Cyberpunk 2077 is a game that has no shortage of incredible characters. While everybody's reception of the game varies, one of the best aspects of the game almost no one will discredit is its rich and deep lore, and this extends to some of the personalities you meet in Night City.

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Night City, with all of its bells, whistles, and wonders, is also one of the most unsafe places on the planet. The city and its outskirts are filled with mercenaries, gangs, cyberpsychos, and suits with overpowered ripperdoc upgrades which they use to kill without a second thought. Players will have to face a couple of them or step in their shoes.

10 Placide Of The Voodoo Boys

Placide is the second-in-command of the Voodoo Boys, one of the most powerful and terrifying gangs of Night City. Most people who encounter Placide will attest to the man's threatening aura, as if he exudes power.

Placide is a man of few words, often relying on his actions to speak for him. Depending on the player's actions in the game, Placide will either be an enemy or a hesitant neutral. Fighting him will make more sense to the story, but if the player isn't powerful enough yet, they should avoid this encounter.

9 Razor Hugh Of The Animals

Razor Hugh is the final fighter V must face to complete the Beat on the Brat side gig. This side gig, of course, involves the players having to go around Night City to participate in and win fistfight matches. These matches aren't exactly easy either. Each of the competitors V will have to face are tough in their own way, and Razor Hugh is the toughest one of them all.

Razor is a member of the Animals gang. He was already a formidable fighter but became even tougher after receiving sponsorships for cyberware upgrades.

8 Chase Coley, Night City's Most Dangerous Cyberpsycho

The cyberpsychos in Cyberpunk 2077 may not be mandatory encounters, but whenever V faces them, they're often some of the hardest bosses this game has to offer. Thankfully, going through these side gigs will often reward players will incredible items that will help them on their journey. The hardest of these cyberpsycho encounters is Chase Coley.

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Chase Coley is a cyberpsycho who fights players using a heavy and powerful mech suit. Defeating this enemy is easier said than done and will require a bit of strategizing. Facing him head-on is essentially suicide, but defeating him will be worth it.

7 Sandayu Oda, Hanako Arasaka's Personal Bodyguard

Sandayu Oda is a cyberninja who acts as Hanako Arasaka's personal bodyguard. In his youth, he was personally trained by Goro Takemura, the personal bodyguard of the head of the Arasaka empire.

Sandayu Oda set foot in Night City when Hanako was summoned after the death of her father. Oda reunites with his mentor on his visit, albeit in a less respectable setting. Despite being pleaded by Takemura, Oda refuses to get entangled by the politics and intricacies of Saburo's murder, instead focusing on defending the woman he's supposed to protect.

6 Rogue Amendiares, Queen Of Night City

Rogue Amendiares is known and recognized by many as the best fixer in Night City. She also owns a club called "Afterlife", a place frequented by mercenaries and clients alike. Before Rogue was renowned as a fixer, she worked as a solo and a pretty good one at that.

Due to Rogue's position as the best fixer in Night City, a place already filled with powerful fixers, one would not want to be on her bad side. Despite the fact that she has powerful connections and resources, her experience as a solo makes her a very formidable fighter.

5 Goro Takemura, Ex-Arasaka Bodyguard

Goro Takemura is the trustee bodyguard of the esteemed Saburo Arasaka. Unfortunately for Takemura, his master died on his watch. Throughout the game, Takemura makes an unlikely ally in V as he seeks vengeance for his master's death.

One doesn't rise to the level of being the personal bodyguard of the head of the Arasaka Megacorporation by being weak. Goro Takemura was also handpicked by Saburo himself, seeing the strength, talent, and potential in him. Takemura is also shown to handle situations that would be impossible to do for any man with ease.

4 Yorinobu Arasaka, Heir To The Arasaka Empire

Yorinobu Arasaka is a man nobody wants to cross. First of all, he was the heir apparent to the Arasaka empire before finally reining the helm after he murdered his father. Second, prior to returning to Night City, Yorinobu started and lead his own gang called the "Steel Dragons".

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What not many people may realize about Yorinobu is the fact that he's a very formidable fighter due to his experience with his gang. He has constantly led his group on their efforts to weaken the Arasaka empire, though he later realized this could be easier done from the inside.

3 Johnny Silverhand, Rockerboy & Terrorist

If there's one sole individual who has done more damage to the all-powerful Arasaka Megacorporation, it is Night City's beloved rockerboy, Johnny Silverhand.

Prior to garnering success as a musician, Johnny Silverhand served with the U.S. Military before deserting. He has also personally experienced the harshest realities of life when he grew up in the streets of Night City alone. Although he had long passed (technically) by the events of the game, Johnny was very proficient with his power revolver, easily being able to infiltrate the Arasaka HQ with very few allies.

2 Adam Smasher, The Weapon Of Arasaka

Adam Smasher's name is one that will strike fear in the hearts of even the most powerful people in Night City. According to those who have laid their eyes on cybernetic beast, he is more cyborg than man. Most of his body is literally covered with cyberware after being hit by an RPG blast. He also shows a lack of remorse and empathy, both for enemies and allies, further demonstrating his detachment from humanity.

It goes without saying that Adam is indeed a powerful fellow. He is one of the game's toughest bosses and he gained even more prominence for being the one who landed the killing blow to Johnny Silverhand.

1 V, Vincent Or Valerie, The Player Character

Of course, the main protagonist is the game's most powerful character. Although it wasn't always the case, by the end of the game, V proved to be the most powerful character in Night City considering they managed to defeat most of the most powerful characters in Night City.

V can defeat every fighter from the Beat on the Brat side gig and all the cyberpsychos in the game. They also managed something Johnny Silverhand couldn't do, which is killing Adam Smasher.

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