Lepic in The First Descendant: The First Descendant Lepic build guide: Best modules, skills, best loadout, and more

Lepic in The First Descendant is the best beginner-friendly character. Of the many available, he is one of the easiest classes in The First Descendant. Despite his relatively less complex learning curve, Lepic can be highly effective on the battlefield. His skills are great for dealing damage or providing support fire to allies.

This article details the build guide of Lepic in The First Descendant that can help you get started with the class.

How to craft Lepic in The First Descendant

You can unlock Lepic in The First Descendant by either purchasing him through the store or talking with the Magister Anais in the Albion Mountains to start researching him.

To craft Lepic in The First Descendant, you have to gather all these components and their prerequisites, and then order research with Annais in Albion:

1) 1x Lepic Enhanced Cells

290x Semi-permanent Plasma
499x Monomolecular Extractor
34x Highly Concentrated Energy Residue
Lepic Enhanced Cells Blueprint
200k Gold

2) 1x Lepic Stabilizer

571x Superfluid
462x Shape Memory Alloy
43x Crystal Biogel
1x Lepic Stabilizer Blueprint
200k Gold

3) 1x Lepic Spiral Catalyst

519x Metal Accelerant
554x Carbon Crystal
60x Complex Carbon Activator
1x Lepic Spiral Catalyst Blueprint

4) 1x Lepic Code

Intercept Battle: Hard Obstructer – Amorphous Material Pattern 106
Location 2: Vespers Normal – Void Fusion Reactor – Vespers Ruins
Location 3: Vespers Hard – Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor – Vespers Lost Supply Depot
Location 4: White-night Gulch Hard – Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor – White-night Gulch Mountaintops

5) 400k credit as research fee

Skillset and playstyle of Lepic in The First Descendant, explained

Skills:

1) Grenade Throw

Launches an explosive projectile toward the enemy.

Grenade Throw Skill Overview:

Fire – Tech
Propels a grenade forward, causing area damage.

Grenade Throw Usage Tips: Grenade Throw excels as an area-of-effect attack. It's highly effective against clustered enemies but less impactful on single targets. Nevertheless, when facing a lone opponent, the grenade might still be your optimal choice. A key advantage of Grenade Throw is its rapid recharge - you can deploy a grenade every six seconds.

2) Overclock

Enhances all Skill Attack power and imbues Grenade and Overkill with a Burn effect for a limited time.

Overclock Overview:

Fire – Singular
Activates Overclock state for a set duration.
Overclock boosts Skill Power Modifier and applies Burn to foes damaged by Grenade Throw or Overkill.
Burn inflicts sustained damage over time.

Overclock Usage Tips: Overclock is a self-enhancement ability that amplifies your Skill Power and causes your Grenade Throw and Overkill abilities to inflict a damaging Burn effect. It's advisable to use Overclock frequently in combat to significantly increase your damage output.

Ensuring Overclock is active before using Grenade Throw or Overkill is particularly crucial. With a 20-second cooldown and 18-second duration, Overclock can be maintained almost constantly, provided you have sufficient MP to cast it repeatedly.

4) Traction Grenade

Deploys a specialized grenade that draws enemies within its range.

Traction Grenade Overview:

Fire – Singular
Launches a Traction Grenade forward, pulling in nearby enemies for a brief period.

Traction Grenade Usage Tips: While Traction Grenade doesn't inflict damage, it serves to disrupt enemy formations by pulling them towards you. This versatile skill can be employed offensively to initiate an attack on a group of enemies or defensively to interrupt enemy assaults and create breathing room.

5) Overkill

Fires a devastating projectile at the enemy. The impact zone persists, continually damaging foes.

Overkill Overview:

Fire – Tech
Switches to the Overkill weapon.
Overkill continuously drains MP while active. When MP is depleted, reverts to the original weapon.
Enemies struck by Overkill rounds suffer area damage.
Overkill projectiles create a damaging field where they land, inflicting ongoing damage.

Overkill Usage Tips: Overkill is his most potent skill, boasting immense damage potential. It has an extended cooldown and consumes all available MP. The initial cast is MP-intensive, followed by a gradual MP drain.

For optimal use, wait until your MP is near or at maximum capacity. Otherwise, the skill might only last a few seconds, wasting its potential. Overkill is ideal for dealing with large enemy groups, rapidly accumulating substantial DPS. While decent against single targets, your standard firearm might be more efficient in those scenarios.

6) Close Call (Passive)

Restores Health when receiving potentially fatal damage. Long recharge time.

Close Call Passive Overview:

Fire
Triggers Close Call when sustaining lethal damage.
While Close Call is active, grants immunity to damage and Crowd Control effects temporarily.
Upon Close Call expiration, recovers a portion of maximum HP.
This effect is independent of Incoming or Outgoing Recovery modifiers.

Close Call Usage Tips: Close Call is an ever-present passive ability, allowing for bolder tactics than by providing a safeguard against death. This passive operates autonomously, activating when needed to prevent fatal damage. Be cautious of its 10-minute cooldown - once triggered, it won't be available again for a time.

Lepic Playstyle

How to play this beginner-friendly character in the game. (Image via NEXON)

Lepic's skills are very easy to learn and can be adapted into almost any play style. Lepic excels in AOE damage and providing cover fire to allies. His Close Call skill is extremely clutch, as it can save him from imminent death. You can also boost his damage using his Overclock skill.

But keep in mind that he is a very MP-heavy class. Before using skills like the OverClock, try to save up an amount of MP. The best time for activating Lepic's MP-heavy skills is when you are surrounded by enemies. This way you can deal some substantial damage while using your MP as optimally as possible.

The First Descendant Lepic build: Module setup

HP Concentration – Enhances maximum health capacity and elevates the probability of critical hits with skills.
Non-Attribute Master – Amplifies overall skill effectiveness and provides an additional boost to non-attribute skill power.
Technician – Dramatically increases the potency of all skills.
Energy Collection – Enables the absorption of MP from adversaries upon dealing damage.
Regeneration Boost – restores health from enemies.
Dual Claw – Alters attack patterns and expands the maximum module capacity.
Strong Mentality – Decreases the resource cost required to activate skills.
Nimble Fingers – Shortens the cooldown between skill uses.

That’s all for the build guide for Lepic in The First Descendant. While he is the best beginner-friendly character in the game, these details can make your journey a breeze.

Edited by Jito Tenson