Bullet Time

Bullet Time
Class	Reflexes Perk
Attribute	Reflexes
Tier	Pro (9)
Levels	1
Requires	Bullet Deflect
Affects	Only affects Blades

Bullet Time makes deflection free and certain while time is slowed. Holding a blade up costs no stamina, and every round sent back lands as a critical hit. It sits at the end of the deflection line in the Reflexes tree. A build with a Sandevistan or a Kerenzikov is the one that will see it work.

Effect

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Two limits disappear at once. The stamina drain that normally decides how long a block can be held is gone, and the deflected rounds no longer need to be aimed or timed because they find enemies on their own.

Slowed time is the condition, and that comes from cyberware rather than from the perk. Inside that window a blade build can stand in front of a firing line and return all of it.

How to Unlock Bullet Time

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It sits behind the Pro gate of the Reflexes tree and is bought from Bullet Deflect.

Perk Tree

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Bullet Time is bought from Bullet Deflect in the Reflexes tree.

Name	Image	Tier	Effect
Bullet Deflect		Pro (9)	When your Stamina is above 33%, blocking projectiles will Deflect them to wherever your reticle is aimed. Well-timed blocking just before being hit increases the damage you deal with deflected bullets.

Character Builds

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The build is a blade Reflexes build running time slowing cyberware, which is the standard shape for a katana in this game. A Sandevistan in the operating system slot is the usual choice and a Kerenzikov the cheaper one.

Buy it at the Pro gate after Bullet Deflect, and treat the implant as part of the purchase. Without one the perk never fires. Critical damage from the Cool tree or from cyberware then multiplies every round sent back.

Notes

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Sandevistan and Kerenzikov are the implants that slow time, so one of them has to be in the build for this perk to do anything.

Critical damage is what the returned rounds deal, so anything raising it raises this as well.

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