Valby is an interesting character in The First Descendant as she uses her water abilities to cue up her foes for a powerful attack rather than using her abilities for outright damage. Here’s the best build for her and how to get her.
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How to unlock Valby in The First Descendant
To play with Valby in The First Descendant, you’ll first need tounlock her. To research Valby, you’ll need the followingresearch materials:
This is a lot of materials, and like any other Descendant, will requirelots of farming.
TheCore Research Materials(Blueprints and Code) are the hardest to farm for, so I’ve broken down the fastest way to get the materials you need:
There are other ways to get these Core Materials for Valby in The First Descendant, however thepaths presented require less farming.
Note that you can always check in-game to know all the ways of getting these Blueprints and Code bypressing “F” when hovering over themin the Research menu.
Now that we know all about obtaining Valby, let’s go overher skills and recommended equipment.
Valby Playstyle and Skills Explained
To effectively use Valby in The First Descendant, you’ll need to bestknow her skillsand how she plays.
Here are all of Valby’s skills in The First Descendant:
As you’re able to see, Valby’s skills allow her to become acrowd controlDescendant that can deal with enemies efficiently once she’s used other skills to inflict them with Laundry. Her Clean Up ability allows her to dart in and out of enemies to inflict Laundry en mass or flee difficult encounters.
As she uses her skills to create puddles, she can stand in them toreduce the cost of her other abilities, allowing her to quickly inflict Laundry on enemies and then use Laundry Bomb to tie them all up and deal with them.
If you are to play Valby, you’ll need to be mobile andplace yourself strategicallyto deal with any oncoming hordes and crowds.
Best Valby Build in The First Descendant
Now that we know how best to play Valby in The First Descendant, let’s go over thebest gearfor her.
Best Valby Modules
The Modules that you equip for Valby will make a world of difference. As you level up your Mastery,prestigeValby, anduse Energy Activators, you’ll be able tohold more of the Modules.
Here is a list ofall the Modules I’d recommendfor Valby:
As you can see, the recommended Modules for Valby are mostly concerned withmaking her skills more powerful, as that’s the crux of her playstyle.
There are also some Modules thatincrease her survivability, considering she’s a very delicate Descendant that cannot stomach too many hits. If you’re playing in public servers, you’ll certainly need everything you can get to survive any brutal attacks. Make sure toupgrade your Modules, too, to make them more effective.
Best Valby Reactor Stats
Considering Valby’s skills are all Non-Attribute,you’ll want a Materialized Reactor, as these ones boost with Non-Attribute Skills.
There are different types of Materialized Reactors that pair well with different skill types. In Valby’s case, the skills Bubble Bullet and Laundry Bomb areFusion Skills, and Plop Plop and Clean Up areDimension Skills.
If you want her Dimension Skills to receive higher damage, go for aMaterialized Phase Reactor. If you want her Fusion Skills to receive higher damage, go for aMaterialized Mixture Reactor.
Best Valby External Components
Equipping powerful External Components is useful for buffing specific stats for a Descendant toincrease their survivability.
As different components can help with the same stats, I’ll mention thestats that you’ll want to have increasedand the most powerful External Components for the job:
Valby has a lot of Max HP, butabysmal Defence and Shields. You can use the External Components to fix that issue.
Alternatively, you couldinstead increase her HP recoveryto gain more health from health pickups. As she is a mobile Descendant, you will be running around the battlefield and picking them up rather frequently. With more health from these items, not having a large Shield pool to protect your health wouldn’t be too much of an issue. Although I wouldn’t personally recommend this.
Best Weapons for Valby in The First Descendant
Your choice of weapons for Valby in The First Descendant will dictate how well you do in battle. How fast you fell your foes will determine how much damage they deal to you. Although her abilities do a great job of dealing with enemies,a good gun is always needed.
For Valby, I would suggest theUltimate weapon Thunder Cage.
The Unique Ability for this weapon, Overcharge, has a set chance for defeated enemies to deal additional damage to other enemies. As this is electric damage, thisdeals even more damage to any enemies inflicted with Laundry— a perfect pairing.
For your other weapon slots, I’d suggest you bring apowerful shotgun and scout rifle.As Valby is always on the move, you’ll want weapons that don’t require you to stay still. Shotguns are great for when you’re up close to your enemies, and scout rifles are just mobile enough and allow you to hit specific points if needed.
Now that you know all abouthow best to utilize and equip Valbyin The First Descendant, you’ll be unstoppable. Just make sure you know how tohack into Encrypted Vaultswhen grinding for her.
Aidan Lambourne
Aidan Lambourne is a contributing writer for PC Invasion, with almost a couple years of experience in the industry. He has written about Roblox extensively, although has keenly covered new releases and indie games. A passionate writer and gamer, he still can’t really believe he gets to indulge in both for a career.
