The First Descendant Kyle build: Best loadout, skill breakdown, and more

Kyle is a playable class/character in The First Descendant. He is a tactician under a massive suit of armor who can not only take some serious damage but also clap back very hard. Kyle is a bruiser, who excels at disorienting the enemy and breaking their lines, allowing himself and his friends to make short work of hordes of enemies.

In this article, we have explored all the basic information you need to get started with Kyle in The First Descendant.

How to unlock Kyle in The First Descendant?

How to unlock the magnetic powerhouse (Image via NEXON)

There are two ways to unlock Kyle in The First Descendant. You can either buy him from the store or research him. While buying from the in-game store is easier, unlocking him through research is also not a very tough job once you collected these materials:

1) You will need one Kyle Stabilizer. You will need the following components to craft it:

554x Carbon Crystal
303x Hellion
58x Iorganic Biogel
1x Kyle Enhanced Cell Blueprint
200k Gold

2) You will need one Kyle Stabilizer. You will need the following components to craft it:

519x Metal Accelerant
499x Monomolecular Extractor
76x Deformed Biometal
1x Kyle Stabilizer Blueprint
200k Gold

3) You will need one Kyle Spiral Catalyst. You will need the following components to craft it:

408x Ceramic Composite
455x Reverse Charging Coil
30x Compound Carbon Activator
1x Kyle Sprial Catalyst Blueprint

4) The research also needs one Kyle Code. You can farm it in these locations:

Vespers (Hard): Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor in Vespers Lost Supply Depot
Sterile Lands (Normal): Void Fusion Reactor in Sterile Land Repository
Hagios (Hard): Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor in Hagios Dune Base
White-night Gulch (Hard): Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor in White-night Gulch Observatory

5) Finally to order the research you have to pay a sum of credits:

400k Credits

Once you have all of these, go to Magister Anais and submit a research order for Kyle.

The First Descendant Kyle skill breakdown

Descendant Skill Name	What type of skill is it?	Brief Description
Repulsion Dash	Active (Tech)	An offensive maneuver that inflicts damage in a small area, pushes enemies away, and grants a temporary defense boost. Its short cooldown allows frequent use during extended battles.
Magnetic Bulwark	Active (Dimension)	A defensive technique that generates a projectile-blocking barrier at a chosen spot. Maintaining this shield gradually depletes your Max Shield, so use it judiciously.
Magnetism Spurt	Active (Dimension)	Temporarily negates incoming damage by utilizing stored Magnetic Force as a shield. Upon expiration, it releases a damaging pulse to nearby foes. Damage output correlates with consumed Magnetic Force. Despite its brief cooldown, it's advisable to accumulate a substantial amount of Magnetic Force beforehand.
Superconductivity Thrusters	Active (Tech)	A versatile skill that functions as both a rapid movement ability and a potent offensive tool. Colliding with enemies while being active deals significant damage, scaling with stored Magnetic Force. Activation requires at least 30% Magnetic Force. Given its long 60-second cooldown, it's recommended to maximize damage potential by accumulating more than the minimum Magnetic Force before use.
Experienced Technician	Passive (Tech)	Passive ability that generates Magnetic Force when using skills.

Kyle is a bruiser and his skills revolve around disorienting the enemy and clearing the way. When playing Kyle, focus on building up his Magnetic force and use skills like Superconductivity Thrusters to dish out massive amounts of damage.

All Kyle Skill modules in The First Descendant

Charge into battle with Kyle (Image via NEXON)

These Transcendent Modules alter Kyle's base Skills, and only one can be equipped at a time. Note that we are not sure whether these are present in the game currently, as they were sourced from the TFD community wiki.

Module	Descendant	Socket	Effect
Collision Instinct	Kyle	Almandine	Dash towards enemies to knock them back, but remove stacks and ignore the DEF Up bonus.
Diamagnetic Bulwark	Kyle	Malachite	Replaces Magnetic Bulwark's projectile defense with enemy knockback on contact. Magnetic Force is restored proportional to the number of foes repelled.
Self-Directed Eruption	Kyle	Almandine	Drains Magnetic Force to attract enemies towards Kyle. Upon deactivation, unleashes significant damage to nearby opponents.
Superconductive Bombing	Kyle	Xantic	While in the air, use Magnetic Force to release bombs. Stops when Magnetic Force is exhausted and doesn't trigger additional collision damage from Magnetic Force.

The First Descendant Kyle build: What are the Best Modules to use?

Broadly speaking, Kyle needs higher Shields and lower Skill CD to be effective. All other stats can be filled out depending on what you needs specifically. We have not quite gotten around to putting an Energy Activator on our Kyle build yet, so here's what we are rocking:

Increased Shield (max this out first)
Shock Punch (Sub-attack module)
Focus on Tech
MP Conversion
Nimble Fingers
Non-Attribute Specialist (You can also use Non-Attribute Synctium)

Best leveling build for Kyle in The First Descendant (Image via Nexon)

This Kyle build is not meant for mobbing, but for running solo Void Intercept Battles. Currently, we can clear some Hard Intercept bosses even with a sub-30 level Kyle as long as the weapon DPS is enough.

We will update this guide with a more min-maxed endgame build later. That said, the build philosophy is to prioritize these stats, in order of importance:

Shields
Skill CD
Skill Power
Non-Attribute Skill power
Tech Skill power
Skill range (Skill Expansion) - If you want to do some mobbing
Defensive stats other than shield
Skill duration (Skill Extension) can come in handy if you want a higher Barrier uptime, but it is not more important than other stats.

Best Reactor to use for a Kyle build in The First Descendant

Materialized Phase Reactor is the best for Kyle because it boosts the Non-Attribute and Dimension skills. You should also keep an eye on the Skill optimization requirements, and have the specified weapon class equipped.

Best External Components to use on Kyle

The best components to use for this Kyle build are defensive stats:

Max Shield.
Max HP.
HP Recovery.
DEF.

Focus on the External Components that will boost his tackiness even further. There’s quite a lot of RNG involved with finding External Components, but once you get your hands on the above-mentioned ones, equip them for maximum optimization.

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Edited by Adarsh J Kumar