Cyberpunk 2077 is not a game that holds you by the hand. The adult nature of the narrative should make it very clear that the target audience needs to be mature. If that sounds like you, then hopefully you’ve also shown a little maturity behind this trigger as well when you’re in combat.

See, smart weapons give you aim assist if you’re having trouble. Power weapons count on you missing and hoping for the best on the ricochet. Those who use iconic tech weapons need cool heads and careful aim as they charge up their shots. If you can do it, then forget the other categories, use a tech weapon since they deal the highest damage without exception after being charged up. Just take a little time to know which one of the best tech weapons in Cyberpunk 2077 is right for you.

Chaos

This is not a beef against random effects. They can be done in a fun and “surprise me” kind of way where you’re happy with whatever the effect happens to be. This weapon is a great deal of fun to use, but it’s outperformed by most other pistols, even standard ones of the rare and epic variety.

So what’s the problem? Poor DPS overall. Even if you get a great roll for the clip, you’ll still be performing well below the benchmark of every other gun on the list; it’s really just not impressive enough. So go ahead and use it if you want a laugh, but if your goal is putting enemies in the ground efficiently, seek better options.

Where To Find The Chaos

The Chaos is a missable weapon, but it is not in one of the game’s hidden areas. During “The Pickup” mission, which is part of the main plot, the player will get into a gunfight with Royce. Royce drops the weapon on the ground (it is not on his body).

Comrade’s Hammer RT-46 Burya

This gun’s greatest strength is also its greatest weakness. It has a single, terrifying bullet that deals tons of damage. If you scope out this pistol, you can easily replace the sniper rifle in your inventory with it. The damage is just as good and the reload time, though penalized, is still quicker than most sniper rifles.

But you’ll pretty much have to carry two other assault rifles or SMGs to compensate for when the real fighting begins because you absolutely cannot aim this gun well enough or quickly enough in open combat. It’s great if you would rather be using two automatic weapons anyhow, but for those with a normal loadout, this gun’s signature quirk just doesn’t work out.

Where To Find The Comrade’s Hammer

  • Get the Grease Monkey Perk. Kill the leader during the Suspected Crime Activity in Arroyo. Take the schematic off of his body. Craft it!

It’s up to you to decide if this gun is worth investing in the crafting tree or not. If so, beware of the crafting perks that aren’t any good because only so many are worthy of V’s time.

Lizzie

Is reloading your least favorite part of combat? If so, then you’ve found your new favorite weapon in the game. It’s got an extra round and if you’re shooting charged shots (like you should be to get the most out of a tech weapon), then you’ll be granted bonus shots in the magazine.

The chance to burn is nothing astonishing, all tech weapons are slower so the chance to apply a status effect will always be a lot lower than with normal weapons, but the DPS on this gun is solid, so you won’t have to count on that. Spend more time shooting and less time reloading and you’ve got a recipe for a gun every bit as devastating as a rifle.

Where To Find Lizzie’s Gun

As the name suggests, this gun is in Lizzie’s Bar. Players can get it almost immediately after getting control of V in night City, simply wait until nighttime when the bar is open. Find it in the basement.

Breakthrough

When you first heard that there was a kind of weapon that you could charge up to multiply your damage, is the first thing that came to your mind a sniper rifle? It should have been. If it wasn’t, this is the gun that will make you realize your mathematical error. When charged up, this absolutely eviscerates opponents.

And their cover is no good. Combine this with a good ping quickhack and you can kill every enemy in a room without ever having to enter the room yourself by firing through most walls and barriers. They are sitting ducks. It also gains the ricochet effect from power weapons as a two-for-one if you’re still not sold on it.

Where To Get The Breakthrough

  • Get the Edgerunner Artisan Perk. Kill the leader during the Suspected Crime Activity in Rancho Coronado. Take the schematic off of his body. Craft it!

There is a bit of exploring to do on this one, but competing open-world games like GTA V and Cyberpunk 2077 have discovery built into their DNA. Thankfully,t his one isn’t too hard to find.

Widow Maker

Just when you thought you found the sniper rifle of your dreams comes another challenger to join the party. The chemical damage and poison chance are just OK, they’re mostly ineffective though since anything that you hit with this and survives is going to be reduced to a red mist before ever having to worry about poison.

This sniper rifle fires two shots at once. Two. And given that you’re already going to be charging up your shot, this means that other tech guns will be doing triple damage while you will be doing sextuple damage. It’s as ridiculous as it sounds and even if you’re not a fan of sniper rifles or tech weapons, you should use this just to see the ragdoll physics on the enemies. They go flying.

Where To Find The Widow Maker

The rifle can be picked up after the confrontation with Raffens just after leaving the Basilisk. But those who don’t like to wait for one of the best tech weapons in Cyberpunk 2077 can get it early by killing Nash during the optional fight with Panam. Video games thrive on great stories and the diversion for the Widow Maker has a rewarding plot to go with the upgrade to firepower.

Apparition

It’s hard to put any tech weapon over a sniper rifle, but the Apparition gets the sole exception. No, it doesn’t do the sheer single-shot quantity of the sniper rifles, but the fact that it’s close warrants another look at this thing’s potential.

Its charged shots deal double damage, so it gets the same bonus that the Widow Maker has, and on top of that, it’s a pistol, so it’s useful at almost any range, not just long-ranged and scoped. As far as raw DPS numbers, because of the extra shots and needing to reload less, it’s the king of the hill and so it deserves the top spot on the tech weapons list.

The damage gets even higher at lower health, but with how quickly the enemies die, you probably won’t have to see or use that feature of this pistol very often.

Where To Find The Apparition

Unfortunately, you might have to make a brand new character if you’ve got this gun in mind. It’s only available for those with the Corpo background. Any beginning can get any ending, but not every gun, sadly. After completing War Pigs, it can be taken from Frank’s Body.

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