As a role-playing game with a surprising amount of depth and build diversity, Cyberpunk 2077 features countless options to flesh out characters. There are five key attributes to invest points into, along with 12 essential skills that feature a branching perk tree within each. Players can opt for a stealthy samurai, a gun-toting outlaw, or fast-working hacker, or the usual tank-like class armed with an assault rifle and a lot of health points.
But with so many options available to players, how do you choose the best starting attributes and perks in Cyberpunk 2077? It’s no easy task, and though players can respec their perks, skills, and attributes later in the game (with enough eddies in the bank), the wrong choices can lead to a weak or underwhelming build. This guide aims to help players off to a strong start!
Best Starting Attributes
There are five main attributes: Body, Reflexes, Technical Ability, Intelligence, and Cool. Depending on the player’s choice in build, dumping points into, say, Body and Reflexes will create a tank or damage dealer. Conversely, putting points into Intelligence and Cool will craft a stealth build with quick hacking capabilities. Each attribute is unique.
Investing points into Body and Reflexes makes the most sense if the player intends to focus on firearms. That said, players can’t go wrong when choosing which attributes to dump points into if playing on a lower difficulty, like normal. It’s always possible to respec, too.
For new players, however, it is recommended to choose Body to increase health and stamina, along with regen capabilities, and Technical Ability to use the various hacking abilities Cyberpunk 2077 is primarily known for.
|
Attribute |
Bonuses |
Skills |
Playstyle |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Body |
Increases base health and stamina, increases melee damage, and decreases movement penalties with a heavy machine gun or grappling. |
Athletics, Annihilation, Street Brawler |
Melee, Unarmed, Shotgun/LMG |
|
Reflexes |
Increases passive evade chances, increases passive crit chance, increases Mantis Blade cyberware damage output. |
Handguns, Assault Rifles, Blades |
Melee, DPS |
|
Technical Ability |
Increases passive armor by 5%. |
Crafting, Engineering |
Hacker |
|
Intelligence |
Increases Cyberdeck RAM capacity, increases Quickhack damage and duration. |
Breach Protocol, Quickhacking |
Hacker, Stealth |
|
Cool |
Increase crit damage, increases status resistances, increase stealth damage, increases Monowire damage, and decrease enemy detection speed. |
Stealth, Cold Blood |
Stealth, Melee, Hacker |
Best Starting Skills
Cyberpunk 2077 offers plenty of build options to suit any playstyle, whether you’re a new or returning player. For returning players, a slew of new skills was added in update 1.5, including Tenacious V, which allows V’s health to regenerate even when taking damage, and Edgerunner Artisan, which enables the player to craft Legendary items.
But for new players, those just starting their Cyberpunk journey with no build in mind yet, these are the best starting skills to kickstart your adventure:
- Regeneration – Health slowly regenerates while in combat.
- Hail of Bullets – Shotguns and Light Machine Guns deal 3% more damage.
- Efficient Blows – Reduce the overall stamina cost of all attacks using Blunt Weapons by 25%.
- Grenadier – The explosion radius of grenades becomes visible to the player.
- Biosynergy – Allows RAM to recover during combat at a rate of 4 RAM per 60 seconds.
- Scrapper – Junk items will automatically disassemble in the inventory.
- Sting Like A Bee – Increases Blade attack speed by 10%.
- Desperado – Increases Pistol and Revolver damage by 3%.
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