I thought the white screen of death was a glitch and was about engage rage quit mode - but perhaps not now! I have been asking around about this fight and nobody yet has mentioned this counter hack ( I did not experience a single counter hack during the rest of the game as I wasted everyone before they had a chance ). is there a way to block this counter hack because its instant death for me every single time and it sounds like hacks are absolutely necessary to defeat him ?
@@obiseankenobi2056 If you're using a cyberdeck, you can avoid counter hack by using hack Cyberware Malfunction which disables counter hack for it's duration, use it asap when fight begins. For other hacks, use Short Circuit and Synapse Burnout. For a weapons, electric damage is the best vs Adam. Smart guns Yinglong and Genjiroh are god-tier weapons for that fight. Other good guns are: Archangel, Gris-Gris, Fenrir, Mox and Order. For a melee weapons: Tsumetogi, Cottonmouth or Tinker Bell. Other weapons will do, but try to avoid poison dmg, it's least effective vs Smasher. Hacks are not needed to defeat Smasher. Counter hack is his unique anti-netrunner mechanic, but as I mentioned above, Cyberware Malfunction is VERY useful for a netrunner in that fight.
i dont know the answer, but i relate with your statement... i think our generation is just jaded/callused in the fact we have literally grown up with the video game/technological age so we have seen it all with the presence of mind.. its tough re-inventing the wheel lol
If you choose the Panam Ending you'll see the same unskipable 2min cutscene every time you die (which can happen so fast). It's so annyoing
He's definitely tougher now! I can take pride in beating Smasher 2.1 with just my Gorilla Arms and Sandevistan.
Adam smasher is basically impossible to beat first playthrough because you don’t really know how to get the best weapons and go in with a freaking pistol and a submachine gun
This is satire right?
@@MattMoeMedia sure
Every single guide I've seen just lists his attacks and mains a melee and movement build. That's great if you knew that ahead of time.
Yeah, I can't seem to do anything to him. I've died against him like 6 times in my netrunner build and I have second heart. My main weapon skill is power weapons and quick hacks. Quick hacks do nothing to him and only slightly chip away at him while I get nearly instantly killed if smasher so much as sneezes on me. I'm trying to make up the difference with my guns but I just tickle him. I can survive the fight up to about 6 or 8 minutes but he always catches me eventually. My only movement available to escape or dodge is charged jump and default sprint.
I feel directly punished for choosing the build that I went with, which was amazing and fun for the Oda fight and rest of the game but with smasher it just feels like a mismatch or something. I get slaughtered every time.
@@Butterkin i agree.. i have a similar build as you which was me trying to venture a skillset i normally dont do.. i usually choose to build smash em up skill sets in most games, or a blend of tactical like sniper/sneak shit but this time i tried to invest in netrunning/hacking thinking that it would/could be viable and or extremely useful in a tech based game/world... but, facing smasher has been a rude awakening that i have done something wrong, or not enough... im currently level 30 and can say ive barely tapped even half of the potential of the skill sets shown, so in my mind i feel like i should be much further along or more evolved before embarking on this quest line this deep... im thinking i need to go back and avoid this quest line until i am ready.. thats my only conclusion is that i am just not strong enough yet to defeat smasher??? what level are you?
@@JohnnyxRogain Since I made that comment I have defeated Smasher multiple times and completed the game! Here's what I learned: If you are doing netrunner you have only 2 options Tech Weapons or Smart Weapons, if you choose any other kind of weapon besides Tech or Smart weapons you lose synergies with the Intelligence tree. Once I grabbed a set of decent Smart Weapons and did the respec I was able to kill him and once you kill him once you can go to his ship and get the crafting specs for the best legendary smart shotgun in the game which is basically like a homing missile launcher. The next two times I killed smasher I killed him with that smart shotgun and the fight was actually easy.
@@Butterkin oh wow nice good tip
My abilities and weapons aren’t nearly this high. Not sure I can go back and upgrade them. I tried going back down the elevator but it wont let me.
Playing on very hard, there is no more facetanking all of his attacks (at least without Berserk), he'll... smash you *ba dum tss* into pieces in no time. Now, Adam has the mobility thanks to... a rudimentary implant, he's aggresive and pack a punch even with simple fist strike. You need to keep V in motion, and when you are a netrunner, his counterhack can blind you, which is deadly, if catch you at wrong moment. For experienced player, it's not something to be scared of, but if you are new to the game or not best with quick paced games, you must be careful (especially with DFTR scenario, where you are alone with only 50% of max hp), because it's nothing special for Adam, to deal 200 dmg instantly or 30-50dmg per shot with quick succession. Imagine, that form of fight for game release, no1 wouid be dissapointed, but at least we finally got Adam we deserved :)
aha ! so I'm about 30 tries into this fight with absolutely zero success at all - I keep getting this white out screen thing that blinds and instant kills me every single time over and over and over - i swear if I have to watch Smasher kill Rogue again I'm going to burst into flames ... anyhoo after reading this comment I assume it's his counter-hack blinding me and then he just one shots me every time - I've actually been one shot killed every single attempt at this fight whether it was the white out of death or not .. I've got 349 hours into this game and haven't encountered anything even remotely close to this difficult - in fact the game was all a bit too easy hence playing it on hard for my second play-through .. meanwhile this fight just makes me feel totally useless as a gamer .. thanks for dropping this comment - I thought the white screen of death was a glitch and was about engage rage quit mode - but perhaps not now! I have been asking around about this fight and nobody yet has mentioned this counter hack ( I did not experience a single counter hack during the rest of the game as I wasted everyone before they had a chance ). is there a way to block this counter hack because its instant death for me every single time and it sounds like hacks are absolutely necessary to defeat him ?
@@obiseankenobi2056
If you're using a cyberdeck, you can avoid counter hack by using hack Cyberware Malfunction which disables counter hack for it's duration, use it asap when fight begins. For other hacks, use Short Circuit and Synapse Burnout.
For a weapons, electric damage is the best vs Adam.
Smart guns Yinglong and Genjiroh are god-tier weapons for that fight.
Other good guns are: Archangel, Gris-Gris, Fenrir, Mox and Order.
For a melee weapons: Tsumetogi, Cottonmouth or Tinker Bell.
Other weapons will do, but try to avoid poison dmg, it's least effective vs Smasher.
Hacks are not needed to defeat Smasher. Counter hack is his unique anti-netrunner mechanic, but as I mentioned above, Cyberware Malfunction is VERY useful for a netrunner in that fight.
shotgun and movement hide between the pillers(up the staircase) when he missle shoots and easy win (played on hard) with 250 hp
He was one of the extremely hard bosses in the game
Max I lessened his health upto 67%. He is just tough.
man wtf i pulled 80% of this health then this electric shock all on a sudden ssh i died....
bro wtf,,, i searched this video after damaging adams 60% health with shotgun and katana,,,,wtf ,,, this is final boss,,,wtf
Boss battles are so boring. 40 years of gaming progress and they are still stuck in the 80s
what’s your idea?
i dont know the answer, but i relate with your statement... i think our generation is just jaded/callused in the fact we have literally grown up with the video game/technological age so we have seen it all with the presence of mind.. its tough re-inventing the wheel lol
Complete shit. Worst part of the game.