The best Freyna build makes the most of her AoE DoT capabilities in The First Descendant. She is one of the best starter Descendants for beginners and is perfect for those players who like to take out multiple enemies with debuffs and status effects.
She has some of the best AoE skills in the game, and with the right set-up, she can carry a party through most encounters. Here is a guide on how to best build Freyna in The First Descendant.
How to unlock Freyna in The First Descendant
To get your hand on Freyna you will need to either use Caliber to unlock her from the store or use resources to craft her by talking to Anais. Here is a list of all the materials that you need to research Freyna:
| Items | Materials |
|---|---|
| Freyna Enhanced Cells | Metal Accelerant x519 Semiconstant Plasma x290 Organic Biogel x31 Freyna Enhanced Cell Blueprint 200,000 Gold |
| Freyna Stabilizer | Repton x422 Superfluid x571 Data Processing Neural Circuit x38 Freyna Stabilizer Blueprint x1 |
| Freyna Spiral Catalyst | Monad Shard x246 Hardener x386 Artificial Biometal x39 Freyna Spiral Catalyst Blueprint x1 |
| Freyna Code | Location: Sterile Land Normal near the Void Fusion Reactor in Sterile Land Rockfall Zone |
Apart from these, you will also need an additional 40,000 Credits.
Freyna’s Abilities in The First Descendant
Freyna’s abilities revolve around dealing damage over time (DoT). While she might not have the same level of burst damage as someone like Bunny, she can wrack an incredible amount of DPS overtime if she is allowed to stack up her passive and inflict the poison status effect on as many enemies as possible.
This makes her one of the best options for clearing mobs in The First Descendant.
| Skill Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Contagion Links (Passive) | Increases Toxic Skill Power by the number of nearby enemies inflicted with Poison from Freyna’s skill. |
| Toxin Trauma | Throws poison to attack target enemy with damage and inflict Room 0 Trauma onto nearby enemies. |
| Defense Mechanism | Significantly increases DEF. There is chance of inflicting Room 0 Trauma to enemies upon attack. |
| Decomposed Poison | Throws toxins to form a Toxic Swamp. Enemies entering the Toxic Swamp receive continuous damage, and become inflicted with Poison and Venom-Soaked. Enemies inflicted with Venom-Soaked leave Toxic Footprints as they move. Enemies that touch Toxic Footprints also become inflicted with Poison. |
| Venomous Baptism | Changes current Firearm to Venom Baptism. Enemies hit with Venom Baptism bullets are inflicted with Room 0 Trauma. |
Best Descendant Modules for Freyna
For an optimized Freyna build we will be dividing her best Descendant Modules into two categories. One is for Leveling, which is the mid-to-late game Modules that you will get at around level 25.
The other one is the Max Level Module, which is the endgame build that you need to grind for after you have maxed out your Master Rank.
Leveling Modules:
| Module | Quality | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Nimble Fingers | Standard | Reduces Freyna’s Skill Cooldown |
| Skill Expansion | Standard | Increases Freyna’s Skill Effect Range for valid Skills |
| HP Concentration | Rare | Improves HP and Skill Critical Rate |
| Skill Extention | Standard | Improves Skill Duration |
| Strong Mentality | Standard | Reduces the Resource Cost when Freyna uses a Skills. |
| Dual Claw | Standard | Attacks using Dual Claws during Sub Attack Equipping Sub Attack Module increases the Module Capacity. |
| Toxic Specialist | Standard | Increases Toxic Skill Power Boost Ratio |
Max Level Modules:
| Module | Quality | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Contagion | Transcendent | When an enemy afflicted with Room 0 Trauma dies, they leave a contagion of Poison around them. |
| HP Concentration | Rare | Improves HP and Skill Critical Rate |
| Range HP Calculator | Rare | Improves Freyna’s Skill Effect Range, and slightly improves HP. |
| Nimble Fingers | Standard | Reduces Freyna’s Skill Cooldown |
| Skill Cost Optimise | Rare | Reduces Freyna’s Skill Cooldown Slightly reduces Freyna’s Skill Cost |
| Skill Expansion | Standard | Increases Freyna’s Skill Effect Range for valid Skills |
| Mid-Air Maneuvering | Sub Weapon | Modifies the Grappling Hook to be cast mid-air. However, it can only be used once, and Charge Time increases by 20%. Based on the Enhancement Level, increases Max Module Capacity (current +x), decreases Charge Time Increase (current +x%). |
| Skill Extention | Standard | Improves Skill Duration |
| Entropy Acceleration | Rare | Slightly increases max MP and Skill Critical Hit Damage |
| Strong Mentality | Standard | Reduces the Resource Cost when Freyna uses a Skill |
| Toxic Specialist | Standard | Increases Toxic Skill Power Boost Ratio |
| Toxic Master | Rare | Increases Freyna’s Skill Power along with an additional increase to her Toxic Skills |
| Focus on Toxic | Rare | Skill Toxic Power increase, Skill Cooldown reduced |
| Focus on Tech | Rare | Tech skill modifier improvement, Skill Cooldown reduced |
When equipping Modules on Freyna’s Descendant Settings make sure to be aware of her Module Capacity Limit. It’s best to put mods in slots that are of their type. This will cut down the module cost by half.
Best Weapon and Weapon Modules for Freyna
In the current patch, the best weapon for Freyna will be the Fallen Hope Assault rifle. It synergizes incredibly well with her kit and will allow you to make the most of her poison status effect when clearing out mobs.
Fallen Hope weapon skills:
Fallen Hope does two things that makes it the perfect weapon for the best Freyna build:
- It increases Freyna’s Attack damage by 10% when shooting enemies that are Poisoned.
- Enemies that are killed with Fallen Hope have a 30% chance to explode in a small AoE. Enemies in the radius will take damage and be inflicted with poison themselves.
Best Weapon Modules for Freyna’s Fallen Hope Build
| Mod | Effect |
|---|---|
| Concentrate Support Ammo | More bullets per magazine and increased Critical Hit Damage |
| Weak Point Sight | Increased Weak Point Damage |
| Rifling Reinforcement | Significantly improves your Firearm Attack |
| Concentration Stabilizer | Lowers Recoil Increased Critical Hit Damage |
| Reload Priority | Increased Reload Speed |
| Sharpshooter | Improves Firearm Attack and Recoil |
| Marksman | Increased Firearm ATK and Critical Hit Rate |
| Fire Rate Priority | Increased Fire Rate |
| Action and Reaction | Increases the rate of fire. |
| Toxic Enhancement | Adds Toxic ATK to bullets |
| Toxic Gun Barrel | Toxic Attack Damage Up and Fire Rate Up |
| Toxic Conductor | Attacking Poisoned enemies increases Fire Arm attack |
Much like with the Descendant Modules make sure that you are aware of the Capacity Limit when equipping Weapon Modules.
Best Reactor and External Compontent
For Reactor Stats there are two options that you should ideally be aiming for with Freyna:
- Toxic Phase: Boost to Toxic and Dimension type
- Toxic Mechanics: Boost to Toxic and Tech type
Toxic Mechanics will be the best option between the two. However, before you do get your hand on a proper reactor make do with the ones that have the “Toxic” stat in it.
The best External Components for her will be the:
- Venom Essence Set
It will significantly improve her Toxic skill capabilities.
How to play Freyna in The First Descendant
Freyna’s kit is pretty easy to grasp for players new to Nexon‘s shooter. She specializes in farming mobs with DoT effects and while she might not have a good deal of burst, her DPS over time can be massive if you are able to keep poisoning enemies around you.
When learning Freyna, you will need to master her Decomposed Poison skill. It will let you inflict enemies with poison and those who are affected will leave a trail of poison behind. This means that positioning with her will be key and choosing her targets wisely.
It’s always best to aim the swamp at a location where there is a mob of enemies. The more enemies you affect with the ability the more trials will they leave. This is where her passive will also kick in and you will get a tremendous boost to Freyna’s Toxic Skill power.
Here are some of Bunny’s pros and cons if you’re looking to main her in the shooter:
Pros:
- One of the best DoT-type Descendants in the game.
- Specializes in AoE clear and can take out mobs in an instant
- Has a very high over-time DPS number
- Is equally effective against hordes as well as bosses.
Cons:
- Lacks any sort of burst potential and will not be able to nuke targets right away.
- Playstyle heavily depends on how effectively she is using her kit and spreading Poison.
