Buildcrafting is one of the main draws of any RPG. You agonize over every stat point, every piece of gear, and every equipped skill. Following its massive 2.0 update, choosingthe best attributes for your build inCyberpunk 2077matters more than ever. We’ve ranked them all here.
The Best Attributes For Your Build in Cyberpunk 2077, Ranked
There are six Attributes inCyberpunk 2077if you include the new Relic tree available only toPhantom Libertyowners. While it’s possible to reach Level 20 in three Attributes by the time you achieve Level 60, you won’t have quite enough to max out everything.
You’ll have half a dozen or so points to spend elsewhere, but where you choose to invest depends on what kind of build you want to play. While I won’t go into deep build guides here (though we do have an article on some of the best 2.0 builds), I’ll be ranking the five core attributes based on their overall effectiveness and synergy with the new Relic tree.
1. Reflexes
Primary Foci for Reflexes:
If you fully spec into Reflexes focusing on Blades, you can crackCyberpunk 2077like an egg. TheSatori Katana— or any of them, really — plus a goodSandevistanor Berserk cyberware trivializes every combat encounter. When you get access to the “Apogee” Sandevistan (even more so if you put every Perk Point you get into Blades, then add in the air-dashing), you become literal Superman with a katana. Or swords for arms if you add inMantis Blades.
Better yet, you may pair your blade and mobility perks with any SMG you enjoy using. If you ownPhantom Liberty, I highly recommend theErebus. It’s not only capable of frankly absurd damage, but it sends your enemies behind the Blackwall — a digital version of hell they can never escape.
2. Cool
Cool Primary Foci:
Personally, I think Cool is the most satisfying attribute inCyberpunk 2077.All three of its trees are incredibly useful, whether for story progression or for dealing raw damage. The left tree is all about precision damage, and having a good Tier 5 Pistol with a maxed-out Crit damage build makes almost every fight trivial if you can hit your headshots.
You can hit well over 2,000 damage if you’re undetectedwhen you add in the middle, stealth-based tree to the already high Crit damage from the precision tree.
Then there are throwing knives, which have their own critical damage multipliers and other benefits. If you’re using Satori and Nehan and playing to those weapons’ strengths, it’s hard to die. Even if you’re not using that pairing, any thrown knife can kill.
The combination of Cool and Reflexes alongside a Sandevistan is probably the strongest build inCyberpunk 2077. You can not only one-shot almost any enemy in the game, but you can do so with multiple weapons and weapon types, use a full half of the game’s arsenal, and turn even MaxTac into mincemeat.
Cool also has great synergy with the Relic tree. The entire bottom section provides benefits Cool can really use. From the Vulnerability debuff you can give opponents to guaranteeing critical hits and the massive bonuses to Stealth, there’s not much Cool doesn’t gain from adding Relic perks.
3. Technical Ability
Technical Primary Foci:
Technical Ability was once in a weird place, focusing on crafting and engineering. That’s all changed after 2.0. Now, this attribute isall but essential if you plan to equip any amount ofcyberware. Not only does Technical Ability help lift the new limit on how many implants you can equip, but it also makes you more powerful the more you upgrade.
There isn’t any synergy between Techniucal Ability and the Relic tree, but there doesn’t need to be.
4. Intelligence
Intelligence Primary Foci:
Putting any number of points in Intelligence is a good idea, asthe attribute primarily governs your netrunning abilities and empowers your hacking to absurd levels if you invest heavily. None of the Intelligence perks are nearly as flashy or as immediately satisfying as turning someone into mist with a shotgun or slashing at the speed of sound with a sword, but they’re safer and just as effective.
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One of the biggest improvements Intellgience perks received in 2.0 was thequickhackqueue. Now, you can stack multiple quickhack effects on a single enemy. Even better, the left-hand intelligence tree rewards you for doing so. If you spend enough Attribute Points in the middle tree as well, not only will your hacking be incredibly deadly, but you’ll be able to use them over and over in quick succession.
The Smart weapon tree isn’t as useful as the hacking ones, as it doesn’t provide nearly as many worthwhile benefits, and Smart weapons have always been more of a curiosity than anything else. That said, if you put the points in, you can do some wild stuff.
5. Body
Body Primary Foci:
If you put points into Body, your plan is to body your enemies— squash them underfoot and smash their skulls with every blunt instrument you can find. You’ll always be in your enemy’s face, dealing as much close-range damage as you can eke out of your kit. And you don’t need any fancy cyberware to get you there.
My biggest problem with investing in Body is that it benefits most from having already put points into other attributes first. Having dashes from Reflexes and cyberware improvements from Technical are almost necessities until you’re deep into the Body trees. The other attributes all function incredibly well and are only enhanced by adding additional points. Body needs a bit more help.
Unranked: The Relic Tree
The Relic Attribute tree is hit or miss. It’s only available to owners of thePhantom Libertyexpansion, and even they don’t get massive bonuses to every build. As I mentioned in the Cool entry, that attribute is the only one thatreallygets any love from the Relic. The entire bottom section of the tree focuses on things Cool already does well.
Those are the best attributes for your build inCyberpunk 2077. While there are top-tier builds like Sandevistan-katana and Sandevistan anything, there are now so many amazing ways to play. For more content on the game, check out our guides onall the radio stations,how to get Gorilla Arms, and more in ourCyberpunk 2077guides hub.
