Cyberpunk 2077 has changed drastically since update 2.0, itself refined with patch 2.1. Discover the essential attributes, skills and equipment to build a powerful build and become the best merc in Night City.
With the release of Cyberpunk 2077 update 2.1, a large number of players have immersed themselves back into the neon-lit streets of Night City. This major patch introduces new attributes, skills and abilities that integrate perfectly with the upcoming expansion, Phantom Liberty.
Whether you’re a Cyberpunk veteran or a newcomer to this dystopian world, you now have more options than ever to customize your character build. You have free access to different attributes, skills and perks to create your ultimate version of V and dominate Night City your way.
If you’re looking for inspiration, here are the best builds since the introduction of Cyberpunk 2077 update 2.1.
Best Cyberpunk 2077 2.1 Builds
Build solo
The Solo build is one of the most powerful in Cyberpunk 2077, allowing you to annihilate enemies with heavy weapons and fearsome firearms, making you an unbeatable opponent. With patch 2.0’s improved skills and attributes, you can use new cyberware mods and access new perks.
The solo can also take crazy amounts of damage, and even has a few balls to play on the explosive side to destroy your enemies with creativity.
This build will mainly use shotguns and/or blunt weapons to inflict maximum damage.
Here’s how to distribute your points:
- Attribute points: 20 in Constitution, 20 in Reflexes, 20 in Technical Ability, 9 in Intelligence and 12 in Composure.
- Essential skills: Die! Die! Die!, Spontaneous Annihiliaton, Butchery, Painkiller, Adrenaline Rush, Rewarded Suffering
- Cyberware Mods: Gorilla Arm, Berserk BioDyne, and Titanium Bones.
- Recommended Weapons: Sasquatch Hammer, Gold-Plated Bat, Carnage
Build Ninja
The Ninja build is one of the most mobile in Cyberpunk 2077, allowing you to slice through your enemies. With 2.0’s new stealth skills and reflex attributes, you can unleash the V-slumbering samurai in Night City to quickly dodge and eliminate enemies with panache.
With the Ninja build, you can use your hacking skills in combination with stealthy melee combat for a deadly yet evasive approach.
Here’s how to distribute your points:
- Attribute points: 9 in Constitution, 20 in Reflexes, 9 in Technical Ability, 14 in Intelligence and 20 in Composure.
- Essential Skills: Elusive, Charge, Air Charge, Tailwind, Steel Ward, Finishing Blow: Doomblade, Massacre
- Required Cyberware Mods: Kerenzikov, Microrotors, and Arasaka Mk. 4 (if you want to use quick hacks) or QianT “Warp Dancer” Sandevistan Mk.5 (to slow down time).
- Recommended Weapons: Errata Thermal Katana, Seraph with Silencer, and Psalm 11:6 with Silencer.
Build Netrunner
Being a Netrunner in Night City is one of the best builds in the game. It allows you to neutralize enemies from a distance while remaining hidden in the shadows. Just use your hacking skills to launch malicious quick hacks against enemies and show off your netrunning abilities.
With 2.0, being a Netrunner gives you up to 30 additional Cyberdeck RAM slots and the ability to deploy multiple quick hacks against a single enemy. Additionally, you can now control vehicles and use them to crush your opponents. Once your opponents are weakened, use your cyberware implants to deliver the final blow.
Here’s how to distribute your points:
- Attribute points: 17 in Constitution, 20 in Reflexes, 20 in Technical Ability, 20 in Intelligence and 4 in Composure.
- Needed Skills: Cyber Tinkerer, Chrome Master, Edgerunner, Queue Hack, Queue Boost, Queue Mastery, Optimization, Built-in Rift, Overclocking, Overflow, Car Hacker
- Required Cyberware Mods: Ex-Disk, RAM Upgrade, NetWatch Netdriver Mk.5, Smart Link, and Monofilament.
- Recommended weapons: Thermal Katana Errata, Divided We Stand, Nekomata, Kongou and Prototype – Shingen Mark V.
Build David Martinez
Do you want to unleash your inner Edgerunner and increase the chrome? Inspired by David Martinez from the Cyberpunk Edgerunners anime, this build will allow you to become the most chrome mercenary in Night City, making Adam Smasher tremble.
With the improved perks and attributes introduced in Cyberpunk 2077 update 2.0, you can now unleash the full power of Sandevistan and become a legend in Night City. However, with immense power comes even greater dangers.
Update 2.0 also limits the number of cyberware implants you can install to prevent you from becoming a cyberpsycho like David and maintains V’s physical form.
Here’s how to distribute your points:
- Attribute points: 20 in Constitution, 15 in Reflexes, 20 in Technical Ability, 3 in Intelligence and 20 in Composure.
- Required Skills: Cyber Tinker, Chrome Master, Edgerunner, Elusive, Charge, Air Charge, Concentration, Hawkeye, Tungsten Steel Nerves, Deadly Run
- Required Cyberware Mods: Zetatech Sandevistan, Gorilla Arm, Newton Module, Kiroshi “Cockatrice” Optics, Microrotors, Blood Pump, Dense Marrow, and Reinforced Tendons.
- Recommended weapons: M-10AF Lexington, DB-2 Satara, O’Five and Guts.
Build Lucy
In Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Lucy’s netrunning skills are more than just a tool, they are a testament to her ingenuity, resourcefulness, and willpower. She is a digital pioneer who deftly moves through cyberspace, revealing secrets, fighting corpos, and forming relationships that prove crucial to the plot.
With the perks and improved skills of the 2.0 update, you can be a ruthless netrunner and create your own build to hack your way through the game and become the legend that Alt Cunningham once was.
This build is extremely versatile, allowing you to hack efficiently while enjoying exemplary survivability.
Here’s how to distribute your points:
- Attribute points: 15 in Constitution, 20 in Reflexes, 15 in Technical Ability, 15 in Intelligence and 16 in Composure.
- Required Skills: Third Eye, Hack Queue, Queue Boost, Optimize, Built-in Rift, Overclocking, Stuntwoman, Elusive, Charge, Cyber Tinkerer, Chrome Master, Warmonger, Hypochondriac, Feline Agility, Ninjutsu
- Required Cyberware Mods: NetWatch Netdriver Mk.5, Smart Link, Monofilament, Lynx Legs, Microrotors, Synaptic Accelerator, Self ICE and RAM Upgrade.
- Recommended weapons: Unity, Black Unicorn Katana and Guillotine.
You now know the most effective builds for tackling Cyberpunk 2077 after Update 2.1, but also for tackling the essential Phantom Liberty DLC.
Remember that the builds offered are only a base that you can modify or enhance as you wish. Thanks to free and unlimited respec, feel free to play with your skill points to shape your own gaming experience.
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