Key points
- Alter Ego is a decent starting SMG in The First Descendant: easy to farm and slightly better than standard.
- Blue Blood Bloomer boasts a high rate of fire but struggles with its small magazine size – it requires skill to use effectively.
- Thunder Cage is the best SMG overall, boasting high damage and critical stats – a significant upgrade over the others.
The first descendant he's part of a new generation of looter shooters. It combines tactical shooting with role-playing elements, all wrapped up in a live service package that helps keep the game fresh. Players are tasked with defending humanity from a race of aliens called the Vulgus and work alone or in groups to complete objectives.
Machine guns inside The first descendant everyone uses general rounds. They are mostly high-rate-of-fire, low-damage weapons, falling somewhere between pistols and assault rifles in damage. SMGs come in three tiers; standard, rare and definitive in this third-person shooter. Players will have to decide which one best suits their fighting techniques.
6 Alter Ego
Decent early game SMG
- Level: Rare
- DPS: 168
- Laps: 35
- Rate of fire: 799
- Critical Rate: 8%
- Critical Damage Modifier: 1.5
- Reload speed: 1.74 seconds
The Alter Ego is better than the standard submachine gun The first descendantbut only marginally. The best thing about this weapon is that it is quite easy to farm. Has a 50% drop chance at the Weapons Engineering Facility in the classified area of Barren Earth.
Players who want to work with an SMG build and are gaining skills to achieve this need to think long and hard about Alter Ego, whether it is worth cultivating or not. It might be a good idea to skip this SMG and try one of the better ones on this list.
5 Blue blood flower
High rate of fire
- Level: Rare
- DPS: 170
- Shifts: 27
- Fire Rate: 999
- Critical Rate: 12%
- Critical Damage Modifier: 1.5
- Reload speed: 1.32 seconds
Players can travel to the Vermilion Waste area of the Agna Desert and complete Vermilion Waste: Vulgus Strategic Outpost to farm the Blue Blood Bloomer SMG in The first descendant. It has a 50% drop rate.
Blue Blood Bloomer has the highest rate of fire among all submachine guns in the game, which, on paper, makes it a sweeper, suitable for spray and style shooting. Unfortunately, the rather small magazine size and slow reload time mitigate the large rate of fire. Overall, in the right hands, it can be a great SMG, but it will take skill to use it properly.
4 The devil's call
Well balanced SMG
- Level: Rare
- DPS: 178
- Shifts: 26
- Rate of fire: 779
- Critical Rate: 7%
- Critical Damage Modifier: 1.5
- Reload speed: 1.32 seconds
Devil's Call is an average submachine gun in every way. However, this does not mean that it is a harmful weapon. It's basically a jack of all trades. For players who want a versatile SMG that works well with virtually any build, Devil's Call might be a good choice.
This SMG has a 50% chance to be obtained by completing the Kingston Communications Relay. This can be found by heading towards the Kingston destruction area. It won't be easy to farm this early in the game, but it should be pretty easy to acquire mid-game.
3 Firefly
Great critical possibility
- Level: Rare
- DPS: 176
- Laps: 35
- Rate of fire: 857
- Critical Rate: 20%
- Critical Damage Modifier: 1.2
- Reload speed: 1.35 seconds
Looting the Firefly SMG involves completing the Miragestone: Vulgus Strategic Outpost. Players can find this quest by heading to the Miragestone area of the Agna Desert. Firefly has a 50% chance to be obtained from this quest.
With its high rate of fire and exceptional critical rate, this is a machine gun that can deal massive damage in a short amount of time. The first descendant. It also has a decently sized magazine, which is something that other rapid-fire rate SMGs often lack. Overall, for players who don't have the time or inclination to unlock one of the Ultimate-tier SMGs, Firefly would be the optimal choice.
2 Python
Typical SMG Spray and Pray
- Level: Supreme
- DPS: 170
- Shifts: 30
- Fire Rate: 923
- Critical Rate: 5%
- Critical Damage Modifier: 1.3
- Reload speed: 1.5 seconds
The Python SMG is everything a prayer and spray submachine gun should be. It has a fantastic rate of fire, a decent sized magazine, but a low critical chance and critical damage multiplier. The only slightly negative thing about the Python is the slow charging speed.
As with all Ultimate level weapons in The first descendantthe Python SMG cannot be looted. Instead, the player must acquire the blueprint and then collect all the research materials to start the research project. This is likely to require some effort.
1 Thunder Cage
The best submachine gun
- Level: Supreme
- DPS: 184
- Shifts: 26
- Rate of fire: 666
- Critical Rate: 20%
- Critical Damage Modifier: 2
- Reload speed: 1.4 seconds
This ultimate weapon is a great upgrade over the rare ones already mentioned. With its high damage and fantastic critical strike chance, combined with a high (for an SMG) critical damage modifier, the Thunder Cage is an excellent weapon. In many ways, it is the exact opposite of the previously covered Ultimate-tier SMG. Thunder Cage is all about placing shots with precision.
Players who are good at placing their shots won't find a better SMG The first descendant. However, it must be said that, depending on the player's preferred fighting style, the Python SMG may be a better choice, and it will be up to the player to decide which one best suits their needs.
