Umbral Blades Falconer Guide
Last Updated:April 30, 2025|Changelog
The Umbral Blades Falconer calls down its Falcon from the skies to spawn Umbral Blades, which are Throwing Attacks that detonate into giant explosions and decimate your enemies. Watch your foes die as you swiftly cruise through the battlefield with this amazing build that focuses on maximizing the destructible power of the Twilight Strike Node inside the Aerial Assault Skill in combination to your Falcon Damage.
Build as much Cooldown Reduction as possible to spam and cycle through Dive Bomb, Aerial Assault and Falcon Strikes almost non-stop. Smoke Bomb is your Traversal Skill and Shadow generator.
This build uses tons of Uniques to function. Most of its scaling and power relies on the Razorfall Boots. Talons of Valor is also amazing for the additional Cooldown Reduction it provides. Additionally, Items like Blood Roost, Null Portent, Brewmaster's Buckle, Peak of the Mountain, Red Ring of Atlaria, Nihilis, Ucenui's Sphere and Shattered Worlds are also incredible for the build.
Overall, the Umbral Blades Falconer is an amazing setup that has the tools to be extremely competitive. If you are looking for a fast and spammy build with crazy Damage and amazing AoE, this setup is perfect for you!
Razorfall and a Legendary Talons of Valor with Crit Chance and Bow Attack Speed are crucial for the build. Play the Rogue Leveling Guide until you find them, as it performs way better with low investment.
This build guide assumes you have a Level 70 Character.
Reach Level 70 with our Rogue 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
Falconry
Falconry needs to be on your Action Bar in order to use Falcon Strikes and Dive Bomb. Through the Avian Arsenal, Trained to Hunt and Go For the Eyes Nodes you are able to scale your Falcon's Damage with your own. Hunter's Spoils is very important to sustain Mana.
- Exposed Weakness does not work with Talons of Valor, as your Falcon only deals Melee Damage.
- Unspec Subzero Intrusion in Umbral Blades once you replace Ucenui's Sphere with Shattered Worlds.
PLACE Aerial Assault ON SKILL SLOT 1 TO PROC Coordinated Fade Silver Shroud. Falconry OR Dive Bomb WON'T PROC IT.
Turn off the Traversal Tag on Aerial Assault to use Smoke Bomb as your Traversal instead by specializing the Storm on the Horizon and Cloaked Incursion Nodes.
Skills showcase extra Skill Points in case you find +Level of Skills that may not be included in the Planners.
Passives
- Razorfall scales every 20 Dexterity, shuffle your Points around to reach breakpoints.
- Take Critical Precision if you need more Crit Chance.
Make sure to complete the Campaign to get all your Passive Points.
Gameplay
Skill Usage/Rotation
- Generate Shadows with Smoke Bomb for On Wings of Shadow.
- Cast Dive Bomb, Aerial Assault and Falcon Strikes on Cooldown.
- Let your Umbral Blades cover the screen with huge explosions.
Bossing
- Make sure all the Shadows generated with Smoke Bomb are next to the Boss so the AoE's of all your Shadow Falcons from On Wings of Shadow hit it.
- Stay inside Smoke Bomb and Featherstorm to improve your DPS and survivability with the buffs they provide.
- Save an Evade charge to dodge Boss mechanics.
- Make sure you always have at least one Silver Shroud active. Time Smoke Bomb and Coordinated Fade apart to make sure you always have one Silver Shroud active. If you do this properly you can always have this protection against hits that can be Dodged, including some major Boss mechanics.
- Standing in Smoke Bomb and Featherstorm can boost your defense tremendously, so try to stay in it as much as possible while moving to get the Damage Reduction from Evasion and Tailwind.
Unspecialized Falconry needs to be on your Action Bar to use Aerial Assault and Dive Bomb. DO NOT PLACE IT ON SKILL SLOT 1 OR IT WON'T PROC Coordinated Fade Silver Shroud.
Gear, Idols & Blessings
- Stack as much Dexterity as possible to scale Razorfall and your Falcon. Keep an eye on the 20 Dexterity breakpoints to min-max your DPS.
- Farm Talons of Valor to unlocks this build's true potential as soon as possible. The Unique effects of this Item and the Flat Crit Chance it provides are the main reasons to play this build with a Bow setup, rather than any other Weapon type. Get a Legendary one with Crit Chance and Bow Attack Speed.
- Peak of the Mountain is an amazing addition to the build, as it provides valuable stats and tons of % Increased Critical Strike Chance.
- Get Blood Roost. This pair of Gloves provide an insane amount of sustain for the build.
- Keep your Intelligence and Attunement equal for Ucenui's Sphere's % Increased Cold Damage. If you manage to get Shattered Worlds, focus on Physical Damage instead.
- Get Brewmaster's Buckle Belt with multiple Legendary Potential for its amazing Stats. Farm it from the Grand Brewery Woven Echo.
- Farm a Legendary Null Portent and raise your Resistances to benefit from the amazing Damage reduction this Unique grants. Elecoe's Abandon is also great for the build and you can use it even without Legendary Potential early on for the base stats it provides until you get your Legendary Null Portent.
- For the Amulet slot, farm a well rolled Legendary Nihilis with Exalted Throwing Damage.
- Red Ring of Atlaria is usable even if you don't meet the threshold of 180 total Attributes.
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
- Dexterity
- Flat Cold Throwing Damage
- % Increased Cold Damage
- % Increased Critical Strike Chance
- Throwing Critical Strike Multiplier
- Cold Resistance Shred
- Cold Penetration
- Armor Shred Chance
- Movement Speed
- Flat Minion Melee Damage
- % Increased Minion Damage
- % Increased Minion Critical Strike Chance
- % Increased Minion Critical Strike Multiplier
- % Increased Critical Strike Avoidance
Defensive Stats
- Health
- Armor
- Dodge
- Endurance
- Glancing Blow
- Health On Crit
Scaling Tips
- Dexterity: Razorfall scales every 20 Dexterity, make sure to reach the breakpoints to min-max your DPS.
- Dusk Shourds: Scale Umbral Blades with Dusk Shrouds thanks to the Edge of Obscurity Node.
- Finesse Them: This passive allows you to scale Falcon with Critical Strike Avoidance.
- The Haste buff from Agility has amazing synergy with the build, as most of the time it surpasses 100% Movement Speed, making the Damage buff from this Node quite strong.
- Throne of Ambition provides an additional Cold Damage Multiplier, use it until you replace Ucenui's Sphere with Shattered Worlds.
- Silver Shroud: As long as you have one up, the next hit you take is Dodged instead.
- Dusk Shroud: Each grants 5% Glancing Blow Chance and 50 flat Dodge. Smoke Bomb provides them while standing inside of its fog and Dive Bomb generates them thanks to Flock of Crows.
- Decoy: Gives you some breathing room by drawing enemy attention.
- Evasion is amazing defensively. Combine it with Tailwind for even more Damage Reduction.
- Brewmaster's Buckle provides tons of Endurance Threshold on Potion Use.
- Crimson Shroud: Stacks up to 3 times, providing Less Damage Over Time Taken.
- Health on Hit/Crit: Finesse Them, Relentless Talons and Blood Roost are your way of sustaining Health.
Unspec Subzero Intrusion in Umbral Blades once you replace Ucenui's Sphere with Shattered Worlds. Use Throne of Ambition until then.
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.
Understand our Filters with our Understanding Maxroll Loot Filters Article.
Video Guide
Summary
Overall Umbral Blades Falconer is an agile powerhouse with amazing AoE clear, insane single target Burst and good survivability thanks to its multiple defensive layers.
- Spawn Umbral Blades that detonate into giant explosions and decimate your enemies.
- Use Smoke Bomb to generate Shadows for On Wings of Shadow.
- Target Dive Bomb, Falcon Strikes and Aerial Assault to assassinate your enemies from afar!
- Most of the build scaling and power relies on the Razorfall Boots. Talons of Valor is also amazing for the additional Cooldown Reduction it provides.
- Items like Blood Roost, Null Portent, Brewmaster's Buckle, Peak of the Mountain, Red Ring of Atlaria, Nihilis, Ucenui's Sphere and Shattered Worlds are also incredible for the build.
Credits
Written by Lizard_IRL.
Content Reviewed by Volca.