Cyberpunk 2077: How To Defeat The Chimera (Phantom Liberty DLC)

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A fully mechanized war robot bristling with heavy weapons, the Chimera is the first major boss players will face in. Unlike many previous bosses in the game which were often bullet sponges, facing the Chimera requires some special tactics. This includes targeting its weak points and keeping an eye out for its deadly special attacks.

V encounters the Chimera after entering Dogtown for the first time and rescuing NUSA President Rosalind Myers from a crash site. With assistance from the President’s netrunning assistant Songbird, both V and Myers must try to evade the hostile forces of local warlord Kurt Hansen. However, although Songbird manages to use the Chimera to wipe out Hansen’s troops, she soon loses control, forcing V to battle the hostile robot.

In the first stage of the boss fight, the Chimera’s armor is highly resistant to damage, even if you’ve managed to pick up some of new weapons early on. To bring its health down, V mustscan the Chimera to highlight its weak points. All of these have to be destroyed in order to trigger the second stage of the boss fight. Hitting the weak points can be tough, as the robot constantly moves and rotates its turrets to target V and President Myers.

The best approach here is to keep moving around the room, using the corridor that runs all the way around the central pit where the Chimera is located. At this range, it can’t hit V by slamming its chassis into the ground to create a shockwave or release clouds of poison gas. However, it will still fire swarms of missiles and use a gun turret and railgun to shoot at V, so it’s important to keep moving and shooting.

Some of new perks, including new Relic Perks are fantastic for this fight. Vulnerability Analytics in particular