Shock-N-Awe
| Shock-N-Awe | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Integumentary System |
| Tier | Tier 1 |
| Attribute | Technical Ability |
Shock-N-Awe gives every hit V takes a chance to fire back. When it triggers, it releases a large electroshock that damages all enemies close to V. At high tiers the shock deals a large burst of damage. It suits a close-range fighter who takes a lot of hits and wants enemies punished for each one. Technical Ability characters get the most out of it. Shock-N-Awe is an early game implant that every ripperdoc in Night City and Dogtown sells from the start.
Effect
Shock-N-Awe triggers when V takes damage. Each time, there is a 10% chance that it fires. The shock then deals a burst of damage to every enemy nearby. At Tier 1 the shock deals 135 damage. At Tier 5 it deals 500 damage.
The chance is rolled on every hit, not every fight. A V under heavy fire takes many hits, so the shock fires often. Enemy shotgun blasts and submachine gun bursts give it many chances in a short time.
The shock only reaches enemies near V. It works best for builds that already fight up close, such as melee and shotgun builds.
Shock-N-Awe is attuned to Technical Ability. The implant also adds a block of armor that rises with each tier. Its stat bonuses add Explosion Damage and, from Tier 2, Explosion Damage Resistance.
How to Get Shock-N-Awe Guide
- Visit any ripperdoc clinic in Night City or Dogtown and open the Integumentary System slots.
- Buy and install Shock-N-Awe.
Shock-N-Awe Map Location
The map shows Viktor Vektor's clinic in Little China, one of the ripperdocs that sell it.
Shock-N-Awe map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Upgrades
Ripperdocs stock Shock-N-Awe at Tier 1 below level 10, then Tier 2 from level 10, Tier 3 from 20, Tier 4 from 30 and Tier 5 from 40. An installed copy can be raised a tier at a ripperdoc with the matching item components. Each tier raises the shock damage and the armor. The trigger chance stays the same. The Driver Update perk adds one more stat bonus. The Chipware Connoisseur perk offers a choice of bonuses when V upgrades the implant. V gains Cyberware Capacity with each level and from Cyberware Capacity Shards. The Edgerunner perk lets V go over the limit at the cost of some max Health.
The table shows what each tier step of Shock-N-Awe costs at a ripperdoc.
| Upgrade | Components | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 to Tier 1+ | 50 Tier 1 components | - |
| Tier 1+ to Tier 2 | 37 Tier 2 components | - |
| Tier 2 to Tier 2+ | 50 Tier 2 components | - |
| Tier 2+ to Tier 3 | 37 Tier 3 components | - |
| Tier 3 to Tier 3+ | 50 Tier 3 components | - |
| Tier 3+ to Tier 4 | 37 Tier 4 components | - |
| Tier 4 to Tier 4+ | 50 Tier 4 components | - |
| Tier 4+ to Tier 5 | 37 Tier 5 components | - |
| Tier 5 to Tier 5+ | 50 Tier 5 components | - |
| Tier 5+ to Tier 5++ | 125 Tier 5 components | Phantom Liberty |
Character Builds
Shock-N-Awe suits a Body or Technical Ability character who fights at close range. Rip And Tear links shotgun hits and quick melee attacks for extra damage. Like A Feather removes the movement penalty for shotguns. Juggernaut adds movement speed and damage while Adrenaline Rush is active.
Defensive implants help V survive the hits that trigger the shock. ProxiShield cuts damage from close enemies, the same enemies the shock hits. The Pain Editor reduces all incoming damage. Painducer spreads part of each hit over time. In Technical Ability, All Things Cyber lowers the capacity cost of Integumentary System implants. Chrome Constitution cuts incoming damage by 5% when every Integumentary System and Skeleton slot is filled.
Select a Build
The build fights up close with blades and Gorilla Arms. Berserk stays off until the character has taken damage and used a few Health items, then it makes the character invulnerable with no Stamina limit. A sprint into a group followed by a jump and Quake blasts every enemy nearby.
Attributes: Body 20, Reflexes 15, Technical Ability 20, Intelligence 3, Cool 15.
The perks, cyberware and weapon mods for this build are listed below.
| Name | Image | Level | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Painkiller | 
|
Body 4 | Slow Health regeneration in combat |
| Dorph-Head | 
|
Body 4 | Brief full Mitigation after using a Health item |
| Comeback Kid | 
|
Body 4 | Faster Health regeneration at low Health |
| Wrecking Ball | 
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Body 9 | Cheaper Blunt attacks and a sprint that knocks enemies down |
| Adrenaline Rush | 
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Body 15 | More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode |
| Quake | 
|
Body 15 | Faster Blunt attacks and a ground slam that staggers |
| Epicenter | 
|
Body 15 | Quake from midair grows with the fall |
| Pain To Gain | 
|
Body 20 | Kills recharge Health items during Adrenaline Rush |
| Parkour! | 
|
Reflexes 4 | Faster climbing and vaulting |
| Dash | 
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Reflexes 9 | Unlocks the Dash and makes it cheaper |
| Can't Touch This | 
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Reflexes 9 | Full Mitigation Chance while Dashing |
| Bullet Deflect | 
|
Reflexes 9 | Blocked bullets fly back at the aim point |
| Flash And Thunderclap | 
|
Reflexes 9 | Strong attacks leap to nearby enemies |
| Air Dash | 
|
Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| Finisher: Bladerunner | 
|
Reflexes 15 | Faster Blade attacks and a Blade Finisher that heals |
| Opportunist | 
|
Reflexes 15 | Stunned, staggered and bleeding enemies are easier to finish |
| Going The Distance | 
|
Reflexes 15 | Double Finisher range |
| Vulnerability Analytics | 
|
Relic | Weak spots on enemies that always crit |
| Glutton For War | 
|
Technical Ability 4 | Kills recharge Health items and grenades |
| All Things Cyber | 
|
Technical Ability 9 | Stronger cyberware stats |
| Borrowed Time | 
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Technical Ability 9 | A Health item refills after a kill at low Health |
| License To Chrome | 
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Technical Ability 15 | Stronger cyberware, more armor and a Skeleton slot |
| Extended Warranty | 
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Technical Ability 15 | Cyberware effects last longer |
| Ambidextrous | 
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Technical Ability 15 | A second Hands cyberware slot |
| Ticking Time Bomb | 
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Technical Ability 20 | An EMP blast after the Operating System turns on |
| Edgerunner | Technical Ability 20 | Cyberware past the capacity limit for a small Health cost |
| Name | Image | Slot | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gorilla Arms | 
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Arms | Hard hitting fists |
| Biomonitor | 
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Circulatory System | Uses a Health item when Health runs low |
| Blood Pump | 
|
Circulatory System | A Health item that heals over time |
| Isometric Stabilizer | 
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Circulatory System | Cheaper attacks |
| Axolotl | 
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Frontal Cortex | Kills cut all cyberware cooldowns |
| Quantum Tuner | 
|
Frontal Cortex | Resets a used cyberware cooldown |
| Countershell | 
|
Integumentary System | Mitigation after a burst of damage |
| Reinforced Tendons | 
|
Legs | Double jump |
| BioDyne Berserk Mk.4 | Operating System | Less damage taken and Health that stays above a quarter | |
| Epimorphic Skeleton | 
|
Skeleton | More max Health |
Attributes: Body 20, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 20, Intelligence 10, Cool 11.
The perks, cyberware and weapon mods for this build are listed below.
| Name | Image | Level | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Painkiller |
|
Body 4 | Slow Health regeneration in combat |
| Bullet Ballet | 
|
Body 9 | Tighter bullet spread while moving |
| Die! Die! Die! | 
|
Body 9 | Higher crit chance and fire rate at low Stamina |
| Don't Stop Me Now | 
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Body 9 | Damage mitigation at low Stamina |
| Like A Feather | 
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Body 9 | No movement penalty with shotguns and machine guns |
| Bloodlust | 
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Body 15 | Dismemberments refill Adrenaline |
| Close-Quarters Carnage | 
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Body 15 | Higher Obliterate chance at close range |
| Dread | 
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Body 15 | Ranged hits lower enemy Armor |
| Rush Of Blood | 
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Body 15 | Faster reload after a dismemberment |
| Skullcracker | 
|
Body 15 | Quick melee hits harder at low Stamina |
| Spontaneous Obliteration | 
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Body 15 | Chance to instantly kill enemies at low Health |
| Adrenaline Rush |
|
Body 15 | More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode |
| Calm Mind | 
|
Body 15 | Adrenaline lasts longer before it decays |
| Juggernaut | 
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Body 15 | More speed and damage during Adrenaline Rush |
| Unstoppable Force | 
|
Body 15 | Immunity to knockdown and blinding during Adrenaline Rush |
| Rip And Tear | 
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Body 20 | Shotgun shots and quick melee attacks boost each other |
| Pain To Gain |
|
Body 20 | Kills recharge Health items during Adrenaline Rush |
| Dash |
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Reflexes 9 | Dash replaces the dodge |
| Air Dash |
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Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| Tailwind | 
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Reflexes 20 | Stamina from air dashes and double jumps |
| All Things Cyber |
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Technical Ability 9 | Stronger cyberware stats |
| Chrome Constitution | 
|
Technical Ability 9 | Less damage taken with full Skeleton and Integumentary slots |
| Ambidextrous |
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Technical Ability 15 | A second Hands cyberware slot |
| Cyborg | Technical Ability 15 | Shorter cyberware cooldowns with every slot filled |
| Name | Image | Slot | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Axolotl |
|
Frontal Cortex | Kills cut all cyberware cooldowns |
| Chitin | 
|
Integumentary System | Extra Health regeneration |
| Reinforced Tendons |
|
Legs | Double jump |
| NeoFiber | 
|
Nervous System | More mitigation chance and strength |
| Epimorphic Skeleton |
|
Skeleton | More max Health |
Lore
The in-game line describes it as an effective self-defense tool engineered in Shanghai.
Cyberware Categories
All Integumentary System Cyberware
Every Integumentary System implant is listed below. The Iconic ones come first, then the standard ones.
Iconic Integumentary System Cyberware
| Name | Image | Attribute | Capacity | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chitin | 
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Body | Dogtown | |
| Peripheral Inverse | 
|
Dogtown |
Standard Integumentary System Cyberware
| Name | Image | Attribute | Capacity | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carapace | 
|
Technical Ability | 16 | |
| Cellular Adapter | 
|
Technical Ability | ||
| Cogito Lattice | 
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| Countershell | 
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Reflexes | 12 | |
| Defenzikov | 
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| Nano-Plating | 
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| Optical Camo | 
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Cool | 20 | |
| Pain Editor | 
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Cool | 35 | |
| Painducer | 
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Body | 30 | |
| ProxiShield | 
|
Body | 10 | |
| RangeGuard | 
|
Cool | 14 | |
| Shock-N-Awe | 
|
Technical Ability | ||
| Subdermal Armor | 
|
Technical Ability | 5 |