Welcome to our The First Descendant Onslaught Mode Tier List. You can also view our overall TFD Character Tier List and TFD Weapon Tier List or visit the The First Descendant Builds Database.
Table of Contents:
- Onslaught Must Know Tips
- Onslaught Tier List Overview
- Best Weapons for Onslaught Mode
- Onslaught Best Perk Picks
Onslaught Mode Must-Know Tips
- Your Build matters more than what character you select.
- Enemies in Onslaught Mode are weak to Chill damage (Legion of Darkness).
- Optimizing your Build for Chill damage is what matters the most.
- Make sure to use the
Veil Analyzer Mod on your weapons to easily destroy the shields of enemies! 
Hypernova is a popular melee weapon that deals chill damage and pulls enemies together!
Onslaught Mode Tier List Rankings
This Onslaught Mode Tier List for The First Descendant only works with optimized Onslaught builds for the characters. This means if you bring an S-Tier character with a potato build, you still won’t do great.
I will link to the Optimized Onslaught Mode Builds on tfd.gameslantern.com for each character listed below. Because the TFD Builds on alcasthq.com are more general mobbing and bossing builds.
Note: I recommend only picking SS and S-Tier characters unless you really know what you are doing.
Best Weapons for Onslaught Mode in The First Descendant
Enemies in Onslaught Mode are weak to chill damage (Legion of Darkness). Therefore, chill-based weapons are favored. For myself, there is only one must-have weapon you should bring along, and that is the Hypernova Sword.
View my Hypernova Sword Build for Onslaught.
Hypernova is a chill-based weapon, and its special ability allows you to pull enemies to one spot to easily nuke them.
Onslaught Mode Best Perks To Pick
In each stage, you get to select a bonus. Here is a full list of which ones I recommend prioritizing.
Depending on what perks you get to pick, you can potentially double your damage output. However, the most annoying part is once the Colossus spawns, therefore make sure to pick Colossus Hunter if you get the chance to.
Prioritize:
- Colossus Hunter (Purple): When attacking a Colossus, grants 423,840 [+] Additional Firearm and Melee Weapon ATK and 37,280 [+] Additional Skill ATK
- Commander Hunter: Against Commanders, grants 297,500 [+] Additional Firearm and Melee Weapon ATK and 30,930 [+] Additional Skill ATK
- Elite Hunter: Against Elites and Tyrants, grants 249,900 [+] Additional Firearm and Melee Weapon ATK and 20,790 [+] Additional Skill ATK
- Damage perks that boost your build. Skills/Melee Weapon ATK, Fiream ATK etc.
Solo Cheese:
- Enhanced Resurrection: ATK: Each time you die, increases outgoing DMG Modifier by 169% [+]
- Keep dying until you have 1 life left. This will boost your damage to insane levels and speed up runs. This strat is fro pros only.
Blue Perks
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Attribute Amp: Firearms | Increases all Firearm Attribute ATK by 80% [x] |
| Attribute Amp: Melee Weapons | Increases all Melee Weapon Attribute ATK by 110% [x] |
| Attribute Amp: Skills | Increases all Attributes Skill Power Boost Ratio by 113% [+] |
| Enhanced Attribute Resistance | Increases All Attribute Resistance by 6,460 [+] |
| Enhanced DEF | Increases DEF by 234% [x] |
| Enhanced Firearm | Increases Firearm ATK by 93% [x] and Explosive ATK by 93% [x] |
| Enhanced HP | Increases Max HP by 327% [x] |
| Enhanced Melee Weapon | Increases Melee Weapon ATK by 88% [x] |
| Enhanced Multi-Hit | Increases Firearm Multi-Hit Damage by 234% [x] and Melee Weapon Additional Attack Damage by 159% [x] |
| Enhanced Shield | Increases Max Shield by 221% [x] |
| Enhanced Skill | Increases Skill Power by 135% [x] |
| Enhanced Skill Critical Hit | Increases Skill Critical Hit Damage by 158% [x] |
| Enhanced Weapon Critical Hit | Increases Firearm and Melee Weapon Critical Hit Damage by 164% [x] |
| Surging HP | Increases HP Recovery In Combat by 500 [+] |
| Surging MP | Increases MP Recovery In Combat by 100 [+] |
| Surging Shield | Increases Shield Recovery In Combat by 500 [+] |
Purple Perks
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Attribute Block | Grants Immunity to status effects of all Attributes |
| Blessing of the Orbs: Firearms | When acquiring HP or MP orbs, increases Firearm ATK by 16% [x] and Explosive ATK by 16% [x] (Up to 15 stacks) |
| Blessing of the Orbs: Melee Weapons | When acquiring HP or MP orbs, increases Melee Weapon ATK by 22% [x] (Up to 15 stacks) |
| Blessing of the Orbs: Skills | When acquiring HP or MP orbs, increases Skill Power by 27% [x] (Up to 15 stacks) |
| Colossus Hunter | When attacking a Colossus, grants 423,840 [+] Additional Firearm and Melee Weapon ATK and 37,280 [+] Additional Skill ATK |
| Commander Hunter | Against Commanders, grants 297,500 [+] Additional Firearm and Melee Weapon ATK and 30,930 [+] Additional Skill ATK |
| Conditional Defence | Increases DEF by 900% [x] when Shield is active, but decreases DEF by -80% [x] when there is no Shield |
| Control Block | Grants Immunity to Immobilized |
| Elite Hunter | Against Elites and Tyrants, grants 249,900 [+] Additional Firearm and Melee Weapon ATK and 20,790 [+] Additional Skill ATK |
| Evasion Specialist: Firearm | When using Roll, increases Firearm ATK by 18% [x] and Explosive ATK by 18% [x]. (Up to 10 stacks) |
| Evasion Specialist: Melee Weapon | When using Roll, increases Melee Weapon ATK by 17% [x]. (Up to 10 stacks) |
| Evasion Specialist: Skill | When using Roll, increases Skill Power by 24% [x]. (Up to 10 stacks) |
| Grappling Hook Enhancement | When using Grappling Hook, Increases Outgoing DMG Modifier by 175% [+] for 10s |
| Hook Specialist: Firearm | When using Grappling Hook, increases Firearm ATK by 18% [x] and Explosive ATK by 18% [x]. (Up to 10 stacks) |
| Hook Specialist: Melee Weapons | When using Grappling Hook, increases Melee Weapon ATK by 17% [x]. (Up to 10 stacks) |
| Hook Specialist: Skill | When using Grappling Hook, increases Skill Power by 24% [x]. (Up to 10 stacks) |
| Hunting Specialist: MP | When defeating an enemy, recovers MP by 50% (Cooldown 5s) |
| Hunting Specialist: Slayer | Every 30 enemy defeat, increases Outgoing DMG Modifier by 400% [+] for 5s |
| Hunting Specialist: Survivability | When defeating an enemy, recovers HP and Shield by 50%. (Cooldown 5s) |
| Hunting Specialist: Mobility | When defeating an enemy, increases Movement Speed by 30% [x]. (Cooldown 5s) |
| Last Stand | When taking fatal damage, recovers 50% HP instead of dying and becomes immune to damage for 5s |
| Roll Enhancement | When using Roll, increases Outgoing DMG Modifier by 175% [+] for 10s |
Gold Perks
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Balanced Growth | On Firearm or Melee Weapon hit, increases Skill Power by 250% [x] for 10s. On Skill hit, increases Firearm and Melee Weapon ATK by 250% [x] for 10s |
| Distorted Healing: HP | Increases HP and Shield Recovery In Combat by 1,000 [+]. However, takes damage when acquiring an HP Orb |
| Distorted Healing: MP | Increases MP Recovery In Combat 250 [+]. However, takes damage when acquiring an MP Orb |
| Enhanced Resurrection: ATK | Each time you die, increases outgoing DMG Modifier by 169% [+] |
| Enhanced Resurrection: HP | Each time you die, increases Max HP by 238% [x] |
| Enhanced Resurrection: Shield | Each time you die, increases Max Shield by 160% [x] |
| Defense Master | Decreases Incoming DMG Modifier by -90 [+], but also decreases Outgoing DMG by -30 [+] |
| Offense Master | Increases Outgoing DMG Modifier by 100 [+], but also increases Incoming DMG Modifier by 50 [+] |
| Risk Dividend: Firearms | Each Firearm attack, has a 0.2% chance to increase Outgoing DMG Modifier by 900% [+] for 5s. (Cooldown: 20s) |
| Risk Dividend: Melee Weapons | Each Melee Weapon attack, has a 1.0% chance to increase Outgoing DMG Modifier by 900% [+] for 7s. (Cooldown: 20s) |
| Risk Dividend: Skills | Each Skill attack, has a 1.3% chance to increase Outgoing DMG Modifier by 900% [+] for 5s. (Cooldown: 20s) |
Related Guides for The First Descendant
You can also check out our TFD Character Tier List, TFD Weapon Tier List, or visit the The First Descendant Builds Database.
