The First Descendant Blair: Best Build, Backstory, Role, Abilities

The First Descendant features a huge roaster of unique and powerful playable characters, each with their own elemental prowess and combat style. One of these thirteen characters is Blair, a cheerful but cocky Descendant who wields fire elemental abilities. 

Blair is the only Descendant whose powers are somehow intertwined with those of Colossi, mysterious yet deadly creatures that roam the Void. This guide covers everything you need to know about Blair in The First Descendant, including his abilities, backstory, best build, and more. 

Blair's Backstory in The First Descendant

Blair was a cook before he became a Descendant. He got his flame-spewing abilities after getting stuck in a campsite set ablaze by a bipedal Colossus. 

When he regained consciousness, he could conjure fire from his hands. That was his cue to start training to be a Descendant, which he eventually became. Now, he's most notably known as the "battlefield chef." 

Blair's Skills in The First Descendant

Blair is a DOT dealer in The First Descendant, which means he's good at dealing damage over time. Putting enemies on fire also increases his critical hit damage, giving him an extra advantage in the heat of the situation. 

His active skills include: 

• Extinguish: Retrieves Stoves on the battlefield and restores Mana. Retrieving Stoves increases DEF for a short period of time.
• Burn Taste: Spurts flames forward.
• Enemies near the flames’ arrival point are inflicted with constant damage and Burn effect.
• Deadly Cuisine: Throws a large fireball forward. Large fireball splits into small fireballs, causing extra explosion. Explosion damage inflicts Burn effect and creates Stove on the ground. Stove deals constant damage to nearby enemies and inflicts them with Burn effect.

His passive skills include: 

• Pitmaster: Critical Hit Damage increases when attacking enemies in Burn state. Critical Hit Chance increases depending on the number of Stoves on the battlefield.
• Blaze up: Spurts flame to deal damage to nearby enemies and creates Stove. Stove inflicts constant damage and Burn effect to nearby enemies.

Is Blair Playable in The First Descendant Open Beta?

Yes, Blair is playable in The First Descendant open beta. He's one of the 13 playable characters confirmed so far. 

Blair Best Build in The First Descendant Open Beta

We will update this guide section once we have played the open beta. In the meantime, why not check out some raw Blair gameplay footage from last year's Steam beta by YouTuber GamerFuzion.

That's everything you need to know about Blair in The First Descendant.