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The Executioner is a difficult boss inThe First Descendantwho has both a Normal Mode and a Hard Mode. It is one of the Void Intercept Bosses, and while it is not the highest-level boss, it is one of the ones you can also fight in Hard Mode. In the main game, it is the third Boss you can face in this mode, while it is the first boss you can face in the post-game in Hard Mode.
The FirstDescendant’s bosseseach have their own strengths and weaknesses, as do the Descendants fighting them. To unlock Hard Mode, you must have finishedHeart of the Fortress, the last quest in the main storyline. Otherwise, players will have to focus on the Normal Mode Executioner.
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How To Prepare For The Executioner
Descendants & Weapons
This will be different depending on whether you are going intoNormal or Hard Mode and which Descendantsyou have unlocked. At the point in the game where you have made it to the Executioner the first time, it is unlikely you haveunlocked many Descendantsother than your starter if you are not paying for Caliber. It is possible you haveunlocked Bunny by now, and you will not be able to acquire Freyna until after the Executioner is defeated.
The Executioner has some interesting resistances, which you may view below:
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Very Weak
Of the starting Descendants, Bunny has some pros and cons for this fight. She will haveresistance to the Electric attacks, but that also means her attacks will not do as well. She is verygood at clearing the ads, and she is fast, allowing her to cross the map to heal teammates if you areplaying multiplayer inThe First Descendant.
However, for the Normal Mode fight,any Descendant you have can likely finish the fightif you prepare well. You will want to equip as much Electric Resistance as possible and try tobuff your weapons with Toxic Damage. If you do that, you should be prepared for the Normal Mode as much as possible.
In Hard Mode, you will likelywant to run Freyna or Gley, and Bunnyis also a suitable Descendant for ad clearing and staying on the move while fighting. To pick a weapon, you’re able to run something big likeEternal Willpower inThe First Descendant, as well as a strong Sniper and a Scout Rifle, all loaded up with toxic enhancements and high-damage modules.
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How To Defeat The Executioner In Normal Mode
Recommended Level: 34
You will encounter the Executioner as your thirdVoid Intercept Boss inThe First Descendant. The main strategy is tofirst focus on the shoulders of the Executioner, as those are removable parts that will stagger him. You will want to pay attentionwhen the Shoulder Pads turn yellow so that you can grapple up to the padand deal extra damage.
Theknee is another potential source of extra damage, but it is not as effective as the shoulders. Another damage source you want to pay attention to is its back when it goes into a Frenzied state. A blue tube will appear,whichis the only way you’re able to damage it.
The other thing to watch out for is thesignificant AoE attack that the Executioner can perform.Oborrokon YouTube points out that the screen will turn white, and all Descendants will be pulled up in the air toward the Executioner. To get away from this attack before it hits you,you will want to dodge/roll out of the circle as soon as you landon the ground.
The last main tip for this fight is thatthere will be Kingfishers who appear above the bossand are connected to him. You will want totake these out immediately,any time they appear. Other than that, stay on the move, hit the weak spots, and revive your friends as soon as possible.
How To Defeat The Executioner In Hard Mode
Recommended Level: 102
What makes this fight difficult is that this is thefirst Hard Void Intercept Bossthat players will face, and your characters will be coming right off the main game and have not reached their full potential. Later on, you candefeat some of these difficult bosses in under a minuteusing some of thebest builds for Descendants like Jayber.
Toxic Damage and Electric Resistanceare very important here, so make sure you have as much of those two buffs as high as possible. The main thing about Hard Mode is not to give up. Particularly when you first face the Executioner you will get to the at the end of the timer for the fight. Likewise, you willwant to revive your teammates as fast as possible,as every little bit of damage counts.
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The main tips from Normal Mode are mostly the same, with theknowledge that the boss is just that much tougher. By this point, you should have a good Freyna at the least, and you will want to run her if you do not have Gley or Ultimate Gley. Freyna has the extra Toxic Damage to do even more than before. YouTuberGuidingLighthas a lot of good tips for exactly what Modules to equip to get your Descendants and weapons up to speed.
One of the things you may want to do, particularly as you will not have access to some of the best end-game Modules, is useCrystallization Catalysts to give yourself more Module capacityand change the sockets of your Modules to customize it more. This will give you more opportunities to add those resistances and buffsyou need.
GuidingLight also emphasizes that for this fight, you want tostay focused on those critical weak pointsnear the shoulders even after the armor has been knocked off, and you only switch to the chest piece if you have a good opportunity. If you do all of that, you will be able to make it through the Executioner boss fight and get the bonus rewards for defeating him in Hard Mode inThe First Descendant.
