These look fun! I want to try the energy build. What gear are you planning on using for this? Apologies if this should be obvious, I’m still pretty new to the game. Thanks!
i think this build might be difficult for a new player as it relies on ambush for crits but has very low mobility. it also cant sneak in metal armor and has low initiative. in metal armor your only movement is from temporal contraction so you have to position carefully. might be better to just play a low strength build with a tac vest so you can move around. the main reason to get strength is so i can maybe try out the fusion cannon but its more of a late game weapon. you could drop the points in str and con and get agi or dex for feats like sprint, escape artist, trigger happy/paranoia, grenadier, etc.
if you still want to try it your gear would be the heaviest metal armor you can get (tungsten for most of the game until you can get supersteel) and a stealth set to swap to for sneaking. use telekinetic proxy as a light source for ambush. use a laser pistol and an electroshock pistol crafted with wave amps for high crit damage. as long as you can proc ambush you will crit almost anything. if you drop str and con for agi and dex you want tac vests or riot gear depending on the situation, crafted with black cloth for stealth. for a new player it might be good to keep some points in constitution so you wont feel as squishy.