Icepick

Icepick
Class	Intelligence Perk
Attribute	Intelligence
Tier	Pro (9)
Levels	1
Requires	Embedded Exploit

Icepick makes combat quickhacks cheaper against a target that has already been touched. Any enemy affected by or targeted by a control hack, a covert hack or a distraction costs less RAM to attack. It sits in the netrunning branch of the Intelligence tree. It is the discount that makes the branch's rhythm affordable.

Effect

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Combat quickhacks are the expensive ones, and a netrunner's damage comes from how many of them a fight can hold.

Taking a unit off the cost against prepared targets means one more hack per bar. The condition is the same one the branch already asks for, so the discount arrives automatically on a build that is playing properly.

How to Unlock Icepick

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It sits behind the Pro gate of the Intelligence tree and is bought from Embedded Exploit.

Perk Tree

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Icepick is bought from Embedded Exploit in the Intelligence tree.

Name	Image	Tier	Effect
Embedded Exploit		Pro (9)	+10% RAM recovery rate.

Buying Icepick opens the perks below.

Name	Image	Tier	Effect
Siphon		Pro (9)	Monowire attacks recover 0.5 RAM. Increases to 1 if the enemy is affected by or targeted by a quickhack.

Character Builds

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It belongs to a netrunner that softens a target before attacking it, which is the rhythm Embedded Exploit teaches.

Buy it at the Pro gate from Embedded Exploit, then Siphon above it if the build carries a Monowire. The discount applies on the same condition the damage bonus reads, so the follow up hack is both cheaper and stronger than it would otherwise be.

Notes

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Siphon is bought from it, and that perk turns Monowire attacks into RAM.

Embedded Exploit raises the damage of the same follow up hack that this perk discounts.

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