Umbral Blades Falconer Guide
Last Updated:April 17, 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 Cold 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.
Thanks to the Cooldown Reduction from Free Lofting Bird, you can spam Explosive Trap to cycle through Dive Bomb and Aerial Assault almost non-stop. Smoke Bomb is your Movement Skill and Shadow generator.
While the build does not require any 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 Elecoe's Abandon, Li'raka's Claws, Ucenui's Sphere, Brewmaster's Buckle and Peak of the Mountain are also great.
Overall, the Umbral Blades Falconer is an amazing setup that has the tools to be extremely competitive. If you are looking for a fast build with amazing Damage and AoE, this setup is perfect for you!
While not necessary to start playing the build, Razorfall is recommended.
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
Explosive Trap
Combine Static Mines, Trapas and Coldsnap Mines to throw 3 Explosive Traps at a time to maximize the Cooldown Reduction from Free Lofting Bird, which allows you to spam Dive Bomb and Aerial Assault. Get as many Traps as possible to easily stack buffs and to proc Smoke Traps more often to generate Dusk Shrouds.
- Make sure you have enough Mana Regeneration to sustain Explosive Trap. Do not spec the Automated Bombardment Node if you are struggling with Mana sustain.
Exposed Weakness does not work with Talons of Valor, as your Falcon only deals Melee Damage.
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
- Spam Explosive Trap against enemies to stack its offensive buffs and lower your Cooldowns.
- Generate Shadows with Smoke Bomb for On Wings of Shadow.
- Cast Dive Bomb and Aerial Assault on Cooldown.
- Let your Umbral Blades cover the screen with 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 survivability with the buffs they provide.
- Save an Evade charge to dodge Boss mechanics.
- Only use Falcon Strikes when you need the extra Cooldown Reduction from its hits, as it can drain your Mana.
- 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.
Gear, Idols & Blessings
- Stack as much Dexterity as possible to scale Razorfall. 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 effect 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.
- Make sure you have T7 Exalted Throwing Damage and Reduced Mana Cost to sustain spamming Explosive Trap and for the huge DPS boost.
- Li'raka's Claws provides an insane amount of Critical Strike Multiplier for the build.
- Keep your Intelligence and Attunement equal for Ucenui's Sphere's % Increased Cold Damage.
- Get Brewmaster's Buckle Belt with multiple Legendary Potential for its amazing Stats. Farm it from the Grand Brewery Woven Echo. Elecoe's Abandon is also great for the build and you can use it even without Legendary Potential.
- 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
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.
- 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.
- 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 is your main way of sustaining your Health.
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
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 Cold explosions and decimate your enemies.
- Spam Explosive Trap to reduce the Cooldown of Dive Bomb and Aerial Assault.
- Use Smoke Bomb to generate Shadows for On Wings of Shadow.
- Target Dive Bomb 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 Elecoe's Abandon, Li'raka's Claws, Ucenui's Sphere, Brewmaster's Buckle and Peak of the Mountain are also great for the build.
Credits
Written by Lizard_IRL.
Content Reviewed by Volca.