Best Perks to Choose | Cyberpunk 2077

This is Game8's guide to the best Perks to choose in Cyberpunk 2077. Learn which Perks to prioritize, and how you should best expand your Skill Tree to unlock the best Perks!

Best Starting Perks to Choose

At the start of the game, you'll only have a few Perks available to you, so be sure to spend your Perk Points wisely. Here are a few of the most important Perks to acquire at the start of the game.

Best Starting Perks Overall

Easily enough, the best perks to start with are those that increase your damage on the primary weapon you wish to use or those that increase your survivability/mobility in battle as more often, in the early stages, you will find enemies much stronger than yourself.

Rio Bravo

The Rio Bravo Perk allows you to deal a whopping 10% extra damage with headshots from Handguns. Since your weapon supply near the start of the game will mostly include Handguns and Rifles, getting that extra damage will be a great support in the many early-game shootouts. The perk can also be upgraded 3 times for a total of 30% damage increase.

Biosynergy

For players who prefer to get the upper hand through Quickhacks, Biosynergy will ensure you never run dry on RAM. Your RAM will recover outside of combat, but if you're hoping to use Quickhacks heavily in the heat of battle, Biosynergy is a must.

Crouching Tiger

Crouching Tiger is the perfect first Perk for players focused on a stealthy approach. While the other Perks in this list won't help much when you're trying to avoid combat in the first place, Crouching Tiger will ensure that you can make your sneak kills successfully, and is sorely needed considering the painfully slow base crouching movement speed.

Pack Mule

The good old Carrying Capacity booster is just as dependable here as in other open-world RPGs. As your inventory balloons with all the loot you pick up on each Job, you'll soon find yourself out of space, and forced to throw away items that could otherwise be sold. Save a Perk Point for when this happens, and the Pack Mule will come riding up to save the day!

Best Starting Perks for DPS Builds

Crushing Blows

For builds foucsed on using blunt weapons, this massive increase to Strong Attacks is a must-have perk.

Flurry

For combo-oriented blunt weapons, this is a great perk to strengthen your combos.

Dead Center

For those that don't have the time to aim for the head, this perk is perfect. This is especially viable with weapons such as shotguns and submachine guns that mainly aim for the torso.

Bloodware

When trying to deal the greatest amount of damage possible, throwing in a Quickhack on your enemy before spraying them with bullets is always a good strategy. With Bloodware, increase the damage of your Quickhacks even further.

Assassin

Human enemies are the most encountered enemy in the game. Having a flat 15% damage increase is a fantastic boost to invest in.

Sting Like A Bee

When going with a Blade-based build, speed will directly influence DPS. The faster your blades the faster your enemies will fall. This perk can be stacked as well

Bullseye

It is always more effecient to fire while aiming. With this perk, your aiming is rewarded with a nice damage boost. This is particularly useful for sniper rifles.

Best Starting Perks for Stealth Builds

Crouching Tiger

Crouching Tiger is the perfect first Perk for players focused on a stealthy approach. While the other Perks in this list won't help much when you're trying to avoid combat in the first place, Crouching Tiger will ensure that you can make your sneak kills successfully, and is sorely needed considering the painfully slow base crouching movement speed.

Silent And Deadly

When going for a stealth build, this is a great perk to have. A silencer will allow you to take out your enemies secretly while also gaining large damage boosts when sneaking.

Strike From The Shadows

Not only do many silencers add an increased Crit Chance, with this perk, the possibility of landing a critical attack while sneaking is even further increased.

Big Sleep

While you may be able to take out all the enemies, sometimes the cameras will provide a bit more trouble. Invest in this perk in order to take out all the cameras. It can be stacked to increase the time.

Turret Shutdown

Turrets can be as problematic as cameras, except they have guns. With this perk, you can effortlessly eliminate the headache of having to deal with them.

Assassin

Human enemies are the most encountered enemy in the game. Having a flat 15% damage increase is a fantastic boost to invest in.

Best Starting Perks for Hacking Builds

Bloodware

When trying to deal the greatest amount of damage possible, throwing in a Quickhack on your enemy before spraying them with bullets is always a good strategy. With Bloodware, increase the damage of your Quickhacks even further.

Biosynergy

For players who prefer to get the upper hand through Quickhacks, Biosynergy will ensure you never run dry on RAM. Your RAM will recover outside of combat, but if you're hoping to use Quickhacks heavily in the heat of battle, Biosynergy is a must.

I Spy

Nothing can be more frustrating than getting hacked by an unknown attacker. With this perk, you can see exactly who is hacking you and take them down.

Weak Link

While mainpulating devices with Quickhacks is a great strategy, it can wear down on your RAM. Reducing the number of required RAM will allow you to do more with your Quickhacks without waiting for your RAM to recover.

Best Overall Perks

Mass Vulnerability

This will increase your over-all damage to all of your opponents, making missions much easier to accomplish.

Sniper

This bonus specifically suits stealthier builds - but works with all ranged weapons. This is particularly useful for handguns and rifles with silencers and snipers. This skill can also be upgradable to increase the bonus to 50%. Combine this with Frozen Precision, you will double your total headshot damage output, almost ensuring a single-shot kill for your snipers no matter what (except bosses).

Frozen Precision

This bonus applies to all ranged weapons which makes headshots even more deadlier. Combine this with a gun that has a high headshot damage multiplier, you can essentialy wipeout an area in a matter of seconds.

Invincible

A perk that will be useful no matter what build.

True Craftsman

An essential perk to craft stronger weapons and items.

Grease Monkey

An essential perk to craft even stronger weapons and items.

Edgerunner Artisan

This is the best perk to get towards the end game as it virtually allows you to get the strongest of weapons, armors, and quickhacks in as long as you have their crafting specs. With this, you can truly make V the legendary merc of Night City!

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