Best Lepic build and loadout in The First Descendant

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Lepic is one of the starter characters in The First Descendant and a reliable DPS dealer with solid crowd control skills, AoE burst damage, and a very powerful ultimate ability. He specializes in ranged burst damage and for that alone he ranks high in in our The First Descendant character tier list. We’ve pieced together the best Lepic build to make the most of his traits and attributes.

A trusty and faithful AR, paired with a long-distance weapon and close-range weapon enables Lepic’s build and loadout to be extremely versatile. Image capture via VideoGamer/ Nexon.

Weapons and gear

We recommend a short to medium range weapon to make the most of Lepic’s grenade skills, which have a shorter range effective use of your grenades. Mob groups and spawn location then you’ll be in a better position. For these reasons, we recommend using the following weapons:

  • Assault Rifle
  • Scout Rifle or Shotgun
  • Shotgun or Sniper

Burst fire ARs are fantastic alongside weakspot and headshot damage bonuses, especially while Traction Grenade is live. Shotguns offer more spray and pray. AR or SMGs help your burst at close range and against grenade-towed enemies.  As for other options, sniper rifle are great against distant enemies. These enemies won’t be in range for effective grenade use, so you have those to fall back on. It’s also handy for your burn attack modifiers against single-targets. There’s also Reactor synergy for more skill damage when using a scout rifle.

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We recommend trying to get burning Reactors. These offer the most synergy with your burn skills, alongside granting buffs to tech skills, which are your grenade throw and ultimate skills. These are your two main damage skills, so these are always worth buffing via the double whammy or burn reactor.

As for modules, improve your defensiveness where possible. Lepic doesn’t have any innate defensiveness outside of his base stats. Always focus on improving those stats when you can. Skill power is worth investing in as well. Fire status effect modifiers on your guns are great too as they synergise with your burning mods. Outside of that, continue to improve weapon ATK mods for more consistent DPS. Better and more MP make a difference too, helping you avoid heavy dead windows where you can’t use your skills. 


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A picture of a marine throwing a grenade at aliens on a sandy dune.
Lepic’s Traction Grenade is an important part of his skill set. Captured by VideoGamer

Lepic skills

Here is a breakdown of Lepic’s skills:

SkillDescription
Grenade ThrowThrow a grenade forward, dealing Burst damage for (Skill Power x 500.3%) on a six-second.
OverclockBecome overclocked for 17 seconds and increase skill power by 20%. During this time your other skills will inflict burn on enemies, for 3 seconds, ticking for around 115% Skill power, further increased by character and skill level.
Traction GrenadeThrow a grenade that tows enemies towards its centre. This drags and hold enemies to appoint for several seconds in a 9-meter radius.
OverkillEquip a weapon in your arm, when fired unleashes a large burst damage attack in an area, dealing Skill power multiplied by 2500% at a minimum. It then deals continuous damage for around 40% minimum for a second duration every 0.5 seconds in a 5-meter range. The skill drains all MP when pressed. The amount of total MP affects how often you can shoot, typically to a max of 2 times.
Close Call PassiveUpon receiving Fatal damage, you are granted damage immunity and immobilization immunity. You recover around 50% of your Max HP when the Close Call effect ends. The effect lasts for around 5 seconds.

Note that the damage percentage of skills will increase as you level up your Descendant. If you’re committing to Lepic, feel free to check out our XP farm guide for information on power levelling.

Skill tips andcombos

Due to how Lepic’s kit is designed we have a few skill tips to share:

  • Traction / Frag Grenade combo.
  • Counter enemy tactics or group enemies for easier weakspot hits.
  • Use your ultimate instead of Overclock for single-target DPS.
  • The Overdrive skill is solid when used for weapon burn attack synergy and for Void Fragments farming.
  • Traction grenade pairs well with other CC-focused Descendants like Viessa / Ajax.

Lepic’s skills are fairly easy to combo for AoE damage. Throw your Traction Grenade followed by a grenade throw for reliable mob clearing. You can also use your Traction Grenade to counter harder enemies, such as heavy armored elites and riot shield enemies. The Traction Grenade swoops them up, making landing weakspot hits easier to pull off and negating shield defensive moves.

Overclock burns all through all your mana, so if you need single target damage, you’re best using your full mana bar on your ultimate skill. You’ll get significantly more out of using the Overkill skill which has a several thousand skill multiplier for incredibly high burst damage compared the damage your Burn will do. The only time you’ll ever really use Overdrive is for a heavy weapon burn mod build with increased sustain DPS or for farming Void Fragments.

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Craig Robinson

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