Siphon

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

Siphon turns Monowire attacks into RAM. Every hit with the wire returns a fraction of a unit, and double that against an enemy already under a quickhack. It sits in the netrunning branch of the Intelligence tree. It is what lets a netrunner fight in melee without running dry.

Effect

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The Monowire is an arm implant that can also upload quickhacks, which makes it the natural weapon for a hacking build. The problem is that swinging it does nothing for the RAM bar.

This perk fixes that. Attacking becomes a way of generating hacks rather than a break from them, and the return doubles against targets the build has already prepared.

How to Unlock Siphon

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

Perk Tree

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Siphon is bought from Icepick in the Intelligence tree.

Name	Image	Tier	Effect
Icepick		Pro (9)	-1 RAM cost for Combat quickhacks used on enemies affected by or targeted by Control quickhacks, Covert quickhacks, or the Distract Enemies quickhack.

Character Builds

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The build is a melee netrunner with a Monowire in the arm slot, which is the one loadout that can generate RAM by attacking.

Buy it at the Pro gate from Icepick. Proximate Propagation far below makes hacks cheaper at the range the wire is used at, and Data Tunneling in the Relic tree spreads a wire uploaded hack to everything caught in the same swing, so the three together are the melee netrunner's core.

Notes

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Proximate Propagation lower in the tree makes hacks cheaper at close range, which is where the Monowire is used anyway.

Data Tunneling in the Relic tree spreads a Monowire uploaded hack between enemies hit by the same swing.

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