Post-Buff Enduring Legacy! A Comprehensive Weapon Guide
Today we’re diving into the build guide for the Enduring Legacy in The First Descendant. This weapon was already a powerhouse in the game, but after today’s patch, it’s become even stronger. The patch has significantly increased its crit damage, making it a top-tier choice for any crit-focused build. Let’s break down everything you need to know about the Enduring Legacy, from its unique abilities to the best build setups.
Buff Overview: Increased Crit Damage
The major buff to the Enduring Legacy is the increase in its crit damage multiplier from 1.7x to 2.3x. This enhancement greatly amplifies its effectiveness when building for crits, making it the best crit Light Machine Gun (LMG) available right now. In comparison, the Tamer, another strong LMG, falls short with lower crit chance and crit damage, solidifying the Enduring Legacy’s superiority in crit builds.
Unique Ability: Craftsmanship
The Enduring Legacy’s unique ability, Craftsmanship, revolves around fire elemental damage. Here’s a detailed look at how it works:
- Quenching: As you shoot, this ability applies Quenching to the target, reducing their fire resistance and increasing the damage they take from fire attacks.
- Burn Effect: Hitting an enemy already inflicted with Burn grants a percentage increase in firearm attack as extra damage.
- Fire Resistance Shred: At rank 4 out of 4, the Enduring Legacy provides a 45% fire resistance shred on enemies and an 11% increased damage against burning enemies.
Although it doesn’t have the highest attribute status effect trigger rate, its fast fire rate and large magazine make it a reliable weapon for applying burn effects consistently. Additionally, leveling up the weapon increases its effective range, allowing you to deal maximum damage over a greater distance.
Build Setups
Hyper Budget Build
For those just starting out or looking for a cost-effective setup, here are the essential mods:
- Action and Reaction: Increases base damage.
- Rifle Reinforcement: Further boosts base damage.
- Fire Enhancement: Specializes the weapon for fire damage. If not using a fire mod, ensure fire damage is rolled on its stats.
- Fire Rate Up: Significantly improves the fire rate.
- Weak Point Sight: Provides a consistent 35% damage increase, making it more valuable than building pure crits at this stage.
Bossing Build
Optimized for boss fights, this setup focuses on maximizing damage output during critical phases:
Core Mods:
- Action and Reaction: Boosts base damage.
- Rifle Reinforcement: Enhances base damage further.
- Sharp Precision Shot: Increases fire rate and firearm attack percentage when holding down the trigger, essential for dealing high damage quickly during boss vulnerability windows.
- Better Concentration and Better Insight: Base crit mods for increased crit damage.
- Concentration Priority: Enhances crit damage further.
- Weak Point Sight: Adds 35% more damage when hitting weak points, making it a massive damage boost over additional crit mods.
Additional Mods:
- Blue Fire Rate Mod: Maximizes fire rate without the drawbacks of purple fire rate mods.
- Expand Weapon Charge: Increases ammo capacity, allowing for sustained fire.
- Flexible Slot:
- Fire Enhancement: Specializes the weapon for fire damage.
- Alternative Options: Insight Focus for more crit damage or Have Aiming for a significant damage boost with an accuracy trade-off.
Mobbing Build
Designed for dealing with groups of enemies, the mobbing build focuses on sustained damage and flexibility:
Core Mods:
- Sweeping Squad: Grants a chance to gain more damage upon defeating an enemy, maintaining consistent damage output.
- Full Crit Build: Prioritizes crit chance and crit damage for general damage output.
Considerations:
- Avoid Sharp Precision Shot due to its reduced effectiveness in sustained firefights, where fire rate resets are a disadvantage.
- Prioritize quality-of-life enhancements like faster reloads and consistent crits to maximize overall performance.
Substats Prioritization
When selecting substats for the Enduring Legacy, prioritize the following in order:
- Firearm Percentage Attack
- Firearm Crit Damage
- Firearm Attack Against Colossuses
- Weak Point Damage, Crit Rate, or Base Fire
Ensure your weapon has fire damage on its substats to fully leverage the Enduring Legacy’s legendary effects.
Comparison: Enduring Legacy vs. Tamer
While the Enduring Legacy has become a top-tier weapon post-buff, the Tamer still holds its ground in certain scenarios. During testing, the Tamer outperformed the Enduring Legacy with lower module setups, mainly due to its higher raw DPS. However, with the buffs and the ability to rank up the Enduring Legacy, it has a higher potential ceiling, making it a better long-term investment.
Conclusion
The Enduring Legacy, especially after its recent buffs, stands out as an exceptional weapon for crit-focused builds. It offers high damage output, effective elemental synergy, and the potential for significant upgrades. While the Tamer remains a strong early-game option, the Enduring Legacy’s higher ceiling makes it the preferred choice for players looking to invest in a powerful LMG for the long run.
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