Reflexes

Learn about the Reflexes attribute in cyberpunk 2077, increasing Evasion, Crit Chance, and Mantis Blade damage. Essential for Sandevistan.

The Reflexes attribute in cyberpunk 2077 determines your maneuverability. Each level in Reflexes increases your passive Evasion from enemy attacks by 1%, increases Crit Chance by 1%, and increases damage from Mantis Blades by 3. Your Reflexes attribute also determines the maximum level your Assault, Handguns, and Blades skills can reach.

The skills Reflex governs include a wide array of weapons, such as blades, handguns, submachine guns, assault rifles, and sniper rifles. These weapons cover (press the cover button to crouch behind walls or objects) a variety of fire rates and effective ranges, suitable for melee, short, medium, or long range combat. Many Reflexes weapons also have high headshot (a shot that lands on the enemy's head, usually an instant kill) damage multipliers, which synergizes well with the improved Crit Chance offered by Reflexes. This can result in incredibly high single-shot damage. The Reflexes attribute generally has good synergy with the Cool attribute. A legendary Overture (revolver) with high base Crit Chance and headshot damage, and an attached silencer, is often sufficient for stealth-killing.

Reflexes allows you to equip a variety of cyberware, including neofiber (increases Evasion), Microrotors (melee attack speed), Heal-on-Kill (restores Health after each kill), and various time-dilation cyberware. The most consequential of these are the Sandevistan operating systems, which slow time on command. The degree of time dilation, duration, and cooldown varies by model. While Sandevistan is active, you have a significant advantage in combat. Excellent epic-quality Sandevistan cyberware can be acquired with a lower Reflexes commitment.

The two biggest selling points of Reflexes are more competent use of its potent and diverse weaponry, and the ability to equip Sandevistan operating systems. If you want to use a katana, forearm-mounted mantis blades, revolvers, assault rifles, sniper rifles, or activate Sandevistan for a "bullet time" effect, Reflexes is a worthy consideration.