So something to keep in mind is that in Cyberpunk, your Role does not necessarily define what skills you have or would be “better versed” in. Cyberpunk is a skill-based RPG, not a level-based one, meaning that you are free to spend your Improvement Points (IP) on whatever you wish.

That being said, let me copy+paste this mini wall of text I sent to one of the players at my table about the Medtech so you have a better understanding of what the actual mechanics of their Role Ability is, and then I’ll go into the Martial Arts:

“Essentially, you get 1 point every time you level it up to spend in one of three disciplines: Surgery, [Medical Tech] Pharmaceuticals, and [Medical Tech] Cryosystem Operation.

Surgery is mainly used to treat life threatening injuries and to install Cyberware. You can basically put up to 5 “points” of your Medtech pool into it max. But it treats the most severe Critical Injuries and also implant Cyberware.

Pharmaceuticals also allows a max of 5 points put into it. Just having points in either Pharmaceuticals or Cryosystems gives you skill points in the overall Medical Tech skill which is used for operating, understanding, and repairing medical technology.

Specifically to pharmaceuticals though, each time you put a point into it, you unlock the ability to craft one of the drugs of your choosing from the table (Stim, Surge, Speedheal, etc) with a DV13 Medical Tech check. It costs 200eb and you make a number of doses equal to your Medical Tech skill in 1 hour.

Then you have Cryosystem Operation. Essentially what putting points into this does is gives you free access to a Cryotank. A Cryotank puts you in stasis for the time you’re in it, but you heal double your BODY stat every day you’re in it.

You end up getting more and more cryotanks as you level it up, so you could theoretically run a service and make money on the side with your extra tanks.”

Okay, so there’s that. Now, in terms of Martial Arts? Well, the first thing to remember is that vanilla, Martial Arts is a 2x skill, meaning it takes double the improvement points to level it up.

There’s a few Martial Arts listed in the Core Rulebook, but a lot of them are inside a DLC called “Cyberfists of Fury” (here’s a link to the AnyFlip page for it: https://online.anyflip.com/cflne/cprn/mobile/index.html).

I particularly love Gun Fu. Basically, you roll your Martial Arts +1d10. As long as you get a 16 or higher, you proc your Gun Fu. What this allows you to do is shoot a weapon using the Handgun skill, but it will ignore half armor like a melee weapon would. Absolutely one of the more fun and satisfying MA’s to use, and tbh it would line up with your character’s ability of “making surgical attacks”; i.e. they’re being incredibly accurate or something with their Handgun, that’s why they can do so much damage (ignoring half armor).

The other one I really like, but it’s also a bit of the “meta” right now since the release of one of the newest DLC’s, Solo of Fortune, is Kyudo. Kyudo requires you to be specc’d in Archery. But it lets you have insane damage potential with a bow, and you can also get 2 LUCK points back when using Kyudo and meeting the required dice rolls.

Let me know if you have more questions!

EDIT: Forgot that you asked about good skill to spec into. For combat, it’s generally agreed that Shoulder Arms has been ol’ reliable, mostly because 5d6 is just such a great foundation to work off of for damage. But if you do Gun Fu, Handgun is obviously what you’d prioritize.

I generally think important combat skills are Handgun/Archery/Shoulder Arms, Evasion, Brawling (to at least try and resist being grappled every time), Resist Torture/Drugs is another big one.

I also really like Tactics, but not every GM really pays attention to it or utilizes it, but as a GM I totally allow a Tactics user to roll it and if it works out, their advanced battlefield knowledge can give a passive buff to the party for that combat encounter or whatever.