0.9.13 - In Depth Flicker Strike Dagger Guide

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timidobserver wrote:

Good build. I've leveled it almost to 40 and I like it. I currently use frenzy to allow me to bypass the flicker cooldown because my energy shield is only around 800 with the use of disciplin and I don't think that is high enough to go CI.

I did grab CI temporarily just to play around with it before refunding myself the point. I noticed that there are some mobs that can bypass the energy shield and go straight to your health, which leaves you getting oneshot sometimes. Maybe I am doing something wrong here? That is the only issue I've run into with the build.

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Struyk wrote:

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donedgardo wrote:

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l0rdzedd wrote:

Not sure i like the build to be quite honest.

3 reserved auras + tempest shield. It's just not going to be entirely viable for a very long time.

I perosnally never liked to over-fill available skill keybinds either it's just a headache.

I mean, you got what. 9skills that need a bind/slot working for ya?

Pro tip: you can put auras on secondary weapon/shields put them on and switch back to ur tempest shield one.

Forgot to say that ;)

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obsivus wrote:

To op, why faster attacks on FS it hits once when you have charge and not more why is attack speed important for this build?

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Struyk wrote:

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timidobserver wrote:

Good build. I've leveled it almost to 40 and I like it. I currently use frenzy to allow me to bypass the flicker cooldown because my energy shield is only around 800 with the use of disciplin and I don't think that is high enough to go CI.

I did grab CI temporarily just to play around with it before refunding myself the point. I noticed that there are some mobs that can bypass the energy shield and go straight to your health, which leaves you getting oneshot sometimes. Maybe I am doing something wrong here? That is the only issue I've run into with the build.

You can't get oneshot, as you are immune to chaos damage.

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Struyk wrote:

WARNING: VERY GEAR INTENSIVE - WILL NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY WITHOUT THE RIGHT GEAR!

Check out my other guides!:
Marauder Guide
Ranger Guides

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Main Build:
CI Lightning Strike Dagger

Secondary Build ( no CI ):
Lightning Strike Dagger

TOTAL:
1 HP
+216% Crit Damage
+30% Elemental Damage
+30% Lightning Damage
Poison on Crit
+126% Energy Shield
-140% Energy Shield Recharge Time
+12% Block Chance
+50% Energy Shield from Shield

Only take chaos inoculation when you have a decent amount of energy shield OR YOU ARE SCREWED ( Make sure you don't get Chaos Inoculation before you can use discipline aura at level 31 )

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My Gear (no dagger yet):

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My Stats ( buffed ):

5k Energy shield (7k+ with 400 es boots and good gloves )
3.2k DPS with lightning strike - without crit flask

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Flasks:

1x Fast Regen with Movement Speed
1x Fast Regen with Bonus Evasion
1x Diamond with Dispel Frozen
1x Diamond with Dispel Burn
1x Diamond with anything

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Gems:

Main Skill: See my Chest

Secondary: Flicker Strike + Faster Attacks + Increased Weapon Elemental Damage + Increased Critical Damage

Tempest Shield + Discripline + Grace + Reduced Mana Cost

Elemental Weakness + Temporal Chains + Enduring Cry + Increased Area of Effect

Blood Rage + Phase Run + Increased Duration

Whirling Blades ( escape ability )

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Gear:
Only use gear with Energy Shield and/or Evasion
Lightning Damage > Fire Damage > Cold Damage
Weapons: FAST dagger with huge Elemental Damage.
Gloves: HUGE +x/+x Elemental Damage and 12%+ IAS
Belt: 25%+ Increased Elemental Damage
Necklace and Rings +x/+x Elemental Damage and/or +x% Elemental Damage and/or +% Crit Damage

Rest of Gear:
Resist CAP 75% > Energy Shield > Evasion

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How this works?
Took alot of Crit Damage nodes as offence with Chaos Inoculation and Energy Shield nodes as defence.

If you have enough Elemental Damage you will freeze, shock and burn mobs on every crit! ( especially shock is important )

You're immune to chaos damage so you can have Blood Rage on 24/7 - You'll need frenzy charges for flicker strike. ("Flicker strike: Now has a cooldown which can be bypassed by spending a Frenzy Charge.")

Spam Lightning Strike for AoE and Flicker Strike for SINGLE targets. Always pop Diamond Flasks when fighting stronger mobs, ALWAYS open up with Elemental Weakness, even against single enemies!

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Fire Damage
If you land a critical strike with an attack or spell that deals fire damage, the enemy begins Burning. Burning causes damage over time. Humanoids, Monkeys and Sea Witches will flee while burning.

Basic burning effects last 4 seconds, and the amount of damage over time is 1/3 of the initial fire damage dealt, per second. So a total of 4/3 of the original damage, over 4 seconds. Total burning damage can be increased with skill gem bonuses, passive skills, and item mods that increase burning damage. In addition, the Vulnerability curse can increase burning damage, and the Temporal Chains curse can increase the duration of the burning effect without reducing the damage done per second.

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Cold damage
Hitting an enemy with cold damage can cause the enemy to be Chilled. Critical hits with cold damage can also cause the target to be Frozen. Chilled enemies move, attack, and cast 30% slower, while frozen enemies cannot do anything except drink flasks.

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Lightning damage
If you land a critical strike with an attack or spell that deals lightning damage, the enemy becomes Shocked. This can be stacked up to three times on one target. In this state, monsters or players take 40% more damage per instance of Shock from all sources. Under the effects of 3 stacks of shocked, an enemy would take 220% of the damage that would normally be done without any shocked stacking, no matter the type or source of the damage.