Gley Build Guide for The First Descendant

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This guide focuses on the Gley build in The First Descendant, highlighting its abilities, modules, and weapon choices. Buy cheap TFD Character Unlock Boost Services to quickly unlock Gley, use “harry” coupons to get 5% off! Gley is a unique character who uses her health instead of mana (MP) to activate abilities, making her playstyle distinct and challenging.

Gley’s Abilities:
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  1. Passive Ability – Life Sphere:
  • Killing enemies generates Life Spheres, which restore health and are stored as “Power of Life.” This resource is essential for activating Gley’s ultimate ability.
  1. First Ability – Frenzy:
  • Increases firearm attack damage by 15%.
  • Reduces health recovery and increases damage taken by 10%.
  • Consumes 5% of Gley’s health per activation.
  1. Second Ability – Life Siphon:
  • Has two effects depending on the Frenzy state:
    • In Frenzy: Increases ability damage proportional to health.
    • Not in Frenzy: Grants the Vigor buff, providing damage reduction based on the number of enemies hit.
  1. Third Ability – Increased Sensory:
  • Provides infinite ammo, allowing you to continue shooting even with zero ammunition.
  • Duration can be extended to 9 seconds with specific build choices.
  1. Ultimate Ability:
  • While powerful, the build focuses more on using firearms effectively, making the ultimate less critical in many scenarios.

Modules and Build Focus:
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  • Skill Cost Modules:
  • Reduce health loss from ability activation, crucial for sustaining Gley’s health pool.

  • Increased Health Modules:
  • Vital for both survivability and enabling skill activation, given Gley’s reliance on health.

  • Predator Instinct Module:
  • Grants a 21% firearm attack bonus at level two after firing for 2 seconds.

  • Skill Cooldown and Duration Modules:
  • Essential for maintaining high uptime on abilities like Increased Sensory.

  • Defensive Modules:
  • Consider modules like Iron Wall for defense boosts, or Antibody Module for elemental defense.

Weapon Choices:

  • General Advice:
  • Gley can make any weapon powerful, but certain choices can enhance the build’s effectiveness.
  • Focus on modules that increase firearm attack, fire rate, weak point damage, elemental damage, and critical hit.
  • Preferred Weapons:
  • Tamer: Excellent for stacking bonuses like the Mental Focus module for significant attack boosts.
  • Thunder Cage: Can be modded similarly to Tamer for high damage output.
  • Vestigal Organ (Rocket Launcher): Especially effective with Gley, as it benefits from infinite ammo and high burst damage.

This build is versatile and effective in various game modes, including hard mode boss fights and farming. While the ultimate ability is underused in this build, the emphasis on firearms and survivability makes it a robust choice for solo play and challenging content.

This build offers a balanced approach to dealing damage and surviving tough encounters, making it one of the best options for Gley in the game.