The Cyberpunk 2077 Annihilation Skill is influenced by leveling your Body Stat. The Annihilation skill improves your ability to handle Shotguns, Light Machine Guns and Heavy Machine Guns. When you level up this skill from Damaging enemies with shotguns, LMGs, and HMGs; XP is given after the target is defeated. You will gain access to Annihilation Perks that Reduces recoil of shotguns and light machine guns by 10% / 20%, and or Shotguns and light machine guns deal 3% / 6% / 10% more damage.
Annihilation
Body
How To Level Up Annihilation Skill in Cyberpunk 2077
The Annihilation skill is leveled up by killing enemies with Shotguns and Machine Guns.
How To Gain XP | Skill XP |
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Damaging enemies with shotguns, LMGs, and HMGs; XP is given after the target is defeated | Based on damage dealt |
Best Annihilation Perks in Cyberpunk 2077
List of the Best Annihilation Perks in Cyberpunk 2077, you can view what each perk does and how we rank them in our Annihilation Tier List.
- S Tier - (Best) The Strongest Perks You can choose in this Cyberpunk 2077 Annihilation Tier List.
- A Tier - (Strong) Very strong choice, but not on the same level as S Tier Choices.
- B Tier - (Good) Solid Choice and can be viable with the right Builds.
- C Tier - (Average) The middle of the pack neither good nor bad.
Rank | Level | Perks | Effect |
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C | 5 | PUMP IT, LOUDER! | Reduces recoil of shotguns and light machine guns by 10% / 20% |
C | 1 | HAIL OF BULLETS | Shotguns and light machine guns deal 3% / 6% / 10% more damage |
A | 5 | IN YOUR FACE | Reduces reload time of shotguns and light machine guns by 20% / 40% |
B | 7 | DEAD CENTER | Increases damage to torso by 10% / 20% |
A | 7 | BLOODRUSH | Increases movement speed while carrying a shotgun or light machine gun by 5% / 10% |
A | 9 | MONGOOSE | Increases evasion by 25% while reloading |
A | 9 | BULLDOZER | Increases crit chance with shotguns and light machine guns by 10% |
A | 11 | MOMENTUM SHIFT | Defeating an enemy increases movement speed by 10% / 15% / 20% for 10 seconds |
A | 11 | MASSACRE | Increases crit damage with shotguns and light machine guns by 15% / 30% / 45% |
A | 12 | HEAVY LEAD | shotguns and light machine guns knock back enemies with more force |
A | 12 | SKEET SHOOTER | Deal 15% more damage to moving targets |
S | 14 | MANIC | When entering combat, your movement speed increases by 20% for 10 second(s) |
S | 14 | UNSTOPPABLE | Dismembering an enemy increases fire rate (cycle time) by 10% for 8 seconds. Stacks up to 3 times |
S | 16 | SPEED DEMON | You deal more damage the faster you're moving |
A | 16 | BURN BABY BURN | Doubles the duration of burn |
S | 18 | POPPIN' OFF | Shotguns have a 25% / 50% higher chance of dismembering enemies |
A | 18 | HIT THE DECK | Increases damage to staggered and knocked-down enemies by 10% / 20% |
A | 20 | BIATHLETE | Weapon spread does not increase while moving |
S | 20 | Bloodbath | Dismembering enemies reduces weapon recoil by 50% for 6 sec. +1% per Perk Level |
List of Annihilation Skill Level Rewards
These are the level up bonus effect you will receive from simply leveling up the Annihilation skill.
Level | Reward |
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1 | - |
2 | Reduces the ADS Time of your Shotguns, Light Machine Guns, and Heavy Machine Guns by 20%. |
3 | 1 Perk Points. |
4 | Reduces the Recoil of your Shotguns, Light Machine Guns, and Heavy Machine Guns by 10%. |
5 | Reduces the Spread of your Shotguns, Light Machine Guns, and Heavy Machine Guns by 25%. |
6 | 1 Perk Points. |
7 | Increases Crit Chance by 5% when using Shotguns, Light Machine Guns, and Heavy Machine Guns. |
8 | Reduces the Recoil of you Shotguns, Light Machine Guns, and Heavy Machine Guns by 10%. |
9 | 1 Perk Points. |
10 | 1 Perk Points. |
11 | Increases Damage by 20% when using Shotguns, Light Machine Guns, and Heavy Machine Guns. |
12 | 1 Perk Points. |
13 | Reduces the Recoil of your Shotguns, Light Machine Guns, and Heavy Machine Guns by 10%. |
14 | Reduces the Recoil of your Shotguns, Light Machine Guns, and Heavy Machine Guns by 15%. |
15 | 1 Perk Points. |
16 | Reduces the Spread of your Shotguns, Light Machine Guns, and Heavy Machine Guns by 25%. |
17 | Reduces the Spread of your Shotguns, Light Machine Guns, and Heavy Machine Guns by 10%. |
18 | 1 Perk Points. |
19 | Reduces the Recoil of your Shotguns, Light Machine Guns, and Heavy Machine Guns by 15%. |
20 | Unlocks the last perk in the Annihilation Skill Tree. |
Cyberpunk 2077 Annihilation Builds
List of what we consider to be the Best Annihilation Builds in Cyberpunk 2077.
![]() 19 Body | ![]() 3 Reflexes | ![]() 16 Cool | ![]() 3 Intelligence | ![]() 20 Technical Ability |
Name | Stats |
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![]() SOVEREIGN
Power
DB-4 Igla
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Stats 35-43 Damage 0.95 Attacks Per Seconds + 25-30 Physical Damage+ 17.18% Bonus Ricochet Damage+ 6% Bleeding Damage0.98 Headshot Damage Multiplier Effects Shoots two rounds at a time, with reduced reload time and spread |
![]() THE HEADSMAN
Power
M2038 Tactician
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Stats 25-30 Damage 1.21 Attacks Per Second + 18-22 Chemical DamageEffects Increased number of pellets shot, reduced reload time, chance to apply Bleeding |
Name | Price | Effect |
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Blood pump
Common
Circulatory System | 5,000 |
Activate to instantly restore 50% of max health. CD 180 sec. Assign cyberware to the quickslot and activate it with middle mouse button.
|
Blood pump
Uncommon
Circulatory System | 7,500 |
Activate to instantly restore 60% of max health. CD 180 sec. Assign cyberware to the quickslot and activate it with middle mouse button.
Body 8 |
Blood Pump
Rare
Circulatory System | 15,000 |
Activate to instantly restore 70% of max health. CD 180 sec. Assign cyberware to the quickslot and activate it with middle mouse button.
Body 10 |
Blood pump
Epic
Circulatory System | 25,000 |
Activate to instantly restore 80% of max health. CD 180 sec. Assign cyberware to the quickslot and activate it with middle mouse button.
Body 13 |
Blood Pump
Legendary
Circulatory System | 35,000 |
Activate to instantly restore 90% of max health. CD 180 sec. Assign cyberware to the quickslot and activate it with middle mouse button.
Body 16 |
Second Heart
Legendary
Circulatory System | 42,000 |
Instantly restores 100% of max Health when your health falls to 0. CD 2 min.
Body 16 |
Skill | Lvl | Perks | Effects |
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![]() ![]() | 4 |
![]() | Armor is increased by 15% / 30% while moving |
![]() ![]() | 11 |
![]() | Allows you to shoot while sprinting, sliding and vaulting |
![]() ![]() | 11 |
![]() | Allows you to reload weapons while sprinting, sliding and vaulting |
![]() ![]() | 14 |
![]() | Sprinting does not drain stamina |
![]() ![]() | 5 |
![]() | Reduces reload time of shotguns and light machine guns by 20% / 40% |
![]() ![]() | 7 |
![]() | Increases movement speed while carrying a shotgun or light machine gun by 5% / 10% |
![]() ![]() | 9 |
![]() | Increases crit chance with shotguns and light machine guns by 10% |
![]() ![]() | 11 |
![]() | Defeating an enemy increases movement speed by 10% / 15% / 20% for 10 seconds |
![]() ![]() | 11 |
![]() | Increases crit damage with shotguns and light machine guns by 15% / 30% / 45% |
![]() ![]() | 12 |
![]() | shotguns and light machine guns knock back enemies with more force |
![]() ![]() | 14 |
![]() | When entering combat, your movement speed increases by 20% for 10 second(s) |
![]() ![]() | 16 |
![]() | You deal more damage the faster you're moving |
![]() ![]() | 18 |
![]() | Increases damage to staggered and knocked-down enemies by 10% / 20% |
![]() ![]() | 1 |
![]() | Gain more components when disassembling |
![]() ![]() | 5 |
![]() | Allows you to craft rare items |
![]() ![]() | 11 |
![]() | Crafted clothes gain 2.5% / 5% more armor |
![]() ![]() | 12 |
![]() | Allows you to craft epic items |
![]() ![]() | 16 |
![]() | When disassembling an item, you get attached mods back |
![]() ![]() | 20 |
![]() | Crafted legendary weapons automatically get one stat improved by 5% |
![]() ![]() | 1 |
![]() | Increases movement speed while sneaking by 20% |
![]() ![]() | 7 |
![]() | Movement speed after a successful takedown is increased by 30% for 10 seconds |
![]() ![]() | 16 |
![]() | Temporarily boosts movement speed by 50% for 5 seconds when detected by an enemy |
![]() ![]() | 1 |
![]() | After defeating an enemy, gain Cold Blood for 10 seconds and increase movement speed by 2%. Stacks up to 1/2/3 times |
![]() ![]() | 11 |
![]() | Increases max stack amount for Cold Blood by 1 |
![]() ![]() | 16 |
![]() | Increases max stack amount for Cold Blood by 1 |
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