The First Descendant: Esiemo Build & Best Loadout

Welcome to The First Descendant: Esiemo Build & Best Loadout. Esiemo attaches bombs to enemies and detonates them at the right opportunity.

In this guide, we will explain how to create a powerful build for the Esiemo Descendant. We’ll cover how the skills work and which weapons, stats and modules you need to create the most powerful build for Esiemo. Visit The First Descendant Builds page for more TFD Character Builds.

Esiemo is specialized in burst DPS and handles explosives. He attaches bombs to enemies and detonates them at the right opportunity.

Table of Contents:

How to play Esiemo
How to unlock Esiemo
Skills Explanation

Time Bomb
Blast
Guided Landmine
Arche Explosion
Adventitious Habit

Descendant Modules
Best Weapons & Weapon Modules
Reactor
External Components
Esiemo’s Story

Here is a quick list of the pros and cons of the Esiemo Build for The First Descendant.

How to Play The First Descendant Esiemo

The First Descendant Esiemo is best played as a DPS character. He specializes in area of effect damage. He is also great at pre-stacking damage. You can place mines at enemy spawn points to instantly nuke them once they spawn. Most of his skills are focused on area damage, therefore his single-target damage is a bit lower.

Esiemo’s ultimate skill lets him charge forward, explode and knock back enemies. All enemies hit also get their buffs removed due to his madness state buff after the ultimate.

Esiemo is really all about area of effect damage. However, because plenty of the bosses in the intercept battles are huge it is often also easy to still hit all mines on the target. So you can do good single target damage if you spec him with the right weapons, but preferably he performs a lot better with AoE damage just blowing everything up.

How to Unlock Esiemo in The First Descendant

Let’s take a quick look at how to unlock Esiemo in the First Descendant. To unlock Esiemo, you have to purchase him from the store, or research him. You need the following items to research Esiemo:

1x Esiemo Enhanced Cells

292x Flectorite
462x Shape Memory Alloy
76x Deformed Biometal
1x Esiemo Enhanced Cells Blueprint

1x Esiemo Stabilizer

408x Ceramic Composite
455x Reverse Charging Coil
26x Organic Biogel
1x Esiemo Stabilizer Blueprint

1x Esiemo Spiral Catalyst

290x Semi-permanent Plasma
363 Nanopolymers
46x Specialized Biometal
1x Esiemo Spiral Catalyst Blueprint

1x Esiemo Code

Location 1: Vespers Hard – Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor – Vepsers Moonlight Lake
Location 2: Kingston Hard – Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor – Kingston Grand Square
Location 3: Agna Desert Hard – Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor – Agna Desert The Storage
Location 4: Hagios Hard – Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor – Hagios Corrupted Zone

400k Credits

When you visit Magisters Anais at the Research Institute you can hover over each item. Then click on Acquisition Info and it will tell you where this specific item drops. You can view an in-depth guide here on How to unlock Esiemo in The First Descendant.

The First Descendant Esiemo Skills Explained

In this section, we are going to explain the skills available to our Esiemo Build in the First Descendant, how each skill works and the best ways for you to use them.

Time Bomb

Fires a Sticky Bomb forward. The Sticky Bomb attaches to an enemy or terrain on contact.

Time Bomb Skill Description:

Fire – Tech
Fires a Sticky Bomb forward. The Sticky Bomb attaches to an enemy or terrain on contact.

How to use Time Bomb:

Time Bomb is best placed on bigger targets since it sticks to enemies. That way, when they blow up, it will easily take out smaller enemies with one hit, too. Additionally, you can also place them on the ground, forming a protection field that blows up when enemies get too close to you.

Blast

Instantly detonates attached bombs. Bomb damage increases with the number of attached bombs.

Blast Skill Description:

Fire – Fusion
Detonate the attached bombs.
Damage dealt increases with the number of attached bombs.

How to use Blast:

Blast simply detonates the deployed Sticky Bombs of skill 1. Like mentioned above, try to blow up as many targets as you can timing this correctly.

Guided Landmine

Places a Guided Landmine at current location. Once placed, the Guided Landmine will fly to an enemy within its detection range and attach to it.

Guided Landmine Skill Description:

Fire – Tech
Places a Guided Landmine.
once placed, the Guided Landmine flies to an enemy within its detection range and attaches to it.
If there are obstacles in its path, it attaches to the terrain.

How to use Guided Landmine:

The Guided Landmine is best place infront of enemy spawn points. That way you can take care of spawning enemies without having to bother with them. If possible, try to time it so it hits bigger targets because the small enemies usually die too fast anyway.

It is important to not place it between obstacles, otherwise it will attach to those.

 

 

 

 

Arche Explosion

Starts moving forward fast. On collision with an enemy while charging, inflicts Knockback. When the movement ends, deals damage to nearby enemies and removes buffs from them. After the skill ends, Esiemo enters Madness state.

Arche Explosion Skill Description:

Fire – Fusion
Dashes forward to deal damage and inflict Knockback on colliding targets during movement.
Interacting with the skill button again or ending movement deals Burst damage to nearby enemies.
Enemies hit by the explosion lose their buffs.
When the skill ends, grants self Madness.

How to use Arche Explosion:

Arche Explosion is one of the most powerful Ultimate Skills in the game. The only downside to it is that it has a long cooldown. Therefore, only use this if absolutely needed. After the skill ends you get Madness for 10+ seconds, increasing your Firearm ATK by a lot, make it count!

 

Adventitious Habit (Passive)

Drops a bomb on the ground when the shield is completely depleted.

Adventitious Habit Passive Description:

Drops a bomb on the ground when the shield is completely depleted.

How to use Adventitious Habit:

This passive is very lackluster, basically all it does is drop a bomb on the ground when your shield is depleted and it has a fairly long cooldown on top of that.

Descendant Modules for our Esiemo Build

In this section, we will explain the recommended Descendant Modules for The First Descendant Esiemo Build.

Important! When equipping Modules on Esiemo, make sure that as many modules as possible are in a slot with a matching icon (top left corner on tooltip). This will half their Module Capacity Cost.

Your Module Capacity Cost limits how many modules you can equip, and can be upgraded as you level up your character. Different modules have a different Capacity Cost, which generally depends on how powerful the Module is. This is a balancing system to prevent players from only equipping the strongest modules and having a totally overpowered character.

Learn here How To Farm Modules in The First Descendant for your Esiemo Build. And learn here How to increase Module Capacity in The First Descendant for your Builds.

Esiemo Max Level Modules Setup

We recommend using the following modules:

Cluster Bomb (Esiemo Exclusive) – Detonating an attached bomb creates additional explosives at the detonated location
Skill Range Mastery – Improves the Range of your Skills
Increased Shield – Increases your Max Shield
Fire Specialist – Increases the Skill Power of your Fire skills
Skill Expansion – Increases the Effect Range of your skills
Focus on Fire – Improves the Skill Power of your Fire Skills, and slightly reduces Skill Cooldowns
Dual Claw – Changes your Sub Attack to a Dual Claw attack. Increases Max Module Capacity
Willpower Efflux – Increases your DEF and slightly improves HP Heal
Increased DEF – Increases your DEF
Increased HP – Increases your max HP
Technique Manual – Landing a skill deals a portion of your Max HP as extra damage to the target. 8 second Cooldown per target.
Flexslot – You can put a module of your choice here, or leave it empty. You may want to use defensive modules tailored to certain situations.

Best Weapons & Weapon Mods for our TFD Esiemo Build

In this section, we will explain the best weapons for our The First Descendant Esiemo Build and the ideal weapon mods for them.

We recommend using the following weapon for Esiemo in the First Descendant:

Thunder Cage – Submachine Gun

The Thunder Cage Submachine Gun is an Ultimate weapon. The firearm emits an electric shockwave that creates the appearance of thunder being directed at the enemy.

Thunder Cage Description:

When defeating an enemy, the defeated enemy has a set chance to discharge Electric Shockwave that deals Additional Damage to nearby enemies.

Basic Info

Reload Speed:  -20%

Electric Shockwave

Trigger Rate : 60%
Damage Range:  3 meter radius
Additional Damage:  Firearm Damage x 150%

This is a high DPS weapon with a quick fire-rate. It suits Esiemo’s Build very well in The First Descendant.

We are using the following weapons mods for the Thunder Cage Weapon:

Hawk-Eye – Improves your Accuracy
Concentration Priority – Reloading is quicker, and Firearm Critical Damage is improved
Rifling Reinforcement – Significantly improves your Firearm Attack
Concentrate Support Ammo – You get more rounds per magazine, and 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 your Fire Rate

Restored Relic – Launcher

The Restored Relic Launcher is an Ultimate weapon. A weapon that demonstrates at least a small portion of the overwhelming technical prowess of the Ancestors. It has a built-in function that fires guided rounds.

Restored Relic Description:

Fires a Guided Round with a set chance. On hitting an enemy with a Guided Round, inflicts Ancient Fire to the target enemy with a set chance.

Basic Info

Fire Rate:  -20%

Guided Round

Trigger Rate: 60%

Ancient Fire

Trigger Rate: 25%
Duration: 3 seconds
Damage Interval: 1 second
Additional Damage: Firearm Damage x 20%

Here are the most important modules for the Restored Relic weapon:

Concentration Priority – Reloading is quicker, and Firearm Critical Damage is improved
Rifling Reinforcement – Significantly improves your Explosive Attack
Concentrate Support Ammo – You get more rounds per magazine, and slightly more Firearm Critical Hit Damage
Action and Reaction – Improves Explosive Attack and Recoil
Fire Rate Up – Significantly improves your Fire Rate

Best Reactor Stats for Esiemo in The First Descendant

Your Reactor is a very important item that determines your skill damage and can also include extra modifiers that buff certain aspects of your build. The better your Reactor is, the more damage your skills will deal to enemies.

We recommend prioritizing using a Reactor with a high Skill Power and Sub Attack Power. Secondly, look out for a Reactor that buffs Fusion and/or Fire skills, as most of Esiemo’s skills fall into these categories. After that, look out for Reactors with a boost to your Skill Critical Hit Damage, which will improve the amount of damage dealt when you land a critical hit.

Another thing to look out for is an Optimization Condition that you can easily fulfill with your Esiemo build. For example, certain reactors require an equipped Submachine Gun to meet the Optimization Condition. Meeting the condition increases the Skill Power of your reactor, so it’s important to meet this whenever possible.

The name of a reactor can be determined by the following. For example a reactor with the name Tingling in it means it is good for anything that deals Electric damage.

The First Descendant Esiemo’s attribute is Fire and his skills use the following types:

Fusion (Blast, Arche Explosion)
Tech (Time Bomb, Guided Landmine)

That means you want to pick a reactor with the following names:

Burning Mechanics: Boost to Fire and Tech type
Burning Mixture: Boost to Fire and Fusion type

Our The First Descendant Esiemo Build focuses on Blast and Arche Explosion damage. Therefore, we want to select a Burning Mixture reactor. However, any will do until you have a proper version of a reactor!

External Components

Finally, we have the best External Components for the Esiemo build in the First Descendant.

With your External Components, you will be somewhat subject to RNG, at least until you’ve played the game for long enough to find basically every possible combination with good stat rolls.

In general, we recommend prioritizing components with the following stats:

Max Shield
Max HP
HP Recovery
DEF

Esiemo’s Story in The First Descendant

The First Descendant Esiemo was enlisted to become a Descendant, his parents said these parting words as they embraced him: “Be proud of your Arche. No more tears. This officer here also needs to get back to work, okay?

No sooner had those words left their lips, the Bomb Squad in blast suits carefully collected Esiemo’s tears. Due to his unique Arche, even a single teardrop from Esiemo is a dangerous explosive.

Ever since he was a child, Esiemo was bullied by other children because his body would smell like gunpowder. Without the warm love of his parents, it would have been difficult for him to withstand the torment. Although his parents loved him immensely, once his sneezes started to cause actual explosions, as loving parents, they understood that they had no other choice.

At this rate, not only would they be unable to hide the suspiciously frequent explosions that were occurring in the Albion residential area, but their beloved neighbors, who they cared for as much as they did their child, would have to deal with the disruption in their daily lives. In the end, Esiemo’s parents reported his potential Arche ability to HQ, and the Magisters succeeded in uncovering Esiemo’s Arche though corresponding tests. The distinctive scent and excretions produced from his body were actually explosive Arche substances.

It was a miracle that no major incident had occurred so far. Now, not only was Esiemo isolated from the residential area, but as a Descendant candidate, he had no other choice but to leave his parents’ side. However, his parents embraced him tightly; they were proud of their son.

Esiemo, who had decided to accept his destiny, made a promise to his parents. Not only would he become an outstanding Descendant and the best son to them, but he would grow up and become someone who could love even those who had bullied him in the past.

Esiemo was confident. Exploding enemies, growing fame, and burning love. Is there anything better than explosions to achieve all of these at the same time?

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