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The adaptation ofCyberpunk 2077, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, is one of the best anime adaptations around. It’s intense, full of action, and emotional. This adaptation has also left a lot of good impressions on game lovers. In addition to its story which is full of action and emotion, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners also has memorable characters, one of which is David Sandevistan.
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When used in-game, David’s incredibly adaptable build can provide an interesting experience. Using specific Character Points, Cyberware, and using the QianT Mk.4, this character can become one of the deadliest characters in Cyberpunk 2077.
Updated July 20, 2025, by Sean Murray:As Cyberpunk 2077 continues to evolve with patches and an upcoming DLC, so too must our guides. We’ve refreshed this guide to better reflect David Martinez’s character in Edgerunners and give it some better formatting while we’re at it.
Character Points For David
Our priority in character points is of courseReflexfor the Sandevistan itself, and we’ll be needing them for the cooldown. After that, we can distribute the remaining points toBodyandCool.
Body Perks
This build is going to incorporateShotguns, so we’re going to invest heavily intoAnnihilation. David is also a tough edgerunner, so we’ll pick the best perks fromAthleticsandStreert Brawler.
You can deal more damage the faster you’re moving.
Manic
When entering combat using a Shotgun or Light Machine Guns, your movement speed increases by 20% for ten seconds.
Mongoose
Increases Mitigation Chance by 25% while reloading Shotguns and LMGs. By default, Mitigation grants a chance to reduce any damage taken by 50%.
Shotguns and LMGs deal 3/6/10% more damage.
Reduce the recoil of Shotguns and LMGs by 10/20%.
Reduce reload time of Shotguns and LMGs by 20/40%.
Bloodrush
Increase movement speed in combat by 5/10% while carrying a Shotgun or LMGs.
Skeet Shooter
Deal 15% more damage to moving targets using Shotguns or LMGs.
Shotguns and LMGs knock back enemies with more force.
Massacre
Increases Crit Damage with Shotguns and Light Machine Guns by 15/30/45%.
Steel and Chrome
Increases damage from combo attacks with Blunt Weapons by 30/40/50%.
Rush
Successful attacks with Blunt Weapons regenerate 3/5% Health over 2 sec.
Reflex Perks
We’re also going to be taking advantage of the rapid-firing pistols, so sink a few points intoHandguns.
Handguns Perks
Attritional Fire
Firing consecutive shots with a Pistol or Revolver at the same target increases damage by 10%.
Wild West
Removes the damage penalty from Pistols and Revolves when shooting from a distance.
Reduces reload time for Pistols and Revolvers by 25%.
Increases damage with Pistols and Revolvers by 3/6/10%.
Long Shot Drop Pop
Increases damage with Pistols and Revolvers to enemies five or more meters away by 25%.
Increases Crit Chance with Pistols and Revolvers by 4/8/12%.
Increases headshot damage multiplier with Pistols and Revolvers by 10/20/30%.
Increases Crit Damage with Pistols and Revolvers by 10/20%.
Westworld
Increases Crit Chance for Pistols and Revolvers by 10% if fully modded.
Brainpower
After a successful headshot with a Pistol or Revolver, Crit Chance increases by 25% for 5 sec.
Technical Ability Perks
to get the best version of this build that you may, you’re going to need theEdgerunner Artisanperk. The other perks aid in speeding up the leveling process for crafting, but Edgerunner Artisan is really the most important perk in this entire setup.
TheSandevistan’s Legendary heatsinkswill eventually be craftable with the Edgerunner Artisan perk.
Cool Perks
David is definitely someone who remains cool under pressure, so we’re going tofocus on several Cold Blood perksalongsidea few useful Ninjutsu perks.
Silent and Deadly
Cold Blood Perks
Cold Blood
After defeating an enemy, gain Cold Blood for seven seconds and increase movement speed by 2%. Stacks up to three times.
Rapid Bloodflow
Increases Health regen inside and outside combat by 50/100% per stack of Cold Blood.
Increases headshot damage by 5% per stack of Cold Blood
Increases max stack amount for Cold Blood by 1.
Cold and Calculating
Landing a Crit Hit has 25% chance of applying a stack of Cold Blood.
Merciless
While Cold Blood is active, increases Crit Chance by 10% and Crit Damage by 25%.
Bloodswell
Upon receiving lethal damage while Cold Blood is active, prevents death, consumes all stacks of Cold Blood, restoring 10% Health per stack and grants Damage Immunity for 5 sec. Player cannot gain Cold Blood while perk is active. Cooldown 15 sec.
Cyberware For David
There are a few specific Cyberware upgrades we see David receive in the show, such as theSyn-Lungs,Maine’s Gorilla Arms, and of course, hisSandevistan. Everything else is user’s choice, but we’ll throw in a few suggestions here.
Sandevistan For David
Althoughthe specific model of David’s Sandevistan isn’t mentioned in Edgerunners, there is one that at least comes close to offering the same capabilities.
The 15-second base cooldown of theQianT Sandevistan Mk.4is a fan favorite and has the ability to be decreased all the way to an incredible two seconds. However, addingthree Legendary heatsink modsto the Sandevistan, which we can manufacture once we reach the technical attribute of 18, will reduce our cooldown duration to three seconds, which is already absurd.
We can get the crafting spec for these mods from theRipper Doc in Arroyo.
Also, we can get theBioconductorcirculatory system mod, which wouldshorten the cooldown period by 30 secondson the Legendary version while keeping it at two seconds on the Epic or Rare versions.
How To Look Like David
David is one of the coolest characters in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. And the good news is you can make your character look like him in this Cyberpunk 2077 game.Here’s how to make your character look like him!
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Outfit
The best outfit for David is hisYellow Jacket. To get it, open the map in Santo Domingo and activate the mission calledOver the Edge. After texting Reyes you have to skip time by 24 hours until you get a message from Falco who will tell you where to collect your reward. After that, you can follow the objective marker to the location and get yourself David’s Jacket.
How To Find David’s Weapon
David uses a few weapons in Edgerunners, but the ones that come up the most are theM-10AF Lexington, theHJKE-11 Yukimura, andDB-2 Satara.
you’re able to grab the legendary version of the Lexington, called “Dying Night,” from Robert Wilson at the 2nd Amendment gun shop early in the game. You’ll be able tocraft the epic version of the Yukimuraafter reachinglevel 7 in crafting, and the uncommon version of theDB-2 Satara is learned at crafting level 2.
Unfortunately,epic and legendary versions of the DB-2 aren’t craftable, so you’ll need to purchase them from gun stores around Night City.
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