The Best ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ Melee Annihilation Build, 2022 Edition

Games The Best ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ Melee Annihilation Build, 2022 Edition Paul Tassi Senior Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet. Following New! Follow this author to stay notified about their latest stories.

Got it! Sep 28, 2022, 08:45am EDT | New! Click on the conversation bubble to join the conversation Got it! Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Cyberpunk 2077 CDPR I am back with another Cyberpunk 2077 build as I make progress on my third playthrough with a different kind of V. This is a build that I did not do for either of my first two playthroughs, even if some similarities are shared. It’s based on the annihilation tree, so shotguns and LMGs, and the street brawler melee tree, so a lot of punching with metal fists.

It’s an absolute blast, though full disclosure, it’s still not 100% finished because I am not max level with this character yet. But I am blasting through Hard difficulty (which is a lot harder than it used to be, after several patches), and I think you’ll have a lot of fun with it. If you want to do a blade-based melee build , I already wrote a guide for that, which was my main playthrough, back in the day.

Attribute Points Cyberpunk 2077 CDPR 20 Body, 20 Reflex, 20 Cool when I’m done. I actually don’t have any perk points in Reflex, it’s just for crit chance and mitigation. I tried to make this an all guns build but the game makes SMGs, ARs and LMGs all share the same ammo pool, which sucks and made that annoying.

So I switched to melee. Cyberpunk 2077 CDPR MORE FOR YOU ‘Demon Slayer’ Season 2 Finally Has An Actual 2021 Release Date Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ Season 2 Not A Sure Thing, Says Director ‘Genshin Impact’ Still Refuses To Increase Anniversary Rewards, Despite Fan Outcry Athletics Tree – This one is all about survivability. Even with a lot of punching, I really did not find that I’m short on stamina, so I skip most of those upgrades.

Cyberpunk 2077 CDPR Annihilation Tree – You want almost this entire thing filled out. I skipped the recoil and dismemberment perks as I just think they’re overkill, no pun intended, and those points are better spent elsewhere. Cyberpunk 2077 CDPR Street Brawler Tree – Everything offensive here, nothing defensive.

A ton of the skills here are about blocking, but I don’t…block. I run around punching people’s heads off, so I just don’t find those skills useful. There’s too much enemy gunplay to make those blocking perks worth it.

Cyberpunk 2077 CDPR Cold Blood Tree – This is the tree I’m still working on. I will fill in more armor/resistance upgrades once I get more points. Cold Blood is a great tree for pretty much every single build in the game because it stacks with defeating enemies through any method.

This is where the build really starts to take off. Weapons Gorilla Arms – This is the main weapon you’ll need, the metal hands that will let you punch enemies into a pulp. Sometimes literally.

You can get the legendary ones at the Ripperdoc in the northwest corner of City Center. Cyberpunk 2077 CDPR Your Favorite LMG and Shotgun – I don’t have all the endgame legendaries yet, so take your pick as to what you want to shoot when you’re not punching things. Hard to go wrong with so many points stacked in this tree.

Cyberware Cyberpunk 2077 CDPR Sandevistan – I tried to use Berserk, which is supposed to be what you’d want for this kind of build, and yet I just can’t get past the Cyberpunk Edgerunners Sandevistan, which slows time so you can run around punching and shotgunning and entire platoon of enemies before they even know what hit them. Way, way better than Berserk if you ask me. BioMonitor – Legendary version restores 100% health when you drop to 15% health Second Heart – Revives you on death with 100% heath on a 2 minute cooldown Blood Pump – Restore 90% health on command ever 30 seconds.

You may be sensing a pattern here. Being able to tank damage is key. Synaptic Signal Optimizer – Increase health by 60% Subdermal Armor – Increase armor by 300.

These are the main components, you can pick and choose the rest. There’s an upgrade that increases melee attack speed but I picked carrying capacity for that slot instead. All of this should be enough to make you a speed, tanky, punching and bullet-slinging machine.

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