Stealth Assassin One-Shot Pistol
AssassinA Very Hard stealth build that turns the Deadeye crit mechanic and the Militech Apogee Sandevistan into guaranteed critical headshots, one-shotting almost every enemy in the game while undetected. Her Majesty and Pride carry the pistol game, and Optical Camo plus the Emergency Cloaking relic upgrade let you re-stealth mid-fight to reset your damage. A katana rides along as a low-focus backup for the rare moment stealth breaks down.
Damage
One-shots ~99% of enemies on Very Hard via guaranteed Deadeye headshot crits. Skull enemies may take two.
Survivability
Moderate. Stays alive by staying unseen. Optical Camo re-stealth, auto Blood Pump, and mitigation cyberware.
Boss
Katana handles bosses. Emergency Cloaking enables stealth openers even on tough fights.

Assassin
Assassin is a stealth archetype built around the Cool attribute, which governs stealth, crit chance, and bonus headshot damage per point invested. It pairs silenced iconic pistols and Optical Camo with the Sandevistan, a cyberware implant that slows time to a crawl, so you strike from concealment before enemies can react. Reflexes adds mobility and a katana for backup, while Technical Ability and Body keep your cyberware capacity and survivability online.

The heart of the build. This iconic silenced Power pistol has a modifier that grants perfect accuracy and guaranteed headshot Critical Hits while Optical Camo is active, along with increased damage. The unique silencer adds 150% damage when shooting from stealth at the cost of 10% base damage, so a single cloaked headshot deletes almost anything.
Alternatives
- Plan B (Budget / Early Pistol)Wiki
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The engine behind the one-shots. This iconic Sandevistan slows time by 85% for everyone but you and raises Headshot, Crit Chance, and Crit Damage by 15% (up to 20% at higher tiers). Neutralizing an enemy while it is active extends the duration and refunds stamina, so you can cloak, slow time, and clear a room before it drops.
Alternatives
- Militech "Falcon" Sandevistan (Budget)Wiki
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Iconic Dogtown optics that boost Crit Chance by 25-35% while scanning, plus 10x optical zoom for ranged picks. The creator calls it optional: worth it for both the pistol and the katana, but skippable if you focus purely on pistols, since 20 Cool and Deadeye already guarantee headshot crits.
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A flexible Arms pick. It buffs Body attribute checks and is handy for forcing open doors around the map, but the slot is largely personal preference. The main point is to fill it so the Cyborg perk stays active.
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The Hands slot filler. It increases ricochet chance and adds 8-30% ricochet damage with Power weapons, and links your weapon and optics for a live status readout. Which hand side it goes on does not matter. The real reason it is here is to fill every cyberware slot for the Cyborg perk.
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Reduces the cooldown of all cyberware by 5-7.5% every time you neutralize an enemy. Combined with the Sandevistan, every kill shortens your time-slow cooldown so you keep near-permanent uptime across a fight.
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Automatically pops your equipped health item (Blood Pump) the moment Health drops below 50%. A fire-and-forget panic heal so you never have to manually react when a fight turns against you.
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Adds 8-11% mitigation chance and 5-11% mitigation strength, layering damage reduction on top of your Skeleton mitigation cyberware for the moments you do get hit.
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Adds 8-18% mitigation chance while your Stamina is above 85% (the same window Deadeye wants), plus a chunk of armor. Free damage reduction that lines up with how you already play.
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The defining stealth tool. On activation it drops your visibility to enemies by 30-90% for 4-7 seconds, letting you kill undetected and slip out of combat back into stealth. Her Majesty's iconic effect keys directly off this: while it is active, every pistol headshot is a guaranteed crit.
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Unlocks the double jump that gives the build its vertical mobility, and adds 20 armor (+8 per tier). Essential for reaching perches, repositioning between groups, and staying airborne where enemies struggle to hit you.
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The Cyborg perk grants -15% cyberware cooldown only when every cyberware slot is filled. That is why several picks above are slot fillers rather than build-defining implants. Keep every slot occupied so your Sandevistan and Optical Camo come back faster.
Combat Strategy
- ▸Fill every cyberware slot so the Cyborg perk cuts cyberware cooldowns by 15%.
- ▸Equip Her Majesty and Pride, with a katana as melee backup.
- ▸Slot Optical Camo to your Combat Gadget so the Emergency Cloaking relic works.
- ▸Pop Optical Camo to go fully undetected.
- ▸Activate the Apogee Sandevistan to slow time to a crawl.
- ▸Aim in to trigger Deadeye mode and headshot the highest-threat enemies first.
- ▸Keep headshotting while Deadeye is active for guaranteed critical hits.
- ▸If Deadeye drops, stop aiming, let Stamina refill above 85%, then aim back in to re-enter Deadeye.
- ▸Her Majesty guarantees headshot crits while Optical Camo is active, so open every fight cloaked.
- ▸The Biomonitor auto-triggers your Blood Pump when Health falls below 50%.
- ▸Use the Emergency Cloaking relic to re-cloak mid-combat and reset to stealth damage.
- ▸Crouch-sprint to spend Optical Camo and break enemy line of sight without popping the ability.
- ▸Shoot from stealth, drop into combat, re-cloak, then shoot again to keep dealing max stealth damage.
- ▸Watch Shock-N-Awe near civilians, since its electroshock can kill bystanders and alert the police.
- ▸Swap to the katana and Sandevistan for bosses and any encounter where stealth breaks down.
Sources
Verified: 2026-07-07 · All content is original with full credit to original creators.
