Cyberpunk 2077 Athletics Perks Tier List

The Cyberpunk 2077 Athletics Skill is influenced by leveling your Body Stat. The Athlectics skill will improve Weight Capcity, Stamina Regen Rate, and Health. When you level up this skill from Performing actions that have a specific Body attribute requirement. You will gain access to Athletics Perks that Increases your carrying capacity from 200 to 260, and or Increases max stamina by 10% / 20% / 30%.

Athletics

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How To Level Up Athletics Skill in Cyberpunk 2077

The Athlectics skill is leveled up by performing actions such as Runing, Climbing, Sliding and other Physical Actions.

How To Gain XP	Skill XP
Performing actions that have a specific Body attribute requirement	100
Performing actions with a combined total cost of 500 stamina points or more	25

Best Athletics Perks in Cyberpunk 2077

List of the Best Athletics Perks in Cyberpunk 2077, you can view what each perk does and how we rank them in our Athletics Tier List.

S Tier - (Best) The Strongest Perks You can choose in this Cyberpunk 2077 Athletics 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
B	1	PACK MULE	Increases your carrying capacity from 200 to 260
A	5	TRUE GRIT	Increases max stamina by 10% / 20% / 30%
C	1	REGENERATION	Health slowly regenerates during combat
A	5	INVINCIBLE	Increases max health by 10% / 20% / 30%
B	7	EPIMORPHOSIS	Health regenerates up to 70% / 80% / 90% of max health outside of combat
C	7	SOFT ON YOUR FEET	Reduces fall damage by 5% / 10% / 20%
A	9	GLADIATOR	Reduces damage taken while blocking by 20% / 40%
C	9	STEEL AND CHROME	Increases melee damage by 10% / 20%
A	11	LIKE A BUTTERFLY	Dodging does not drain stamina
S	11	MULTITASKER	Allows you to shoot while sprinting, sliding and vaulting
S	11	DIVIDED ATTENTION	Allows you to reload weapons while sprinting, sliding and vaulting
A	12	CARDIO CURE	Health regenerates faster when moving
B	12	STRONGER TOGETHER	Increases damage you deal while carrying a body
S	12	TRANSPORTER	Allows you to shoot and sprint while carrying a body
S	14	MARATHONER	Sprinting does not drain stamina
A	14	HUMAN SHIELD	Increases armor by 20% when grappling an enemy
B	16	DOG OF WAR	Increases health regen in combat by 15% / 20%
B	16	WOLVERINE	Health regen activates 50% / 90% faster during combat
A	18	STEEL SHELL	Increases armor by 10%
S	20	THE ROCK	Enemies cannot knock you down
S	20	INDESTRUCTIBLE	Reduces all incoming damage by 10%
S	20	Hard Motherfucker	When entering combat, Armor and Resistances increases by 10% for 10 Sec. +1% per Perk Level

List of Athletics Skill Level Rewards

These are the level up bonus effect you will receive from simply leveling up the Athletics skill.

Level	Reward
1	-
2	Increases Carrying Capacity by 20.
3	1 Perk Points
4	Increases Stamina by 5%.
5	Increases Stamina Regen Rate by 10%.
6	Increases Carrying Capacity by 40.
7	1 Perk Points
8	1 Perk Points
9	Increases Health by 5%.
10	1 Perk Points
11	1 Perk Points
12	Increases Health by 5%.
13	Increases Carrying Capacity by 100.
14	Increase Armor by 3%
15	Increases Health Regen Rate outside combat by 10%
16	1 Perk Points
17	Increases Health by 5%.
18	Increase Armor by 3%
19	1 Perk Points
20	Unlocks the last perk in the Athlectics Skill Tree.

Cyberpunk 2077 Athletics Builds

List of what we consider to be the Best Athletics Builds in Cyberpunk 2077.

S-Tier

Cool Blooded Gun Slinger Athletics Build

15 Body	20 Reflexes	20 Cool	3 Intelligence	3 Technical Ability

The Best Weapons we recommend for this build

Name	Stats
AMNESTY Power Overture	Stats 49-61 Damage 2.29 Attacks Per Second + 30-37 Physical Damage + 3.66% Crit Chance + 2.67 Crit Damage + 6% Bleeding Chance 2.00 Headshot Damage Multiplier Effects Improved handling and firepower.
DOOM DOOM Power DR5 Nova	Stats 95-115 Damage 6 Attacks Per Second + 67-82 Phyiscal Damage + 20.21% Crit Chance 3% Bleeding Chance 2.50 Headshot Damage Multiplier Effects Fires four rounds per shot, with increased damage, rate of fire and chance to dismember at the cost of increased recoil and bullet spread.
DYING NIGHT Power M-10AF Lexington	Stats 10-12 Damage 5.56 Attacks Per Second + 7-9 Phyiscal Damage 1.80 Headshot Damage Multiplier Effects Headshot damage increased by 50%; significantly reduced reload time
KONGOU Power Liberty	Stats 32-39 Damage 3.56 Attacks Per Second Effects Ricochet effect functions without supporting cyberware. Lower recoil and increased fire rate, but reduced clip size.

The Best Cyberware we recommend for this build

Name	Price	Effect
Limbic System Enchancement Common Frontal Cortex	3,000	Increase Crit Chance by 7% Int 6
Limbic System Enchancement Rare Frontal Cortex	9,000	Increases Crit Chance by 15% Int 9

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Cool Blooded Gun Slinger Athletics Best Perks You Should Use

Lvl	Perks	Effects
1	High Noon	Increases crit chance with Pistol and Revolver by 4% / 8% / 12%
1	Desperado	Increases damage from Pistol and Revolver by 3% / 6% / 9%
1	Gunslinger	Reduces reload time for Pistol and Revolver by 10% / 15% / 25%
1	Rio Bravo	Increases headshot damage multiplier with Pistol and Revolver by 10% / 20% / 30%
7	Long Shot Drop Pop	Increases damage to enemies 5+ meters away by 25% / 50%
11	A Fistful Of Eurodollars	Increases crit damage from Pistol and Revolver by 10% / 20%
14	Wild West	Removes the damage penalty from Pistol and Revolver when shooting from a distance
20	Brainpower	After a successful headshot with a Pistol and Revolver, crit chance increases by 25% for 5 seconds
1	Regeneration	Health slowly regenerates during combat
5	Invincible	Increases max health by 10% / 20% / 30%
7	Epimorphosis	Health regenerates up to 70% / 80% / 90% of max health outside of combat
11	Divided Attention	Allows you to reload weapons while sprinting, sliding and vaulting
12	Cardio Cure	Health regenerates faster when moving
16	Dog Of War	Increases health regen in combat by 15% / 20%
16	Wolverine	Health regen activates 50% / 90% faster during combat
1	Cold Blood	After defeating an enemy, gain Cold Blood for 10 seconds and increase movement speed by 2%. Stacks up to 1/2/3 times
5	Will To Survive	Increases all resistances by 2.5% / 5% per stack of Cold Blood
7	Critical Condition	Increases duration of Cold Blood by 5/10 seconds
9	Rapid Bloodflow	Increase health regen inside and outside combat by50% / 100% per stack of Cold Blood
9	Defensive Clotting	Increases armor by 1% / 2% per stack of Cold Blood
11	Frozen Precision	Increases headshot damage by 50%
14	Cold And Calculating	Landing a crit hit has 25% chance of applying a stack of Cold Blood
16	Coolagulant	Stacks of Cold Blood are removed one by one, not all at once