Blair Builds and How to Unlock

This is a Blair build for normal and hard mode in The First Descendant. Read on to learn Blair's best builds, how to unlock, basic info, skills, as well as Blair's exclusive equipment and skins!

Best Blair Build for Hard Mode

Blair Hard Mode Build Showcase

Check out this 16-second Devourer clear using our Blair Hard Mode Build!

Note: In our showcase, we don't have the Shot Focus Descendant module slotted in, which will further boost your damage, as suggested under our modules section!

Best Blair Modules (Hard)

Backdraft	Mid-Air Maneuvering	Walk a Tightrope	MP Accelerant	Focus on Fire	Focus on Dimension
Shot Focus	MP Conversion	Skill Extension	Increased DEF	Increased HP	Nimble Fingers

More Modules can be seen by scrolling horizontally.

The build focuses on utilizing the Backdraft module to shift all of Blair's damage and critical hit buffs coming from Extinguish and Pitmaster towards his firearm, which, for this build, is the Enduring Legacy.

You don't have to invest in a lot of descendant modules in this build aside from those that will give you survival, Skill Cooldown Reduction, and Skill Duration for consistency. The primary damage-boosting module would be Walk a Tightrope, while the rest are just to add in a few damage to your skills.

Modules Guide: List of Modules

Alternative Descendant Modules for Mobbing

Module Change			Explanation
Backdraft	>	Classic Chef	Allows you to reach 100% Critical Hit Rate with skills
Increased HP	>	Battle of Stamina	Trades HP for a smoother rotation brought by additional Skill Duration
Skill Extension	>	Skill Expansion	Trading Skill Range for Skill Duration, which is more valuable when mobbing
Shot Focus	>	Skill Insight	Allows you to reach 100% Skill Critical Hit Rate with 5 Flame Zones
MP Accelerant	>	Skill Concentration	Goes perfectly with the guaranteed Critical Hit Rate
Walk a Tightrope	>	MP Collector	Trading damage for MP management, which is recommended when mobbing

Note that some of these modules don't have the same socket type, so you might not be able to fully upgrade all modules when swapping sets.

For mobbing, it could be quite difficult to rely on your weapon alone as you have multiple targets to deal with. These alternative module recommendations allow you to rely on your skills—particularly Burn Taste and Deadly Cuisine—for AoE clearing.

The Classic Chef module, together with Skill Insight, will give you a total of 100% Skill Critical Rate with 5 stacks of Blaze Up. Empower this synergy with modules that provide Critical Hit Damage, Skill Range, Skill Duration, and MP management to effectively deal with groups of enemies.

Best Blair Weapons and Weapon Modules (Hard)

Weapon	Substat Priority
Enduring Legacy	• Bonus Firearm ATK (vs. Colossus) • Firearm ATK • Firearm Critical Rate • Firearm Critical Hit Damage • Rounds Per Magazine

The Enduring Legacy is the best weapon for Blair due to the weapon's innately high Critical Hit Rate and Damage, combined with its unique ability to reduce enemy resistance to Fire and boost damage to burning enemies. Furthermore, this weapon has a large magazine capacity, allowing you to shower enemies with bullets for long durations.

Enduring Legacy: How to Get and Stats

Best Weapon Modules

Sharp Precision Shot	Concentrate Support Ammo	Concentration Priority	Action and Reaction	Better Concentration
Expand Weapon Charge	Better Insight	Fire Enhancement	Fire Rate UP	Rifling Reinforcement

More Modules can be seen by scrolling horizontally.

For the weapon modules, you'd want those that would give you Firearm ATK, Critical Hit Rate and Damage, and Magazine Capacity to increase the damage output of your weapon. Fire Enhancement is the default module that goes with Blair's element and is boosted by the Enduring Legacy's unique ability.

The best offensive weapon module that completes the build is the Sharp Precision Shot module. With Enduring Legacy's large magazine capacity, you can easily reach Sharp Precision Shot's max stack, which will give you a total of +20% Fire Rate, -50% Recoil, and +60% Firearm ATK!

Note: In our showcase, we used a secondary gun to house the Firing Fiesta module, which allowed us to start firing without consuming bullets upon swapping back to the Enduring Legacy.

Best Weapons Tier List

Best Blair Equipment (Hard)

Equipment	Substat Priority
Burning Phase Reactor	• Skill Cooldown Reduction • Skill Duration • Skill Critical Hit Damage
Annihilation Auxiliary Power	• Max HP • Fire Resistance
Annihilation Sensor	• Max MP • Chill Resistance • MP Recovery in Combat
Annihilation Memory	• Def • Electric Resistance
Annihilation Processor	• Max Shield • Toxic Resistance

Note that External Components with set bonuses have fixed main stats.

The best Reactor for this build is a Burning Phase Reactor, which gives Fire and Dimension damage boost. For substats, we recommend prioritizing Skill Cooldown Reduction and Skill Duration to have better uptime and rotation with your skills. Damage-boosting substats are less prioritized since most of your damage will come from your weapon.

The best External Component set for Blair is the Annihilation Set. The set bonus can give you up to 26% Firearm ATK if your HP goes lower than 50%. This perfectly synergizes with the Walk a Tightrope module, increasing your Firearm ATK at the cost of HP!

Alternative External Component for Mobbing

Equipment	Substat Priority
Volcanic Auxiliary Power	• Max HP • Fire Resistance
Volcanic Sensor	• Max MP • MP Recovery in Combat • Chill Resistance
Annihilation Memory	• Def • Electric Resistance • MP Recovery Multiplier
Annihilation Processor	• Max Shield • Toxic Resistance

For mobbing, you can choose to go with a combination of Volcanic and Annihilation components to gain +6% Fire Skill Power and +5.7% Skill Duration. This will make your skill rotations smoother and give a slight FIre Skill Power increase.

Preferably, you would want to go with the recommended pieces above to have 3 out of 4 components providing Max HP as their main stats.

Blair Playstyle Tips

How to Play Blair
Spam Burn Taste when Mobbing Use Extinguish Before Your Flame Zones Expire

Spam Burn Taste when Mobbing

If you're going to apply the alternative modules for mobbing recommended above, the primary skill you'll be dealing damage with is Burn Taste.

The usual rotation would be casting your Deadly Cuisine, followed by one Blaze Up to get 100% Skill Critical Hit Rate. Once all 5 Flame Zones are on the floor, you can cast Burn Taste twice before the zones disappear. Make sure to cast Extinguish to get MP back and boost your Skill Power Modifier for the next rotation.

Alternate between casting Blaze Up and Burn Taste until your Deadly Cuisine becomes available to repeat the rotation all over again.

Use Extinguish Before Your Flame Zones Expire

Always make sure to use Extinguish before your Flame Zones expire to get a significant amount of MP back and to receive damage-boosting buffs. When using Backdraft, make sure to use your Extinguish after putting down 3 Flame Zones to get the maximum buff to your Weak Point Damage.

Best Blair Builds for Normal Mode

Best Blair Modules (Normal)

Best Blair Modules
Mid-Air Maneuvering	Modifies the Grappling Hook to be cast mid-air. However, it can only be used once, and Charge Time increases by X %. Based on the Enhancement Level, increases Max Module Cpacity (current + X), decreases Charge Time Increase (current + X%).
MP Collector	When defeating an enemy, instantly recovers X% of Max MP at a X% chance.
Time Distribution	Skill Cooldown -X%, Max HP +X%
Focus on Chill	Chill Skill Power +X%, Skill Cooldown -X%
Focus on Dimension	Dimension Skill Power Modifier +X%, Skill Cooldown -X%
Skill Concentration	Skill Critical Hit Damage +X%
Skill Insight	Skill Critical Hit Rate +X%
Skill Expansion	Skill Effect Range +X%, applies only to certain skills for each Descendant
Increased DEF	DEF +X%
Increased HP	Max HP +X%
Nimble Fingers	Skill Cooldown -X%

The selected modules boost Blair's Skill Damage and Skill Criticial Hit. Partnered with high Cooldown Reduction, you will be able to cycle between powerful skills easily.

Focus on getting your survival modules, followed by Skill Damage, Cooldown Reduction, Skill Range, and lastly, Skill Critical Hit Rate and Damage.

Modules Guide: List of Modules

Best Blair Weapon and Modules (Normal)

Weapon		Substat Priority
Thunder Cage		・Firearm ATK ・Firearm Critical Hit Rate ・Firearm Critical Hit Damage ・Rounds Per Magazine
Best Modules for Enduring Legacy
Fire Conductor	When attacking enemies inflicted with Burn, Firearm ATK +X%.
Action and Reaction	Firearm ATK +X%, Recoil +X%
Weak Point Sight	Weak Point Damage +X%
Better Concentration	Firearm Critical Hit Damage +X%
Expand Weapon Charge	Rounds per Magazine +X%
Chill Enhancement	Adds Chill ATK equal to X% of Firearm ATK
Better Insight	Firearm Critical Hit Rate +X%
Fire Rate UP	Fire Rate +X%
Rifling Reinforcement	Firearm ATK +X%

The best weapon for Blair in normal mode would be the Thunder Cage due to its high base stats and great AoE clearing ability. This weapon can dominate in any type of mission and activity you'll encounter in normal mode.

Best Weapons Tier List

Best Blair Reactor (Normal)

Reactor	Substat Priority
Burning Phase Reactor	・Skill Cooldown Reduction ・Skill Critical Hit Rate ・Skill Critical Hit Damage ・Skill Duration

Using a Burning Phase Reactor will further increase the damage of all your offensive skills since they scale off Fire and Dimension. For the substats, try to look for Skill Cooldown Reduction together with other damage-boosting or utility substats.

Reactors Guide: List of Reactors

Best Blair External Components (Normal)

Set	Set Effect
Acrobat Set	2-Set Effect: ・Skill Power+ 1.7% Firearm ATK+2.8% 4-Set Effect: ・Firearm Critical Hit Rate +5.9% ・Skill Critical Hit Rate +21%
Substat Priority
Auxiliary Power	・Max HP ・Fire Resistance ・Kuiper Shard Drop Rate Increase Modifier ・Module Drop Rate Increase Modifier
Sensor	・MP Recover in Combat ・Max MP ・DEF ・Character EXP Gain ・Consumable Drop Rate Increase Modifier
Memory	・DEF ・Electric Resistance ・Firearm Proficiency Gain Modifier ・Gold Drop Rate Increase Modifier
Processor	・Max Shield ・Toxic Resistance ・Item Acquisition Distance Increase Modifier ・Equipment Drop Rate Increase Modifier

The Acrobat set boosts the damage and Critical Hit Rate of your Skills and Firearm, which is perfect with Blair and the Thunder Cage's high Critical Hit Rate stats.

Note that although this is great to have, in the early stages it's best to prioritize survival, so go with whatever External Component will offer you more HP, defense, and elemental resistances.

External Components Guide

How to Unlock Blair

Unlock Using the Research Institute

You can unlock Blair through the Research Institute in Albion. Note that to acquire a Descendant using research, you need all the required items and gold to unlock this character.

Research Institute

Purchase Blair Using Caliber

Alternatively, you can unlock Descendants by purchasing them in the Shop. This method only requires Caliber, an in-game currency that you can buy with real money. Purchasing Blair in the Shop instantly unlocks the Descendant, allowing you to skip the item requirements and research time.

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Blair Basic Info & Stats

Blair Basic Info
Blair Deadly Cook	Role	DoT Dealer
	Element	Fire
Description
"A chef who deals continuous damage and who manipulates fire. Gains energy by adjusting firepower. The hot dishes he throws traps the enemies eternally in a flame zone."

Stats

Blair Skills

Passive Skills

Skill	Type Effect
Pitmaster	Critical Hit Damage increases when attacking enemies in Burn state. Critical Hit Chance increases depending on the number of Stoves in battlefield.

Active Skills

Skill	Type Effect
Blaze up	Dimension Spurts flame to deal damage to nearby enemies and creates Stove. Stove inflicts constant damage and Burn effect to nearby enemies.
Extinguish	Singular Retrieves Stoves in the battlefield and restores Mana. Retrieving Stoves increases DEF for a short period of time.
Burn Taste	Dimension Spurts flames forward. Enemies near the flames’ arrival point are inflicted with constant damage and Burn effect.
Deadly Cuisine	Dimension Throws a large fireball forward. Large fireball splits into small fireballs causing extra explosion. Explosion damage inflicts Burn effect and creates Stove on the ground. Stove deals constant damage to nearby enemies and inflicts them with Burn effect.

Blair Exclusive Equipment

Incendiary Pyric Release

An Arche ability awakened when he was attacked by Colossus' Fire. This ability releases ionized, high-temperature Arche gas through the veins of his fingers. The gas is ignited through a specially-made gloves that assist with the ignition when unleashing a fire attack on the enemy. The attack form can be adjusted according to the concentration of the ionized Arche gas, And because it is different from normal plasma, it is also effective against heat-proofed Vulgus.

Blair Skins

All Blair Head Skins

Blair's Dominator of the Dark Streets	Brown Beard	Unrestrained

All Blair Body Skins

Blair's Dominator of the Dark Streets	Desert Cook	Burn Taste
Summer Vacation

All Blair Back Skins

Baby Panda	Ammo Supply Box	White Rabbit Doll
Bear Cub	Satellite	Albion Rocket
Planetary Projector	Rocket Jet Pack	Double Z Wing
Run, Hamster	Advanced Material Backpack	Pink Salamander
Firefighting Tank

All Blair Chest Skins

Small Flashlight	HQ Access Card	Old Teddy Bear
Bunny-Ears Strap	Dynamite	Brave Squirrel
Emote Tag	Magister Researcher	Mark of Albion
Recorder

All Blair Ecive Skins

Continuity	Bio Scan	Heart

All Blair Full Body Skins

Panda's Adventure

Dinosaur Pajamas

All Blair Grappling Hook Skins

Special Supply

Advanced Material Engineering

All Blair Make Up Skins

Ghost

Passion

All Blair Spawn Skins

Magical Moment	Passion	Dismantling and Fusion
Snowman	Beyond the Unknown	Thunder and Lightning
Gale	Big Water Bomb	Wrong Direction

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