Weapon Cores Made This Thunder-Cage Build INSANE! | The First Descendant

[@SongsOfRazeYT]

Weapons really got a HUGE boost with these core unlocks, and thunder cage felt buttery smooth for this run. Going to try and get all guns core unlocked in time, so you can see which ones are worth it or not. Which gun would you like to see done next? 😁

[@NotoriousNickNorris]

Perforator. Those weak point fireball fountains can be potent. Even though core upgrades don't benefit 4th skill stat sticks, I think it's a worthy look. That and Greg's Reversed Fate.

[@maikr.3984]

In void erosion weapons get around a 8x multiplier for firearm elemental dmg if you are using the elemental weakness of the faction you're fighting. So in Stage 20 with order of truth its electric. Thats why your Thunder cage hits for 1.2M elemental crits. It won't come close to that outside of void erosion.

[@Retrospxa]

Enduring legacy even more deadly

[@danielmoise89]

Try rolling electric on your gun aswell apparently you dont get much benefit if tha isnt rolled on the gun once you add itll drastically increases the dps output of the weapon

[@ikki_404]

Have u tired another Crit dmg on the free slot? Just wanna know if that does more dmg or the element ATK

[@SongsOfRazeYT]

If you have a mod in mind I can have a look, but as element is based damage and is then affected by crit multipliers, I'd currently assume elemental damage is king That said more than happy to look into the maths 🙂

[@Fanossi]

My TC is at 1.2 million dps with only 1 elemental mod. If I change the build to elemental would it make it more powerful than that?

[@SongsOfRazeYT]

Using the module screens for DPS isn't a true representation of what the gun can do, it fails to factor a fair bit into it's calcs. Without seeing your build I couldn't honestly answer that, but going into elemental damage alongside base firearm atk has been a huge boost for what I've seen, plus the cores giving huge boosts to elements on top, it's pretty much top tier right now

[@Fanossi]

@SongsOfRazeYT I have noticed that the gun melts commanders and named bosses but it struggles with elemental shields in Void Erosion. I should probably build it based on your recommendations to exploit the elemental damages as you mentioned. Thanks Bro!

[@cainednd]

LOL Peacemaker. 😁😁😁

[@dreamer8448]

yeah, i like it 👍 i do dmg now 😂

[@kenmasterz755]

Hey where do you get the Defiler skin from?

[@SongsOfRazeYT]

You get it from ETA-O or whatever that vendor is called, but you'll need 300 green tickets to unlock for one character, which you'll obtain from taking down Defiler or any abyss boss =) won't be there until tomorrow though!

[@kenmasterz755]

@SongsOfRazeYT ok ty

[@J_TheGeneral]

wouldn't fire rate give more dmg overall when swapped with weak point sight?

[@SongsOfRazeYT]

Would potentially mean more DPS, but this build means bullets are hitting harder rather than faster. Personally I think thunder cage does a good job of firing fast enough, the less reloading /more kills per mag the better, but by all means use that flex spot to go for fire rate if you prefer 🙂

[@CaptainKipo-n6g]

Choosing elemental atk for the free slot is short-sighted. If you fancy using the gun for anything else in the game then you’re just saving your time here to waste it elsewhere.

[@SongsOfRazeYT]

With the current seasonal reinforcement I don't agree. The sheer amount of damage you can grab from elemental rolls compared to just firearm atk is crazy. With just a module of enhancement (30% firearm atk) plus the 24% from focus rounds, you're looking at 54% of your base atk as an extra instance that can crit. 54% of 94% is higher than just a 34% firearm atk increase, and this gets further if the gun has an element built into it giving more elemental atk That said it's much easier to roll for firearm atk than the right element and a good number. We'll see if the margins get further apart with core level 10s dropping soon

[@muchasam1982]

Question, so you dont need to have an element base roll to get the core enhancement to kick in? As log as you have the according mod slotted into the weapon? Or is that just strictly for the col and faction rolls?

[@SongsOfRazeYT]

Technically with the Reinforcement system you don't even need any modules slotted to get the benefit, as you can choose one of the Focus Rounds and as you shoot you'll get stacks for elemental atk, but it's still best to get more due to how absurd elements can go with core rolls. With the right investment your elemental atk will go higher than your base atk, in effect more than doubling your shots

[@woa4ever]

This whole build seems to be copied from augie.

[@SongsOfRazeYT]

Will say I'm happy to admit it's very similar (think only rate of fire mod is different for more electricity atk in mine) but this was something I've messed with over the weekend so assure it's a coincidence and I'm glad minds think alike with how the thunder cage should be built 🙂

[@jamesphillips5847]

Firerate is capped to fps if you know anything about this game to much firerate and you end up shooting 2 bullets for 1 damage number the game can’t keep up with the bullet registration and higher fps let’s more bullets register more but enduring legacy and smithereens are king thundercadge is meh

[@CaptainKipo-n6g]

So you just hate UE5 games in general then?

[@Retrospxa]

EL is bad in void purge lv 20, the reason TC best at is for mobbing, EL and smith is for bossing

[@jamesphillips5847]

@@Retrospxa but y do we need mobbing guns they are pointless in my eyes we have bunny ines and freyna they don’t need guns

[@Greatchen96]

Delete this, thundercage is weaker now and needs inherent electro dmg added :^)

[@SongsOfRazeYT]

I mean, all guns have the ability to go into elemental damage, are you saying to never build optimally? Seems a bit strange to me

[@taoday118]

Don't know why you would use Electric Priority mod when your gun isn't even fitted with electric dmg or electric enhancement. You wasted a mod and a core. Very bad advice

[@SongsOfRazeYT]

The module screen clearly shows Electric Enhancement as a mod in the top left? This gives me the electric atk I need for Electric Priority and the Weapon Core boosts. The gameplay even shows Electric damage numbers popping up