Best Builds - The Ultimate Guide - Cyberpunk 2077

This post is a guide on Best Builds in Cyberpunk 2077. This is a very popular question as the games give you hundreds of options to customize the character. For some people, this can be overwhelming and I am here to help. I will shortly go through recommended perks, attributes, and equipment of the best builds.

As this is an overview, detailed guides can be found with the provided links in each section. Let's Start!

Best Cyberpunk Builds

The builds mentioned here are powerful. Of course, the start of the game may be extremely challenging, especially on Very Hard. However, once you understand the game combat, it will become easy. The core parts of the build are these:

• Attributes - they are important for making the best build. Attributes decide how you can allocate your perk points and base stats.
• Perks/Skills - improve stats of V, weapons, etc. Moreover, they sometimes provide unique game-changing abilities
• Equipment - this is the most impactful thing that you can do to increase your build damage. I will recommend some weapons to maximize the offensive capabilities

The builds I suggest will cover these core parts, making you understand how to reach your desired goal for the best experience. I will also provide a link to the original build after each section in case you want to read more.

Sandevistan Build - ultimate anime inspiration

This is a very popular build after the 1.6 patch release together with the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime. It is inspired by the main character of the show David Martinez. The build relies on Cyberware called Sandevistan. It allows slowing time, but the wearer can move at normal speed.

When using it, enemies are very slow and you can easily take them out when encountered. This works well with both ranged and melee weapons.

Attributes

Here is the attribute allocation that I recommend

Level	Reflex	Body	Tech	Cool	Int
10	11	8	6	3	3
30	18	15	12	3	3
50	18	15	18	3	3

This leaves you with free attributes to choose your preferred weapon. So maximize the preferred attribute to 20 based on the weapon you like to use:

• Blades, Katana, Mantis Blade - Reflexes
• Assault Rifles, Sniper Rifles, Pistols, Revolvers - Reflexes
• Blunt Weapons, Gorilla Arms, Shotguns - Body

Perks

The core of the build does not need many perks.

Technical Ability

The perks below are mandatory for the Sandevistan build. All the other ones are optional and provide some quality-of-life improvements.

Tech Level	Skill	Description
1	Scrapper	Junk items are automatically disassembled.
1	Mechanic	Gain more components when disassembling.
5	True Craftsman	Allows you to craft Rare items.
12	Grease Monkey	Allows you to craft Epic items.
18	Edgerunner Artisan	Allows you to craft Legendary items

Athletics

Only three perks are mandatory in my opinion. The other ones are there as recommendations based on the type of weapons you plan to use.

Body Level	Skill	Description
3	Epimorphosis	Increases Health regen threshold from 60% to 65% in combat and to 100% out of combat.
9	Steel and Chrome x2 (using melee weapon)	Increases melee damage by 20%.
11	Multitasker (if using a ranged weapon)	Allows you to shoot while sprinting, sliding, and vaulting.
11	Divided Attention (if using a ranged weapon)	Allows you to reload weapons while sprinting, sliding, and vaulting.
12	Invincible	Increases max Health by 15%.
14	Marathoner	Sprinting does not drain Stamina.

Equipment

Here is the core equipment that the build needs

Cyberware - Frontal Cortex

Slot	Item	Description
1	Heal-On-Kill	The only decent Cyberware in Frontal Cortex for Sandevistan build. However, it should greatly improve your combat capacity as you restore health after each enemy you kill.
2	Mechatronic Core	Increases damage against drones, mechs, and robots.

Cyberware - Ocular System

Slot	Item	Description
1	Kiroshi Optics Mk.3	Enables to have additional upgrades for the ocular system. Try to get the highest rarity which is Epic. It provides 3 upgrade slots.

Mods

Mod name	Description
Trajectory Analysis	Increases headshot bonus damage by 25%. use this mod to increase damage with Throwing Knives
Weakspot Detection	Increases Crit Chance by 2%.

Cyberware - Circulatory System

Slot	Item	Description
1	Biomonitor	Instantly restores a large portion of health when it drops below a certain threshold. Use Epic version
2	Bioconductor	Reduces all cyberware cooldowns. Use Epic version
3	Microgenerator	Releases Electroshock when health drops below 15%. Use Epic option

Cyberware - Immune System

Slot	Item	Description
1	Detoxifier	Grants immunity to Poison.
2	Shock-n-Awe	After taking damage, there is a 2% chance of releasing large electroshock that deals damage to nearby enemies. Unfortunately, you will be able to equip either common or uncommon variants.

Cyberware - Nervous System

Slot	Item	Description
1	Kerenzikov	You can now slow time when dodging or sliding.
2	Nanorelays	Increases Sandevistan and Kerenzikov duration

Cyberware - Integumentary System

Slot	Item	Description
1	Subdermal Armor	Provides flat armor increase. Try to obtain the highest rarity for the highest value.
2	Optical Camo	This is a bad boy. You will become invisible for a few seconds which you can use to take out enemies. Really neat cyberware for a stealth build
3	Heat Converter	Increases damage if you are burning

Cyberware - Operating System

Priority	Item	Description
1	QianT Sandevistan Mk.4	Has a very short cooldown of 15 seconds. However, provides a shorter time slow.
2	Dynalar Sandevistan Mk.3	This epic rarity Sandevistan has 16 seconds duration. Also increases damage by 15%

Operating system mods

Mod name	Description
Heatsink	Reduces Sandevistan cooldown. This is the best upgrade once you are able to get it. It will greatly improve Sandevistan effectiveness. To craft the Legendary tier you will need to have Crafting progression rewards at level 18.
Prototype Chip	While Sandevistan is active, increases Crit Chance by 5%.
Neurotransmitters	While Sandevistan is active, increases Crit Damage by 15%.
Overclocked Processor	Increases duration of Sandevistan

Cyberware - Skeleton

Slot	Item	Description
1	Dense Marrow	Increases the stamina cost of melee attacks and greatly improves base damage. Only works on melee weapons
1	Bionic Joints	Reduces recoil of ranged weapons. Take this if you use ranged weapons.
2	Synaptic Signal Optimizer	This cyberware greatly boosts overall health. This will be very useful to provide some bonus survivability.

Cyberware - Hands

Slot	Item	Description
1	Smart Link	Equip this if using smart weapons. Increases chance to hit and Crit Damage.
1	Ballistic Coprocessor	Equip this if using power weapons. Increases the number of times a bullet can ricochet.

Cyberware - Legs

Slot	Item	Description
1	Reinforced Tendons	My personal favorite makes traversing much easier.

Netrunner Build - Hack Your Way

This is the most iconic build that you can make in Cyberpunk 2077. The whole game revolves around hacking, controlling networks, etc.

The build is perfect for those that enjoy distant combat and rarely engage in direct combat. I think Netrunner Build is the most powerful option that you can go with.

Of course, what makes this build fun is that you can use quickhacks as distractions. They can also take care of enemy groups while you run to take care of other enemies. Here is a more direct approach that is possible with Netrunners:

Attributes

Here is the attribute progression that I recommend for the build

Level	Reflex	Body	Tech	Cool	Int
10	3	3	6	5	9
30	3	12	12	8	16
50	3	16	18	14	20

The main concentration is Intelligence, which improves quickhacking and unlocks new perks. We also put points into Body, Tech, and Cool. All of these will complement the build and allow it to be very effective with Tech Weapons.

Perks

Here are the core perks that I recommend for this build.

Quickhacking

Int Level	Skill	Description
1	Biosynergy x3	Allows RAM to recover during combat. Recover 12 RAM units every 60 sec.
1	Bloodware x3	Quickhacks deal 30% more damage.
5	Forget-me-not	Eliminating a target affected by a quickhack instantly recovers 1 RAM units.
5	Hacker's Manual (optional)	Unlocks crafting specs for Uncommon quickhacks. This is an optional perk because these quickhacks can usually be bought from netrunner vendors.
7	Daisy Chain x3	Eliminating a target affected by a quickhack reduces the existing cooldowns for all other active quickhacks by 50%.
9	Signal Support x2	Increases quickhack duration by 50%.
11	Subliminal Message x2	Quickhacks deals 100% more damage to unaware targets. A very powerful perk that allows to instantly take out most of the enemies with Netrunner build.
12	Mnemonic	Quickhack spread distance is increased by 2 times.
12	Diffusion	Reduces the cost of quickhacks used against an enemy already affected by a quickhack by 2 RAM units.
12	School of Hard Hacks	Unlocks Crafting Specs for Rare quickhacks.
14	Plague x3	Quickhacks that spread can jump to 3 additional targets.
16	Critical Error	Quickhacks can now deal Crit Hits based on your Crit Chance and Crit Damage stats. By getting this perk you will greatly increase overall netrunner build damage.
16	Hacker Overlord	Unlocks Crafting Specs for Epic quickhacks.
18	Anamnesis x3	Available cyberdeck RAM cannot drop below 4 units.
20	Bartmoss' Legacy	Unlocks Crafting Specs for Legendary quickhacks. You will have to put some effort to craft these. But this will make the netrunner build unstoppable.
20	Optimization	Reduces the cost of quickhacks by 1 RAM unit.
20	Master RAM Liberator	Increases RAM recovery rate by 50%. +1% per Perk level.

Breach Protocol

We do not pick the second level of many perks. At level 20 you unlock the Buffer Optimization perk that doubles the duration of daemon effects.

Also, we want to have as many daemons as possible. Some abilities like Hackathon provide their buffs if 3 daemons are uploaded.

Int Level	Skill	Description
1	Big Sleep (optional)	Unlocks the Big Sleep daemon, which disables all cameras in the network for 3 min.
1	Mass Vulnerability	Unlocks the Mass Vulnerability daemon, which reduces the Physical Resistance for all enemies in the network by 30% for 3min.
5	Almost In!	Increases the breach time for Breach Protocol by 20%.
7	Mass Vulnerability: Resistances	Upgrades the Mass Vulnerability daemon, reducing all Resistances for enemies in the network by 30%.
11	Total Recall	The ICEpick daemon reduces all quickhack costs by an additional 1 RAM unit.
12	Turret Tamer	Unlocks the Turret Tamer daemon, which sets the status of every turret in the network to friendly for 3/6 min.
14	Efficiency x2	Uploading 3 or more daemons in the same Breach Protocol increases the cyberdeck RAM recovery rate by 6 units per 60 sec. Lasts 5 min.
14	Cloud Cache x2	Completing a Breach Protocol reduces the RAM cost of your next quickhack by 2 times the number of daemons uploaded.
16	Mass Vulnerability: Quickhacks	Upgrades the Mass Vulnerability daemon, causing enemies in the network to also take 30% more damage from quickhacks.
18	Hackathon	Uploading 3 or more daemons in the same Breach Protocol shortens quickhack cooldowns by 33% for 5 min.
18	Head Start	Automatically uploads the first daemon in the list at the start of Breach Protocol.
20	Compression	Reduces the lengths of the sequences required to upload daemons by 1. Cannot be reduced below 2.
20	Buffer Optimization (optional)	Increases the duration of daemon effects by 100%. This is more of a quality-of-life perk that makes it a bit easier to fight during long encounters.

Equipment

Cyberware - Frontal Cortex

Besides the ones mentioned below, I would also take a look at Camillo RAM Manager, RAM Upgrade

Slot	Item	Description
1	Memory Boost	Defeating an enemy instantly restores RAMs
2	Ex-Disk	Increases the maximum size of Cyberdeck RAM units.
3	Limbic System Enhancement	Increases Crit Chance

Cyberware - Ocular System

Slot	Item	Description
1	Kiroshi Optics Mk.3	Enables to have additional upgrades for the ocular system. Try to get the highest rarity which is Epic. It provides 3 upgrade slots.

The ocular system recommended mods:

Mod name	Description
Trajectory Analysis	Increases headshot bonus damage by 25%.
Weakspot Detection	Increases Crit Chance by 2%.

Cyberware - Circulatory System

I also suggest taking Tyrosine Injector if you have a hard time with the Breach Protocol time limit

Slot	Item	Description
1	Biomonitor	Instantly restores a large portion of health when it drops below a certain threshold.
2	Microgenerator	Releases Electroshock when health drops below 15%.
2	Feedback Circuit	Instantly restores health after you discharge a fully charged weapon with a hit to an enemy
2	Tyrosine Injector	Increase the breach time of the Breach Protocol by 100%. I definitely recommend this one if you see that additional times help you with Breach protocols.
3	Second Heart	Another great option, especially early in the game when you may die often. It provides a second chance before you die.

Cyberware - Immune System

Slot	Item	Description
1	Shock-n-Awe	Release electroshock when being hit. Has a certain activation chance.
2	Cataresist	Increases all resistances against the status effect
2	Inductor	When affected by Shock and EMP, Armor increases by 50% instead of taking damage.

Cyberware - Nervous System

You can wear 2 pieces of cyberwar for the Nervous System. Try to get the highest Rarity of the mentioned item

Slot	Item	Description
1	Synaptic Accelerator	Slows time when you are detected by enemies. Cooldown 60 sec.
2	Reflex Tuner	I like this Cyberware as it gives you some time when you are in a critical situation and slows down time.

Cyberware - Integumentary System

Slot	Item	Description
1	Subdermal Armor	Provides flat armor increase. Try to obtain the highest rarity for the highest value.
2	Optical Camo	This is a bad boy. You will become invisible for a few seconds which you can use to take out enemies. Really neat cyberware for a stealth build
3	Heat Converter	When affected by Burn, instead of receiving damage from it, you deal more damage.

Cyberware - Operating System

Here are recommended Cyberdeck options for the Netrunner build. These are the most important items for the build, so be sure to always get the best one

Priority	Item	Description
1	Tetratronic Rippler Mk.4	This is my preferred Cyberdeck. Because I like using Cyberphycosis and Suicide, I get a bonus spread from Tetratronic Rippler.
2	NetWatch Netdriver Mk.5	I love this cyberdeck, take it if you heavily rely on combat quickhacks like Shot Circuit or Overheat.
3	Stephenson Tech Mk.4	Reduces quickhack cooldowns by 45% and provides some other bonuses.
4	Biotech Σ Mk.3	Increases damage to health with quickhacks.
5	Stephenson Tech Mk.3	Reduces quickhacks cooldown times.

Here are the quickhacks that I recommend with this build

Item	Description
Cyberpsychosis	This is a very important perk that the build relies on. It allows for creating havoc among groups of enemies.
Ping	It is a mandatory quickhack that reveals all enemies that are connected to the network. This will allow you to see all enemies through the walls and plan your encounter.
Contagion	Powerful combat quickhack that deals chemical damage over time. Moreover, it spreads to nearby targets making it very deadly against a group of enemies.
Short Circuit	A very powerful quickhack that deals electrical damage. It is very effective against robots, drones, mechs, etc.
Overheat	Deals burning damage, very effective against human targets.
Suicide	I love this one, this ensures that the enemy which you target kills itself.

Cyberware - Skeleton

Slot	Item	Description
1	Bionic Joints	Reduces recoil of Ranged Weapons.
2	Synaptic Signal Optimizer	This cyberware greatly boosts overall health. This will be very useful to provide some bonus survivability.

Cyberware - Hands

Slot	Item	Description
1	Smart Link	I definitely recommend using this Cyberware even with Tech Shotgun. The legendary version gives bonus critical damage.

Cyberware - Legs

Slot	Item	Description
1	Reinforced Tendons	My personal favorite makes traversing much easier.

Samurai Katana build - pure melee combat

This is a build for the iconic Cyberpunk weapon - Katana. It relies on tearing enemies apart in short range. The build is deadly and once you obtain good weapon enemies can be killed with single hits.

The build goes full in on this melee weapon. Of course, at the start of the game, it may be very difficult to fight enemies as you have low hp and need to reach enemies before they tear you apart with bullets.

Attributes

Level	Reflex	Body	Tech	Cool	Int
10	12	6	3	7	3
30	18	11	3	16	3
50	20	20	3	20	8

• Reflexes - You want to get at least 12 fairly early in the game, this will unlock a very good Sandevistan. Reflexes also will ensure that Katana build can mitigate damage, have a high critical chance, and damage
• Cool - it will give you critical damage bonuses and importantly allow you to improve the Cold Blood perk tree.
• Body - this one is used to maximize the Katana build survivability. There will be many cases where you will be in open combat and you need to be able to soak up a decent amount of damage. Moreover, it is used to equip Berserk if you plan to use this cyberware.

Perks

This section will cover what core perks you should take with the build.

Blade tree

This is the main tree for the Samurai Katana build

Level	Skill	Description
1	Sting Like a Bee x3	Increases attack speed by 10%. It will ensure that you have very fast attacks to take out enemies as fast as possible.
1	Roaring Waters x2	Gives a 20% increase to Strong attacks.
4	Slow and Steady x2	As the build is prone to enemy shots, having increased armor by 30% while moving is essential not to die instantly
4	Crimson Dance x2	Gives a 30% chance to apply Bleed. Although it does not deal massive damage it will provide other benefits later on
6	Flight of the Sparrow x2	Reduces the Stamina cost of all attacks with Katana by 50%. Especially early you don't want to drain your stamina bar and get fatigued.
8	Shifting Sands	Another great ability that you can use to recover stamina when dodging is being used.
10	Blessed Blade	Gives a flat 10% critical chance if wearing a katana
12	Bloodlust x2	This ability complements Crimson Dance and gives health regeneration when the enemy is Bleeding. Thanks to this perk, the build survivability increases greatly.
12	Float Like A Butterfly x2	Dodging will give 50% more damage for 5 seconds. Very high increase for something that you will constantly be doing to avoid bullets or enemy attacks.
15	Judge, Jury, and Executioner x3	Huge damage boost on the first hit to the enemy
18	Deathbolt	This is an ability that you need for encounters with many enemies. Each enemy that you kill will restore your health by 20% and increase the movement speed by 30% for 5 seconds.
15	Fiery Blast x3	Very strong perk. It gives a bonus of 3% damage for every 1% health the enemy is missing.
20	Dragon Strike	The last ability in the blade perk tree. It provides a 40% critical damage boost

Athletics Tree

The athletics tree will ensure that the Samurai Katana build can survive long enough during the encounters.

Level	Skill	Description
1	Regeneration	Allows regenerating health during combat. It is very useful for this build as you wait behind the cover for the enemy to come to you
5	True Grit	Increases stamina by 10% allowing to do more hits with the katana
7	Epimorphosis	Increases the threshold to which HP regenerates during combat. Moreover, HP now regenerates to 100% outside of it.
7	Wolverine x2	Health regeneration will now activate 20% faster. This will make long encounters easier to survive
9	Steel and Chrome x2	Increases melee damage by 10%
11	Like a Butterfly	Dodging will now not drain stamina. This will allow to better fight during long encounters
12	Invincible	As powerful as it sounds this ability only provides 15% health. However, that is still a good boost for overall survivability
12	Tenacious V	Health regeneration now continues even after being hit
16	Cardio Cure x2	Because you are moving this ability is essential. It will give 30% faster health regeneration.
18	Steel Shell	Increases armor by 10%. Gives a higher chance to survive enemies
20	Indestructible	Reduces all incoming damage by 10%.

Ninjutsu Tree

Level	Skill	Description
7	Assassin	Increases damage against humans by 15%.
12	From the Shadows x2	Provides a 20% bonus critical chance for the first 7 seconds of the combat.
16	Hasty Retreat	Gives a 50% boost after being detected for 5 seconds. Thanks to this ability you can run around very fast and take out a few enemies before your take damage
18	Cheat Death	Reduces damage by 50% when health drops below 50% for 10 seconds. The ultimate survivability perk.

Cool Blood

Level	Skill	Description
1	Cold Blood x3	This is a very important buff for almost any stat in the game. Although at first, it provides only faster movement speed, as you progress it will provide other benefits. I suggest upgrading this ability every 5 levels and not but all 3 points at the start o the game
5	Blood Brawl x2	While Cold Blood is active, increases damage with melee weapons by 10%.
9	Rapid Bloodflow x2	Increases Health regen inside and outside combat by 10% per stack of Cold Blood.
9	Defensive Clotting x2	Increases Armor by 8% per stack of Cold Blood.
12	Predator x2 (optional)	Increase attack speed by 30% per stack of Cold Blood. Although this ability sounds amazing, the game has a cap on attack speed. So save and check if you really have increased attack speed
14	Pain is an Illusion	While Cold Blood is active, reduces damage taken by 5%.
14	Cold and Calculating	Landing a Crit Hit has a 50% chance of applying a stack of Cold Blood.
16	Coldest Blood x2	Increases max stack amount for Cold Blood by 2.
16	Coolagulant	Stacks of Cold Blood are removed one by one, not all at once.
16	Critical Condition x2	Increases duration of Cold Blood by 50%.
18	Immunity	Grants immunity to Bleeding, Poison, Burn and Shock when at least 4 stack(s) of Cold Blood are active.
20	Bloodswell	Upon receiving lethal damage while Cold Blood is active, prevents death, consumes all stacks of Cold Blood, restoring 10% Health per stack, and grants Damage Immunity for 5 sec. Playing cannot gain Cold Blood while the perk is active. Cooldown 15 sec.

Equipment

Katanas

Priority	Item	Description
1	Jinchu-Maru	Has many positive effects: 100% Crit chance during Kerenzikov, Double damage for the last combo attack, etc.
2	Byakko	Introduced after the 1.5 patch. Has the unique ability to lunge into enemies from a medium distance when attacking. This makes fighting enemies with ranged weapons much easier for Samurai Katan builds.
3	Satori	What makes it unique is that it can deal massive amounts of Critical damage. Due to this, I suggest taking any perk or modification that improves Crit Chance.
4	Katana	Base katana version. Try to obtain the legendary rarity as early as possible.

Operating System

I recommend Sandevistan. You lose the ability to use quickhacks, however, you can now slow time and this greatly helps in melee. During the fights, you can get to enemies using the shortest path, while avoiding the bullets

Do not forget to include mods, as they increase the chance until enemies detect you or you can gain hp when killing them.

Priority	Item	Description
1	Militech "Falcon" Sandevistan Mk.5	Provides 20 Crit Chance and 35% Crit Damage while Sandevistan is active. The effect lasts 18 seconds. Enough for most of the encounters.
2	QianT Sandevistan Mk.4	Gives a 15% critical chance and a 15% damage dealt increase while Sandevistan is active.
3	Dynalar Sandevistan Mk.4	Increases damage and Crit Chance by 15%. Has a 30-second cooldown.
4	Dynalar Sandevistan Mk.3	I recommend getting the Epic version early as possible as it will greatly improve your gameplay.

Gunslinger Build - Master of Weapons

This build concentrates on one thing - being effective and making large numbers using ranged weapons. Unfortunately, the build does not have any gimmicks and mostly relies on the user's ability to do precise shots.

Of course, this is greatly supported by the wielder's skill and how well one can land headshots. So be sure to practice. Once you will obtain Sandevistan you can slow time and better control the encounters.

Gunslinger build is for those Cyberpunk 2077 that love guns.

Attributes

The main attribute of the build is Reflexes. It provides perks for all the weapons that this build will use.

Level	Reflex	Body	Tech	Cool	Int
10	10	6	6	6	3
30	15	11	14	8	3
50	20	12	20	16	3

The two main attributes are Reflexes and Technical Ability. The first one directly improves weapon handling and unlocks weapon perks. It will make your weapon overall stronger. Technical Ability allows unlocking crafting and Tech weapon improvements.

Cool is another important attribute that improves the Cold Blood perk tree, which increases the offensive capabilities of the build

Weapon Perks

First, you will need to decide on what weapon you plan to use. This is important as it changes what perk tree you will concentrate on

• Pistols and Revolvers - Handguns
• Assault, Sniper, Precision Rifles, and SMGs - Assault

So be sure to test out different weapons before you commit to a perk tree

Handguns - Pistol wielder choice

Reflexes Level	Skill	Description
1	Gunslinger x3	Reduces reload time for Pistols and Revolvers by 25%.
1	High Noon x3	Increases Crit Chance with Pistols and Revolvers by 6%.
5	Desperado x3	Increases damage with Pistols and Revolvers by 10%.
5	Rio Bravo x3	Increases headshot damage multiplier with Pistols and Revolvers by 15%.
7	Long Shot Drop Pop x2	Increases damage with Pistols and Revolvers to enemies 5+ meters away by 25%.
9	Steady Hand	Reduces Pistol and Revolver recoil by 20%.
9	O.K. Corral	Deal 50% more damage with Pistols and Revolvers to enemies whose Health is below 25%.
9	Vanishing Point	Increases Mitigation Chance by 20% for 5 sec. after performing a dodge with a Pistol or Revolver equipped.
11	A Fistful of Eurodollars x2	Increases Crit Damage with Pistols and Revolvers by 30%.
11	From Head to Toe x2	Increases damage done to limbs with Pistols and Revolvers by 7/15%.
12	Acrobat	You can now perform dodges while aiming a Pistol or Revolver.
12	Grand Finale	The last round in a Pistol or Revolver clip deals double damage.
14	Attritional Fire	Firing consecutive shots with a Pistol or Revolver at the same target increases damage by 10%.
14	Wild West	Removes the damage penalty from Pistols and Revolvers when shooting from a distance. Now you can maximize your damage when fighting enemies from long distances with this Pistol build.
16	Snowball Effect	After defeating an enemy, the fire rate for Revolvers increases by 5% for 6 sec. Stacks up to 5 time(s).
16	Westworld	Increases Crit Chance for Pistols and Revolvers by 5% if fully modded.
18	Lead Sponge	Enables you to shoot with Pistols and Revolvers while dodging.
20	Brainpower	After a successful headshot with a Pistol or Revolver, Crit Chance increases by 7% for 5 sec.
20+	The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly	After a successful Crit Hit with a Pistol or Revolver, damage and Armor increase by 30% for 5 seconds. +1% per Perk level.

Assault - Assault, Sniper, SMG, and Precision Rifles

Reflexes Level	Skill	Description
1	Bulletjock x3	Increases damage with Rifles by 10%.
1	Eagle Eye x3	Reduces time to aim down sight with Rifles by 50%.
5	Covering Killshot x2	Increases Crit Chance with Rifles and Submachine Guns by 8% when firing from behind cover.
7	Bullseye	Increases Rifle damage while aiming by 10%.
7	Executioner	Deal 25% more damage with Rifles and Submachine Guns to enemies whose Health is above 50%.
9	Duck Hunter x2	Increases Rifle and Submachine Gun damage to moving enemies by 10/20%.
9	Shoot, Reload, Repeat x2	Defeating an enemy with a Rifle or Submachine Gun reduces reload time by 20/40% for 5 sec.
11	Feel the Flow x2	Defeating an enemy with a Rifle or Submachine Gun reduces reload time by 20/40% for 5 sec.
11	Nerves of Steel x2	Increases headshot damage with Sniper Rifles and Precision Rifles by 10/15%. The Assault rifle build can still use precision rifles.
12	Hunter's Hands x2	Reduces recoil with Rifles and Submachine Guns by 5/10% when firing from behind cover.
12	Trench Warfare x2	Rifle and Submachine Gun damage increases by 5/10% when firing from behind cover.
14	Named Bullets	Increases Crit Damage with Rifles and Submachine Guns by 20%.
14	Skull Skipper	Each headshot reduces recoil with Rifles and Submachine Guns by 4% for 10 sec. Stacks up to 5 time(s).
16	Bunker	Increases Armor and Resistances by 15% while aiming with Rifles and Submachine Guns from behind cover.
16	Recoil Wrangler	Reduces recoil with Rifles and Submachine Guns by 5%.
18	In Perspective	Bullets fired from Power Rifles and Power Submachine Guns ricochet an additional 1 time(s).
18	Long Shot	Rifle and Submachine Gun damage increases the farther you are located from enemies.
20	Savage Stoic	Increases damage with Rifles and Submachine Guns by 35% when standing still.
20+	Punisher	After defeating an enemy with a Rifle or Submachine Gun, weapon sway is nullified and weapon spread does not increase for 10 sec. +0.2 sec. per Perk level.

Cold Blood

Cool Level	Skill	Description
1	Cold Blood x3	After defeating an enemy, gain Cold Blood for 7 sec. and increase movement speed by 2%. Stacks up to 1/2/3 time(s). The duration of each additional stack is 1 sec. shorter.
7	Easy Out x2	While Cold Blood is active, increases ranged weapon damage by 20% to enemies within an area of 5m.
11	Coolagulant	Stacks of Cold Blood are removed one by one, not all at once.
11	Frozen Precision	Increases headshot damage by 5% per stack of Cold Blood.
16	Critical Condition x2	Increases duration of Cold Blood by 50%.
16	Coldest Blood x2	Increases max stack amount for Cold Blood by 2.

Equipment

Pistols and Revolvers

Item	Description
Chao	A smart pistol that is very effective against single targets.
Crash	An iconic revolver that has high base damage. It is a simple weapon that has no gimmicks and relies on wearers' accuracy.
Comrade's Hammer	A hand cannon. It has single shot in a clip, but can be charged and the bullet explodes
Lizzie	A very powerful tech pistol. It shoots multiple projectiles from a single shot. Can hit enemies through walls.
Malorian Arms 3516	Although it may not be the most powerful it is definitely cool. This is Johhny's iconic pistol.

Assault Rifles

Item	Description
Psalm 11:6	Deals additional thermal damage and can burn enemies. I think it is very effective against most human enemies throughout the game
Moron Labe	A very powerful assault rifle that I think is mandatory to try on Gunslinger build. Has a very high fire rate.
Divided We Stand	This is an amazing Smart Assault Rifle. It can target multiple enemies, and with some practice, you can get guaranteed headshots.

Sniper Rifles and Precision Rifles

Item	Description
Overwatch	It is a unique variation of SPT32 Grad and comes with a silencer. Its drawback is that it requires 10 Body to properly utilize it.
Widow Maker	Although not Assault Rifle it can come in very handy in many fights as this precision rifle can shoot through walls.
SPT32 Grad	Although not a Tech Sniper rifle, this one can shoot through walls and ricochet. Although it has a very slow fire rate.
Nekomata	This tech sniper rifle is readily available throughout the game. It can shoot through walls. You can also try getting the iconic version of it called Breakthrough
Ashura	Smart Sniper rifle, usually guarantees a kill without making the most accurate shots. However, has only 1 round per clip.

Cyberware - Operating System

I recommend using Sandevistan operating system for this Gunslinger build. It will allow you to stop time and take out enemies without them reacting to your shots.

Priority	Item	Description
1	Militech "Falcon" Sandevistan Mk.5	Provides 20 Crit Chance and 35% Crit Damage while Sandevistan is active. The effect lasts 18 seconds. Enough for most of the encounters.
2	QianT Sandevistan Mk.4	Gives a 15% critical chance and a 15% damage dealt increase while Sandevistan is active.
3	Dynalar Sandevistan Mk.4	Increases damage and Crit Chance by 15%. Has a 30-second cooldown.
4	Dynalar Sandevistan Mk.3	I recommend getting the Epic version early as possible as it will greatly improve your gameplay.

Engineer Build - tech weapon and grenade master

With this build, I tried to imagine how an Engineer would look in the Night City. The most obvious that come to mind are - being proficient with tech weapons, grenades, and crafting. Optionally they could be versatile in hacking

The good thing is that Grenades are abundant in Cyberpunk 2077 so this build is very powerful as you can just plow your way through with them. Normal enemies are knocked down and their limbs are torn down.

Attributes

You can get Tech to 20 at about level 40. This is when you can craft the best Legendary items in the game.

Level	Reflex	Body	Tech	Cool	Int
10	9	5	7	5	5
30	16	8	14	7	6
50	20	12	20	9	10

Maximizing Tech and Reflexes will make the build very effective with Tech Rifles and Pistols. Moreover, it will allow to craft any type of iconic weapon and upgrade it to the highest level.

Perks

These are the perks that I recommend with Engineer build for Rifles and Handguns

Assault (if using Sniper or Precision Rifles)

Unfortunately, there are no Tech Assault Rifles in the game. Of course, one may still use them if one wishes.

Reflexes Level	Skill	Description
1	Bulletjock x3	Increases damage with Assault Rifles by 10%.
1	Eagle Eye x3	Reduces time to aim down sight with Assault Rifles by 50%.
5	Covering Killshot x2	Increases Crit Chance with Rifles and Submachine Guns by 8% when firing from behind cover.
7	Bullseye	Increases Assault Rifle damage while aiming by 10%.
7	Executioner	Deal 25% more damage with Rifles and Submachine Guns to enemies whose Health is above 50%.
9	Shoot, Reload, Repeat x2	Defeating an enemy with a Rifle or Submachine Gun reduces reload time by 20/40% for 5 sec.
11	Nerves of Steel x2	Increases headshot damage with Sniper Rifles and Precision Rifles by 10/15%. The Assault rifle build can still use precision rifles.
12	Hunter's Hands x2	Reduces recoil with Rifles and Submachine Guns by 5/10% when firing from behind cover.
12	Trench Warfare x2	Tech Sniper Rifle damage increases by 10% when firing from behind cover.
14	Named Bullets	Increases Crit Damage with Rifles and Submachine Guns by 20%.
14	Skull Skipper	Each headshot reduces recoil with Rifles and Submachine Guns by 4% for 10 sec. Stacks up to 5 time(s).
16	Bunker	Increases Armor and Resistances by 15% while aiming with Rifles and Submachine Guns from behind cover.
16	Recoil Wrangler	Reduces recoil with Rifles and Submachine Guns by 5%.
18	Long Shot	Rifle and Submachine Gun damage increase the farther you are located from enemies.
20	Savage Stoic	Increases damage with Rifles and Submachine Guns by 35% when standing still.
20+	Punisher	After defeating an enemy with a Rifle or Submachine Gun, weapon sway is nullified and weapon spread does not increase for 10 sec. +0.2 sec. per Perk level.

Handguns - if you use Tech Pistol or Revolver

Reflexes Level	Skill	Description
1	Gunslinger x3	Reduces reload time for Pistols and Revolvers by 25%.
1	High Noon x3	Increases Crit Chance with Pistols and Revolvers by 6%.
5	Desperado x3	Increases damage with Pistols and Revolvers by 10%.
5	Rio Bravo x3	Increases headshot damage multiplier with Pistols and Revolvers by 15%.
7	Long Shot Drop Pop x2	Increases damage with Pistols and Revolvers to enemies 5+ meters away by 25%.
9	Steady Hand	Reduces Pistol and Revolver recoil by 20%.
9	O.K. Corral	Deal 50% more damage with Pistols and Revolvers to enemies whose Health is below 25%.
9	Vanishing Point	Increases Mitigation Chance by 20% for 5 sec. after performing a dodge with a Pistol or Revolver equipped.
11	A Fistful of Eurodollars x2	Increases Crit Damage with Pistols and Revolvers by 30%.
11	From Head to Toe x2	Increases damage done to limbs with Pistols and Revolvers by 7/15%.
12	Acrobat	You can now perform dodges while aiming a Pistol or Revolver.
12	Grand Finale	The last round in a Pistol or Revolver clip deals double damage.
14	Attritional Fire	Firing consecutive shots with a Pistol or Revolver at the same target increases damage by 10%.
14	Wild West	Removes the damage penalty from Pistols and Revolvers when shooting from a distance.
16	Snowball Effect	After defeating an enemy, the fire rate for Revolvers increases by 5% for 6 sec. Stacks up to 5 time(s).
16	Westworld	Increases Crit Chance for Pistols and Revolvers by 5% if fully modded.
18	Lead Sponge	Enables you to shoot with Pistols and Revolvers while dodging.
20	Brainpower	After a successful headshot with a Pistol or Revolver, Crit Chance increases by 7% for 5 sec.
20+	The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly	After a successful Crit Hit with a Pistol or Revolver, damage and Armor increase by 30% for 5 seconds. +1% per Perk level.

Athletics

Engineer builds need at least 10 Body attributes to fully utilize weapons like Comrade's Hammer or RT-46 Burya.

However, Tech Engineer build also need the ability to quickly change location if needed. Due to this we also get additional Body points to unlock Divided Attention and Multitasker

Body Level	Skill	Description
1	Regeneration	Health slowly regenerates during combat.
7	Epimorphosis	Increases Health regen threshold from 60% to 65% in combat and to 100% out of combat.
11	Multitasker	Allows you to shoot while sprinting, sliding, and vaulting.
11	Divided Attention	Allows you to reload weapons while sprinting, sliding, and vaulting.
12	Invincible	Increases max Health by 15%.

Crafting

Tech Level	Skill	Description
1	Mechanic	Gain more components when disassembling.
5	True Craftsman	Junk items are automatically disassembled.
5	Scrapper	Allows you to craft Rare items.
9	Sapper x2	Grenades deal 20% more damage.
11	Field Technician x2	Crafted weapons deal 5/10% more damage.
12	Grease Monkey	Allows you to craft Epic items.
16	Tune-Up	Allows you to upgrade lower-quality components into higher-quality ones.
18	Edgerunner Artisan	Allows you to craft Legendary items.
20	Cutting Edge	Improves damage and all damage-related stats of crafted weapons by 5%.

Engineering

Tech Level	Skill	Description
7	Sharpnel	All grenade types deal 20 damage in addition to their normal effects.
9	Up to 11 x2	Allows you to charge Tech weapons up to 75/100% capacity.
11	Bigger Booms x5	Grenades deal 25% more damage.
12	Tesla	Increases the charge multiplier for Tech weapons by 55%.
14	Übercharge	Fully charged Tech weapons deal 30% more damage.
14	Gun Whisperer	Fully charged Tech weapons do not shoot automatically. Does not apply to revolvers. Try out this perk, it is not for everyone. However, it can be a nice quality of life upgrade.
14	Insulation	Grants immunity to Shock. I think it is appropriate for an Engineer build to be resilient to Shock
16	Fuck All Walls	Reduces the charge amount needed for Tech weapons to penetrate walls by 30%.
16	Can't Touch This	Grants immunity to all effects from your own grenades.
18	Lickety Split x2	Tech weapon charge time is reduced by 20%.
20	Jackpot	Enables grenades to deal Crit hits.
20	Superconductor	Tech weapons ignore Armor
20	Revamp	Increases damage from Tech weapons by 25%. Increases charge damage from Tech weapons by 10%. +1% charge damage per Perk level.

Cold Blood

Cool Level	Skill	Description
1	Cold Blood x3	After defeating an enemy, gain Cold Blood for 7 sec. and increase movement speed by 2%. Stacks up to 3 times. The duration of each additional stack is 1 sec. shorter.
7	Easy Out x2	While Cold Blood is active, increases ranged weapon damage by 20% to enemies within an area of 5m.
9	Defensive Clotting x2	Increases Armor by 8% per stack of Cold Blood.

Ninjutsu

Cool Level	Skill	Description
7	Assassin	Deal 15% more damage to human enemies.

Breach Protocol

Int Level	Skill	Description
1	Mass Vulnerability x2	Unlocks the Mass Vulnerability daemon, which reduces the Physical Resistance for all enemies in the network by 30% for 6 min.
7	Mass Vulnerability: Resistances	Upgrades the Mass Vulnerability daemon, reducing all Resistances for enemies in the network by 30%.

Quickhacking

Intelligence Level	Skill	Description
1	Biosynergy x3	Allows RAM to recover during combat. Recover 12 RAM unit(s) every 60 sec.
7	Weak Link	Reduces the required cyberdeck RAM for quickhacks used on devices by 1 unit.
9	Signal Support	Increases quickhack duration by 50%.

Equipment recommendations

Weapons

In this section, I will cover recommended gear for Engineer build in Cyberpunk 2077

Item	Description
Lizzie	Amazing Tech pistol. Obtained after Act 1. It releases multiple bullets from the single shot
Comrade's Hammer	A very powerful revolver that has only 1 bullet per clip. However, this bullet explodes, dealing large damage.
RT-46 Burya	Comrade's Hammer base version. Has 4 round clips. It is a strong revolver, that is readily available throughout the game.
Breakthrough	A bit better version of Nekomata. Bullets can additionally ricochet after passing through walls.
Nekomata	A powerful Tech Sniper, that is readily available throughout the game
Widow Maker	A stronger version M-179E Achilles. It shoots multiple projectiles and deals chemical damage. One of the most powerful weapons in the game.
DB-2 Satara	A double-barrel shotgun that deals pure physical damage.

Weapon Mods

Item	Description
Countermass	Eliminates horizontal recoil while aiming. This will make shooting with Sniper very easy.
Crunch	Increases damage. This is a base mod that I recommend for Engineer build.
Neon Arrow	Reduces weapon reload time by 5%.
Vendetta	Increases headshot damage by 10%.
Penetrator	Increases Crit Chance
Pacifier	Increases Crit Damage

Armor Mods

Mod name	Description
Deadeye	+6% Crit Damage +15% Headshot Damage Multiplier
Fortuna	Increases Crit Chance by 4%
Bully	It gives an 8% Crit Damage bonus
Armadillo	Provides bonus armor. Good for increased survival

Cyberware - Frontal Cortex

Slot	Item	Description
1	Heal-On-Kill	This item provides a certain percentage of health after each enemy that you kill. The effectiveness increases with the cyberware rarity
1	Limbic System Enhancement	Increases Crit Chance
2	Visual Cortex Support	Increases Crit Damage
3	Mechatronic Core	I recommend this one because it will greatly boost damage against mechs. On higher difficulties, this helps a lot in certain encounters.

Cyberware - Ocular System

Slot	Item	Description
1	Kiroshi Optics Mk.3	Enables to have additional upgrades for the ocular system. Try to get the highest rarity which is Epic. It provides 3 upgrade slots.

Mods

Mod name	Description
Trajectory Analysis	Increases headshot bonus damage by 25%. use this mod to increase damage with Throwing Knives
Weakspot Detection	Increases Crit Chance by 2%.

Cyberware - Circulatory System

Slot	Item	Description
1	Biomonitor	Instantly restores a large portion of health when it drops below a certain threshold.
2	Feedback Circuit	We take this because the Engineer build uses Tech weapons. It will allow restoring health after a 100% charged shot.
3	Bioconductor	You should be able to equip at least the lowest rarity cyberware. It decreases the cooldowns of all other cyberware, including operating systems.
3	Second Heart	Take this with the Tech Engineer Shotgun build as it will allow you to resurrect in case you die. Once you feel comfortable you can go for Bioconductor

Cyberware - Immune System

Slot	Item	Description
1	Shock-n-Awe	Release electroshock when being hit. Has a certain activation chance.
2	Detoxifier	Grants immunity to Poison
2	Metabolic Editor	Take this if you will have 14 or more Cool

Cyberware - Nervous System

You can wear 2 pieces of cyberwar for the Nervous System. Try to get the highest Rarity of the mentioned item

Slot	Item	Description
1	Kerenzikov	You can now slow time when dodging or sliding.
2	Synaptic Accelerator	When you are detected slows time. Do not use this with Sandevistan
2	Nanorelays	Increases Sandevistan and Kerenzikov duration
2	Reflex Tuner	Slows time when your Health drops to 25%

Cyberware - Integumentary System

Slot	Item	Description
1	Subdermal Armor	Provides flat armor increase. Try to obtain the highest rarity for the highest value.
2	Optical Camo	This is a bad boy. You will become invisible for a few seconds which you can use to take out enemies. Really neat cyberware for a stealth build
3	Heat Converter	Increases damage if you are burning. Equip this if you have 14 Cool
3	Grounding Plating	Grant immunity to Shock

Cyberware - Operating System

Tech Engineer builds can use almost any of the operating systems based on the attributes you pick. Here are my recommendations

And if you want to use quickhacks with Rifle Engineer build here are some cyberdecks:

Priority	Item	Description
1	NetWatch Netdriver Mk.5	Allows offensive quickhacks to jump to other enemies. I think this is the most powerful cyberdeck for Engineer build. (the main effect of quickhack spread may be bugged)
2	Stephenson Tech Mk.4	Decreases cooldowns of quickhacks by 45%. Moreover, combat quickhacks have a longer duration of 50%. Very good for Contagion, Overheat, and Short Circuit.
3	Fuyutsuki Tinkerer Mk.3	This is a good option if you will use spreading quickhacks like Contagion.
3	Stephenson Tech Mk.3	Increases the duration of quickhacks by 40% and decreases their cooldown by 45%.
4	Biotech Σ Mk.3	Boosts damage dealt by quickhacks 20%

Here are some quickhack recommendations

Item	Description
Contagion	Powerful combat quickhack that deals chemical damage over time. Moreover, it spreads to nearby targets making it very deadly against a group of enemies.
Ping	It is a mandatory quickhack that reveals all enemies that are connected to the network. This will allow you to see all enemies through the walls and plan your encounter.
Short Circuit	A very powerful quickhack that deals electrical damage. It is very effective against robots, drones, mechs, etc.

Cyberware - Skeleton

Slot	Item	Description
1	Bionic Joints	Reduces recoil of Ranged Weapons.
2	Synaptic Signal Optimizer	Increases Health. Greatly improves the survivability of Assault Rifle Build in the late game.

Cyberware - Hands

Slot	Item	Description
1	Smart Link	Even though you will not use Smart weapons, this still gives a large boost to damage with the legendary version.

Cyberware - Legs

Slot	Item	Description
1	Reinforced Tendons	My personal favorite makes traversing much easier.

Monowire - ranged melee Combat

This build is something that you would not expect - ranged attacks with a melee weapon. The only other builds that can replicate this are Ninja Build and Throwing Knives build, thanks to the Dagger Dealer perk

For detailed progression, gear, perks, and tactics check the full Monowire build

However, in this part, we are talking about Monowire. It is a very powerful cyberware attack that allows one to take out a wire and use it for attacks. What makes this weapon special is that it can hide in an extremely wide area and from a range of a few meters. This makes Stealth easier.

The big downside of this weapon is that it becomes "exhausted" with continuous attacks, making it weaken. So just stopping to attack for a few seconds brings it back to its full potential.

Attributes

In this section, I will go through recommended attributes and how you should progress with them. Picking the correct ones will ensure that you have sufficient stats to kill enemies.

At the maximum level of 50 here is what you should have:

• Reflexes - 20. This attribute will be of the most value to increase the base Monowire damage.
• Body - 19. We invest in Body attributes to increase melee weapon damage. Moreover, it provides bonus health points and stamina for greater survivability.
• Cool - 20. This attribute will boost Monowire build stealth capabilities. Moreover, Cold blood will increase the stats for each enemy that you kill
• Intelligence - 9. The stat is mainly taken to get Cyberware for a critical chance increase. I think it is better than 20 Body

Perks

In this section, I will go through recommended perks for the Monowire build in Cyberpunk 2077

Blades Tree

Since the 1.5 update Blades tree is the main one that affects Monowire. Adds increased damage, higher attack speed, etc.

Reflex Level	Skill	Description
1	Sting Like a Bee x3	Increases attack speed with Monowire by 30%
1	Roaring Waters x3	Strong Attacks deal 30% more damage. As you should use them often with Monowire this perk is mandatory
4	Slow and Steady x2	Armor is increased by 30% while moving
4	Crimson Dance x2	Monowire now has a 30% chance to apply bleeding with combos
6	Flight of the Sparrow x2	Reduces the cost of stamina attacks. This allows avoiding any fatigue
8	Shifting Sands	Recover 15% stamina when dodging attacks
10	Blessed Blade	Increases Crit Chance of Monowire by 10%
12	Bloodlust x2	Recovers HP when attacking an enemy that is under the effect of Bleeding
12	Float Like A Butterfly x1	Increases damage by 25% after dodging. This persists for 5 seconds.
15	Judge, Jury and Executioner x3	The first hit with Monowire will now deal 100% more damage. This makes it an extremely powerful weapon, especially for stealth
18	Deathbolt	After defeating an enemy you will restore 20% health and gain 30% movement speed for 5 seconds.
15	Fiery Blast x3	The less HP enemy has the more damage you will deal.
20	Dragon Strike	A very powerful perk that gives 40% increase to critical damage when wearing Monowire

Athletics Tree

Body Level	Skill	Description
1	Pack Mule	Increases carrying weight. Very effective ability early in the game
1	Regeneration	Allows to regenerate health during combat
5	True Grit	We take one level of this ability to have a bit more stamina. It is easily drained especially early in the game.
7	Epimorphosis x2	Increases how much Health can regenerate. Very good ability as the Monowire build will be ready for the next encounter with a larger HP pool
7	Wolverine x2	Increases the speed of health regeneration
9	Steel and Chrome x2	Melee damage is increased by 20%.
11	Like a Butterfly	You can now dodge without draining any stamina.
12	Invincible	Increases Maximum health.
12	Tenacious V	Health regeneration now works even when V takes damage
16	Cardio Cure x2	You will have faster Health regeneration while moving.
18	Steel Shell	Armor is increased by 10%. The Monowire build will take less damage

Ninjutsu Tree

Cold Level	Skill	Description
1	Crouching Tiger	With this build, you should be using stealth. For that, we take this perk that increases crunching speed.
7	Assassin	Allows dealing 15% more damage to human enemies. Easy choice as most of the enemies in the game are humans.
7	Strike from the Shadows	The Monowire builds get 7% Critical chance increase when attacking from stealth
12	From the Shadows x2	Increases critical chance by 20% when entering combat
12	Ghost x2	Increases the detection time when in stealth by 40%
16	Hasty Retreat	Once you are detected you receive a 50% movement speed increase. Thanks to this you can move fast from one enemy to another and shred them with Monowire.
18	Cheat Death	Damage is decreased by 50% for 10 seconds when V hp teachers 50%. Very good ability to provide a small chance of survivability.
20	Jeepers Creepers	A very powerful ability that doubles the damage and guarantees a Critical hit when attacking from stealth. Thanks to this you can take out many enemies with a single hit.

Cool Blood

Cold Level	Skill	Description
1	Cold Blood x3	One of the main abilities that I suggest taking. It provides buffs to various stats for each enemy that you kill.
12	Predator x2 (optional)	From testing, I can see that the ability does not provide increased attack speed, but that could change in future patches
7	Critical Condition x2	Increases Cold Blood duration
12	Blood Brawl	Damage is increased with melee weapons by 10%
11	Coldest Blood x2	Increases the number of Cold Blood Stacks that Monowire build can have. It will further boost damage, armor, and other stats.
14	Cold and Calculating	Gives a 50% chance to add Cold Blood on a critical hit.
16	Coolagulant	Cold Blood stacks are removed one by one instead of instantly.
18	Pain is an Illusion	Reduces incoming damage by 5% when Cold Blood is active.
20	Immunity	Makes you immune to various status effects like Poison, Burn, etc.
20	Bloodswell	Once you are close to death instead of dying, Cold Blood buff is consumed and health is restored. This can happen every 15 seconds.

Equipment recommendations

In this section, I will cover how to best optimize Monowire build gear. I will go through the main mods and cyberwar options that I recommend

Cyberware - Frontal Cortex

Slot	Item	Description
1	Heal-On-Kill	This item provides a certain percentage of health after each enemy that you kill. The effectiveness increases with the cyberware rarity
2	Limbic System Enhancement	Once you have 9 Intelligence, you can increase your critical chance by 4%

Cyberware - Ocular System

Slot	Item	Description
1	Kiroshi Optics Mk.3	Enables to have additional upgrades for the ocular system. Try to get the highest rarity which is Epic. It provides 3 upgrade slots.

Mods

Mod name	Description
Trajectory Analysis	Increases headshot bonus damage by 25%. use this mod to increase damage with Throwing Knives
Weakspot Detection	Increases Crit Chance by 2%.

Cyberware - Circulatory System

Slot	Item	Description
1	Biomonitor	Automatically restores HP once it reaches a certain threshold.
2	Bioconductor	A decent Cyberware that decreases cooldowns of other Cyberware: Sandevistan, Biomonitor, Second Heart.
3	Second Heart	Instantly resurrects when you die. Very good cyberware especially for a melee build. The cooldowns are quite lengthy

Cyberware - Immune System

Slot	Item	Description
1	Shock-n-Awe	Provides a chance to release electroshock when V is damaged.
2	Pain Editor	All incoming damage is reduced. Very powerful Cyberware increasing overall survivability.

Cyberware - Nervous System

You can wear 2 pieces of cyberwar for the Nervous System. Try to get the highest Rarity of the mentioned item

Slot	Item	Description
1	Kerenzikov	Thanks to Kerenzikov you can slow time for a few seconds. This helps to better plan your encounter or decide what next steps to take.
2	Nanorelays	Increases Sandevistan and Kerenzikov duration
2	Reflex Tuner	Slows time when your Health drops to 25%

Cyberware - Integumentary System

Slot	Item	Description
1	Subdermal Armor	Provides flat armor increase. Try to obtain the highest rarity for the highest value.
2	Optical Camo	This is a bad boy. You will become invisible for a few seconds which you can use to take out enemies. Really neat cyberware for a stealth build
3	Heat Converter	Increases damage if you are burning

Cyberware - Operating System

Priority	Item	Description
1	Militech "Falcon" Sandevistan Mk.5	Very strong Sandevistan option, but has a fairly long cooldown
2	QianT Sandevistan Mk.4	This one has 12 seconds cooldown. Moreover, it provides decent time slowly, so this is my preferred option
3	Dynalar Sandevistan Mk.4	Another good option which provides a longer Sandevistan duration of 16 seconds
4	Dynalar Sandevistan Mk.3	Slows time by 50% for 16 seconds. A very good option and get as early as possible. It is of Epic rarity

Operating system mods

Mod name	Description
Heatsink	Reduces Sandevistan cooldown
Prototype Chip	While Sandevistan is active, increases Crit Chance by 5%.
Neurotransmitters	While Sandevistan is active, increases Crit Damage by 15%.
Overclocked Processor	Increases duration of Sandevistan

Cyberware - Skeleton

Slot	Item	Description
1	Dense Marrow	Although it increases the Stamina cost of melee attacks it will greatly boost melee damage
2	Microvibration Generator	Increases damage with melee weapons

A good option is Microrotos cyberware. Unfortunately, after testing I did not see that it would improve the attack speed.

Cyberware - Arms

Because you will not use any conventional weapons, Monowire is equipped through ripperdocs

Slot	Item	Description
1	Monowire	This will be your main weapon. Try to go for the highest rarity that you can get.

Mods for Monowire:

Slot	Item	Description
1	Monowire - Physical damage	Perfect for single-target damage. You will want to take out enemies with a single hit when in stealth
1	Monowire - Electrical Damage	Equip this modification when fighting drones, mechs, and other robot-like enemies
2	Monowire Battery, High-Capacity	Increases the charge damage, however, it is reported that this mod may be broken.
3	Sensory Amplifier (Crit Chance)	Increases Crit Chance by 2%. Very good, when you have low Crit Chance.
3	Sensory Amplifier (Crit Damage)	Increases Crit Damage by 20%. Once you have a high Crit Chance, these stats will provide a larger DPS increase

Cyberware - Legs

Slot	Item	Description
1	Reinforced Tendons	My personal favorite makes traversing much easier.

Tech Sniper - ultimate long-range combat

I recommend this build for those that want to engage in very long-range combat without stealth. What makes this build very powerful are tech weapons and their unique effects. They can be charged allowing them to bypass any walls and hit the enemy directly.

The longer you charge the weapon the stronger it will hit. The main drawback is that it starts swaying, which makes hitting harder. However, with some practice this becomes easy. Another important aspect is that even if enemies detect you, you can just take them out while shooting behind the cover.

If this sounds like your gameplay approach, let's dig in

Attributes

It is important to progress through the game in an optimal way. The problem is if you will spend points on incorrect attributes you may be too weak to fight against enemies.

Here is my recommendation on how to spend attribute points for each level up in order

• Technical Ability +2
• Reflexes +2 
• Cool +1 - you want to be able to avoid enemies
• Body +1 - until you reach 6 points. This will provide some minimal survivability for the build

I left out Intelligence and on purpose. I think you should spend points on it late in the game when you are about level 30+. The Tech Sniper Build needs it for some cyberware, otherwise, using Ping without any investment will still work

At the maximum level of 50 here is what you should have:

Perks

Now we enter a very important part of the Tech Sniper build. We need to pick perks that will make the build deal Thousands of damage.

Here is what you should pick as you progress

Engineering tree

This tree provides very important perks for Tech Sniper build. It provides upgrades on how fast weapons charge, the multipliers, and some other improvements.

Tech Level	Skill	Description
9	Up to 11 x2	Allows to charge tech weapons to 100%. This allows tech sniper to deal maximum damage although at the cost of large sways
12	Tesla x3	The charge multiplier is increased by 55%.
14	Übercharge	Although you will not be shooting often with a full charge, this perk will increase the damage by 30%
14	Gun Whisperer	Fully charged weapons will now not shoot automatically. This allows to retain control of the weapon and wait for the best moment with tech snipers.
16	Fuck All Walls	Very important perk, is that it requires less charge for Tech weapons to penetrate walls.
18	Lickety Split x2	Reduces Tech Sniper charge time. Due to this, you can shoot faster for more damage.
20	Superconductor	A very powerful perk for Tech Sniper build. Tech Snipers will now ignore armors.
20	Revamp	Put as many perk points here as you can. It will further increase the damage that you deal with charged Tech weapon shots.

Assault tree

We take anything that provides bonus damage when using a sniper rifle

Reflex Level	Skill	Description
1	Bulletjock x3	Increases damage with Tech Sniper Rifles by 10%
5	Covering Killshot x2	Increases Crit chance with Tech Sniper rifles by 8% when shooting behind the cover
7	Bullseye	Sniper rifle damage is increased by 10% when shooting with aim.
7	Executioner	Deal more damage with Tech Sniper Rifle if the enemy has more than 50% health.
9	Shoot, Reload, Repeat	After you take out an enemy increases reload time for a few seconds.
11	Nerves of Steel x2	Increases headshot damage with Tech Sniper Rifles by 15%.
12	Trench Warfare x2	Increases damage by 10% when shoot from behind the cover
14	Named Bullets	Crit damage is increased by 20% for Tech Sniper rifles.
16	Recoil Wrangler	Reduces recoil by 5%
18	Long Shot	The further you are from the enemy the more tech sniper damage is increased.
20	Savage Stoic	Increases damage by 35% when standing still
20	Punisher	Sway is decreased for 10 seconds after the enemy is defeated.

Athletics Tree

We get a few perks to improve overall survivability.

Body Level	Skill	Description
1	Pack Mule	This is a quality of life ability that gives 60 points more carrying weight. I think it helps very early in the game when you need money fast.
1	Regeneration	Provides HP regeneration in combat.
5	True Grit	Additional stamina will be useful, especially early to mid-game, when you may need to run from enemies often until you get a good Tech Sniper rifle

Crafting Tree

Thanks to this tree you will be able to upgrade Tech Sniper rifles for maximum damage

Tech Level	Skill	Description
1	Mechanic	A great perk that will accumulate a lot of components during the whole game
5	True Craftsman	Allows crafting of Rare items
5	Scrapper	Quality of Life perk that automatically disassembles items
11	Field Technician	Crafted weapons deal 10% more damage. This perk will make it worthwhile to craft weapons.
12	Grease Monkey	Allows crafting epic items
16	Tune-Up	Can upgrade lower quality components to higher ones. You will need this perk later in the game to get Epic and Legendary components
18	Edgerunner Artisan	Allows to craft legendary items
20	Cutting Edge	All damage stats for crafted weapons is increased by 5%

Ninjutsu Tree

This is a very important perk tree for ninja build. It enables knife throwing, poisoning and many other improvements.

Cool Level	Skill	Description
1	Crouching Tiger	Movement speed is increased while Crouching. The bonus is 20%.
7	Strike From the Shadows	Crit Chance is increased by 7% while sneaking.
7	Assassin	Allows dealing 15% more damage to human enemies. Easy choice as most of the enemies in the game are humans.
9	Sniper x2	Headshot damage outside of combat is increased by 20%. Due to this, the first shot for the Tech Sniper build will deal much greater damage.
12	From the Shadows x2	Crit Chance is increased by 20% for 7 seconds when entering combat.

Cool Blood

Cool Level	Skill	Description
1	Cold Blood x3	Allows gaining Cold Blood stacks that provide various stats bonuses.
11	Coolagulant	Stacks of Cold Blood are removed one by one.
11	Frozen Precision	Important perk for Tech Sniper Build. Each stack of Cold Blood increases headshot damage by 5%
12	Icy Veins x2	Weapon recoil is reduced by 6% for each stack of Cold Blood. Will make shooting with Tech Sniper easier.
14	Cold and Calculating	Cold Blood can now be applied with critical hits. This has a 50% chance to activate.
16	Critical Condition x2	Cold Blood duration is increased by 50%
16	Coldest Blood x2	The maximum stacks of Cold Blood are increased by 2

Quickhacking

Int Level	Skill	Description
1	Biosynergy x3	Increases RAM recovery for quickhack usage.
1	Bloodware x3	Take this if you plan on using offensive quickhacks: Short Circuit, Synapse Burnout, etc.
5	I Spy	Reveals netrunner when you are being hacked by one. Because you can shoot through walls this is very useful. Enemy netrunners can deal substantial damage to you.
9	Signal Support x2	Increases quickhack duration by 50%. Allows revealing network members for a longer time.

Equipment recommendations

Weapons

Here is a list of Tech Sniper Rifles that I recommend for Tech Sniper build:

Priority	Item	Description
1	Breakthrough	An iconic version of Nekomata. After penetrating walls the bullet can even ricochet multiple times
2	Nekomata	The main Tech Sniper Rifle that this build will use. It can charge up to release a powerful shot that can penetrate walls.

Although tech sniper build uses sniper rifles, it is still a good option to have a precision rifle for some more fast-paced and close-quarter combat.

Priority	Item	Description
1	Widow Maker	Although not a tech Sniper Rifle it is a Precision Rifle. It means that it has a long range and also charges up for powerful shots.

Recommended mods

Mod name	Description
Vendetta	Increases headshot damage
Crunch	Increases damage
Penetrator	Increases Crit Chance
Pacifier	Increases Crit Damage
Countermass	Eliminates horizontal recoil while aiming.

Armor Mods

Here is a list of Armor mods that I recommend using with the Tech Sniper Rifle build

Mod name	Description
Deadeye	Greatly boosts headshot damage. I think you can skip it if you already do 100K damage with the build