The First Descendant has plenty of unlockable characters, and Valby is a great option if you want a lethal damage Legatee who can control large groups of enemies.
Here’s everything you need to know about which modules, reactors, weapons, and external components best suit him, his skills, and how to unlock him.
Module Configuration
In The First Descendant, Valby is a versatile character who can easily dominate the battlefield with his high mobility and powerful area of effect skills. Since its favorite element is Water, you will therefore have to prioritize Modules like Water Games, Skill Extension, and Skill Extension to increase the duration and range of his most powerful skills.
Additionally, equip Lightweight Fingers And Archaeo accelerator will allow you to significantly reduce the cooldowns of his skills to use them as much as necessary.
Reactors
Reactors play a crucial role in improving Valby’s performance, so you should focus on skill power and the power of secondary attacks to increase the damage of his area effect skills.
You can also equip anything that boosts skills Dimension Or Merger.
External components
The Best External Components to Use with Valby in The First Descendant increases Shields, HP, HP recovery and Defense.
Valby deals continuous area-of-effect damage, and she must maintain her mobility to rush into large groups of enemies without losing her ability to quickly dodge heavy attacks. To maximize its potential, focus on external components that increase its Shields and his PV is excellent for making your overall build more robust.
The best weapons for Valby
The best weapons for Valby are the Lightning Cage submachine gunTHE Afterglow Sword sniper rifle and the Blue Scarab scout rifle.
Lightning Cage Submachine Gun
- ATQ : 24
- Rate of fire : 666
- Reloading : 1.4 seconds
- Overload : When you eliminate an enemy, the target has a set chance to cause an electric shockwave that deals additional damage to nearby enemies.
The Lightning Cage submachine gun is essential for Valby. Thanks to its Overload effect, it significantly increases damage, especially when combined with Valby’s Laundry effect. Together, they make opponents extremely vulnerable to electrical damage.
For the best build of the Lightning Cage, do not hesitate to consult our guide.
Afterglow Sword Sniper Rifle
- ATQ : 240
- Rate of fire :66
- Reloading : 2.5 seconds
- Nightmare Reaper : When you hit the enemy’s weak point, you inflict the unique effect Spread Death. When you hit an enemy commander or Colossus, you increase the critical hit rate of guns and apply the effect to the attack.
If you have good accuracy, the Afterglow Sword allows you to effectively target Weak Points to inflict significant damage.
Blue Scarab Scout Rifle
- ATK :62
- Rate of fire : 199
- Reloading : 2 seconds
- Arcane Wave : When you hit a stunned enemy, you increase your ATK and apply the effect to the attack. When you critically hit a stunned enemy, you have a set chance to stun them.
Equipping Valby with the Blue Scarab Scout Rifle gives him plenty of opportunities to use fusion skills, amplified by Arcane Wave. If you’d rather not take Valby away from the action, this mid-range weapon allows him to strategically exploit his area-of-effect skills while dealing with enemies up close.
Valby’s Skills Explained
- Water Absorption (passive) : When Valby uses skills while standing on water, the MP cost of her skills is reduced.
- Bubble Ball : Bounces a bubble forward to create a small puddle where the bubble hits. Enemies in the small puddle take continuous damage and are affected by Laundry.
- Plou Plou : Creates a large puddle where she is, then dives inside. Valby then appears at a chosen location in the large puddle. Enemies in the large puddle take continuous damage and are affected by Laundry.
- Laundry : Valby liquefies. While liquefied, she cannot lift her feet off the ground or use skills, but she can move through enemies and her movement speed and DEF increase. When it moves while liquefied, it creates a path of water that deals continuous damage to enemies and inflicts Laundry.
- Laundry Bomb : Changes the equipped weapon to Laundry Bomb Launcher. When the Launcher is used, a Laundry Bomb is created, attracting enemies infected with Laundry and dealing continuous damage to them.
Valby is a DPS character who uses water-based area-of-effect skills to control enemy groups and focuses on her Laundry debuff to deal continuous damage.
You can unlock Valby in The First Descendant by purchasing it from the store with 600 Caliber (premium currency) or by making it with the following materials:
- Valby Improved Cells
- Repton x422
- Superfluid x571
- Neural circuit for data processing x38
- Schematic of Valby’s improved cells
- 200,000 Gold
- Valby stabilizer
- Monad Fragment x246
- Coating material x239
- Cloudy Energy Residue x40
- Valby stabilizer diagram x1
- 200,000 Gold
- Valby spiral catalyst
- Metal Accelerator x519
- Hardener x386
- Encrypted neural circuit x32
- Schematic of Valby’s spiral catalyst x1
- Valby code
After gathering the materials, you can talk to Anaïs in Albion to gain access to the Research Institute. There, you will be able to craft each Legatee for which you have materials.
Do you want to give a chance to a character other than Valby? Make the right choice with our Legatees tier list, then choose one of the best weapons in The First Descendant before heading out on a mission.