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There are over 20 different Ultimate Weapons inThe First Descendant. These are the strongest weapons you can get your hands on, and require a lot of component grinding and research to unlock. One such ultimate weapon that you can get quite early on is theThunder Cage.
The Thunder Cage is a unique ultimate weapon inThe First Descendantthat can deal a lot of explosive damage and is categorized as a submachine gun. If you’re lucky enough to get this weapon, building it using the right modules is the key to unlocking its true power. With that in mind, this guide covers everything you need to know about how to build the Thunder Cage properly.
What Is Thunder Cage in The First Descendant?
Thunder Cage is an electric-type ultimate weaponinThe First Descendant, known for its solid critical hit potential and mod flexibility. You canunlock this weapon quite earlyon from researching, and it comespre-installed with two socket polarities, which lets you build it using a wide range of mod combinations, making it suitable for multiple purposes.
Thunder Cage also boasts a strongbase critical chance of 20 percent,and with the right build, this can be enhanced significantly, making it a critical hit machine in both early and late games. you’re able to also build it accordingly with the right modules to make it better suited forfarming mobs or even taking down Void Intercept bosses.
Drastically increases base damage.
Action and Reaction
Buffs Thunder Cage’s base damage to offset the penalty from Edging Shot.
Chill Enhancement
Multiplies all outgoing damage.
For the early game build for Thunder Cage, your goal is tomaximize damage and critical chancewhile working with the limited module capacity available at the start of the game. This build focuses onscaling critical chance and damage.
With Better Insight and Edging Shot, you canreach a solid 36% critical hit chance early in the game. Better Concentration increases your critical damage output, making your critical hits more impactful. This setup isideal for progressing through the campaignand tackling early endgame content. you may also equip Chill Enhancement for a cost-efficient DPS boost.
Buffs precision damage against bosses.
Elemental Damage Mods
Electric, Toxic, Chill, or Fire Enhancement to increase all outgoing damage.
In the late game, Thunder Cage becomes evenmore powerful with a higher module capacity,so you should focus on maximizingcritical damage, fire rate, and damage scaling. That’s why this build emphasizes critical hit scaling, with Better Insight and Concentration Priority providing a 6x multiplier for critical damage.
It alsoincreases in fire rate and magazine sizethrough Fire Rate Up, and Expand Weapon Charge further boosts your damage per second, while Weak Point Sight ensures maximum damage against bosses and most Elite Vulguses as well. This build isideal for endgame content, including boss fights and high-level encounters.
Toxic Priority
Enhances poison damage from Toxic Enhancement.
When farming, your focus should shift to mob clearing efficiency. Thunder Cage is great for this, but only with the right build. When you’re farming mobs,you should maximize crit damage and status effects like poison. This build maximizes your ability to clear mobs quickly.
The addition of Toxic Enhancement and Toxic Priority ensures that your shots inflict poison, which isextremely effective for farming groups of Vulguses. Meanwhile, Edging Shot and Better Insight give a higher crit chance, and Concentration Priority boosts your crit damage significantly.
Increases magazine size to improve sustained fire.
Increases accuracy and precision for weak point shots.
Vibration Absorption (Lvl 2)
Reduces recoil for better accuracy.
Void Intercept Battles are challenging boss fightsinThe First Descendant, and the best build for this modeincreases your accuracy, weak point damage, and helps you maintain a balanced damage output for both clearing Vulgus mobs and colossi. Hawk-Eye and Vibration Absorption increase your precision and accuracy for hitting weak points, while thecombination of Fire Rate Up and Expand Weapon Charge provides excellent burst DPS.
When choosing the Elemental Damage Mod for Void Intercept Battles,choose the element which is the boss' weakness. For example, when fighting theDead Brideyou should choose Fire Enhancement, but you should use Electric Enhancement against a boss like the Swamp Walker.
