WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers is a soulslike, and like most soulslike games, you’ll have lots of options to tailor your build. These options involve which of the six weapons to choose from, all with their own scaling, what Benedictions you want to equip on them, and what spells to use, if any. Then you have up to three Pendants you can equip, all with useful passives. Finally, you can even choose what Discipling skill you want to unlock. So, as you can see, there are a lot of ways to change up your build, and that’s without mentioning Tempering.
- Looking for other builds? Check out or Tier List for more insight into the best weapons.
Solar Leap is a discipline skill for Spears. Using this with Skyborn Might allows you to constantly knock down enemies.
Table of Contents¶
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| Build Summary |
| Impetus Repository Skills |
| Spear Tree |
| Illusive Tree |
| Weapons |
| Jade Pendants |
| Benedictions |
| Tempering |
| Spells |
| Playstyle |
The Solar Leap Build Explained¶
Solar Leap is a Discipline Skill located on the right-hand side of the Spear skill tree. This skill allows you to leap forward and strike the enemy with a stab attack. Any regular spear attacks you used on the enemy beforehand will be converted into Skyborn Might, thanks to the spear’s 
Boldheart passive skill. For every two Boldheart stacks, you’ll get one Skyborn Might. The combo for Solar Leap is 
+ 
- + - 
- (
- - 
- ), which translates to a leaping stab - backhand swipe, spinning stab - jumping slash.
This combo does a lot of damage, gives you Skyborn Might, and more often than not, knocks down the enemy, or at least interrupts them. It is a very potent discipline skill, and for that reason, that is why we’ve built the build around it.
Solar Leap and its variants are located on the right side of the tree.
Impetus Repository Skills¶
When it comes down to builds in WUCHANG, the first thing you want to do is know where to spend your 
Red Mercury. Below, you’ll find a list of key skills that you’ll need for this build to work. Illusive refers to all the skill nodes of the left side of the tree. If it’s not a weapon skill node, it’s an Illusive skill node. Note that you can respec at any point for free.
| Tree | Skill |
|---|---|
| Spear |  Aerial Bulwark |
| Spear | Boldheart |
| Spear |  Aerial Bulwark - Variant |
| Spear |  Penetrating Point |
| Spear |  Windforce |
| Spear |  Rock Plume |
| Spear | Solar Leap |
| Spear | Solar Leap - Variant 1 |
| Spear | Solar Leap - Variant 2 |
| Illusive |  Bone Needle - Leech |
| Illusive | Temper 1 |
| Illusive | Temper 2 |
| Illusive |  Alteration 1 |
| Illusive | Alteration 2 |
| Illusive | Alteration 3 |
These are the main skills you’ll need, but make sure you get all the 
Manna Capacity and 
Manna Potency skill nodes (Illusive), all 
Strong Blade Mastery skill nodes (Spear Mastery), and then for attributes, put points in Vitality, Endurance, and either Agility or Strength (depending on what weapon you use).
Make sure you always upgrade your Spear Mastery by unlocking the Strong Blade nodes. Each node has three levels.
Spear Tree¶
There’s not a lot of choice regarding Spear skills, and you’ll need all the passive skills to get the best out of the build. Out of the disciple skills, you only require Solar Leap and its variants. For the rest of the skill points, focus on the attributes that bolster your health and defense (Vitality), stamina (Endurance), and either Strength or Agility, depending on what weapon you settle on. Rock Plume isn’t needed, but it’s nice to have against bosses that you die a lot too, as you’ll be in the +90% Madness range anyway, and when you are, Rock Plume will give you Resilience, which makes your attacks more difficult to interrupt.
Every attack with Boldheart places a Boldheart stack on the enemy.
Emboldening Spear lets some of your skills convert the stacks into Skyborn Might. 2 Boldheart stacks for 1 Skyborn Might.
Illusive Tree¶
The Illusive Skill Tree starts with the aptly named Illusive skill node. The more you head left, the more skill nodes that get unlocked. The priority here is the Manna nodes as they’ll give you more healing resources, but other than them, you’ll want the Temper and Alteration nodes.
The Temper nodes give you an extra charge to the 
Temperance consumable (recharges upon rest), and the Alteration skill nodes unlock more acupoints for your Tempering. Finally, you’ll want to make your way to the Bone Needle - Leech skill node, as that is what this build uses. For the attributes, focus mainly on Vitality and whatever attack attribute your weapon scales with.
Make sure you pick up all the Alteration skills in the Illusive tree.
The same goes for the Temper skills.
Weapons¶
Let’s move on to weapons. There are six to choose from (one is a DLC weapon), and each comes with its own unique Weapon Skill. They also have different scalings. As you will be mainly using Solar Leap with the weapon, you don’t need to worry about their weapon skill too much.
Instead, you’ll want to select the weapon with the best scaling. For Agility builds, we recommend 
Gunpowder Spear, and for Strength builds, go for 
Cloudpiercer. Here is a list of all the spears you can acqui,re including their scaling, unique skill, and location.
| Weapon | Unique Skill | Base Scaling | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
 Red-Tasseled Spear |
Ebb and Flow | Strength II, Agility Level II | Exit  Buddha Cliffs after defeating the -c065dc60.jpg){kind=small} Tang Palace Maid and take the upper path to the end. Defeat the enemies at the end of the path and you’ll find the weapon next to a corpse. |
 Steampowered Spear |
Steam Chain | Strength Level II, Agility Level III | Purchase from Panda for 1  Bamboo Shoot. |
| Gunpowder Spear |
Flame Strike | Strength Level I, Agility Level III |  Cloudspire Outskirts - In a chest on top of one of the forts, next to the brazier. |
| Cloudpiercer |
Unstoppable Force | Strength Level IV, Agility Level II | Mt Zhenwu Temple - Go to the Antechamber, and take the shortcut at the back. Go right, and follow the path up to where the South General boss is. Alternatively, go to refugee camp and take the bridge shortcut into the area. From there, climb the wooden ramparts and head into the tower. Defeat the two Lotus Blight Mages promptly before Blight builds up, and then take a right and right again. You should see some stairs going down. From there, watch for the grave robber, and then go down the ladder. When you reach the bottom, you will need to fight the black bird demon enemies. Defeat them, and in the corner of the dark room is a red box. Open it to get the Cloudpiercer. |
 Malice Sting |
Blightful Escape | Strength II, Agility Level II | – |
 Dragoncoil Lance (DLC) |
Vortex Thrust | Strength II, Agility Level II | This is the DLC weapon and you’ll find it in the Donation Box at the bottom of Reverant Temple. |
There are six spears to choose from (the two missing are Malice Sting and the Dragoncoil Lance).
Each weapon has a unique weapons skill, so pick the weapon with your favorite skill.
Jade Pendants¶
Jade Pendants are accessories that come with useful passive abilities. The earlier ones are quite generic, but as you progress further into the game, your build option opens up a bit more. Here are the Jade Pendants we recommend:
| Jade Pendant | Effect | Location |
|---|---|---|
 Twin Infant Pendant |
Increases Stamina recovery speed (+50%) | Worship’s Rise -  Mercury Workshop: At the bottom of the workshop, in the central area, after you cross the makeshift bridge. |
 Eagle Pendant |
Increases your weapon’s Slash Attack Power but increases damage taken (+20% Slash Damage, +20% Damage Taken) |  Snowfall Palace: Go up the main stairs and into the palace proper. Once inside, go left to find the difficult Maid enemy, and open the box behind her. |
 Tiger Pendant |
Increases the potency of your weapon’s Physical attacks (+10%) |  Ferry Overlook - Go down the Ferry Overlook pathway and proceed to the very tip of the dock. At the very end, you can find a box that contains the Tiger Pendant. |
Some of these Pendants come much later in the game, especially the Dragonling and Tiger Pendant. However, there are still some useful Pendants to use until then. We recommend using the 
Gourd Pendant, 
Fiend-Felling Pendant, and the 
Lifesteal Pendant until you can get the others. The 
Luduan Pendant is also good for early builds, as some attacks will leave you open, taking damage. This helps lower how much you take.
The Eagle Pendant is especially good for the Spear as it’ll increase your Stab damage.
Benedictions¶
There are three slots on each weapon, each one containing a different type of Benediction. The first slot is Oath, and can only equip Oath Benedictions, the second is Memory, and the third is Wisdom. Although you can slot them on both weapons, the effects only work for the weapon equipping them.
| Benediction | Type | Effect | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
 Wei - Backstab Force |
Oath | Increases the potency of Backstab attacks | In Cloudspire Outskirts. On top of a fort, next to the torch you’re meant to light. |
Ren -  Sheng - Obliterate Rejuvenation |
Memory | Obliteration attacks recover a small amount of health | Cloudspire Outskirts: Enter the outskirts from the snowy passage shrine and head left. Go around the corner and take the first path to the right. At the end is a tent with a ladder to the side of it. Take the ladder up and go around the right edge of the house to find a chest containing the benediction. |
 Wei - Combo Force |
Wisdom | Consecutive attacks increase your damage | Drops from the Commander Honglan boss at the top of Worship’s Rise. |
Most of the set bonuses aren’t very good; however, the Impale set bonus for Spear is. With all three Benedictions equipped, you’ll gain an extra 20% stab damage, and we know that spears love to stab.
By using the three recommended Benedictions, you’ll complete the Impale set bonus, giving you an extra 20% Stab damage.
Tempering¶
Here you’ll find what we use for our Temperance. This allows you to leech more health, keeping you topped up until you get the Skyborn Might to start the Solar Leap spam.
| Acupoint | Needle | Effect | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yangchi | Bone Needle - Leech |
Used via tempering to endow your weapon with the ability to leech health from enemies | Unlock it in the Impetus Repository. |
| Huizhong |  Everlight Stone Needle - Continuity |
Increases the duration of Tempering | Defeat the  Nightmare Demon boss near  Shu Sanctum in Chapter 4. |
| Tianjing |  Shadow Stone Needle - Agility |
Taps into your acupoint to slightly increase the Agility Control of the weapon you’re wielding | In  Annalum - Work your way around the gardens and go toward the central house opposite the entrance. There’s a path leading down to a pagoda where you’ll be invaded by a demon. Defeat the Demon to get the item. |
| Xiaoluo |  Shadow Stone Needle - Strength |
Taps into your acupoint to slightly increase the Strength Control of the weapon you’re wielding |  Lu Mansion - Proceed through the  Doomwillow Beach by climbing the pathway that leads up the hillside. At the top is a burning mansion ruin. Take the elevator down, and towards the dead end is a demon spawn. Defeating the Demon awards this item. |
| Jiaoliao |  Plumed Stone Needle - Temper |
Stimulate your meridians to increase the attack power gained from Tempering | From the  Refugee Camp, take the right path onto the water and go past the  Avian Hunter to the left of the building to get ambushed by the demon. Defeat it for the Needle. |
Here’s what we have for our Tempering. Note, the last four slots are universal, so you can put them in any order.
In battle, use the Temperance to coat your weapon with the choices you made in the Temper menu.
Spells¶
Although this isn’t a build that utilizes magic. Some are still worth equipping and using.
| Spell | Effect | Location |
|---|---|---|
 Infernal Flames |
Send forth a mask of flame that pursues enemies and causes Burn buildup | Defeat the optional fire-bird elite enemy at the top of Worship’s Rise. |
 Divine Ward |
 Pray to the Divine, reducing your damage taken for a time |
Purchase from the Panda for 3 Bamboo Shoots. |
 Divine Might |
Increase the damage of your next attack | Next to the burning Pyre where the Red-Clad Lady is in Doomwillow Beach. |
 Divine Blessing |
Summon an ancient magical circle within which recovers HP over time | Agree with the Red-Clad Lady at the  Avian Dwelling Shrine. |
Although spells aren’t used for this build, there are a few support skills worth taking.
Playstyle¶
Like most builds, you’ll need a Skyborn Might to start it off. This is usually best by dodging an attack; however, you can get it from the last hit of a combo. Once you have one Skyborn Might, use the full Solar Leap combo on the enemy. If you have two Skyborn Might, you’ll knock them to the floor on the second hit. If you hit them enough while they’re down, you’ll get a Skyborn Might back, and you can repeat the combo.
This is pretty much it for the build. Not terribly exciting, but very effective. The only downside is that you will occasionally take damage, reducing your health. That’s why we use the Leech Temperance to circumvent it. This will give you your health back while you’re fishing for Skyborn Might or trading attacks during Solar Leap.
Solar Leap is a powerful attack that can knock down most enemies. Repeating this skill will keep them knocked down.
Note that due to the chance of getting hit during your combos, we recommend changing your armor to suit the enemy you’re fighting. If they’re using weapons, use a set with high stab/slash defense. Fighting someone who punches and kicks a lot? Use a set with high Blunt defense. The same goes for magic enemies/bosses. Always change your armor to suit the situation.
That’s it for the Solar Leap Build. It’s easy and effective at what it does. Locks down enemies while you repeatedly use the Solar Leap combo. You can always throw in the odd weapons skill if you want for more variety. The Cloudpiercer’s Unstoppable Force skill does respectable damage.
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