Flay' Flicker Finder - 800,054 DPS, 50/390MF, fast clear speeds. [New pics in MF gear/FAQs]

@guizica
I think the word you intended to say is that my build is not accessible. With that I must somewhat agree. It is not easy to save up to get a Shavs. However to be honest I don't think getting a Shavs is impossible for anyone who really wants one. I can make about a ex an hour with this build, running maps and vendoring/selling only the stuff I find. No flipping. No big unique drops. Just selling decent rares and orbs, and vendoring for alterations, and chaos sets. That means without much luck it would take a week or two to get a Shavs. A little longer for everything else.

The goal for this build is to be both the highest possible consistent single target dps and aoe dps build in the game. To hope to do this without any expensive items is to hope in vain.

I will keep playing my build until I break the million dps barrier or determine that it is impossible in this build.

If you want a cheaper flicker build to use until you can afford a Shavs I point you against to TouPoutsou flicker build. The link is at the top of my first page.

@sephiroth
I leveled this character in domination starting the day the league opened. This was my first character there and I just made due with what I had. Used a blue dagger for a while. I laugh looking back.

What I did use was blood rage and 2 life pots to stay alive, and then multi strike, melee splash and flicker with 2 mana pots to keep up with the cost of flicker. My last pot was a quicksilver to run faster to the next pack so I didn't take as much damage from on rage or lose my charges.

I died sometimes. Mostly to reflect. Even dying I think the clear speed of flicker compensates by making the total leveling time less than not using it.

When you through in a melee physical gem with flickering a 4l you are godly.

I will get fraps and see how the videos look.

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guizica11 wrote:

the amount of time needed to get shavronne is too much, and since shavronne is ESSENTIAL in this build, this build aint viable

Viable: capable of working successfully

Build works....its viable.


-If you want cheap, go RT 2H Flicker and use a Tabula for 6L...

The build is expensive but incredibly viable. Because I just hit 89, tonight I was working on the challenges in Domination to kill the unique bosses, and didn't have much to lose.

I killed Piety in the Shrine, Dominus in the residence, Megaera in the Crematorium, and the 3 bosses in the Courtyard. Total deaths, 1, on Dominus, the lower level boss. I forgot to bring a topaz flask. Went back, got it, and with it refilling on criticals so fast he is not too bad.

The bosses took about 15 seconds each. Yeah I know I should have Frapsed it, but I will get some videos of them someday. I wanted to know they were possible before I Frapsed it and looked stupid dying all over.

@Sblak
You're right, this build is totally viable, but not accessible for everyone ...
I was a little mad because i got this char to level 68, bought Prism Guardian and realised blood rage was chaos damage :)
You may get an ex per hour, but whoever is starting with lame gear dont, so i would need to play many hours which i cannot dispose of using ...
Thanks

I am sorry guizica, I put the cost in the cons section. It is expensive but worth it IMO. I also put warning at the top so no one should start without knowing what they are getting into.

Hey i kinda like ST(spectral throw) instead of LS(lightning strike) do i just run GMP/life gain on hit or what for this build?

I have tried a few things with spectral throw. It works well but I have a play style where I think that Lightning strike is better for me. Spectral throw is best with a barrage of throws which add up to good damage and which then travel with you when you flicker. I like LS strike because a quick double hit from distance keeps my charges full and shocks the big pack before I flicker into it. ST has less range and requires you to be closer to hit and I feel safer closing distance only when flickering.

But good colors for it are GGGB or GGGR. I would use:

ST | Faster Attacks | GMP or LMP | WED or PCoC.

If any of the ST users want to comment and give advice please do.

The way your talking is that your way(LS) does more dmg from shockstacking? if so i might just do that.

I think this answer really require a video. Cross my fingers, Fraps will be working for me tonight. Then you will see how I flicker and how I LS.

I think in isolation as a main skill ST is probably better than LS because it can multi hit, and always passes through mobs. LS hits once and with quality has a 60% chance to pierce. But! In the times when ST shines I prefer to instead flicker. The times when I fear to flicker or need a pcoc refresh I think LS works better.

LS travels faster than ST and goes farther. That means I can spam LS against dominus from off the screen in the residence and get some power charges and some frenzies before rushing. ST would require me to get so close to Dominus that he would see and start to target me and attack/cast at me.

This same pattern exists with a giant pack like those around some shrines in domination. I have seen packs of about 50 mobs before. To flicker into them and not kill might mean death. They can surround you and drown you. I just LS from really far away until I whittle the pack down to only 20 voidbearers. Then I flicker the rest dead. For ST I may have to close too close and would take damage from the pack where LS is a true ranged attack almost like a bow. ST is a hybrid and works better for tanking than LS probably does but not as well at longer range.

Finally ST being slower to travel to its peak distance means I don't get the PCoC as quickly as the LS gives it to me. ST probably does more damage than LS as it travels and would tank mobs better with a Life Leech thrown in, but flicker does more than ST on both counts so I use the LS as utility and Flicker as damage. I feel like LS gave me Power charges faster because of its faster travel speed.

And finally, yes, LS will shock a single target much better than ST or Flicker because it gives more lightning damage than either. So the utility of LS means that it complements the flcker build better than ST. IMHO. If you use flicker differently and want to use ST as the main skill and flicker as the utility then your reasoning will be different.