What are the best perks in Cyberpunk 2077? With the newly released update 2.0 and Phantom Liberty expansion, the CD Projekt Red devs changed how skills and perks work in the game. Here you'll find the best perks for each attribute in the game!
You might feel a bit overwhelmed when looking at the Cyberpunk 2077 skill tree. It's split into five main categories, each with their own Perks. With the release of Phantom Liberty, they added another Attribute Point, called Relic, but it works a bit differently and doesn't represent a main attribute.
We aim to simplify the system a little bit and provide you with the best perks for each Attribute in Cyberpunk 2077 update 2.0 and Phantom Liberty. This way, you can concentrate on them and either create your own build or use some of the best builds we've collected.
Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 & Phantom Liberty: Best Skills & Perks
We'll divide this article into the five sections: Body, Reflexes, Intelligence, Technical Ability and Coolness. There you'll find the best Rookie up to Legend-Perks. But always keep in mind, you won't be able to pick all of those Perks in a single playthrough, as you don't have enough points to allocate. But lets getting started!
Attributes | Rookie-Perks | Pro-Perks | Phenom-Perks | Legend-Perks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body | Painkiller, Comeback Kid, Dorph-Head, Speed Junkie, Army of One | Die Die Die, Like a Feather | Spontaneous Obliteration, Dread, Rush of Blood, Adrenaline Rush, Juggernaut, Calm Mind, Bloodlust | Pain to Gain |
| Reflexes | Slippery, Muscle Memory, Multitasker | Dash, Can't Touch This, Mad Dash, Lead and Steel, Bullet Deflect, Bullet Time, Seeing Double, Flash & Thunderclap | Air Dash, Aerial Acrobat, Aerodynamic, Finisher: Bladerunner, Going the Distance, Flash of Steel | Tailwind, Slaughterhouse |
| Intelligence | Carhacker, Optimization, Encryption, Subordination, Eye in the Sky | Hack Queue, Data Recycler | Quere Acceleration, Queue Proritization, Queue Hack_Root | Queue Mastery |
| Technical Ability | Glutton For War | Health Freak, Coming In Hot, Demolitions Surplus, All Things Cyber, Renaissance Punk, Driver Update | License to Chrome, Cyborg, Ambidextrous, Built Different, | Edgerunner |
Coolness | Feline Footwork, Small Target, Blind Spot, Killer Instinct, Quick Getaway | Focus, No Sweat, Rinse & Reload, Head to Head, Deep Breath | Deadeye, California Reaper, High Noon, Long Shot, Ninjutsu, Creeping Death | Nerves of Tungsten-Steel |
Perk Summary
- Body – Most Perks are used to boost mitigation and health regeneration, negate stamina and movement penalties while using shotguns and MGs, and most of all boost the Adrenaline Rush. You can also swap out the shotgun skills for blunt weapons, it's all a question of preferences.
- Reflexes – Most Perks are used to boost bolster movement speed, deflect bullets and increase mitigation. It's all about your mobility, causing bleed damage and give enemies insta-kill finishers. You can also swap out the Blade skills for Assault Riffle and SMGs skills, it's all a question of preferences.
- Intelligence – Most Perks are used to cause debuffs, damage to enemies while keeping distance and also triggering distractions and explosions. Focusing on RAM recovery and maximum RAM is also very important.
- Technical Ability – Most Perks offer passive boosts, like increased item recharge rate, extra health injectors or different other buffs and modifiers for Cyberwares. If you want to use Tech-Weapons you need to invest some points as well, but focusing on Cyberwares is your top priority, as those give you also additional armor stats as well.
- Coolness – All Perks are used to stay in the shadows, slow down time, increase the damage dealt to headshots and have a stealthy approach with a silenced weapon.
These are our preferred skills we find most useful. Some Perks are mandatory, while others depend on your own playstyle. Just in case you need assistance with a suitable Cyberpunk 2077 build, we already gathered the best possible builds for each Attribute!