This Falconer leveling build wipes out her foes by raining Falcons on her opponents. The build utilizes Explosive Trap as a clearing skill and a way to buff her Falcon damage. Paired with Smoke Bomb, it makes Dive Bomb deal devastating damage.
The Falconer stays away from threats while in combat but has plenty of tools to protect herself in case enemies get too close. Everytime you use Shift you are granted 50% increased movement speed as well as a Silver Shroud stack that guarantees you to dodge the next hit. Smoke Bomb also grants you one.
Overall this Dive Bomb Falconer is an incredible leveling build, it has enough damage to one shot any monsters in the campaign and scales really well into the end game. It is also a really good defensive build with its mobility and ways to guarantee that you dodge hits. On top of it, it has a really good recovery, thanks to Draining Arrows, making it one of the best leveling build.
Check out the Campaign Guide for an in depth breakdown of the campaign.
- Great Clear
- Easy Gearing
- Extremely Fast
- Amazing Damage
- Respec 1 skill
- Mana Intensive
- Multiple Button Build
- Recovery is Reliant on Attacking
Gameplay
As we level the power of skills evolve, with some becoming stronger while others get weaker. To account for this, we transition from a setup that is optimized for early game to one that is more suited to tackling endgame content.
Early Setup
Use this setup until you unlock Explosive Trap.
- For single target and clear, spam Puncture.
- In dangerous situations, use Decoy to taunt monsters.
- Use Shift to move quickly through the chapters.
Final Setup
You want to have as much Mana Regeneration as possible to sustain this setup's Mana consumption.
Put as many point in Coordinated Fade as you need for this to proc when you use Shift. From left to right on your hotbar, the first skill is 1 point, the second is 2 and so on, all the way up to 5 points required when Shift is final skill on your hotbar.
- For single target and clear, spam Explosive Trap and Dive Bomb.
- If you have enough Mana, you can also cast Falcon Strikes, the active ability of Falconry, for extra clear.
- If you are low on Mana, stop casting Explosive Trap and Falcon Strikes.
- Once you have Smoke Bomb specced, use it near bosses for extra damage.
- Use Shift to move quickly through the chapters.
Key Leveling Notes
- Keep your character at the area level by killing monsters.
- To use this guide, you need to maintain at most a 5 level difference with the area.
- Press C to open the character sheet to find your level and TAB to find the area level.
- Only collect loot that serves as an upgrade.
- The loot filter reveals many items that might not be an upgrade for your character.
- If your inventory is full, stick gear with high value affixes in your stash and sell the rest.
- Don't sell gear that has high value affixes to a vendor.
- Instead, keep it to use later or destroy it with a Rune of Shattering or Rune of Removal.
- Always get the best weapon you can.
- Weapons are a core part of your power and getting a higher level base boosts your damage significantly.
- Early on, you can buy them at the
Gambler NPC in the Council Chamber town and in the End of Time town. - After level 40, they don't sell you higher item bases.
- If you want to enter the Monolith of Fate early, unlock all the passive points and idol slots from quests first.
- By the time you complete chapter 7, you will be ready to tackle the Monolith of Fate content.
- Crafting is powerful and important for enhancing your gear.
- Press F and place your item in the crafting interface to level up its affixes and craft new ones!
- Adding health or vitality on a few empty affix slots can increase your HP by a significant amount!
If you need help with crafting, check the Beginner Crafting Guide.
Skills and Passives
Passives and Skills provide powerful effects that dictate the playstyle of a Class and its Masteries. Remember that you can allocate Passives in the first half of any Mastery regardless of the one you chose.
Click on the Arrows at the top and on the Bar at the bottom to see Passive and Skill Trees Progression
Gearing and Side Quests Step by Step
Itemization is a vital aspect of your journey in Last Epoch. While prefixes and suffixes matter, what sets Last Epoch apart is the power of item bases. Many items have potent implicit attributes that can rival or even surpass modifiers.
Level 1 to 10
Items
- Before unlocking Puncture, use two handed weapons like Blighted Bastard Sword of Conflagration and prioritize Chance to Bleed on Hit and Chance to Ignite on Hit. After that use a Bow.
- Blighted Silver Ring of Deflection is the best source of movement speed early on.
- Warrior's Jade Amulet of Deflection provides a decent attack speed boost early on.
- Blighted Venom Phial of Deflection provides a decent amount of poison chance on hit early on.
- On Vital Leather Boots of Deflection, prioritize Movement Speed and Increased Cooldown Recovery Speed to enhance your mobility.
- On Rogue's Leather Mask of Deflection try to get Level of Puncture, it has a huge impact in your damage.
Side Quests
- Storeroom Sabotuers for 1
Passive point. - Evacuation Quest for 1 Passive point.
Items on planner are for displaying item bases and affixes only. Ignore level requirements.
Level 11 to 25
Items
- Start equipping Idols with Vitality, any type of resistance, Health, Health on Kill, Chance To Bleed On Hit, Chance To Poison On Hit and Chance To Ignite On Hit.
- Equip Warrior's Salvaged Bow of Conflagration and Blighted Light Quiver of Wounds to boost your damage substantially.
- Blighted Gold Ring of Deflection provides significant elemental resistances, outshining other options at this level.
- Blighted Silver Grail of Deflection provides a lot of Mana, increasing the damage window.
- Avarice gives you leech rate, a very rare stat, boosting your survivability as well a decent chunk of elemental resistances.
Side Quests
- Erza's Ledger Quest for 1 Passive point and Avarice.
- The Upper District Quest for 1 Passive point.
- An Ancient Hunt for extra
Idol slots. - The Lesser Refuge Quest for 2 Passive point.
- The Corrupted Lake Quest for 1 Passive point and extra Idol slots.
Items on planner are for displaying item bases and affixes only. Ignore level requirements.
Level 26 to 40
Items
- Rogue's Grolehide Coat of Deflection, Dexterous Sapphire Ring of Deflection and Manafused Noble Gloves of Deflection are going to help you sustain the Mana cost of Explosive Trap.
- Rogue's Horned Helm of Deflection and Ranger's Ivory Quiver of Deflection help you cap your Physical Resistance.
Side Quests
- Hidden Gems Quest for 1 Passive point.
- The Sapphire Tablet Quest for 1 Passive point and extra Idol slots.
Items on planner are for displaying item bases and affixes only. Ignore level requirements.
Level 41 to 58
Items
- Rejuvenating Bone Amulet of Acid is the best amulet base in the game as it gives a lot of resistances, which gives you more space for suffixes on your gear.
- Eviscerating Dreadthorn Bow of Sleet and Dexterous Skalnir Quiver of Deflection are the perfect bases for this build as the Falcon scales of our own Critical Strike Chance and Critical Strike Multiplier.
- Manafused Arcane Bracers of Embers is just a better version of Manafused Noble Gloves of Deflection.
- Rejuvenating Spidersilk Sash of Purity is a powerful base that helps you fix your cold res when combined with Dexterous Heoborean Boots of Life.
Side Quests
- A Heoborean Cure Quest for extra Idol slots.
- Liberating the Nomads Quest for extra Idol slots.
- After defeating the Frostroot Warden boss and completing chapter 7 quests, you have reached the cap of 15 Passive points and 8 Idol slots. You can dive into the Monolith of Fate or you can choose to finish the campaign for a reward of +1 to all attributes.
Items on planner are for displaying item bases and affixes only. Ignore level requirements.
Early Monolith
Items
Important At this point, you have access to most of the best item bases in the game. Your upgrades will come from prefixes and suffixes on items instead of the implicits.
Here is a recap of the best item bases :
- Weapon: Dreadthorn Bow
- Offhand: Skalnir Quiver
- Helmet: Exile Hat, Falconry Helm, Pinnacle Helm or Scalebane Grimace
- Body Armour: Falconry Armor, Scalebane Coat or Elite Regalia
- Belt: Spidersilk Sash or Praetorian Belt
- Boots: Heoborean Boots or Solarum Greaves
- Gloves: Arcane Bracers
- Amulet: Bone Amulet
- Rings: Sapphire Ring
- Relic: Antidote Vial, Ruby Dice or Stolen Tithe
Items on planner are for displaying item bases and affixes only. Ignore level requirements.
Monolith Progression
After beating the Abomination timeline boss and completing your first timeline, you have the choice to go between The Stolen Lance timeline and The Black Sun timeline. Go for The Black Sun timeline.
You want to do timelines on the right-hand-side of the Monolith progression as they provides more relevant Blessings for your character progression.
Level progression includes 1-10, 11-25, 26-40, 41-58 and Early Monolith, scroll to find the correct tab.
Falconer Uniques
If you are lucky you might get a Rune of Ascendance while leveling. Use this first on boots to get Unique boots such as Mourningfrost, Lessons of the Metropolis,Snowdrift or Eterra's Path.
Keep an eye out for useful Uniques such as Mourningfrost, Bleeding Heart, Arrowguard, Gathering Fury, Zeurial's Hunt, Flight of the First, Drelkor's Compass and Arboreal Circuit.
Gear Stats Priorities
Best Prefixes
- Level of Puncture until you unlock Explosive Trap
- Level of Shift, Level of Falconry, Level of Explosive Trap, Level of Dive Bomb and Level of Smoke Bomb
- Crit Chance and Bow Attack Speed
- Critical Strike Multiplier
- Critical Strike Chance
- Physical Damage, Bow Damage and Increased Damage while wielding a Bow
- Chance to Shred Armour on Bow Hit, Increased Armour Shred Effect and Increased Armour Shred Duration
- Damage and Area with Dive Bomb
- Bow Physical Damage
- Bow Attack Speed
- Vitality
- Dodge Rating if Hit Recently
Best Suffixes
- Chance to Bleed on Hit until you unlock Explosive Trap
- Minion Melee and Bow Damage
- Minion Melee and Bow Damage
- Physical Penetration and Minion Physical Penetration
- Chance to Shred Armour on Hit
- Health
- Hybrid Health
- Fire Resistance, Lightning Resistance, Cold Resistance, Elemental Resistance, Physical Resistance, Necrotic Resistance and Void Resistance
- Health
- Chance to Apply Frailty on Hit
- Chance to Slow on Hit
- Chance to Chill on Hit
- Armour
- Dodge Rating
- Increased Cooldown Recovery Speed
Idols
- Chance to Bleed on Hit, Chance to Ignite on Hit, Chance to Poison on Hit, Physical Damage Over Time and Chance to Bleed on Bow Hit until you unlock Explosive Trap
- Shared Critical Strike Multiplier
- Bow Critical Strike Chance
- Bow Damage
- Chance to Shred Armour on Bow Hit, Increased Armour Shred Duration and Increased Armour Shred Effect
- Increased Bow Attack Speed for 3 seconds when you use a Bow Attack (10 second cooldown)
- Health
- Health
- Vitality
- Dodge Rating if Hit Recently
Loot Filter
Loot Filters are critical in Last Epoch. Highlighting all the related valuable Item Bases, Affixes, Uniques and Idols is crucial to your character's progression. As your gear gets better, remember to hide the rules that are no longer useful to avoid screen clutter.
Link : Download Lootfilter
Learn how to load and make Filters with our Loot Filter Guide.
Summary
This Falconer leveling build is matchless in speed and damage. It kills monsters in seconds, makes you so fast that you barely see enemies and is super fun to play!
- Use Puncture as your main damaging skill until you unlock Explosive Trap.
- Then use Explosive Trap and Dive Bomb.
- If you have enough Mana, you can cast Falcon Strikes, the active ability of Falconry, for extra clear.
- If you are low on mana, stop casting Explosive Trap and Falcon Strikes.
- For extra damage on bosses, use Smoke Bomb near the boss.
- Use Shift to move quickly through the chapters.
- Before switching to Explosive Trap, look for good Salvaged Bow.
- Cap your Physical Resistance early to make the campaign look easy.
What's Next?
Congratulations, you completed the campaign and your first 3 Monoliths Timelines! What awaits you is unlocking Empowered Monolith after pushing through The Reign of Dragons, Spirits of Fire, The Age of Winter and The Last Ruin Timelines and activating the beacon in the middle of them. Then you can dive into dungeons, empower your character further and test your limits at the Arena leaderboard.
Check out our Falconer Guides and find the perfect Falconer Endgame build for you.
Explore the Monolith of Fate with our Beginner Guide and learn how to farm Dungeons.
Credits
Written by Terek.
Reviewed by Tenkiei.