The Cyberpunk 2077 Character Build That Will Make V Unkillable

The attribute and perk system in Cyberpunk 2077 lets players become anything from cyber ninjas to unparalleled hackers fluent in the art of sabotage. CD Projekt Red’s near-future role-playing game lets users mix and match their favorite skills and abilities to shape the protagonist – V’s – capabilities however they’d like. However, there’s one way players can make a Cyberpunk 2077 character build that is basically unkillable.

Gamers can let their imagination run wild and specialize in a single attribute or try and build a well-rounded Cyberpunk character that can do a little bit of everything. But mastering the “Cold Blood” perk in Cyberpunk 2077 can transform V into an unkillable death machine that can slice or blast their way through hordes of enemies without breaking a sweat.

The “Cold Blood” perk is found under the “Cool” attribute menu in Cyberpunk 2077 and provides V with a number of passive effects that can stack each time V successfully kills an enemy. It can give V everything from a momentary movement speed boost to a major buff to her chance to land a critical strike for a few seconds. The best part about that is that Cold Blood can stack up to five times when it’s maxed out, granting V a fivefold increase in strength and defenses.

Cyberpunk 2077: The Unkillable Build

Building into Cold Blood can be complimented by then using any remaining attribute and perk points on the “Reflexes” and “Body” skill trees, which improve V’s proficiency with every weapon in the game and her overall survivability. Ideally, Cyberpunk players will want to focus on boosting their skills with three weapons archtypes to make the most of the ammo they loot throughout Night City.

At level 50 players’ skill tree should look like the list below. This includes the 22 points players allocate when creating their version of V and the 50 extra points earned through playing Cyberpunk 2077’s campaign and reaching the highest level.

1. Body – 20
2. Reflexes – 20
3. Technical Ability – 9
4. Intelligence – 3
5. Cool – 20

Gamers will want nearly every perk from the Cold Blood skill tree aside from “Rapid Bloodflow,” “Quick Transfer,” and “Blood Brawl” if they’ve chosen a gunslinging Cyberpunk 2077 character build over a melee-focused character. From there, depending on players’ preferred weapon they should skill into “Assault,” “Handguns,” and “Annihilation” to buff the damage dealt by pistols, rifles, submachine guns, and shotguns. This will make it easier to build five stacks of Cold Blood quickly, which essentially turns V into a cybernetic Rambo.

That being said, this Cyberpunk 2077 character build has some weaknesses against single-enemy battles, like the Cyberpsycho mini boss fights found throughout Night City, since many of those missions don’t include weaker enemies to build Cold Blood from. Secondly, even though the Cool attribute also boosts V’s stealth capabilities it’s best to run headlong at enemies, since the Cold Blood buff has a timer. The same goes for trying to hack or sabotage enemies. Cold Blood benefits from unbridled aggression that might seem foolish at times, but allows V to snowball into an unstoppable killing machine.

Cyberpunk 2077 is out on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S/X, PC, Google Stadia, and last-gen consoles.