Cyberpunk 2077 | Best Character Build Guide & Ideas

Check out this best builds guide for Cyberpunk 2077. This includes build ideas to start, how to build, strongest builds, recommended perks, gears, abilities, uses, set up, & more.

Recommended Builds

Solo Gun Build
Stealthy Hacker Build
Balanced Battler Build
Stealth Assassin Build

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Best Build - Strong (Gun) Solo

Build Details

The Strong Solo Build is a great option for those looking for direct confrontations and all-out combat. It emphasizes brute strength both in and out of combat to deal with enemies and obstacles. This build maximizes all combat-related abilities to their max.

Focused Attributes	・Body ・Reflexes ・Cool
Perk Trees	・ Athletic ・Cold Blood ・Assault 　└ Depends on your weapon of choice.
Gears	・Strong Gun. 　└ Choose weapon boosted perk. ・Strongest Armor ・Visual Cortex Support 　└ Or any Cyberwear that fits with your style.

Features & Strong Points

Full Head-On Combat

This build will allow you to gun down enemies head-on or even brawl them to death if you wanted. It's not necessarily a tank build, but it will allow you to battle enemies without having to hide so much.

Great Stamina For Close Combat

In times when you can't use your guns, this build also provides you a solid base stamina making you able to continuously deal damage to enemies.

Best Build - Stealthy Hacker Build

Build Details

The build uses some physical stealth abilities and netrunner skills to avoid detection when attacking enemies. It focuses on swift movement, killing enemies before being noticed.

Focused Attributes	・Cool ・Intelligence ・Body
Perk Trees	・Stealth ・Breach Protocol ・Quickhacking ・Athletics ・Annihilation ・Street Brawling
Gears	・Camillo RAM Manager ・Synaptic Accelerator ・Blade Weapon with High DPS ・Quickhacks ・M2038 Tactician / any strong shotgun.

Makes Use Of Stealth & Staying In The Shadows

The Net Runner Build is not built for direct combat. Playing in the shadows and sneaking around is its strong suit. Enemies won't notice you, leaving you able to either hack or kill them with sneaky shots.

Can Even Hack Enemy Implants

With your long-range cable, you can even hack your enemy implants. It wasn't revealed what this effects are but our guess is that it either disables them or changes the way they work to your advantage.

Best Build - Balanced Fighter

Build Details

This build focuses on balancing combat and hacking to have a well-balanced character that can deal with a wider variety of situation.

Focused Attributes	・Intelligence ・Body ・Technical
Perk Trees	・Quickhacking ・Athletics ・Annihilation ・Engineering
Gears	・Combat & Ultimate Quickhacks ・Dynalar Sandevistan ・Machine Guns / Shotguns ・High Level Armor.

Features & Strong Points

Great Focus On Quickhacking To Distract Or Defeat Enemies

Hacking will allow you to connect to machines that can help you as you sneak around. See an enemy using an equipment? Hack it to kill them. You can also use hacking to create distractions to sneak around more safely.

Great Survivability With Its Stats

The health regen and base health in this build would be top class. Together with a high leveled armor, you are almost impossible to defeat.

Best Build - Stealth Assassin

Build Details

The complete opposite of the Strong Solo Build, the Stealth Assassin build on the other hand goes for a more sneaky approach. Able to move pass enemy and defeat them with no problem. It also increases the movement speed of your character making him or her hide easily.

Focused Attributes	・Reflexes ・Intelligence ・Cool
Perk Trees	・Stealth ・Blades ・Cold Blood ・Breach Protocol ・Quickhacking
Gears	・Reinforced Tendons ・Mantis Blades ・Jinchu-Maru / Knife ・Synaptic Accelerator ・Strongest Operating System

Features & Strong Points

Flexible & Deadly Stealth Build

This build can sneak into any situation and hit hard with its melee weapon. It is also really fast making it easier for the player to dodge.

Easily Assassinate Enemies

By having a powerful blade, you can swiftly kill enemies before they alert other mobs.

Builds Guide - How To Create Builds

Make Use Of A Fluid Class System

Cyberpunk 2077 doesn't have a set class system. Instead, it gives players total control over their attributes, skills, and perks, letting them create a "class" that will match their desired gameplay style. Go full hacker, brawler or even both? The choice is yours.

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Unlock Perks & Skills

Builds are made by unlocking perks and skills in the character menu. Your Cyberware also plays a part in your build, but it's the perks that will make up the bulk of it. You'll get perk points every time you level up, so your primary means of customization will be to level up and get tons of perk points!

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Mix & Match Abilities

With the choice in your hands, you can easily mix and match abilities to fit the gameplay you want! Hybrid builds can easily be adapted in the game since you'll be able to freely choose from any perk tree at any time.