The Second season update in The First Descendant brings an interesting new character: Ines Raya. Her stunning electric damage skills make her a perfect addition to the game. When equipped with the right build, Ines can take down multiple enemies simultaneously. Here’s a guide to having the best Ines build, weapon arrangement, and modules.
Ines Raya: The AoE Attack Expert
With her insanely high AoE damage skills and electric powers, Ines is a game-changer for First Descendant players.
She can get rid of almost all bosses with ease since she has a high critical attack rate too. Another good thing about Ines is that she can be modified into any build, whether it’s for farming, defeating Bosses, or exploring Dungeons.
All of Ines Raya’s Abilities
| Ability | Level | Effect |
| Chain Lightning | Default | Ines will fire a chain lighting at the target. This can bounce and will inflict damage on whoever is hit with it. |
| Lightning Conductor | Level 3 | Ines will shoot current coils on the target. |
| Discharge | Level 5 | Ines will gather electricity in her hand and release a lightning strike on the target. The more you charge, the more powerful the shot will be. |
| Snare Hunter | Level 7 | Ines will throw a plasma acceleration coil at the target, while also summoning a thunder snare on them. |
Ines Raya’s passive ability is plasma oscillation, where her critical skill rate will increase proportionally to MP. All abilities, including the Passize ability, will have a conductor effect. If enemies under the influence of the conductor effect are attacked, they will have to double the damage.
Top Ines Raya Builds
Ines’ abilities can be modified according to your play style.
Starter Build for Ines
If you’re just starting or don’t want a complex build, you can go for this starter setup that will have good survivability while also providing decent damage. It can also be used as a base for more complicated builds.
Starter Module setup:
- Mid-Air Maneuvering
- Skill Expansion
- Emergency Measures
- Nimble Fingers
- Front Lines
- HP Amplification
- Skill Concentration
Emergency Measures, Skill Expansions and Skill Concentration will increase skill effects, while Mid Air Maneuvering will allow you to jump high up into the air, even without any support. Nimble Fingers is good for reducing Skill Cooldown time, allowing you to keep using your abilities continuously.
Farming Build for Ines
This build is for you if you want to use Ines to farm EXP from all kinds of missions or to collect some hard-to-get modules and components.
Module Setup for Farming Build:
- MP Conversion
- Skill Insight
- Skill Expansions
- Skill Concentration
- Time of the Hunting Hounds
- Emergency Measures
- Nimble Fingers
- HP Amplification
- Focus on Electric
- Potent Collector
- Maximize Range
Time of the Hunting Hounds is a module that will allow Ines to have Tech Skills and increase her total AoE damage effects. The rest of the modules will increase the effect of skills and increase the hit damage of every attack.
Dungeon Build for Ines
This is the build you should go for if you plan to complete the harder parts of the game with Ines. This includes Void Erosion Purges, Void Vessels, and other similar content. The goal of this module setup is to increase the damage effects of Ines’ attacks while also trying to maintain her survivability.
Module setup for Dungeon build:
- Skill Concentration
- Skill Insight
- Skill Expansion
- MP Conversion
- Emergency Measures
- Time of the Hunting Hounds
- Potent Collector
- Mid Air Maneuvering
- Front Lines
- Focus on Electric
- Nimble Fingers
- HP Amplification
Best Equipment For Ines Raya
While Ines is strong enough on her own, using the proper equipment can enhance all her abilities. Here’s a list of weapons and other equipment that will aid you in unlocking Ines’ full potential.
Weapons
- Secret Garden: Tactical Rifle
- Enduring Legacy: Machine Gun
- Smithereens: Shotgun
- Thunder Cage: Submachine gun
Getting these guns to the Max stats will allow you to fire enemies at extremely high critical rates and critical damage. Secret Garden is the best gun for any Ines Build, since her abilities paired with the gun’s “Pest Control” effect can increase the total AoE damage extensively. Enduring Legacy is another strong choice for an Ines build.
You’ll get Thunder Cage by completing the main story missions. This gun is good at AoE damage and would match the skills of Ines. Since Ines’ element is electricity, the best reactor for her would be the Electric Mechanics Reactor.
External Components
As with all character builds, the Slayer Set would be the best external component for Ines Raya. The slayer set has many advantages, some of which include increased round capacity, damage, and skill power. This set usually includes the following components:
- Slayer Sensor
- Slayer Processor
- Slayer Memory
- Slayer Auxilliary Power
How To Unlock Ines Raya In The First Descendant
As with other characters, you can either buy Ines Raya from the new updates store or research her at the lab. To research Raya, head to Magister Anais, who will be at the Research Institute, and talk to him. You’ll be shown a list of items that you would need to change to Ines Raya:
- Ines Stabilizer
- Ines Enhanced Cells x1
- Ines Spiral Catalyst x1
- Ines Code x1
- 400,000 Credits
How To Play As Ines Raya In The First Descendant
Ines Raya belongs to a family of fighters who had the Thunderous Arche. She inherited this power from her mother and now uses it to fight against the Dark forces in The First Descendant. What makes Ines different from other characters is her massive AoE damage potential and electric attacks.
The conductor effect from her abilities will allow you to damage groups of enemies at once. If an enemy is already under the effect of a chain reaction and is attacked with another ability, they lose more health than usual. Ines has high agility and power, but pairing it with the Secret Garden weapon will increase the damage she can do.
With her Discharge and Current coil abilities, Ines can attack all kinds of enemies even from a distance. She can also continuously drain an enemy’s health by summoning a thunderous snare with her Plasma Acceleration Coil ability, making it perfect to use on larger bosses.
Now that you are here, you may want to look at our build guides for Lepic and Hailey as well.