How to build the easiest character to play in Cyberpunk 2077? [closed]

Solution 1:

TLDR: Body + Tech, then Reflex attributes. Perks into Athletics (in Body) and Pistol/Assault (in Reflex).

In order to make your character more durable, the Strength and Tech stats will be your most effective stats as they will increase your HP and Armor respectively. They will also provide the added benefit of allowing you to open more doors, making it easier for your daughter to navigate different buildings and hotels in the city, making missions easier. Athletics perks will help make your character passively more durable as well with in-combat health regeneration, and I think there are Tech perks that can boost item effectiveness for stronger heals. 2/1/2/0/0 style build reading as Body/Reflex/Tech/Intelligence/Cool.

In order to make your offensive capabilities simpler, I would suggest focusing on the perks in the handgun and assault trees under Reflex. These boost pistol, rifle, and submachine weapons which are much more versatile and forgiving weapons. They will allow your daughter to keep distance from enemies if she wants, without requiring her to be as patient as a sniper rifle. If she is patient and wants to stay way back, use the sniper rifle or precision rifle instead of assault rifles, but I haven't found them to be very useful in the city due to the way cover works.

You can help her by suggesting or guiding her to stick with Power weapons instead of Tech weapons, as the Tech charge-up capability can be counter-intuitive to younger children. (Holding charge to hit harder seems easy, but under the pressure of a shoot-out most people want to shoot more often, not more powerfully). I would also suggest that she practice by finding a small number of enemies (1-3) and just trying to dodge their damage instead of trying to fight them. Learn to avoid damage first, then learn to damage your target. Some of the random muggings or crime reports could serve as good places for this kind of practice.

Solution 2:

Instead of looking for a perfect build (which requires her to keep playing until she actually achieves that build), I suggest trying to solve the root cause: She has difficulties with keyboard and mouse controls.

So why not buy her a gamepad? Most PC games nowadays support gamepads and Cyberpunk 2077 is no exception.

• Tested and working:
  • Xbox One controller
• Not yet tested, but likely to work:
  • Xbox 360 controller (same API as Xbox One controller, but lacks trigger vibration motors, which Cyberpunk 2077 doesn't seem to be using anyway)
  • Xbox Series X controller (supposedly same API as Xbox One controller)
  • Dualshock 4 (native support in The Witcher 3)
  • Dualsense (game in development for PS5 as well; if not now, support likely coming in the future)
• Not yet tested, unsure if it'll work:
  • Nintendo Switch Pro Controller (same API as Dualshock 4, but different button mapping)