Overpowered Netrunner
NetrunnerA tank-hacker that weaponizes the health-to-RAM Overclock loop. Power Surge and Blood Daemon refund health every time you queue a quickhack, while Ticking Time Bomb drops a stunning EMP the instant you pop Overclock. Edgerunner chrome then pushes crit chance to 100% in Fury windows. Built to mow down MaxTac head-on.
Damage
100% crit in Fury windows, up to +110% quickhack damage
Survivability
Full HP refill per Overclock + constant health regen
Boss
Tanks MaxTac head-on, the build's benchmark.

Netrunner
Intelligence-based hacker identity that flips the usual glass-cannon netrunner on its head. Overclock burns health for RAM, Power Surge + Blood Daemon + Sublimation refill that health faster than you can spend it, and Ticking Time Bomb turns the activation button into a stunning EMP. Edgerunner lets you exceed cyberware capacity for 100% crit Fury windows. You wade into MaxTac instead of sniping them from a rooftop.

Iconic tech throwing axe that rewards the Edgerunner crit-chance stacking. Crit throws emit a shockwave that chains damage across grouped enemies, synergizing with Ticking Time Bomb's crowd control. Blur also recommends any Tech shotgun, Tech rifle, or revolver as flexible alternatives if Agaou isn't your style.
Alternatives
- Errata (Iconic Katana)Wiki
- Early-Game Iconics
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The iconic electrical variant of the Monowire, with the same whip-like crowd-control range, but every strike deals electrical damage with a 10–20% shock chance. With the Jailbreak Relic perk the Monowire gains a dedicated Control quickhack slot that fires on charged release for zero RAM cost, letting you saturate groups with Cyberware Malfunction or Contagion almost for free.
Alternatives
- Gorilla Arms (Early Alternative)Wiki
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The cyberdeck that glues the whole build together. MK.V has a keystone effect. Activating Overclock automatically uploads Reboot Optics and Weapon Glitch to every enemy within 8m, a free AoE Control quickhack layer that stacks with Ticking Time Bomb's EMP and feeds Embedded Exploit's +60% damage bonus against Control-hacked targets. MK.III's '+40% Combat quickhack damage when chained after a non-Combat hack' makes every Monowire Jailbreak release feed a damage window.
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Enables quickhacks to land critical hits and boosts quickhack crit chance by 80–100%. Combined with Edgerunner Fury's +30% crit chance and Visual Cortex Support's distance scaling, this is what pushes effective quickhack crit chance to ~100% in combat.
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RAM regen rate jumps +250% when RAM drops below a threshold, effectively an infinite fuel tank during Overclock when health-as-RAM is burning fast. You never stall out between quickhack chains.
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+8–11% mitigation chance and +5–11% mitigation strength. Layered DR on top of Aerodynamic's mid-air mitigation and the Body regen chain.
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10% chance on damage taken to release an electroshock that damages nearby enemies for 135–500. Passive crowd control that fires exactly when MaxTac crowds you, dealing free AoE from being shot at.
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Restores 3–7.5% health on every kill. Stacks with Blood Daemon's 40 HP per queued hack to keep your HP topped during Overclock burns.
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Enables smart-targeting for smart weapons and grants +1–2 max RAM plus +5–15% smart weapon crit damage. Useful if your recommended weapon slot goes to a Tech or smart build.
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Unlocks double jump, providing essential vertical mobility that stacks with Air Dash and Aerodynamic's mid-air DR. Lets you eat shots mid-air instead of grounded, which is the primary defensive layer during Overclock bursts.
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Iconic Dogtown optics that boost crit chance by 25–35% when scanning, plus 10× optical zoom for ranged picks. Another chunk of crit chance feeding into Edgerunner Fury and the COX-2 quickhack crit stack.
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Tier 5 thermal grenade that deploys 32 laser cutters in a 3–4m radius. Decapitates any non-boss enemy below 20–30% HP, serving as a cleanup tool for enemies that survive the Overclock burn and Ticking Time Bomb stun.
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Core Errata synergy pick. Infects enemies with a poison DoT that jumps to 2 nearby targets within 8m, pairing with Spillover (50% extra jump chance under Overclock) and the Monowire Jailbreak slot to saturate entire squads for minimal RAM.
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The loadout above totals roughly 356 capacity at full Legendary++ tier, enough to fill every slot and trigger Cyborg's −15% cooldowns. If you're under 356, swap premium optics for basics (around 335 works) or hunt more Cyberware Capacity Shards in Dogtown. DO NOT use the Chrome Compressor OS. It adds capacity but blocks your Cyberdeck, which breaks the build entirely.
Combat Strategy
- ▸Pop Overclock. Power Surge instant heal fires, Ticking Time Bomb starts its 3s EMP charge, and Tetratronic MK.5 auto-uploads Reboot Optics and Weapon Glitch to every enemy within 8m.
- ▸Air Dash and double jump (Reinforced Tendons) into the group so the EMP lands in the middle.
- ▸Queue Cyberware Malfunction into the Monowire Jailbreak slot, plus Contagion and Synapse Burnout.
- ▸EMP detonates, stuns the group, and starts Contagion poison spread. MK.5's auto-uploaded Control hacks now enable Embedded Exploit's +60% damage on every target.
- ▸Charge-release the Monowire. It fires Cyberware Malfunction for free, spreading the −cyberware and +incoming damage debuff across the squad.
- ▸Chain Synapse Burnout for burst on priority targets. Damage scales with RAM spent, up to +300%.
- ▸Spillover jumps hacks to extra targets, and Blood Daemon refunds 40 HP per queued hack on every kill.
- ▸Race Against Mind ramps your damage as Overclock burns your health.
- ▸When Fury procs, swap to Agaou (shockwave throws) or Errata (guaranteed crits on Burning targets) to finish elites.
- ▸Errata + Contagion combo: apply Contagion, swap to Errata, and every swing is a guaranteed crit thanks to the burning target rule.
- ▸Throw GASH grenades to decapitate anything that survived below 30% HP.
- ▸Sync Overclock with Cyborg and Axolotl for tighter EMP and heal loops. Axolotl refunds cyberware cooldowns on kill.
- ▸Use Air Dash and Aerodynamic (+30% mitigation mid-air) as your primary defensive layer. Reflex Tuner auto-slows time when HP gets low.
- ▸RAM Recoup converts damage taken into RAM regen, feeding Feen-X's +250% regen threshold. You effectively run infinite RAM while being shot at.
- ▸Against MaxTac, burn the squad before Overclock ends. Blood Daemon sustain collapses if you stop killing, and Biomonitor auto-pops Blood Pump at 50% HP.
Sources
Verified: 2026-04-11 · All content is original with full credit to original creators.
