Best Blue Beetle Build for Season 3 – The First Descendant

Welcome to The First Descendant Blue Beetle Build (Scout Rifle). This Blue Beetle Build is updated for Season 3 Episode 2. The Blue is a scout rifle that increases the skill critical hit rate when a fusion skill is activated.

Table of Contents:

• Blue Beetle Summary
• Blue Beetle Build
  • Modules
  • Weapon Readjustment
  • Weapon Cores
• Lore Info

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Blue Beetle Summary

The Blue Beetle is an Ultimate Tactical Rifle. The Arche Reactor was developed for applying the newest technologies and is proof of Albion’s technological prowess. It is loaded with a special device that aids in battle through Arche Efflux.

• Name: Blue Beetle
• Type: Scout Rifle
• Tier: Ultimate
• Bullets: Impact Rounds
• Unique Ability: Arcane Wave

Unique Ability “Arcane Wave”

• When using a Fusion skill, grants self the unique ability Arcane Energy with a set chance.
• When using a Singular skill, grants self the unique ability Purification with a set chance.

Base Weapon Stat Info

Here is the full weapon stat breakdown of the Blue Beetle in The First Descendant.

Blue Beetle Build for The First Descendant

Next, let us take a look at an optimized Blue Beetle Build for The First Descendant. This weapon is most commonly only used because of its unique ability that buffs skill critical hit rate by a lot. It isn’t effectively used to deal damage.

Here is all the info you need to build a powerful Blue Beetle Build:

• Modules
• Weapon Readjustment
• Weapon Cores

Blue Beetle Modules

Modules are an important part of every weapon build in The First Descendant.

I have also marked some modules also flex spots. Colon Special Forces and Better Weapon Weight are mostly my own preference; you can replace them with anything you like.

Weapon Readjustment

You can use the Weapon Readjustment at the Weapon Workbench in Albion. Here are the best Weapon Readjustments for the Blue Beetle:

• Rounds Per Magazine
• Firearm Critical Hit Rate
• Firearm Critical Hit Damage
• Firearm ATK

Try to upgrade the Weapon Readjustments to at least purple quality.

Weapon Cores

Weapon Cores juice up your damage quite tremendously. However, especially the later-level Weapon Cores are difficult to get. So start with whatever weapon cores you have available. Weapon Cores drop in the Void Erosion Purge endgame activity.

Higher level Weapon Cores drop in the higher level Void Erosion Purge levels in The First Descendant. However, you can gradually work towards the highest level. I recommend trying to get to level six as soon as possible, since it won’t require to clear many stages and will already increase the power of your weapon tremendously.

Best Weapon Cores for the Blue Beetle:

• Grapple Hook Recharge (Free Augmentation)
• Firearm ATK (Firearm Augmentation)
• ElectricATK (Attribute Augmentation)
• Fire Rate (Tactical Augmentation)
• Sprint Speed (Precision Augmentation)

This setup is great because it provides us with additional sprint speed and a faster Grapple Hook recharge time, allowing us to navigate content more efficiently and smoothly.

Blue Beetle Lore Info

The “Blue Beetle” gets its name from its distinctive look and has increased the ratio of electrical current resistance material throughout its gun frame to maintain its unique current dissipation mechanism. Unlike its straightforward moniker, this weapon features an Arche Efflux, the culmination of Albion’s newest weapons engineering.

Descendants can use their Arche to draw forth the weapon’s special function: a Unique Ability that is useful for both attack and defense. This phenomenon occurs when the device’s high voltage, blue energy waves work together with the Descendant’s Arche to emit energy. The Magisters are hard at work to apply this technology to many other areas as well.

Related Guides for The First Descendant

You can also check out our Ultimate Weapons Database for The First Descendant or the Builds Database for The First Descendant.