★ Beginner's Guide and Advanced Tips and Tricks
★ The First Descendant Roadmap
★ Season 1 | New Update
★ New Characters: Hailey and Ultimate Freyna
☆ Season Guides: Battle Pass | Invasion Guide | ETA-0
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☆ New Weapon: Frost Watcher
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!
List of Contents
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Descendant Modules | Weapons and Modules | ||||||||||
Reactor and External Components | Playstyle Tips | ||||||||||
▼Jump to Normal Mode Build▼ |
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!
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
Module Change | Explanation | ||
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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.
Weapon | Substat Priority |
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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
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.
Equipment | Substat Priority |
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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!
Equipment | Substat Priority |
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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.
List of Reactors | List of External Components |
How to Play Blair |
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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.
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.
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Descendant Modules | Weapon and Modules | ||||||||||
Best Reactor | Best External Components | ||||||||||
▲Jump to Hard Mode Build▲ |
Best Blair Modules | |
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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
Weapon | Substat Priority | ||
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Thunder Cage | ・Firearm ATK ・Firearm Critical Hit Rate ・Firearm Critical Hit Damage ・Rounds Per Magazine |
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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.
Reactor | Substat Priority |
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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
Set | Set Effect |
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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.
Research Time | Cost |
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16:00:00 | 400,000 |
Required Research Material | How to Get |
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Blair Code x1 | ・Haigos (Normal) - Old Mystery |
Blair Enhanced Cells x1 | ・White-night Gulch (Normal) - Mystery's end |
Blair Spiral Catalyst x1 | ・Haigos (Normal) - The Haven |
Blair Stabilizer x1 | ・White-night Gulch (Normal) - Bio-Lab |
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.
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.
Blair Basic Info | ||
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Blair Deadly Cook |
Role | DoT Dealer |
Element |
Fire |
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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." |
DEF | Max Shield | Shield Recovery | Max MP | Max HP |
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2139 | 526 | 4.88 | 187 | 1334 |
Skill | Type Effect |
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Pitmaster | Critical Hit Damage increases when attacking enemies in Burn state. Critical Hit Chance increases depending on the number of Stoves in battlefield. |
Skill | Type Effect |
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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. |
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.
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Head | Body | Back |
Chest | Ecive | Full Body |
Grappling Hook | Make Up | Spawn |
Blair's Dominator of the Dark Streets
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Brown Beard
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Unrestrained
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Blair's Dominator of the Dark Streets
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Desert Cook
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Burn Taste
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Summer Vacation
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Baby Panda
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Ammo Supply Box
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White Rabbit Doll
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Bear Cub
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Satellite
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Albion Rocket
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Planetary Projector
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Rocket Jet Pack
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Double Z Wing
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Run, Hamster
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Advanced Material Backpack
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Pink Salamander
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Firefighting Tank
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Small Flashlight
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HQ Access Card
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Old Teddy Bear
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Bunny-Ears Strap
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Dynamite
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Brave Squirrel
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Emote Tag
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Magister Researcher
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Mark of Albion
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Recorder
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Continuity
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Bio Scan
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Heart
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Panda's Adventure
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Dinosaur Pajamas
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Special Supply
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Advanced Material Engineering
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Ghost
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Passion
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Magical Moment
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Passion
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Dismantling and Fusion
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Snowman
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Beyond the Unknown
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Thunder and Lightning
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Gale
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Big Water Bomb
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Wrong Direction
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Sharen | Valby | Viessa |
Yujin | - | - |
Ultimate Ajax | Ultimate Bunny | Ultimate Freyna |
Ultimate Gley | Ultimate Lepic | Ultimate Valby |
Ultimate Viessa | - | - |
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