Notes
Faycal is one of those characters who can be built in a few different ways. You can build him for pure offense, pure alert, or a hybrid of both. My personal preference is for a pure alert build, as there are other characters who can be used for ranged offense, but not many can be built for alert (and do it as well as he does, especially).
Faycal has two alert skills: Arrow of Guardian Convallaria and Alert Shot. The former has a 3x4 coverage and, when it hits an enemy, it interrupts their action, cutting off their turn before they even get to do anything. Alert Shot covers a 3x3 area and, while it doesn’t have as much oomph or the ability to interrupt, it can be used every round and can activate twice per round, meaning it’s better for general coverage while you’re waiting for AoGC to finish its cooldown. In other words, most turns, he should have alert running in some form or another, and it’s best placed at bottlenecks and such that the enemy can’t get around.
His Heart of Alert skill pairs excellently with his alert skills, giving them extra Crit and Crit DMG. Simple, but effective. This also works if you give him a bonus action with Inanna, by the way.
If you want to build him more offensively, I suggest you go with Dharana, Cloud-Piercing Arrow and Gale-Billow Volley, instead. This will make him more straightforward to use as a traditional ranged DPS. Others will outshine him in this role, though, which is why I recommend playing him as an alert character.
If you want a functional hybrid of the two, go for Gale-Billow Volley, Arrow of Guardian Convallaria, and either Dharana or Alert Shot.
For a weapon, I suggest Irian Combat Bow for alert, or Star Raid Crossbow for traditional DPS. For a trinket, Hunter’s Intuition is needed for his alert build, while True Lens is best for traditional DPS build. For a tarot, I suggest Tower for his alert build, and Justice for a traditional DPS build. For engravings, wand + wand for alert and wand + sword for traditional DPS. When rolling stats, aim for P.ATK.
