Lv96 Poutsos' Flicker Nuke - Outdated

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pasta777 wrote:

Hi Poutsos,

thx for this great guide. I tried your FlickerStriker in Anarchy for the first time, but discarded it due to the lack of stun immunity and missing currency. One month ago I gave it second try and yesterday I hitted lvl 96. My Conlcusion is: FlickerStrike is amazing.

I'm using the same build basically, but some aspects are different. I am using the opportunity here to present (and hopefully discuss) it.

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Gear

Tree

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Gem Setup

6L: Flicker - Multistrike - Melee Splash - Melee Damage on Full life - Melee Physical Damage - Increased Critical Damage
4L: cwdt(20) - Immortal Call(20/20) - Molten Shell(20/20) - Increased Duration (20/20)
4L: cwdt(1) - Enduring cry - crit weakness - enfeeble
4L: Blood Rage - Vaal Haste - Vaal Discipline - Increased Duration
3L: Whirling Blades - Faster Attacks - Portal
3L: Hatred - Discipline - Reduced Mana

For MFing I switch my 6L to

6L: Flicker - Multistrike - Melee Splash - Melee Damage on Full life - Increased Item Quantity - Increased Item Rarity

I can do this in a 2 ppl game without loosing kill speed. Furthermore, I use this setup on maps with phys reflect and vulnerability.

Stats

~36k average damage on hit
~8-10 APS
~300k DPS

~10k ES
~25% damage reduction
~resistances at 75%

Major Differences and Ideas:
1. As you can see, I am using neither Auxium nor Dream Fragments, I have a flask instead. On my way to level 96 I died only once due to be frozen.

2. I play without Power charges. With "Dragon Hunger" its possible to reach the crit cap of 95% without any charges. I am at 92% crit chance with Flicker Strike, and I plan to replace my prismatic ring with a Diamond Ring soon to hit the cap.

3. I am using Windsream because of the extra curse. I let my low cwdt do the cursing (crit weakness + enfeeble). Since I have installed this, I didn't die anymore. The +1 frenzy charge is also very comfortable, especially in larger partys (5-6 ppl). Ofc windscream has no ES, no mana, low armor and low resis, compared to Rainbowstride or crafted bootes, but I will never go back to a single curse. Especially on elemental reflect maps this setup works like "double curse on hit" and therefore feels like a 9-link-attack.

4. I am not using any alternative attack. Maybe thats a weak point here. For hard bosses or Atziri I swap Flicker Strike to Frenzy. However, in 1-2 player games the map bosses melt down with my 5 frenzy charges immediately, only palace dominus requires gem swapping.

5. I skilled nearly all aura effectiveness nodes and Inner Force.

6. I heavily use Vaal Haste nearly all of the time. I keep Vaal Discipline for emergency cases at Atziri or bosses, but hardly use it.

7. I did not skill any crit multiplier so far. The damage is awesome without it. Maybe I consider skilling this when I hit lvl 98.

8. I aimed for some Armor on my euqipment in order to have some damage reduction. I plan to replace the helmet by a hybrid armor/ES preator crown in some time.

Endgame
The kill speed with this kind of character is very high, also in partys. Ppl complain, that I am often too far away and out of xp range. From my experience only good geared Fyndel ST chars have a higher clear speed, Mjölner Discharger are comparable.

The largest danger for me is Flickering into a divine shrine. Furthermore, I try to avoid maps with phys reflect + vulnerability + -max res. I cant play Blood magic.

I dont like to play alone. Typically, one can find me in groups with 2-4 ppl.

Atziri
I did more then 200 Atziri runs with it. The required time for one Apex run (full clear) is between 5-10 minutes. Vaal and Trio Bosses can be handled with Flicker Stirke, Atziri requires gem swapping to Frenzy. I do not have Purity of Fire or Elemental Adaption and I dont need a ruby flask. Sometimes I die at Atziri, when I take large risks by trying to tank the huge flameblast or storm calls.

Uber Atziri
Never seriously tried that so far.

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MortalKombat3 wrote:

Well, you can equip Auxim for map with extra totems only, since Diamond totems dont spawn in regular maps....

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Poutsos wrote:

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MortalKombat3 wrote:

Well, you can equip Auxim for map with extra totems only, since Diamond totems dont spawn in regular maps....

Really?I did not know that diamond totems spawned only in extra totems map.I guess i could use another belt,and swap auxium in totems/extra as cold/-resists/cold bosses, but still,with 12K ES and auxium i am also hardly ever getting chilled,which is great,and auxium is a great source of ES as well.So all in all,24% physical damage is not really worth it for me,to replace it.

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MortalKombat3 wrote:

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Poutsos wrote:

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MortalKombat3 wrote:

Well, you can equip Auxim for map with extra totems only, since Diamond totems dont spawn in regular maps....

Really?I did not know that diamond totems spawned only in extra totems map.I guess i could use another belt,and swap auxium in totems/extra as cold/-resists/cold bosses, but still,with 12K ES and auxium i am also hardly ever getting chilled,which is great,and auxium is a great source of ES as well.So all in all,24% physical damage is not really worth it for me,to replace it.

That's true (unless GGG made changes in recent several months). I personally used belt for resists, but i think this isnt an issue for you... However, you can use belt for extra flask charges/duration, but finding one with good stats would be pretty hard and its usefullness depends on your playstyle....