Best Cyberpunk 2077 Builds (2024)

With the release of the Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 update, there has been a complete overhaul of the Perk tree. Apart from this, CD Projekt RED has also merged the previous Skills into five new ones, which are Headhunter, Netrunner, Shinobi, Solo, and Engineer, along with the introduction of new kinds of progression shards. 

With all these changes, it is pretty obvious that the best builds in the game have changed, and it is a hectic job to try out new builds in order to find the most effective ones. Thus, we have mentioned the best Cyberpunk 2077 builds below to save you a lot of trouble.

Best Cyberpunk 2077 Builds (2023)

While there are endless numbers of builds in Cyberpunk 2077, here are some of our favorites:

David Martinez Cyber Expert Build

• Attribute Points: 20 Reflexes, 20 Body, 20 Technical Ability, 11 Intelligence and 10 Cool.
• Main Perks: 
  • Body: Painkiller, Adrenaline Rush, Wrecking Ball, Quake, Pain To Gain, Finisher: Savag Slinger
  • Reflexes: Stuntjock, Slippery, Dash, Air Dash, Tailwind
  • Intelligence: Eye In The Sky, Hack Queue, Embedded Exploit, Optimization, Carhacker
  • Technical Ability: Glutton For War, Health Freak, Pyromania, Ticking Time Bomb, All Things Cyber, License To Chrome, Edgerunner
• Operating System Cyberware: Militech "Apogee" Sandevistan
• Weapons: Two-Handed Hammer, Gorilla Arms

You can have a detailed explanation of this build in our dedicated guide here.

Katana Samurai Build

• Attribute Points: 20 Reflexes, 18 Body, 20 Technical Ability, 3 Intelligence and 20 Cool.
• Main Perks: 
  • Body: Painkiller, Adrenaline Rush
  • Reflexes: Slippery, Dash, Air Dash, Tailwind, Lead and Steel, Finisher: Bladerunner, Slaughterhouse
  • Technical Ability: Glutton For War, Health Freak, Pyromania, All Things Cyber, License To Chrome, Edgerunner
  • Cool: Feline Footwork, Ninjutsu, Killer Instinct, Scorpion Sting, Juggler, Style Over Substance
• Operating System Cyberware: Militech "Apogee" Sandevistan
• Weapons: Errata Katana, Agadu Axe, Fang Knife

You can have a detailed explanation of this build in our dedicated guide here.

Heavy Damage Lucy Netrunner Build

• Attribute Points: 15 Reflexes, 9 Body, 20 Technical Ability, 20 Intelligence and 17 Cool.
• Main Perks: 
  • Body: Painkiller
  • Reflexes: Slippery, Dash, Air Dash
  • Intelligence: Eye In The Sky, Hack Queue, Queue Acceleration, Queue Mastery, Optimization, Embedded Exploit, Overclock, Spillover, Acquisition Specialist, Target Lock Transfer, Smart Synergy
  • Technical Ability: All Things Cyber, License To Chrome, Edgerunner
  • Cool: Feline Footwork, Ninjutsu
• Operating System Cyberware: Tetratronic Rippler MK5
• Weapons: Monowire, Cheetah Power Pistol

You can have a detailed explanation of this build in our dedicated guide here.

High Crit Johnny Silverhand Build

• Attribute Points: 20 Reflexes, 16 Body, 20 Technical Ability, 5 Intelligence and 20 Cool.
• Main Perks: 
  • Body: Painkiller, Adrenaline Rush, Fury Road
  • Reflexes: Stuntjock, Slippery, Dash, Air Dash, Tailwind
  • Intelligence: Eye In The Sky, Carhacker
  • Technical Ability: Glutton for War, Health Freak, Pyromania, All Things Cyber, License To Chrome, Edgerunner
  • Cool: Road Warrior, Focus, Deadeye, Nerves of Tungsten-Steel
• Operating System Cyberware: Militech "Apogee" Sandevistan
• Weapons: Her Majesty Power Pistol, OL' Reliable, Malorian Arms 3516

While these are the best builds in Cyberpunk 2077, according to us, you can make changes to them based on the items and weapons available to you along with your level. Apart from this, we recommend you to go with the playstyle that you are comfortable with for the best results.