The First Descendant: Best Guardian R4 Build Guide

Discover how to get the Guardian R4, the best modules, best stats, and more in our weapon build guide for The First Descendant!

Best Guardian R4 Build Guide in The First Descendant

The Guardian R4 is a Rare weapon in The First Descendant and is helpful for burst damage. This launcher is used by Gley, who can shoot rockets without ammunition cost due to one of her abilities. The Guardian R4 launcher is bested used for burst damage using high-impact rounds. The base critical hit rate is high with Guardian R4, giving you options to build into critical and critical damage.

All Guardian R4 features in The First Descendant:

• Weapon Type: Launcher
• Pros: High Burst
• Cons: One Round
• Best Characters: Gley
• Best Mods: Rifling Reinforcement, Action and Reaction

Guardian R4 Advanced Stats

Below are the base advanced stats for the Guardian R4 at level 1:

• Firearm ATK – 375
• Fire Rate – 49
• Rounds per mag – 1
• Reload time – 1.47
• Crit rate – 50%
• Crit damage – 2x
• Status chance – 33.33%
• Weakpoint damage – 1x

How to Get Guardian R4 in The First Descendant

To get the Guardian R4 firearm in The First Descendant, you can play the Destroyed Temple mission in the Vespers zone’s The Ruins area. The Vespers is the third overworld zone in the game. Therefore, you must play through the main story campaign to unlock access to it.

The best spot to farm the Guardian R4 in The First Descendant is:

• Vespers zone, The Ruins area, Destroyed Temple battlefield mission

Furthermore, the Gaurdian R4 is a rare launcher you can only get through random drops. Consequently, you cannot craft it at the Research Institute with Anais.

Best Modules for Guardian R4 in The First Descendant

Rifling Reinforcement and Action and Reaction are the best weapon mods for the Guardian R4. Unlike Firearm ATK, Explosive weapons only have two mods that increase the base damage. Therefore, your priority is to max Rifling Reinformcenent and Action and Reaction to increase the base damage. Additional modifications like Better Insight and Better Concentration add critical hit rates and damage. Moreover, look to slot an elemental mod like Chill Enhancement on boss fights, depending on their weakness.

Best Beginner Mods for Guardian R4

Below are the best beginner weapons mods for the Guardian R4:

• Rifling Reinforcement – Explosive ATK +12%
• Better Insight – Firearm Critical Hit Rate +8%
• Better Concentration – Firearm Critical Hit Damage +9%
• Fire Rate UP – Fire Rate +6%

Slot	Module
1 (First Row)	Rifling Reinforcement
2	Better Insight
3	(empty)
4	(empty)
5	(empty)
6 (Second Row)	Better Concentration
7	Fire Rate UP
8	(empty)
9	(empty)
10	(empty)

Best Advanced Mods for Guardian R4

Below are the best-advanced weapons mods for the Guardian R4:

• Rifling Reinforcement – Explosive ATK +12%
• Marksman – Firearm Critical Hit Rate +5%, Firearm ATK +1%
• Chill Enhancement – Adds Chill ATK equal to 8% of Firearm ATK
• Fire Rate UP – Fire Rate +6%
• Commando Marksmanship – Firearm Critical Hit Rate +5%, Firearm ATK +1%
• Action and Reaction – Explosive ATK +15%, Recoil +5%

Slot	Module
1 (First Row)	Rifling Reinforcement
2	Marksman
3	Chill Enhancement
4	(empty)
5	(empty)
6 (Second Row)	Fire Rate UP
7	Commando Markmanship
8	Action and Reaction
9	(empty)
10	(empty)

Maximum Module Capacity

When upgrading weapon mods, be aware there is an increased cost and a max module capacity of 80. The material needed is Energy Activators, and you will get one of these after playing through the end of the campaign, or you can craft them with Anais. Therefore, you want to balance increasing mods and not attempt to max out everyone. A balanced approach to firearm ATK, critical chance, and critical damage is the best (+3 or so to each).

Best Weapon Stats for Guardian R4 in The First Descendant

In the First Descendant, weapon stats are randomly generated for all weapons when they drop or are created via crafting. You can change (or re-roll) them through the Weapon Readjustment system, which is covered in more detail below.

Here are the best weapon stats for Guardian R4 in The First Descendant:

• Explosive ATK
• Firearm Critical Hit Damage
• Firearm Critical Hit Rate
• Chill ATK

In the First Descendant, weapon stats are randomly generated for all weapons when they are picked up as loot or picked up after crafting. You can change (or re-roll) them through the Weapon Readjustment system. Each weapon has four random traits or stats that can be rerolled to find the ideal trait. These regenerated traits are also random and so is their quality. Therefore, expect to spend a lot of materials to min-max the perfect roll.

How to Upgrade Guardian R4

The First Descendant provides several different avenues for upgrading and improving your weapons by using their repair station Workbench. The Workbench is located in the same general area as Anais and weapons seller Deslin on the west side of Albion.

Weapon Transmission

Each time you pick up a dropped weapon in The First Descendant, its level will correspond to the region and zone you are playing in. However, you can easily bring it up to your current weapon level using the Workbench Weapon Transmission mechanic.

Finally, you will need to reach Mastery Rank 3.

To level up Guardian R4 in The First Descendant you will need:

• Phase Exchanger
  • 50 Superalloy
  • 2,500 credits/gold
  • 2:30 of research time

To get Superalloy in the First Descendant, you must dismantle many weapons you don’t want by junking them. This breaks down the weapon into crafting materials you can use to make other items. Consequently, we highly recommend breaking down all of your excess weapons instead of selling them. Credits are easier to earn just by playing the game and completing missions.

Weapon Readjustment

In The First Descendant, the Weapon Readjustment mechanic allows you to use the Workbench to re-roll your weapon stats. Moreover, you can re-roll all of your stats at once, or lock individual stats you like and only re-roll the ones you want to change.

Finally, you will need to reach Master Rank 4 in order to unlock Weapon Readjustment at the Workbench.

To change Guardian R4 stats in The First Descendant you will need:

• Adjustment Control Axis x4
  • 340 Superalloy
  • 12,000 credits/gold
  • 15:00 of research time

How To Use Guardian R4

The best way to use Guardian R4 in The First Descendant is during burst damage phases. The best character to use is Gley, who can gain infinite ammo briefly, allowing you to bypass the downside of the Guardian R4 one low magazine. For non-Gley Descendants, use this weapon to launch a rocket and hopefully crit, then swap to a general rounds weapon to finish the target.

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