The Dead Bride inThe First Descendantis the fourth Level 44 Void Intercept Battle faced by players in the game’s normal mode. With a roster of strong defensive and devastating offensive capabilities, unprepared players will have an incredibly difficult time, and will likely be overwhelmed by her large AOE attacks and swarm of minions.
However, this boss looks stronger than she is, and with the right preparation, build, and counters to her attacks, she can go down without too much of a fight. While her attacks may be deadly, she has a vast number of weaknesses that players can take advantage of, leading to a swift victory and a plethora of rewards upon her demise.
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Boss Fight Preparation
As menacing as the Dead Bride in TheFirst Descendantis, she doesn’t have too complex of a moveset, and many of her attacks are fairly repetitive, allowing players to easily analyze and learn her skills, and attack around them. The main feature that you should be aware of is that she deals an extraordinary amount ofcold damage, and is resistant to the same damage type.
The table below showcases the rest of her key attributes that players should take into consideration when equipping themselves with the right gear andmodules inThe First Descendant:
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The Best Weapons & Modules To Equip
While she deals mighty Cold damage, the Dead Bride is extremely weak to Fire-based damage inThe First Descendant, so change your firearms to something that hasWeak Point Damage, and Fire ATK, the most useful attributes to take her down.
If you don’t have these types of weapons but you’ve managed to research enough materials, you can go to the Workbench to readjust your weapons. Ensure to lock the ones you want to keep and change the remainder. You will get a randomized couple of extra perks that replace the ones that you haven’t locked, and hopefully, they will have Fire ATK.
Utilizing at least one long-ranged weapon such as aTechnical Rifle or a Scout Rifle is essential, or a Sniper, as for the majority of the fight, you won’t get too close to her. Even if you don’t hit her weak points with a Sniper, you will still deal a significant amount of damage. She is also vulnerable to Burst-type damage, so utilize Shotguns or Hand Cannons to exploit this weakness.
Employing a close-range weapon alongside this is still useful, as the Dead Bridespawns star-shaped mobs called Kingfishesthat spin on the spot and stun-lock you, which will lead to high damage intake from the boss.
You should target these enemies to gain HP-regen, MP-regen, and various ammo types, which you’ll need throughout the fight to beat the boss.
When enhancing your Modules,prioritize Chill Resistance and spec at least +1600to avoid getting damaged by her chilling attacks, otherwise, if you get trapped in her Ice attacks, you will die instantly. You can also equipFire Enhancement and Fire Priority to maximize Fire ATK from your weapons.
The Best Descendants To Use
Below is a list of the bestcharacters inThe First Descendant, each of which shines with unique abilities, and is best suited to take on the Dead Bride:
Boss Abilities & Moveset
When fighting the Dead Bride inThe First Descendant, players must be aware of her key abilities within her moveset, along with the best ways to defend themselves and counter her formidable attacks. The table below details each of her attacks and their capabilities:
How To Counter
Blaster
The Dead Bride shoots out energy blasts using her hand blaster, and changes them to laser attacks within her Enraged State.
Double Jump or Roll to safely evade these attacks.
Missiles
Using her rocket launchers, she shoots out a barrage of missiles, capable of breaking the surrounding structures. The damage dealt by these also increases during her Enraged State.
It can be dodged by double jumping and rolling.
Icicles
Becomes stationary and shoots homing icicles at your location. It turns into an AoE attack at the end around the boss.
High
Use the surrounding structures to block these missiles, watching to make sure you’re not standing by one about to break. Otherwise, Double Jump if unavoidable.
Ice Dome
The Ice Dome is the worst of her attacks within her Enraged State; The Dead Bride teleports and shoots a laser beam into the sky, which launches a huge AOE attack that damages anything caught inside.
Very High
Create as much distance as possible by using your Grapple to escape the dome’s radius quickly.
Boss Fight Combat Strategy
Themajority of the Dead Bride’s defense comes from her shield, so players should prioritize destroying this first. Once this has been taken out, she can go down pretty fast as long as you land hits on her weak points, and safely dodge her incoming attacks.
Should you take any hits, you can be knocked out in places where, if you’replaying with friends inThe First Descendant, your teammates can’t reach you. It’s also possible to be killed in as little as two to three shots, so ensure to follow the appropriate counters for their respective attacks.
With so many weak points in her bodily structure, players have many options to target, and you caneasily locate them by using the Ecive Scanner. Aim at these spots to stagger her, and use your Grapple to get up and close to each of these areas directly, allowing you to deal even more damage.
While she willstay away from you for the majority of the fight, allowing you to utilize your ranged weapons efficiently,easynowwarns that she will occasionally teleport above you and stomp down on the floor. If you’re caught in the crossfire of this AOE attack, you will be frozen in place, and be left extremely vulnerable.
When dealing with the multitude of missiles she launches, the YouTuber recommends that players dodge forward, back, or underneath them. As it’s a widespread attack, if you attempt to dodge to the left or right of the missiles, you are likely to get hit by at least one of them.
While the obvious aim of a boss fight is to consistently hit and thereby beat the enemy, players should note thatthe more bullets she takes, the faster she will enter her Enraged State, in which she becomes immune to damage intake, and her damage output becomes even stronger. This is potentially the best time to fight off her minions for health and ammo.
During this phase of the boss fight, she will begin to teleport above and initiate her ‘Ice Dome’ attack, which can kill you in just a couple of shots if you’re in the vicinity. While you may have Cold Resistance as one of your Modules, this can still deal devastating damage, so thebest strategy is simply to escape this AOE ability.
Be mindful of the lava-like substance between the platforms on the floor as you use your grapple, as this will deal direct damage to your health bar, and players are also susceptible to drowning.
Within her Enraged State, the Dead Bride becomes much harder to take down, leaving many players stumped as she becomes immune to damage. However, while you can no longer target her weak points as normal, you cantarget the canisters attached to her blaster. This will allow you to swiftly end her Enraged State, and go back to hitting her weak spots as before, eventually leading to her demise.
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Epic-grade & Legendary-grade Modules
By defeating the Dead Bride, players will be rewarded with a bunch of Epic-grade Weapons & Legendary-grade Modules, as well as aReconstruction Device, typical of all Intercept Battles. This will unlock certainAmorphous Patterns inThe First Descendant, listed in the table below:
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15%
38%
Nazeistra’s Devotion Synthetic Fiber Blueprint
Players can only unlock one of the Amorphous Patterns in an Intercept Battle inThe First Descendant. To increase your chances of obtaining a rarer drop, utilize a Shape Stabilizer.
