Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

Best Gunslinger Build for Update 2.0

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Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Best Gunslinger Build for 2.0

This is a guide to the Best Gunslinger Build for Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Update 2.0. Read our guide for details about the build, what attributes to level up, which perks to choose, and what weapons and cyberwares to use.

Gunslinger Build Overview

Build Basic Information

Gunslinger Build
Main Attributes
Main Weapons / Arm Cyberware Archangel
Overture
Guts
Toxic Gorilla Arms
Operating System ・Militech “Apogee” Sandevistan

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths

This Gunslinger build lets you play as the meanest cyber-cowboy in Night City. Whip out your revolver, aim at your targets' heads, and take them out in a one, clean shot at a distance.

Perks from the Reflexes attribute will give you mobility options, which you can use to quickly reposition or retreat in case things get messy, while Adrenaline Rush under Body can give you extra health when you get stuck in heated gunfights.

This build also incorporates the use of shotguns as your secondary weapon solely against enemies who wish to meet you up close.

Weaknesses

The core Handgun perks under the Cool attribute heavily relies on maintaining full stamina every time you shoot, so you need to wait for your stamina bar to be filled to take advantage these perks.

Revolvers also have small clip sizes, so you will be constantly reloading your weapon which makes you vulnerable.

Gunslinger Best Attribute Build

Attribute Progression

Build Attributes
Lv. Body Reflex Tech Intel Cool
1 6 3 4 3 6
10 6 4 9 3 9
50 15 13 3 20 20

This Gunslinger build uses several perks across four attributes.

Key handgun perks which enable this build to eliminate targets in a single headshot fall under the Cool attribute, which you should get early so your revolvers can be effective.

As you level up, health item recharge and cyberware perks are obtained under the Technical Ability tree. These give you more survivability and boosts your equipped cyberware.

Upon reaching midgame and up to the level cap, you can then incorporate mobility perks under Reflexes, as well as shotgun and health regen perks under the Body tree.

Gunslinger Build Best Perks

Jump to Each Attribute for Their Perks!
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Cool AttributeCool Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Technical Ability AttributeTechnical Ability
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Body AttributeBody Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Reflexes AttributeReflexes

Cool Attribute

The main attribute for handguns are found under Cool, with the perks Focus and Deadeye giving you additional headshot and weak spot damage.

Focus removes stamina costs per shot when you aim for 2.5 seconds, which you can reset by killing a target with the Head to Head perk. Focus is then used in conjunction with Deadeye, which is active when you have 85% stamina.

This means that you can have both Focus and Deadeye active as long as you can keep killing enemies.

This is further improved by Nerves of Tungsten-Steel, which you can get after reaching level 20 in Cool. This perk guarantees that every weak spot or headshot is a critical hit as long as Deadeye is active!

Main Perks

Perk Effect at Lv. 1
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Focus PerkFocus +10% headshot and weakspot damage.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Deadeye PerkDeadeye +10% headshot and weakspot damage
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Nerves of Tungsten-Steel PerkNerves of Tungsten-Steel When Deadeye is active:
Guaranteed Crit Hits for headshots and weak spots
Increased damage as distance increases (max. +25%).

Secondary Perks

Perk Effect at Lv. 1
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - High Noon PerkHigh Noon Increases Crit Chance with Pistols and Revolvers by 2%.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Deep Breath PerkDeep Breath Slows time by 25% for you and enemies when Focus is active.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Head to Head PerkHead to Head When Focus is active, neutralizing an enemy with a ranged attack resets its duration.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Pull! PerkPull! When Focus is active, shooting grenades out of the air is easier and the blast is more powerful.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Rinse and Reload PerkRinse and Reload +10 reload speed for your next reload after neutralizing an enemy while aiming.
Stacks 2 times. The stack resets to 0 whenever you reload or start aiming again.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - No Sweat PerkNo Sweat -50% stamina cast from Focus made for each enemy neutralized while it was active.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Quick Draw PerkQuick Draw +30% weapon swap speed when swapping to Pistols, Revolvers, Sniper Rifles and Precision rifles
+30% Stamina when swapping during combat.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - California Reaper PerkCalifornia Reaper +30% Stamina after neutralizing an enemy with a ranged attack via headshot or weakspot.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Long Shot PerkLong Shot Rifle and Submachine Gun damage increases the farther you are located from enemies.

2.0 Cool Attribute and List of Cool Perks

Technical Ability Attribute

After the 2.0 update, you can no longer spam health items to heal as these are now locked behind cooldowns per use, which warranted the need of some perks under the reworked Technical Ability tree to be included in this build.

The Glutton for War and Health Freak perks improve health item usage and will also lower its cooldown. These two will also benefit from buffs received from Adrenaline Rush perks, which is under the Body attribute.

For cyberwares, the Edgerunner and its connected perks will improve all of your equipped cyberwares. Edgerunner also has a chance to activate Fury, which will make you deal even more damage.

Main Perks

Perk Effect at Lv. 1
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Glutton for War PerkGlutton for War 5% instant recharge of Health items and grenades after neutralizing an enemy.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - All Things Cyber PerkAll Things Cyber +10% to all cyberware stats modifiers.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Health Freak PerkHealth Freak +8% recharge speed for Health Items and grenades.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - License to Chrome PerkLicense to Chrome +10% to all cyberware stats modifiers.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Edgerunner PerkEdgerunner Allows you to exceed your Cyberware Capacity by up to 50 points, but at the cost of -0.5% Max Health per point.
When you neutralize an enemy during combat, there is a 0.1% chance for each point you're over capacity that you will enter a Fury state. In this state, you gain: +10% damage, +30% Critical Chance, +50% Critical Damage.
Duration: 12 sec.

Secondary Perks

Perk Effect at Lv. 1
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - First Aid PerkFirst Aid +15% recharge speed for Health Items when you've only used 1 charge.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Transfusion PerkTransfusion +30% health from the final charge of your Health Item.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Chipware Connoisseur PerkChipware Connoisseur When upgrading cyberware, you can choose from two stat modifier options.
A third option is available at Tier 3 and higher.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Renaissance Punk PerkRenaissance Punk +4 Cyberware Capacity for each Attribute at 9 or higher.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Chrome Constitution PerkChrome Constitution -5% incoming damage if all Integumentary System and Skeleton cyberware slots are filled.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Driver Update PerkDriver Update All cyberware gain an additional stat modifier.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Lucky Day PerkLucky Day +25% crafting components from looting.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Borrowed Time PerkBorrowed Time +100% instant recharge of a Health Item after neutralizing an enemy if you're below 25% Health and have no charges remaining.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Coming In Hot PerkComing In Hot +50% recharge speed for grenades when you have none available.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Demolitions Surplus PerkDemolitions Surplus +1 max grenade charge, +250% recharge speed for grenades outside of combat.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Field Medic PerkField Medic 15% faster use of Health Items in combat.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Ambidextrous PerkAmbidextrous Unlocks a new cyberware slot for your Hands.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Extended Warranty PerkExtended Warranty +15% duration for all cyberware effects.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Built Different PerkBuilt Different Unlocks Cellular Adapter cyberware for the Integumentary System. It can be purchased and installed at ripperdoc clinics. This Perk is required to use it properly.

2.0 Technical Ability Attribute and List of Technical Ability Perks

Body Attribute

Perks under the Body tree are centered around health regen and Adrenaline Rush, a buff which gives you extra survivabilty upon using your Blood Pump cyberware.

Some perks under the shotgun tree are also obtained to improve its usage. Shotguns are meant to be used as secondary weapons for this build, in case you encounter an enemy up close.

Main Perks

Perk Effect at Lv. 1
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Painkiller PerkPainkiller Unlocks slow Health Regen in combat.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Die! Die! Die! PerkDie! Die! Die! -15% recoil at low Stamina.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Adrenaline Rush PerkAdrenaline Rush +35 Max Health.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Spontaneous Obliteration PerkSpontaneous Obliteration -15% recoil at low Stamina.

Secondary Perks

Perk Effect at Lv. 1
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Army of One PerkArmy of One +10% Health Regen Rate for each nearby enemy.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Speed Junkie PerkSpeed Junkie +60% Health Regen Rate while sprinting.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Comeback Kid PerkComeback Kid +1% Health Regen Rate for each percent of missing Health.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Dorph-Head PerkDorph-Head When using Blood Pump Cyberware or a Health Item: +100% Mitigation Chance for 2 sec.
Mitigation - grants a chance to reduce incoming damage by current Mitigation Strength (default 50%).
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Juggernaut PerkJuggernaut Increases Armor by 15% while blocking with a Blunt Weapon.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Bullet Ballet PerkBullet Ballet -25% bullet spread when moving.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - DonDon't Stop Me Now When below 33% Stamina:
+15% Mitigation Chance
+5% Mitigation Strength.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Calm Mind PerkCalm Mind When Adrenaline Rush is active: +3 sec. delay before Adrenaline begins to decay.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Unstoppable Force PerkUnstoppable Force When Adrenaline Rush is active: Gain immunity to movement penalties and non-damaging status effects such as Knockdown, Blinding, etc.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Dread PerkDread -15% enemy Armor when using ranged attacks.
Dismemberment spreads the effect to nearby enemies.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Close-Quarters Carnage PerkClose-Quarters Carnage Increased chance to Obliterate enemies with ranged attacks at close range (max. 10%).

2.0 Body Attribute and List of Body Perks

Reflexes Attribute

A few perks are obtained under Reflexes to give this build a few movement techs which you can use to reposition or retreat from a fight.

Dash lets you quickly move but consumes stamina per use. You can use this while Focus is active, although you will lose Deadeye if you use too much stamina.

You can also use Dash to zip around enemies and get some easy kills.

Main Perks

Perk Effect at Lv. 1
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Slippery PerkSlippery The faster you move, the more difficult for enemies to shoot you.
Effect increases when Dashing, dodging, sliding, sprinting and vaulting.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Dash PerkDash -20% Stamina cost for dodging and Dashing.

Secondary Perks

Perk Effect at Lv. 1
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Multitasker PerkMultitasker Allows you to shoot while sprinting, sliding and vaulting.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Parkour! PerkParkour! Increased vaulting and climbing speed.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Power Slide PerkPower Slide Increased slide distance.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Muscle Memory PerkMuscle Memory Allows you to reload weapons while sprinting, sliding and vaulting.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Mad Dash PerkMad Dash +100% Dash range toward enemies.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Mean Streak PerkMean Streak +40% Stamina after neutralizing an enemy while Dashing.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Steady Grip PerkSteady Grip Allows you to shoot while Dashing.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - CanCan't Touch This Grants immunity to all effects from your own grenades, including flash grenades.

2.0 Reflexes Attribute and List of Reflexes Perks

Gunslinger Build Best Weapons

Archangel

Archangel size:75x75
Effect Deals Electrical damage with a chance to apply Stun and has significantly reduced recoil. An angel of a weapon with a devil's attitude.

Among all Iconic revolvers, Archangel works best for this build due to its standard rate of fire. Other Iconic revolvers have lower rate of fire, and anything slower will waste the few precious shots you can do within the 2.5 seconds Focus is active.

How to Get the Archangel

Overture

Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Overture
Effect N/A

The non-Iconic Overture is also a viable revolver to use for this build. Do remember to equip a scope so you can have an easier time aiming for heads.

How to Get the Overture

Guts

Guts size:75x75
Effect Let the lead fly! Shoot faster, deal more damage... accuracy be damned. Just don't shoot your eye out.

Guts is a great shotgun to use as your secondary weapon. When an enemy gets up close, switch to this gun and blast them to bits.

How to Get the Guts

Gunslinger Build Best Cyberwares

List of Cyberwares
Operating System Face Hands Circulatory System Legs
Frontal Cortex Arms Skeleton Nervous System Integumentary System

Operating System

Cyberware Effect (Tier 5)
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - Militech "Apogee" SandevistanMilitech "Apogee" Sandevistan Press L1 and R1 to activate and deactivate. It can be activated at any charged level.
When active:
Slows time by 85% (you are not slowed)
+10% headshot damage
+9% Crit Chance
+13% Crit Damage
Neutralizing an enemy when active gives:
+20% extended duration
+22% Stamina
Max Duration: 8 sec. Cooldown: 30 sec.

A Sandevistan is an important cyberware for this build as this will let you easily pop off heads with your revolver.

Get at a position where you have clear sight of all your targets, activate your Sandevistan, and aim for their heads. You can easily wipe out a group of enemies with this strategy.

Alternative: Militech Falcon Sandevistan

Cyberware Effect (Tier 5)
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - Militech "Falcon" SandevistanMilitech "Falcon" Sandevistan When active: Slows time by 70% (you are not slowed), +10% damage, +10% Crit Chance, +5% Crit Damage. Neutralizing an enemy when active gives: +10% extended duration, +5% Health.
Max Duration: 9 sec., Cooldown: 35 sec.

A good alternative to the Apogee, in case you missed it during the Riders On the Storm mission, as this can be bought in Ripperdocs all over Night City.

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Face

Cyberware Effect (Tier 5)
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - Kiroshi "The Oracle" OpticsKiroshi "The Oracle" Optics Effect active when scanning: Highlights enemies within 17.5 m.including enemies behind cover. Highlights cameras and turrets within 35m. Highlights explosive devices and traps near your crosshair within 26m.

The Oracle variant of a Kiroshi Optics lets you track enemies, which is useful to keep track of who to kill next.

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Hands

Cyberware Effect (Tier 5)
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - Ballistic CoprocessorBallistic Coprocessor Increased ricochet chance with Power weapons. +30% ricochet damage.
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - Shock AbsorberShock Absorber -20% Recoil

Power revolvers are to be used for this build, which is why you should equip a Ballistic Coprocessor so you can also capitalize on ricochets. A Shock Absorber, on the other hand, will reduce recoil.

Do note that you need the Ambidextrous perk to unlock a second cyberware slot for Hands.

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Circulatory System

Cyberware Effect (Tier 5)
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - Blood PumpBlood Pump Activate to instantly restore 90% of max Health. Cooldown 30 sec.
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - Clutch PaddingClutch Padding -18% Stamina cost for shooting.

Blood Pump is another key cyberware for this build, as this will activate Adrenaline Rush and all of its effects, apart from it being your main healing item.

Clutch Padding will further decrease stamina used when shooting. This will shorten the time needed to wait for your stamina to fully replenish so you can get Focus again.

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Legs

Cyberware Effect (Tier 5)
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - Reinforced TendonsReinforced Tendons Press Space Bar in midair to perform a double jump.

Reinforced Tendons enable double jumping, which you can use to move around.

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Frontal Cortex

Cyberware Effect (Tier 5)
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - Kerenzikov Boost SystemKerenzikov Boost System When Kerenzikov is active: -100% stamina cost for shooting. Slows time by 15% relative to your enemies.
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - Mechatronic CoreMechatronic Core +35% damage against drones, robots, mechs and turrets. +2 Max RAM.

Equipping a Kerenzikov Boost System will give you more stat boosts when you activate Kerenzikov.

Mechatronic Core will let you deal more damage against robots, which you will encounter as you progress through the game.

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Arms

Cyberware Effect (Tier 5)
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - Toxic Gorilla ArmsToxic Gorilla Arms +6 to Body Attribute checks. Deal Physical damage. 20% Poison chance

In case you need a quick melee kill, you can switch over to your Gorilla Arms to wallop your enemies. The Toxic variant can deal damage over time if you can poison your target.

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Skeleton

Cyberware Effect (Tier 5)
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - Bionic JointsBionic Joints Armor - Simple but effective.
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - Kinetic FrameKinetic Frame +16% Mitigation Chance when Stamina is above 85%.
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - Spring JointsSpring Joints +19% Mitigation Strength (Total Mitigation Strength cannot exceed 90%)
Mitigation grants achance to reduce incoming damage by current Mitigation Strength (default: 50%).

These Skeleton cyberware are slotted in to reduce the damage you will take.

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Nervous System

Cyberware Effect (Tier 5)
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - KerenzikovKerenzikov Allows you to aim and perform ranged attacks while sliding, dodging or Dashing. Slows time by 60% for 3.5 sec. when you aim a ranged attack during a slide, dodge or Dash. Cooldown 6.5 sec.
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - NeofiberNeofiber +10% Mitigation Chance, +9% Mitigation Strength
Mitigation grants a chance to reduce incoming damage by current Mitigation Strength (default: 50%).
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - Reflex TunerReflex Tuner Slows time by 60% for 4 sec. when your Health drops below 25%. Cooldown 40 sec.

Kerenzikov acts as your second Sandevistan of sorts, which you can activate when dashing on the ground. As this will consume stamina, you will not be getting the effects of Focus, but you can still try to kill nearby enemies when time is slowed down.

Meanwhile, a Reflex Tuner can be you third time-slowing cyberware, but will only activate on low health, in which case you should use Blood Pump to heal.

Lastly, Neofiber is chipped in to get additional defense stats.

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Integumentary System

Cyberware Effect (Tier 5)
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - DefenzikovDefenzikov When Kerenzikove ends: +90% Mitigation Chance for 4 sec.
Mitigation grants a chance to reduce incoming damage by current Mitigation Strength (default: 50%).
+0.1% Crit Chance per Attribute Point.
+2.6% Weapon Handling
+2.1% Damage Over Time Resistance
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - Pain EditorPain Editor -7% all incoming damage
+0.1% damage reduction per Attribute Point.
+0.5% Mitigation Chance
+2.1% Damage Over Time Resistance
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - Subdermal ArmorSubdermal Armor +0.5 Armor per Attribute Point.
+1.3% Decreased enemy vision
+2.6 Health

Defenzikov is a cyberware which gives Kerenzikov defensive stats after using it.

Pain Editor and Subdermal Armor are equipped to get another set of defense stats and damage reduction.

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How to Play the Gunslinger Build

Aim for the Head

In the middle of a gunfight, always aim at your enemies' heads to take advantage of the bonuses you get from handgun perks.

Once your stamina is full, use your Sandevistan, aim with your revolver to activate Focus and Deadeye, and start popping heads one by one.

Make sure to also shoot from a distance instead of running close to your target, as several perks give you extra damage if you shoot from far away.

Monitor Your Stamina

As Focus and Deadeye is stamina dependent, make sure to keep an eye out on your stamina bar before fully engaging in combat.

If it's full, you can start shooting. If it's not, wait for it to fully replenish before fighting. Eliminate any nearby enemies so you won't be overwhelmed while waiting for your stamina to be full.

Focus Status Displayed at Stamina Bar

If Focus is active, shooting with your revolver will not consume any stamina. You can determine if Focus is active if your stamina bar has a lock icon.

Use Shotguns Against Nearby Enemies

Switch to your shotgun whenever an enemy is closing in on you to quickly deal with them.

Several shotgun perks are included in the build to increase the damage you can do with it.

You can also use your equipped Gorilla Arms as another backup weapon.

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