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Fans of debuffing foes and shattering targets should pick Viessa.
She serves as a support role that can debuff foes with the power of ice.
Selecting her as your tutorial character will unlock Viessa permanently on your account.
Her main crafting blueprint may be obtained from the Executor, Devourer, and Swamp Walker Void Interception fights.
Her exact drop tables can be found below, along with all of Viessa’s component requirements.
If you use a skill on a target affected by Ice Shackle, you’ll gain oneIce Sphere.
Applicable Modules
Descendant modules impact the strength of Viessa’s passive.
Duration affects Ice Shackle’s duration, while Power affects the damage of her Ice Spheres.
Range also affects the area of effect (AoE) of her Ice Sphere projectiles.
Frost Shards
Fires Frost Shards that detonate on impact, dealing burst damage to nearby enemies.
Inflicts Ice Shackle on hit enemies.
It also detonates on impact.
Anyone damaged by this skill will suffer from one stack of Ice Shackle, reducing their action speed.
This will spawn drones through Viessa’s passive and greatly boost your overall damage output.
Frost Road
Viessa chills the ground she walks on, creating ice sheets in her path.
While in this state, Viessa gains increased movement speed.
Enemies that touch the ice sheets are debuffed with Ice Shackle.
you’ve got the option to shoot SMGs and handguns while sprinting.
Both weapon types synergize well with Frost Road.
Cold Snap
Launches a wave of ice that damages foes.
Enemies hit by Cold Snap are debuffed with Ice Shackle.
Each enemy hit will gain a stack of Ice Shackle.
Blizzard
Deploys a sphere that generates a blizzard at the target location.
Enemies caught in the blizzard take continuous damage and suffer from Ice Shackle.
When the skill ends, the blizzard violently explodes and damages all nearby enemies.
Enemies caught in the storm will suffer fromcontinuous cold damage and receive Ice Shackle stacks.
The blizzard will then explode after a few seconds.
attempt to save this for bosses and tough combat encounters.
Blizzard is a great skill for destroying boss immunity orbs.
The AoE is just large enough to reach above a boss' head.
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you’ve got the option to even slow bosses, albeit not as effectively.
For most combat encounters, you’ll want tocast Frost Roadfirst.
Play her correctly, and Viessa will keep every enemy slowed for your team.
Ideal Weapons
Viessa works best with close-range weapons.
SMGs, handguns, hand cannons, and shotguns are all great options.
Cooldown reduction and duration will then increase the uptime of your abilities.
you might have permanent uptime for this skill by running Nimble Fingers and Skill Extension.
This will lower the skill’s cooldown just under Frost Road’s duration.
You now have a permanent sprint speed boost, provided you have enough MP to recast the skill.
Always have one installed on your Descendant, and upgrade them whenever possible to increase your maximum module capacity.
If you have any leftover stats, throw them into morerangeorelemental resistances.
Items thatincrease shield capacity and defense ratingare also highly recommended.
The higher these stats are, the tankier you’ll be.
Protect your team as the armored Ajax in The First Descendant!
