Best Last Epoch Marksman Build: Skills, Stats, Passives, Items, Blessings

Players aiming to propel their Rogue with the Marksman Mastery into the end game of Last Epoch and beyond may find it challenging to select the optimal build for their mastery. Given the plethora of build options available, uncertainty about the best choice is understandable. Fortunately, we have a solution for you.

In the sections below, we will detail our selection for the finest Marksman build in Last Epoch, known as the Blast Rain Marksman build. We will provide insights into the skills, stats, items, and gear associated with this build, along with tips on how to maximize the potential of this formidable setup.

Is Last Epoch Blast Rain Marksman Build Good in Cycle 1?

The Blast Rain Marksman build is a brilliant choice for players looking for a fast and "explosive" based damage dealer and can effectively carry you all the way through to end-game activities such as Arenas and the Monolith of Fate. The build is easily going to withstand the test of time in cycle 1 (season 1) and can easily hold its own as one of the top-rated builds in the entire game.

How To Play Blast Rain Marksman Build in Last Epoch

The Blast Rain marksman utilizes the Reign of Winter bow to launch Explosive Traps in the air coupled with the Blast Rain node, which triggers a huge and explosive rain of Cold projectiles. But where the real damage comes in is by proccing an insane amount of Detonating Arrows with Explosive Trap through the Arrow Traps Node.

When these two damage-dealing methods are used in succession, you can essentially zip around the battlefield, dropping waves of arrows, cold projectiles, and detonating arrows behind you, which can easily melt through waves of enemies with ease.

The Reign of Winter bow also is used to get even more procs in the form of Icicles. This Marksman also has incredible mobility and utility thanks to Shift, Smoke Bomb, Shurikens, and Decoy.

Finally, it's worth noting that this build very strictly requires the use of the Reign of Winter bow, which can be obtained by defeating Heorot in the Age of Winter Monolith Timeline. With all these abilities and the unique bow together, the Blast Rain Marksman build is a crowd-melter and is also considered one of the best farming builds in the game's current meta.

To see this build in action, then check out Maxroll.GG's video above showcases it, and to be honest, it's quite a sight to see and is considered one of the flashiest builds in the game.

Last Epoch Blast Rain Marksman Skills

Below, we present the skills (along with official descriptions) utilized in the top Last Epoch Blast Raind Marksman build:

Please note: For a full layout of every single skill point assignment, check out the brilliant and informative guide from Maxroll.gg.

• Explosive Trap: Throws a trap that explodes when triggered, dealing throwing fire damage. Traps take 0.4 seconds to arm and explode when enemies walk over them or after 30 seconds. Maximum of 6 active traps at a time.
• Detonating Arrow: Fires an arrow that embeds itself in a target, exploding after 0.6 seconds. Added bow damage applies to the arrow at 125% effectiveness and to the explosion at 200% effectiveness.
• Shift: Dashes a short fixed distance in the target direction.
• Shurikens: Throws 3 shurikens in a cone.
• Decoy: Throws a device to create a Decoy that taunts enemies around it for 2.5 seconds before exploding.
• Smoke Bomb: Drops a Smoke Bomb at your feet that blinds enemies and grants you Haste while you remain inside it. The Smoke Bomb grows in size over its duration, lasting 4 seconds.

Last Epoch Blast Rain Marksman Passives

For the Blast Rain Marksman build, we're going to invest 34 passive skill points into the base class, 61 into the Marksman Mastery, 13 into Bladedancer, and finally, 5 points into the Falconer which should round out your build as you reach level 100.

You'll want to use points on things like Raptors wings and to unlock Explosive Trap, and Sapping Strikes to sustain your Mana by manually using Detonating Arrow, as well as Draining Arrows and Perfect Aim which are crucial for sustain. Then use Sharpshooter and Death from Afar to boost your Damage significantly.

Finally, Grab Ethereal Arrows for the maximum Mana and Mana Regen it provides, and invest a couple of Points into Pursuit for the extra Movement Speed. The rest of the points you can dump into any extra passives that grant extra damage, mana regen, or movement speed, but avoid any tanky or defensive passives since the build focuses on outmaneuvering your opponents as you dish out damage.

Last Epoch Blast Rain Marksman Stats Goals

As previously mentioned, the Blast Rain Marksman build focuses on movement speed for maneuverability, as well as a high Mana pool to spam your Explosive Traps and Detonating Arrows, as well as constant use of Shift and Smoke Bomb to increase your positional advantage and decrease your enemies. So to account for these priorities, below is a list of the stats you should aim towards as you use the Blast Rain Marksman build:

• All Resistances Capped
• Critical Strike Avoidance Capped
• Endurance Capped
• 400+ Maximum Mana
• 350%+ Critical Strike Multiplier
• 70% - 90%+ Movement Speed
• 2000 - 3000 Health
• 30% - 45%+ Armour
• 100+ Dexterity
• 100% Glancing Blow (with Dusk Shrouds)

You can also increase your defensive stats like Armor to a higher percentage to avoid being as squishy, but since you can easily outpace most enemies, it's only recommended if you're still getting used to the build early on.

Best Blessings & Idols For Blast Rain Marksman

As you approach the endgame and prepare to take on the Monolith of Fate, as well as the Endless and Champion Arenas, you'll need to use both Blessings and Idols to boost your strength. For the Blast Rain Marksman build, here are the Blessings and Idols we recommend:

Last Epoch Blast Rain Marksman Best Blessings:

Blessings provide a permanent buff once you complete a Timeline in the Monolith of Fate. For a full list of them, check out our full Blessings guide here, but for the ones that work best with our build, we recommend using their most powerful form, Empowered Blessings as we've outlined below:

1. Grand Survival of Might - A high roll on this Blessing when combined with other skills can easily cap your Critical Strike Avoidance, which is vital for this build.
2. Grand Echo of Solarum - Provides a ton of Resistance to survive almost every enemy type.
3. Grand Light of the Moon - Getting a high roll on this Blessing substantially increases your maximum Mana.
4. Grand Resolve of Grael - Again, provides a ton of Resistance to survive almost every enemy type.
5. Grand Body of Obsidian - This Blessing grants a large amount of Flat Armor that helps increase the survivability of the build.

Last Epoch Blast Rain Marksman Best Idols:

1. Stout Lagonian Idol - %Health and Resistance related Suffixes
2. Large Shadow Idol - %Health and Resistance related Suffixes
3. Throne of Ambition Idol - Provides a multiplicative Damage and Armour buff

For this build, any health or damage multiplier Idols are the most recommended since they play on your build's strengths (damage output) and weaknesses (Increasing your health pool). Of course, you should keep an eye out for any other Idols that drop in the world that can be useful for your build, such as ones with extra Resistances.

If you haven't unlocked the Idols yet or need some help in doing so, be sure to check out our guide to how you can unlock Idols, their sizes, and more.

Last Epoch Blast Rain Marksman Items

Choosing the best set of items can be difficult since the game contains thousands of them; however, some work with this build better than others. The only caveat that's restricting is that this build NEEDS the Deadeye's Reign of Winter Legendary Longbow to function.

Once you have the Reign of Winter, here are the set items we recommend for the Blast Rain Marksman build:

Of course, if you find some items (excluding the bow) don't work for your playstyle, feel free to switch it up, as long as it doesn't affect your movement speed since that's a crucial aspect of the build.

Alternative Last Epoch Marksman Builds

Now, we've gone into quite a lot of detail when it comes to this build; however, it may not be for everyone, and you might favor a different one. Thankfully, there is one that rivals the Blast Rain Marksman build and was almost our pick for the best one, the Hail of Arrows Marksman.

This build doesn't have the flashiest moves, but its ultimate control over the battlefield with powerful AoE (Area of Effect) attack Hail of Arrows, and clear ability rotation makes it learnable and easy to master with some practice. See it in action below to witness its effectiveness for any Rogue player.

So there you have it, a comprehensive breakdown for our pick of the best Marksman builds in Last Epoch, the Blast Rain variant. If any changes occur in the meta regarding this build, we will be sure to adjust this page as soon as possible. And huge thanks go out to Maxroll.gg's Volka for this epic build.

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