Friendlier Fire

Friendlier Fire
Class	Technical Ability Perk
Attribute	Technical Ability
Tier	Phenom (15)
Levels	1
Requires	Pyromania

Friendlier Fire halves what V's own explosions do to V. Both the damage and the effects of a blast caused by V are heavily resisted, which makes throwing a grenade at close range a reasonable idea. It sits in the explosives branch of the Technical Ability tree. A grenade build fights at a distance it would otherwise have to respect.

Effect

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Grenades have a radius, and the radius does not care who is standing in it. The practical limit on a grenade build is therefore how far away the enemy has to be.

Cutting the self damage moves that line much closer. A grenade can be used on an enemy in the same room, during a push, or to clear the ground V is standing on.

How to Unlock Friendlier Fire

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It sits behind the Phenom gate of the Technical Ability tree and is bought from Pyromania.

Perk Tree

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Friendlier Fire is bought from Pyromania in the Technical Ability tree.

Name	Image	Tier	Effect
Pyromania		Phenom (15)	+8% recharge speed for Health Items and grenades.

Buying Friendlier Fire opens the perks below.

Name	Image	Tier	Effect
Doomlauncher		Phenom (15)	Projectile Launch System cyberware receives: +1 max charges. +20% recharge speed. +25% additional recharge speed when you have no charges available. +200% additional recharge speed outside of combat. +5% instant recharge after neutralizing an enemy. It also receives the same bonus as grenades from Burn This City.

Character Builds

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It belongs to a grenade Technical Ability build that fights at the range grenades actually reach, which is closer than the radius would suggest.

Buy it at the Phenom gate directly after Pyromania, before the other perks on that branch. Taking damage from V's own blast builds the stacks twice as fast, so this perk is what makes the fastest way to stack them survivable. Doomlauncher needs it bought as well.

Notes

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Pyromania grants two stacks instead of one when V takes damage from their own blast, so this perk makes the fastest way to stack them survivable.

Doomlauncher needs it bought, which puts it on the path to the Projectile Launch System line.

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