With the effect of adrenaline shot alone you'll still be able to fire 4 times with it (68 AP) and even when fatigue kicks in you can still shoot twice for 34 AP out of 35 available. Made with the pneumatic reloader it fires for 17 AP per shot so together with Blitz and adrenaline shot drug you'll have 90 AP for that round which allows you to fit in 5 (!) shots with the Cyclone (17 x 5 = 85). This is where your quick Cyclone crossbow comes in play. From the second round on you'd normally be left with 2 shots per round. You'll use Special Tactics ability for the extra attack and open the combat with Snipe, Aimed Shot and Kneecap Shot - all from your damage dealer crossbow. In your first round you have a good chance to silently kill small groups of 2-3 enemies without alerting anybody else on the map, so with more quick encounters you'll use Snipe more often than with a sniper.īlitz - Crossbows are slow weapons and as with any other build it's essential to plan ahead on how you will make most out of your AP. While snipers are way stronger by base damage alone (plus they can be made with smart modules) crossbows have one significant advantage - they are completely silent weapons. Snipe - Usually it's seen as a sniper feat and many people (including the popular youtube guide maker Nerd Commando) like to skip it but I cosider it as essential for crossbows as well. I'll break down some of the not so obvious feat choices:

I prefer a low frequency efficient shield emitter for most of the time. Smart night vision goggles to boost your special attacks and actually hit under low light conditions. You'll fill all those slots with special bolts. Utility belt which gives you 2 additional utility slots so you'll have 4 (5 with Quick Pockets).

I'll get more to it later.Īrmor and boots both made of infused syphoner leather which provides good heat and acid defenses but also lots of dodge and evasion bonus - as a glass cannon you'll need lots of it. This problem is not special to crossbows and can happen with any ranged weapon.ġ special bolt spammer crossbow - Scoped (anatomically-aware) Pneumatic Cyclone Crossbow. Also on some rare occasion a bug happens where the enemies can fire at you but you can't fire back unless you move. Ideally you'll be shooting first and then moving but now and then you won't be able to do so because sometimes you'll have to hide behind a corner to lure the enemy in your trap, and when he steps on it he'll be rooted and you likely won't see him unless you step out from cover again. Tornado is stronger but has fewer, weaker criticals, a 2% CtH penalty and also important - 15% instead of 10% move and shoot penalty. 1 damage dealer crossbow - Scoped (anatomically-aware) Super Zephyr Crossbow.

Infused syphoner