Lethal Mirage Bladedancer Guide
Last Updated:April 14, 2025|Changelog
Welcome to the Lethal Mirage Bladedancer Guide. This build is centred around the huge damage from 'BBC', that's right, the Black Blade of Chaos which quickly resets Lethal Mirage's cooldown to flicker across all enemies on the battlefield and deal massive damage, giving it the nickname BBC Rogue.
For this setup, you are going to max out the amount of mirages you can make for a total of 17 mirages per cast. Each mirage deals high damage hits thanks to Umbral Feast, but your other main source of firepower comes from dual Penumbra's to proc Shadow Daggers.
Smoke Bomb is your traversal skill and with enough Increased Cooldown Recovery Speed, you can leap around the map gaining huge offensive and defensive benefits. Shadow Cascade and Umbral Blades further augment your damage for little investment while Puncture is used to recoup Mana costs.
This build NEEDS a Black Blade of Chaos to function and it is recommended to get two Penumbra's and a Stealth as early as possible. It is also suggested to pick up the highest tier affix of Mirages and Mana Efficiency with Lethal Mirage to make Mana costs manageable.
Overall, Lethal Mirage Bladedancer is a great build for any type of content. It excels at clearing Monolith Echoes fast but can make short work of bosses thanks to it's high damage and ability to stun lock bosses. A top tier build with a unique playstyle!
This build NEEDS Black Blade of Chaos. Check our Unique Item Farming Guide for tips!
This build guide assumes you have a Level 70 Character.
Reach Level 70 with our Bladedancer Leveling Guide.
Check our Tier Lists to know how this build performs in the current patch.
If you are looking for a different playstyle, check all our Build Guides!
Skills
Lethal Mirage
Lethal Mirage is your main damage dealer, with each mirage delivering high damage and applying a stack Shadow Daggers. Maximise your mirages with Unending Mirage, Umbral Expanse, and consuming shadows from Shadow Eater. Gloom and Doom and Pact of the Desert allows you to create shadows for the next cast.
- Smoke Bomb can take Cleansing Steam for constant cleanses, useful on many boss fights.
Skills showcase extra Skill Points in case you find +Level of Skills that may not be included in the Planners.
Passives
- You can take on a more defensive approach by dropping Concentration in favour of Death's Door and other defensive stat boosts. This can coincide with selecting Rending Darkness and Phantasmal Presence in the Lethal Mirage Skill tree.
Make sure to complete the Campaign to get all your Passive Points.
Gameplay
Skill Usage/Rotation
- Stay on the move and use Smoke Bomb on cooldown.
- Spam Lethal Mirage.
- Weave in Puncture when low on Mana.
Bossing
- Stay inside Smoke Bomb for the DPS boost it provides.
- Take advantage of all your buffs and keep them active.
- Keep Decoy on your bar as an emergency escape tactic.
Gear, Idols & Blessings
- Farm Black Blade of Chaos from the Lagon timeline Harbinger. Prioritise a high cooldown recovery roll.
- The Mirages and Mana Efficiency with Lethal Mirage affix is key to managing your mana.
- Penumbras drastically increase your damage and can be farmed from the Arena Champions.
- Get Increased Cooldown Recovery Speed to reduce your Smoke Bomb cooldown.
- Get Physical Penetration with Shadow Daggers on your Body Armor, Helmet and Large Idols to ramp up your Damage.
- Getting a T7 Level of Lethal Mirage gives you the much needed points to make Lethal Mirage contribute heavily towards your dps so you are not just reliant on Shadow Daggers.
Learn the basics for crafting gear with our Beginner Crafting Guide.
Make sure to complete the Campaign to get all your Idol Slots.
Build Scaling
Offensive Stats
- Added Physical Melee Damage
- % Increased Physical Damage
- % Increased Attack Speed
- Added Throwing Damage
- % Increased Crit Multiplier
- Dexterity
- Physical Resistance Shred
- Physical Penetration
- % Increased Cooldown Recovery Speed
Defensive Stats
- Resistances
- Health
- Armor
- Endurance
- Leech
- % Increased Cooldown Recovery Speed
Scaling Tips
- Concentration: Grants More Damage if you have not been hit recently.
- Silver Shroud: As long as you have one up, the next hit you take is Dodged instead. You get it from Smoke Bomb.
- Dusk Shroud: Each grants 5% Glancing Blow Chance and 50 flat Dodge. Smoke Bomb provides them while standing inside of its fog.
Our Damage Explained Article covers all you need to know to scale Damage.
Learn all you need to know to scale Defense with our Defense Explained Article.
Loot Filter
Loot Filters are critical in Last Epoch. Making sure you highlight all the related valuable Item Bases, Affixes, Uniques and Idols is necessary to ensure your character's progression. Click on the Generate Loot Filter button down below then use the Paste Clipboard Contents button in-game to import it!
Here is the Endgame Loot Filter for this build:
Learn how to load and make Filters with our Loot Filter Guide.
Video Guide
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Summary
Overall Lethal Mirage Bladedancer is a great build that can deal with all the content in the game and clear it faster than almost any other build in the game.
- Go very fast with Smoke Bomb hurling you across the map and providing great offensive and defensive benefits.
- Spam the normally high damage-high cooldown Lethal Mirage with your Black Blade of Chaos.
- Weave in Puncture to maintain Mana and buffs.
- Take advantage of Penumbras to create a Shadow Daggers per Mirage.
Credits
Written by Amarathy.
Content Reviewed by Lizard_IRL.
Language Reviewed by Tenkiei.