The First Descendant Tier List: Best Characters (September 2024)

Bunny and Gley are the best characters on our First Descendant tier list. Check out our latest rankings and evaluations for all the best characters in this guide and other tier lists!

Best Characters Tier List

Current Rankings of Best Characters

Overall

Missions

Void Intercept

Bunny																														Gley
Lepic																				Valby																				Viessa
Hailey																				Blair																				Freyna
Enzo												Ajax												Sharen												Yujin												Luna
Kyle																				Jayber																				Esiemo

Bunny																														Valby
Lepic												Viessa												Freyna												Blair												Gley
Yujin																														Ajax
Luna												Sharen												Jayber												Hailey												Kyle
Esiemo																														Enzo

Hailey																				Gley																				Lepic
Valby																				Enzo																				Bunny
Viessa															Sharen															Freyna															Blair
Ajax																				Luna																				Kyle
Yujin																				Jayber																				Esiemo

The best characters in The First Descendant are Gley and Bunny due to their skills allowing them to be efficient in dealing with damage and surviving fights through their mobility, buffs, and healing.

The new Descendant Hailey is an A-Tier character due to her ability to deal exceptional single-target damage. However, Hailey does not excel with all of the current content of the game.

Tier List Change Log

Update Date	Descendant	Summary
Overall
8/31	Hailey	NEW Added to A-Tier • While she has the capability of dealing the highest and most consistent amounts of damage, she does not excel with all of the current content of the game. Furthermore, with the current lack of Skill Modules, there is less customization in terms of building her.
8/31	Valby	to S tier • Valby has proven to not only be one of the best mob-clearing descendants, she also boss utility with some of her Skill Modules, and Void Intercept damage potential with her Supply Moisture.
8/31	Yujin	to B tier • Yujin has seen a rise in use lately as he has solid mob-clearing and be a great help during Void Intercepts. He also makes full use of Passionate Sponsor, effectively making Firearms more stronger!
8/31	Freyna	to A tier • With enough testing, we see that while Freyna is strong, Valby is slightly better than her in aspects she is supposed to excel at.
8/31	Luna	to B tier • Luna, while ludicrously strong in paper, needs to be coordinated perfectly with teammates. If you are partnered with randoms, she becomes less potent than she is supposed to be
8/31	Kyle	to B tier • Apart from Kyle's spotlight during Gluttony's first release, he has since fallen off so we decided to knock him down a peg in the tier list.
Missions
8/31	Blair	to S tier • With Patch 1.1.0, Blaze Up now has increased duration and less MP costs. Furthermore, with Extinguish no longer consuming the Flame Zones, you will always have a surplus of MP and additional Skill Crits. You can now also increase Burn Taste's duration, which gives you another build path for mobbing. However, this may require testing still by comparing each of the S-Tier Descendants
8/31	Yujin	to A tier • With Proliferating Allergy, Yujin becomes one of the better mob clearers due to its higher damage ceiling and ability to spread to all present enemies.
8/31	Ajax	in A tier • With the Body Enhancement changes, you can now access your enhanced skills, meaning that you can now use Void-enhanced Expulsions
8/31	Gley	to S tier • Her Massive Sanguification has massive range when specc-ed correctly, but deals lackluster damage when compared to Bunny. Furthermore, you can use Vestigial Organ to essentially make clearing much easier
8/31	Luna	to B tier • While she can deal massive amounts of AOE damage, she is rather slow in mobility when compared to others
8/31	Enzo	to C tier • In terms of kit alone, Enzo does not have a designated skill to clear mobs fast. However, you can essentially clear missions using most Launchers with him.
Void Interceptions
8/31	Enzo	to S tier • Enzo has proven to be one of the best support characters simply due to him giving the team nearly indefinite ammo as well as increasing overall DPS increase for all active players Void Intercept battles. When paired with Enduring Legacy, he can essentially carry interceptions on his own!
8/31	Valby	to S tier • With Supply Moisture, she can amp up the stronger weapons to melt bosses. Furthermore, she increases the overall damage of the team due to her Laundry debuff.
8/31	Blair	in A tier • With the recent buffs, we decided to retain Blair in A-tier. Our build centered around Backdraft, which now stacks up to 5 due to the Extinguish rework, is now more potent in consistently dealing high amounts of DPS.
8/31	Ajax	in B tier • While you now have more versatility during boss fights with Ajax, some Descendants deal overall better damage that his ability to support is neutered.
8/31	Luna	to B tier • Again, Luna is fully reliant on team composition. In most public matchmaking, she can be unstable in terms of usefulness.
8/31	Viessa	to A tier • We found that Viessa can be situational and hard to set-up in terms of dealing optimal damage compared to the other higher picks.
8/31	Freyna	to A tier • While Freyna has the potential to deal as much damage as those in the SS Tier, she sacrifices most of her utility to even reach that bracket's damage. Furthermore, like Viessa, her optimal damage is situational only to Executioner.

Tier List Quick View

• SS Tier - Bunny, Gley
• S Tier - Lepic, Valby, Viessa
• A Tier - Hailey, Blair,Freyna
• B Tier - Enzo, Ajax, Sharen, Yujin, Luna
• C Tier - Kyle, Jayber , Esiemo

Lepic is the Best Starting Character

Lepic is the best starter character in The First Descendant due to his powerful grenade skills. His grenades can pull enemies towards an area, as well as inflict burn damage. He can also be quite forgiving for beginners due to his Passive Skill, Close Call, which gives him a chance of surviving fatal attacks on the battlefield.

Best Starting Character

SS Tier Characters in The First Descendant

Bunny or Ultimate Bunny

Bunny Role: Nuker	Overall Tier Ranking
	Missions				Void Intercepts
Pros			Cons
・Fastest movement speed out of all Descendants. ・Has a movement ability to Electrocute all enemies that she passes by. ・Her Electricity powers become more powerful the more she sprints around.			・Has low life sustainability. ・Requires close-range ranged combat to utilize skills. ・Needs high MP to sustain her skills.

Bunny is a strong mob-clearing character in the game due to her ability to wipe out groups of enemies simply by running around and triggering her Lightning Emission ability. She also has a unique resource called Electricity that you can easily gain proportional to your travel distance, giving her a move-and-shoot playstyle.

Gley or Ultimate Gley

Gley Role: Utility Dealer	Overall Tier Ranking
	Missions				Void Intercepts
Pros			Cons
・Frenzied skill greatly buffs up her long-range attacks. ・Life Siphon skill lets her heal HP while attacking. ・Creates Life Spheres upon killing enemies, which recovers HP when absorbed.			・Healing is reduced and damage received is increased when in a Frenzied state. ・Does not have a shield. ・Needs to actively pick up Life Spheres to activate Massacre.

Gley is a unique Descendant who can enter a Frenzied state to amplify her weapon's attacks at the expense of HP recovery and defense. Note that because of her passive, she is the only Descendant without a shield. However, since some of her abilities scale proportionally to her HP, she has excellent offensive and defensive capabilities by stacking her HP.

S Tier Characters in The First Descendant

Lepic or Ultimate Lepic

Lepic Role: DPS	Overall Tier Ranking
	Missions				Void Intercepts
Pros			Cons
・Easy to use AoE and Self-Buff skills. Great Offense type character for beginners. ・Passive Skill provides him a chance of surviving fatal damage. ・Can pull enemies within range using Traction Grenade skill.			・Short grenade throwing distance. ・Traction Grenade has a short duration. ・Overkill has a long casting time.

Lepic is a beginner-friendly character and is one of the most viable characters for high-damage output. He excels in crowd control, mob-clearing, and boss DPS due to his grenade skills. Lepic is fairly easy to build, allowing players to push high-end content without much struggle.

Valby or Ultimate Valby

Valby Role: Constant DPS	Overall Tier Ranking
	Missions				Void Intercepts
Pros			Cons
・Can spam skills since she consumes less Mana while standing on Water. ・All skills dish out a good amount of damage and DPS, especially with Supply Moisture.			・No burst damage. Requires proper module setup to make skills more effective. ・Can only enhance Non-Attribute and Electric Damage.

Valby excels at zoning enemies by creating puddles on the ground that inflict damage over time (DoT) to enemies walking through them. Her skill set is tailored for damage dealing and crowd control, enabling her to effectively eliminate groups of enemies from a distance.

Viessa or Ultimate Viessa

Viessa Role: Debuffer	Overall Tier Ranking
	Missions				Void Intercepts
Pros			Cons
・Has the ability to freeze enemies in place and immobilize their movement. ・Can self-buff her running speed and shield using the Frost Road skill.			・Skills have minimal AoE. ・Requires proper module set-up for viable builds. ・Low Survivability

Viessa is one of the starting characters available for free. She can slow down or immobilize enemies by applying Chill or Freezing them with her abilities. While her skills can be quite strong for crowd control, they shine best for applying DPS.

A Tier Characters in The First Descendant

Hailey

Hailey Role: Burst DPS	Overall Tier Ranking
	Missions				Void Intercepts
Pros			Cons
・MP Regeneration and burst damage with Zenith. ・Can be solid without much modules. ・Buffs weapons with Cold Fury			・Lack of quick mob-clearing. ・Reliant on proper aim. ・Hard to obtain.

Hailey is designed to effectively deal with high-value targets such as Elite Enemies and Void Interceptions. Furthermore, her Cold Fury ability makes any weapon she uses to reach its maximum critical potential, and the ease of building her makes Hailey an exceptional descendant to pilot!

While Hailey deals exceptional single-target damage, the aspect holding her back is that she struggles to clear hordes of enemies, unlike other Descendants.

Blair

Blair Role: DoT Dealer	Overall Tier Ranking
	Missions				Void Intercepts
Pros			Cons
・Equipped with Fire skills inflict burn damage that increases over time. ・Can regenerate Mana by using Extinguish.			・Reliant on Burn DoT. ・Relies on Enduring Legacy for effective boss DPS.

Blair excels in mob-clearing and applying burn DPS to high-health targets like elite enemies or bosses. Blair can be hard to build due to his damage relying on burn ticks but this can be easily mitigated with weapon abilities that synergize with his burn attribute, allowing him to be an excellent character for Solo and Multiplayer.

Freyna

Freyna Role: DoT Dealer	Overall Tier Ranking
	Missions				Void Intercepts
Pros			Cons
・Toxic damage is increased the more enemies she inflicts Poison on. ・Has an AoE skill that deals damage over time to enemies.			・No burst damage. ・Reliant on Poison DoT for damage. ・Reliant on cooldown reduction to utilize skill combos.

Freyna uses her abilities to apply poison to enemies, dealing damage over time (DoT) and eventually killing them. Her passive ability, Contagion Links, enhances her overall damage as she applies poison to more enemies.

B Tier Characters in The First Descendant

Enzo

Enzo Role: Supporter	Overall Tier Ranking
	Missions				Void Intercepts
Pros			Cons
・Ultimate Skill can replenish bullets for the entire team. ・Explosive Drone heavily deals damage on contact. ・Enhance Combat Suit helps recover energy shield, boosting his survivability.			・Reliant on Weapon set-ups. ・Minimal offensive skills. ・Best used in team play.

One of the few supports in the game, Enzo excels in group play. Primarily supplying ammo and recovery to his allies, Enzo is best used during high-difficulty missions where the party members need a sustaining ground. Aside from providing ammunition, Enzo can also provide passive damage through his skills.

Ajax or Ultimate Ajax

Ajax Role: Tank	Overall Tier Ranking
	Missions				Void Intercepts
Pros			Cons
・Barrier skill can be used to deflect enemy projectiles to protect yourself, as well as allies. ・Can stun and knock back enemies. ・Overall great support skills for those opting for a Tank role.			・Low Skill Damage ・No AoE mob-clearing skills.

Ajax is a beginner-friendly tank that excels in defending his teammates and mission objectives. Solely focusing on HP and DEF, Ajax is an easy character to build and an even easier character to survive with.

Sharen

Sharen Role: Close-Range Dealer	Overall Tier Ranking
	Missions				Void Intercepts
Pros			Cons
・Great for ambushing enemies since she can hide using the Camouflage skill. ・Best used for players who prefer a stealthy playstyle.			・Requires you to be in close range to be effective. ・Ultimate skill removes mobility. ・Reliant on proper skill combinations.

Sharen is a glass-cannon character that specializes in stealth. Her skill set allows her to deal nuking damage to any enemy, fulfilling her character's role as an assassin. Her only downside however is her low HP and DEF, making her a tough character to play for beginners.

Yujin

Yujin Role: Supporter	Overall Tier Ranking
	Missions				Void Intercepts
Pros			Cons
・Great overall support. ・Has skills that can help revive and heal allies, as well as remove debuffs from them. ・Proliferating Allergy clears mobs of enemies.			・Minimal offensive skills. ・Has heavy reliance on ultimate weapons. ・Weak passive for solo play.

Yujin is a support character who primarily provides HP healing for his party members. He can also provide and attack buffs to his allies as well as apply debuffs to enemies. Despite being a healing support, Yujin's Hyperactive Healing Ground is his only skill that includes healing for himself, making him a difficult character to play.

Luna

Luna Role: Support	Overall Tier Ranking
	Missions				Void Intercepts
Pros			Cons
・Can provide potent buffs to self and teammates. ・Can provide and gain unlimited MP. ・Efficient in solo runs despite being a support. ・No aiming required for her Unique Weapon.			・Skill complexity makes her hard to use for beginners. ・Requires precise skill sequencing to gain and maintain buffs.

Luna specializes in supporting her teammates by providing an overall damage boost, MP generation, and reducing skill cooldowns. Though her kit provides powerful buffs, they can be hard to pull off as there are a lot of conditions required to keep the uptime of her skills.

C Tier Characters in The First Descendant

Kyle

Kyle Role: Bruiser	Overall Tier Ranking
	Missions				Void Intercepts
Pros			Cons
・A Tank-type character with high mobility. ・Has high AoE potential.			・Requires you to take damage to be effective. ・Skills are limited to close-range only.

Kyle is an advanced tank character who takes advantage of the damage he has taken and uses it to retaliate. He can be a tough character to build, and his advanced playstyle requires precision timing of skills. Still, Kyle is a character that can sustain himself, offering a medium-risk, high-reward style of gameplay.

Jayber

Jayber Role: Utility Dealer	Overall Tier Ranking
	Missions				Void Intercepts
Pros			Cons
・Can be used as either Offensive or Support type, as he can deploy turrets which can both attack enemies or heal allies.			・No mobility skill. ・No burst damage. ・Requires upgraded modules for turrets to be viable.

Jayber provides excellent utility for his team with the ability to summon turrets that can kill enemies or heal allies. He also has a multi-purpose gun that he can use to enhance the effectiveness of his turrets.

Esiemo

Esiemo Role: Nuker	Overall Tier Ranking
	Missions				Void Intercepts
Pros			Cons
・Has the ability to set up mines, which are great for ambushes. ・Can increase his firepower and speed. ・Can be difficult to master.			・Grenades have a short throwing distance. ・Reliant on skill damage to be effective. ・Requires a crowd-control supporter for his skills to be effective.

Eseimo is a nuke-type damage dealer. With mainly bomb-type skills, he is best suited for mob-clearing and boss DPS. Eseimo is way harder to play and build and his damage can be underwhelming especially in the end game.

Best Characters Tier List Criteria

Excellent in Solo and Multiplayer

Characters who are ranked higher on the list are extremely useful in both Solo and Multiplayer. This means that they possess skills that can carry themselves alone on the battlefield, as well as skills that also provide buffs to allies.

High DPS in Skills

All characters with skills that consistently dish out high damage-per-second (DPS) can progress through quests a lot faster since they can swiftly eliminate enemies with their powerful AoE skills.

Poll: Who do You Think is the Best Character?

Share Your Thoughts in The Comment Section!

Other Tier Lists

The First Descendant Related Guides

The First Descendant Wiki

The First Descendant Walkthrough Wiki

The First Descendant Guides
Tier Lists	Tips & Tricks
News	Main Quests
Void Bosses	Characters
Weapons	Sub Quests
Materials	Reactors
Modules	External Components
Maps	Seasons