Gley’s best build options heavily revolve around boosting her Frenzy mechanic in The First Descendant. She is one of the harder Descendants to pick up in the shooter, but she does top the tier list when it comes to DPS numbers.
Her Frenzy reduces her HP recovery drastically but increases her damage based on how low her HP is. He has a high-risk high-reward playstyle and is a glass cannon that can melt through most content in the shooter when played right.
Below is a guide on Gley’s best build in The First Descendant.
How to unlock Gley in The First Descendant
To get your hands on Gley you will either need to buy her from the store by using Caliber. Or craft her by talking to Anais in Albion after you have obtained all of her materials. Here is everything you need to unlock Gley:
| Items | Materials |
|---|---|
| Gley Enhanced Cells | Monad Shard x246 Silicon x430 Cooling Metallic Foil x40 Gley Enhanced Cell Blueprint 200,000 Gold |
| Gley Stabilizer | Metal Accelerant x519 Flectorite x292 Complex Carbon Activator x60 Gley Stabilizer Blueprint x1 200,000 Gold |
| Gley Spiral Catalyst | Nanopolymers x363 Ceramic Composite x408 Synthesized Artificial Biometal Gley Spiral Catalyst Blueprint x1 |
| Gley Code | Location 1 – Intercept Battle: Common Grave Walker: Amorphous Material Pattern 002 Location 2 – Intercept Battle: Hard Dead Bridge: Amorphous Material Pattern 069 Location 3 – Intercept Battle: Hard Molten Fortress: Amorphous Material Pattern 124 Location 4 – Agna Desert Hard – Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor – Agna Desert Miragestone Deposit |
Apart from the above materials, you will also require 400,000 Credits to research Gley.
Gley’s abilities in The First Descendant
Gley’s abilities revolve around the Frenzy mechanic where she enters a Berserk mode allowing her to deal more damage the lower her HP gets. She can even siphon HP off of enemies letting her replenish her health when clearing out content.
Here is a list of all of her abilities in the shooter:
| Skill Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Thirst | Creates Life Spheres upon killing enemies. Recovers HP and stores Power of Life when absorbing Life Spheres. |
| Frenzied | Consumes HP to enter Berserk mode. In Berserk mode, long distance weapon’s ATK and Penetration increase. |
| Life Siphon | Deals damage to nearby enemies and restores HP. In Berserk mode, damage increases; in Normal mode, damage inflicted by enemies decreases for a certain period of time. |
| Increased Sensory | Her Increased Sensory adds an infinite ammo effect for a certain amount of time during Frenzy. In Non-Frenzied state, increases Movement Speed and HP Recovery during which Life Sphere generation is increased. |
| Massacre | Changes current Firearm to Massacre. Adds additional skill damage during Frenzied state, and inflicts Stun effect on hit enemies. |
Best Descendant Modules for Gley
Here are some of the best Modules that you should be trying when building Gley:
| Module | Quality | Effects |
|---|---|---|
| Focus on Singular | Rare | Greatly increases Singular Skill Power Skill Cooldown Reduction |
| Skill Extension | Standard | Increases Skill Duration |
| Focus on Non-Attribute | Rare | Skill Non-Attribute Power improved Skill Cooldown reduced |
| 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%). |
| HP Amplification | Rare | Max HP and Max Shield improved |
| Nimble Fingers | Standard | Reduces Gley’s Skill Cooldown |
| Maximize Duration | Rare | Skill Duration +10% Skill Power Modifier -5% Range increase applies only to certain skills for each Descendant. |
| Increased DEF | Standard | Increases DEF stat |
| HP Collector | Transcendent | When defeating an enemy, instantly recovers 9% of Max HP (Cooldown 11s) |
| MP Conversion | Rare | Skill Cooldown reduced Max MP improved |
When equipping Descendant Modules make sure to be aware of Gley’s Module Capacity Limit, and only put in the mods in the slots that are of the same type to reduce the cost by half.
Best Weapons and Weapon Modules for Gley
Much like with Bunny and Valby, the best weapon for Gley in the current meta will be the Thunder Cage submachine gun as well. Its high rate of fire and weak point damage potential help Gley clear some of the harder content in the game with ease.
Another weapon that goes really well with Gley’s kit is the Vestigial Organ Rocket Launcher. She will be able to melt bosses once you properly build around the gun and have a constant uptime on infinite ammo.
Best Weapon Modules for Gley’s Thunder Cage build
| Mod | Effect |
|---|---|
| Hawk-Eye | Improves Gley’s Accuracy |
| Reload Concentration | Reloading is quicker Firearm Critical Damage is improved |
| Rifling Reinforcement | Significantly improves Gley’s Firearm Attack |
| Concentrate Support Ammo | Gley gets more rounds per magazine Slightly more Firearm Critical Hit Damage |
| Electric Conductor | Improved Firearm Attack when attacking Electrocuted enemies |
| Action and Reaction | Improves Firearm Attack and Recoil |
| Marksman | Improves Firearm Critical Hit Rate, and slightly improves Attack |
| Weak Point Control | Improves Weak Point Damage and Recoil |
| Weak Point Sight | Greatly improves Weak Point Damage |
| Fire Rate Up | Significantly improves Gley’s Fire Rate |
Best Weapon Modules for Gley’s Vestigial Organ build
| Module Build | |
|---|---|
| Rifling Reinforcement | Significantly improves Gley’s Firearm Attack |
| Electic Enhancement | Adds Electric ATK equal to 8% of Firearm ATK |
| Weak Point Sight | Greatly improves Weak Point Damage |
| Fire Rate Up | Significantly improves Gley’s Fire Rate |
| Action and Reaction | Improves Firearm Attack and Recoil |
| Real-Life Fighter | Base Accuracy reduced On dealing Weak Point DMG, Firearm ATK goes up for 5s (up to 10 stacks) But loses 2 stacks per failed Weak Point Attack |
Best Reactor and External Components
For Gley’s Reactors, you will need to look for options that have the Non-Attribute in them along with boosting the damage of her abilities. Here are two of the best reactors to have for her:
- Materialized Singularity: Boost to Non-Attribute and Singular type
- Materialized Phase: Boost to Non-Attribute and Dimension type
If you are having a hard time getting them, settle for anything that boosts her skills and allows her to increase her DPS potential by lowering her cooldowns.
For the best External Components, you will need to go for the Annihilation set. When you have four of the components, Gley’s Firearm Attack will increase in proportion to her max HP and HP lost.
How to play Gley in The First Descendant
Gley has a very high-risk high-reward playstyle in Nexon‘s shooter. For effective DPS she is quite dependent on the Frenzy mechanic which will reduce her HP recovery but give her a significant DPS boost.
This is what makes her one of the harder characters to pick in the game, and we will not be recommending her for beginners. But that being said, Gley is very fun to pilot if you get a hang of her kit.
If you are able to position correctly with her and keep moving around the arena you will have a much easier time. Just make sure to keep activating Frenzy every time it’s available. You will want to trigger Infinite Ammo as much as possible. With the Modules that we suggested above, you are likely to have a constant uptime on Frenzy.
Here are some of the pros and cons of mining Gley in The First Descendant:
Pros:
- Has one of the highest DPS potential in the game.
- Very fun kit once you get used to her.
- Using Frenzy correctly will let her cheese through most content.
Cons:
- Gley is pretty hard to master.
- Not beginner-friendly.
