Avoid this Mod Trap for the BEST builds | Mid-Game First Descendant Guide

[@GooberTroy]

Hi everyone. I apologize, but I missed the targeted mark with this video. This video wasn’t meant to be targeted at shields being bad or how to build a specific character like Enzo. I was just using Enzo as my template since he was a fresh descendant I literally just unlocked. The main purpose of this video was to illustrate you should invest more heavily in your defensive mods first by leveling them up to fill out your mod capacity instead of running with a rainbow build of low-level mods. Due to how mods scale up the higher level they are, it’s best to take a “inch wide, mile deep” approach where you invest more heavily in a handful of mods. I will walk back my statement about shields being bad and just say instead they’re situational based on the descendant. Sorry for any confusion!

[@sixstringslayer6438]

@@GooberTroy I think a cool passive for him would be once Shields are depleted and he's losing health. He gains madness, more health, more health loss more madness i think that would gel better with his ult and kit maybe

[@ckwi2245]

Around 7:51 there is an answer to the Skill Power vs. Skill Power Modifier decision. If you go through a characters abilities you will see lines that say "Skill Power x ####.##%". The first part has a base of the Skill Power given by your Reactor multiplied by the % of just Skill Power. The second part (####.##%) is your Skill Power Modifier, I've seen a video changing the reference of it to Motion Value from other games which is a solid analogue, any boosts to Skill Modifier flat add to this number, so if a skill has "Skill Power x 500.00%" and base Technician gives 13% that new math is "Skill Power x 513.00%" in a flat additive manner. So the current logic for it is the lower the ####.##% is the better Skill Power Modifier is, while the higher that number is the better raw Skill Power is. For good examples to look out, Freyna has a lot of sub 100% "Skill Power x ####.##" and adding Technicians +13% to a 9.86% is more than doubling the damage that ability will do, while on the other hand Viessa has a lot of "Skill Power x 1000.00%" or more and turning 1430.00% to 1443.00% is not even a 1% increase to damage. In those cases increasing her base skill power that gets multiplied by over 1000% for the end damage makes a bigger impact, so (11060 x 1.2)x14.3=189,789.6 (the 1.2 would be a Blue raw Chill Skill Power Mod's unranked effect). I haven't seen anyone work out the math on it yet, but I'm currently working around 500% Modifier being the swap point between Modifier to Raw Power being better. I'm sure one of the local math nerds will work it out eventually, but I would recommend everyone finding a number that works for them in general for now.

[@GooberTroy]

Thanks for breaking all this down. I also have a video talking about the differences between skill power and skill power modifier. It ultimately depends on the character as to which stat is more valued, but every character still benefits from some sort of attack and battle mod. Well, maybe not necessarily supports, but you know what I mean 👍

[@GhostElite805]

Great insight for mid-game players

[@JangoAC]

@@GhostElite805 exactly

[@JangoAC]

As someone who is still very new to the game, this was very helpful

[@Madcatdaddy]

You’re good man you got me subscribed! Thanks for the in depth review! Pls make one with viessa

[@shinnokshogun8414]

Enzo’s survivability is his shields. The more he have, the more he can regenerate to make him a shield tank. Add some defense in case your shields break

[@GooberTroy]

With so many mods in the game for both Descendants and Weapons, it's hard to figure out what the best priorities are, especially in the early to mid game. This video is made to illustrate which mods you can focus on to make your life easier as I've made the mistake in my early experience with the game. Picking 1 or 2 mods in each category below and maxing them up first will give you a much higher return vs investing in several mods at once. The scaling on the mods towards their max level can get pretty high. Your first focus should be on your Descendant's defense where you pick two mods early on to level and bolster your defenses. This will make you less of a glass cannon and you'll have better staying power. The second priority should be your weapon mods where you focus on Firearm Atk > Fire Rate > Crit rate > and then whatever else you can fit. Your final priority should be an offensive mod for your descendant where you then can supplement with utility mods.

[@tidussquaal]

@@GooberTroy well the shield depends on the descendant, Enzo haz an ability to regen shield, so its better to have high shields, cd, and shield recover in combat, he does not need skill power his focus Is more in weapons

[@GooberTroy]

@@tidussquaal thanks for the clarification. I don’t doubt there’s an exception for shields. I would think Ajax is also an exception because doesn’t his void-enhanced 2 and 3 skill increase max shields? At face value, shields tend to have lower base values though, but I assume that’s because you can naturally recover that in combat compared to HP. For Support characters, I would think skill duration and cooldown are very effective mods. For Enzo it should increase the duration of both his 3 and 4 skills which would. It’s increase his survive ability and the buff duration for his team? I imagine Yujin had similar benefits

[@nelsonjackson5718]

@@GooberTroy also make sure your weapon already has a decent crit rate before investing a module on it. Not all weapons benefit enough from crit

[@TiredEyeBags]

Shield mods work gear for Kyle and that's about it I think. I know Enzo's shield repair ability is affected by your shield size too

[@GooberTroy]

@@TiredEyeBags I saw some conversations about Kyle and how even though his kit seems like he wants shields, he still scales better with defense and HP. Idk how accurate that is though since I don’t play him

[@TiredEyeBags]

@@GooberTroy I'll have to look into it.i bought Kyle because I thought he was cool and used him for the whole story playthrough and built him on shield. His abilities revolve around shield alot. Either way he's a fun character and his last ability does ridiculous damage so if I can make him even tougher then I'm down. Haha

[@GooberTroy]

@@TiredEyeBags I think he’s the coolest character! I really like magnetic-themed characters so I was attracted to him (heh, magnet puns). But I have a buddy who said he was gonna main him so I decided to check out someone else. I do still plan on unlocking Kyle next after I finish Valby. His ult does the most damage in the game if I’m not mistaken with a 10,000% skill scaling!

[@TiredEyeBags]

@@GooberTroy yeah Kyle looks like solid snake with an iron man suit hahah. But flying into a group of enemies and blowing them all up is so much fun. And it can once shot a lot of elites and I've even used his ability to do massive damage to colossi parts. He is also great for blocking bullets while a teammate revives and downed teammate. Because he gets charged up for blocking the bullets so he gets stronger while also protecting teammates. It's a win win

[@Calaxanasgaming]

He’s not one of the shield players. Go to your menu and look at the stat growth tree, that’s what determines what you gotta spec into. As in the BETA that stat growth tree determines how much stats you get for that attribute per level gain. Enzo has mid stats for shields so regen slow and not a huge gain after 5 re-spec. The only 3 that are actually good as per the stat tree is VIESSA she has the highest out of cover for shields regen and AJAX is right next to her then KYLE who has the highest stat gain on max shields. Shields also require zero resources and have 2 forms or regen, in battle and out of battle you can check in the stat menu on the section label SUB. Everyone else should be balance and be spec heavy in defense cause the warframe community have a misconception with this game and shields even tho there’s multiple videos in 4K showing defense doing what’s it’s supposed to do. Shields are working as intended as they have never altered there mechanics since BETA. Currently sitting on 9k HP 5k Shields and 34k defense on VIESSA with 6 on regen which ain’t good working on that as we speak

[@Harmonic14]

Shields aren't very good. You get way more value out of HP and DEF mods, and if you run both of those, you shouldn't need anything else for survivability. Enzo and Kyle are exceptions, but that's about it

[@Calaxanasgaming]

@@Harmonic14 ENZO is not a SHIELD main look at his stat Growth tree his shields actually weak and he has 1 out of combat shield regen. Only KYLE, AJAX and VIESSA are shield players as per the stat tree so who ever is spreading this misinformation needs to seroius drop some videos cause I dropped 3 all with proof. First they say shields don’t work with HP, 3 other KZbinrs including myself have proven this is a false warhammer mechanic. The second is the shield regen that it’s slow we’ll you not building into shields so how you gonna get the regen up. And finally the characters people are choosing as shields are INCORRECT there’s something called a stat tree it’s in the descendants section, if you on ps5 hold R3 and boom you will get a stat tree that shows you EXACTLY what that character stats growth are ENZO only gets 516 shields MAX at level 40

[@_The_Fool_]

@@Calaxanasgaming lmao enzo is best on shield with his shield drone full uptime he is unkillable

[@BUZZKILL109]

​@@Calaxanasgaming Enzo's 3 ability literally regenerates his shields, it's the strongest heal in the game, and can be leveraged for a shield Tanking build by spamming the 3 ability. Saying Enzo isn't a shield user is a baffling overlook of his 3rd ability.

[@Calaxanasgaming]

@@BUZZKILL109 stat growth tree says HE NOT A SHIELD PLAYER. And second what are your shield numbers I DO NOT want to hear nothing from anyone that doesn’t run shields so if you here commenting something and you have no experience in them your comment is invalid. 90% of y’all literally just listened or have ZERO understanding of the stat tree or any mechanic involving the shield

[@lilchip85]

I swear at the beginning, you sound just like the principle from mha.

[@GooberTroy]

Lmao, I have not heard that one before. I haven’t listened to the dub, but just gave it a quick listen and I can hear the resemblance 😂

[@sixstringslayer6438]

I see you got boom boy esiemo what are your thoughts on his kit. I feel he's ok but missing something that could make him awesome

[@GooberTroy]

That's what I thought initially too. It just felt like his kit didn't quite come together as much as I wanted. But he has some tricks that I think smooth out his gameplay a lot more. I do really like his general playstyle and the massive burst damage he can dish out. I'm going to be putting out a guide for him either this weekend or maybe early next week. This will be an early guide as I don't have all of his specific mods yet, but I suspect there's one good one for killing bosses and another mod that helps his farming immensely. Overall, I think he's better than people think

[@pyken3605]

First ❤

[@dreadscythe851X]

This guy must be a noob because when you start any game you focus on weapons first and build your characters skills first. Now saying unethical words such as "umm", "ahh" and "mhmm" shows your intelligence.