[3.0] How to Flicker. Terminus Est Edition!

I just want to post and say this is the most fun I've had playing PoE in a while.

Just like the post on reddit said, you don't really play flicker, it plays you.


Despite the various frustrations (please stop teleporting me back to mobs that spawned earlier in the abyss crack), I still consistently find myself having fun.


I am at ~350k POB dps currently with a 5 link.

Saving up now for a 6link terminus.


My char this league is "GarbageStrike" for flicker if you wanna see what im wearing


6400 life currently

if anyone has any other advice for me on items lmk. Still trying to figure out what to do with my ring slots.

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Eep wrote:

I just want to post and say this is the most fun I've had playing PoE in a while.

Just like the post on reddit said, you don't really play flicker, it plays you.


Despite the various frustrations (please stop teleporting me back to mobs that spawned earlier in the abyss crack), I still consistently find myself having fun.


I am at ~350k POB dps currently with a 5 link.

Saving up now for a 6link terminus.


My char this league is "GarbageStrike" for flicker if you wanna see what im wearing


6400 life currently

if anyone has any other advice for me on items lmk. Still trying to figure out what to do with my ring slots.

I'd suggest ditching the carnage heart for a high int ammy with phys damage and crit multi and life, they're surprisingly cheap if you're not going for gg rolls. And getting rings with phys damage will help also. Eagle Eye cluster doesn't actually do much, check in PoB. Check everything in PoB actually, it's very handy. Also, get multi on jewels, far better than chance.

Everyone seems to go for acrobatics, but I don't find it worth, too many points for RNG defense, I'd rather get more life or dps like Brutal Blade. 7225 life beats having some dodge imo.

I have made a few deviation from the guide and I cannot be more pleased with flicker strike right now. Red maps are a breeze and you can facetank quite a bit except for obviously telegraphed one-shots. Character is CrackSurfer if you want to check it out. Peak dps at about 650k and i can have about 15k armour during lion's roar. I'll list a few things:

1) Iron reflex instead of the entire dodge tree. Rng wont save you, damage mitigation and vaal pack will. Especially since our tree is perfectly located to grab all the double dipping hybrid nodes.(note, with this you should ditch dofl for ruthless)

2) cwdt - blade vortex - power charge on crit - inc. Crit chance/orb of storm. Depending on your playstyle preference. Either way this will sustain all your charges even in 1 on 1 boss fights.

3) maim is your friend, in your 6l or with warchief/ice golem

4) i prefer 2 abyssal socket lightpoacher over abyssus. Flicker doesnt need to clear faster, so a two link burst is just for charge generation. I have never stopped awkwardly in the middle of a pack with lightpoacher. The true hero is abyssal jewels that give flat life and flat physical damage, which terminus so desperately needs with it's 1h dagger damage.

5) assassin's mark needs to go on either a ring or oskarm. Anyhow, with that out of the way, get a enlighten 4 and run hatred - arctic armour - herald of ash (in order of importance)

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roguemjb wrote:

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Eep wrote:

I just want to post and say this is the most fun I've had playing PoE in a while.

Just like the post on reddit said, you don't really play flicker, it plays you.


Despite the various frustrations (please stop teleporting me back to mobs that spawned earlier in the abyss crack), I still consistently find myself having fun.


I am at ~350k POB dps currently with a 5 link.

Saving up now for a 6link terminus.


My char this league is "GarbageStrike" for flicker if you wanna see what im wearing


6400 life currently

if anyone has any other advice for me on items lmk. Still trying to figure out what to do with my ring slots.

I'd suggest ditching the carnage heart for a high int ammy with phys damage and crit multi and life, they're surprisingly cheap if you're not going for gg rolls. And getting rings with phys damage will help also. Eagle Eye cluster doesn't actually do much, check in PoB. Check everything in PoB actually, it's very handy. Also, get multi on jewels, far better than chance.

Everyone seems to go for acrobatics, but I don't find it worth, too many points for RNG defense, I'd rather get more life or dps like Brutal Blade. 7225 life beats having some dodge imo.

thanks for the response.

I was just playing around in PoB - and thinking the same thing about acrobatics.

I might ditch everything behind acro but keep acro itself (two points for 30% less random mob hits is nice)

Is VP any decent for the build or not worth taking? I was tossing around the idea, with 1 pt it puts me at something like a 2600 leech rate but that didn't seem phenomenal.

Also, the eagle eye cluster is decent dps but I might grab the brutal blade instead.

Working on buying a phat multi jewel now.

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Eep wrote:

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roguemjb wrote:

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Eep wrote:

I just want to post and say this is the most fun I've had playing PoE in a while.

Just like the post on reddit said, you don't really play flicker, it plays you.


Despite the various frustrations (please stop teleporting me back to mobs that spawned earlier in the abyss crack), I still consistently find myself having fun.


I am at ~350k POB dps currently with a 5 link.

Saving up now for a 6link terminus.


My char this league is "GarbageStrike" for flicker if you wanna see what im wearing


6400 life currently

if anyone has any other advice for me on items lmk. Still trying to figure out what to do with my ring slots.

I'd suggest ditching the carnage heart for a high int ammy with phys damage and crit multi and life, they're surprisingly cheap if you're not going for gg rolls. And getting rings with phys damage will help also. Eagle Eye cluster doesn't actually do much, check in PoB. Check everything in PoB actually, it's very handy. Also, get multi on jewels, far better than chance.

Everyone seems to go for acrobatics, but I don't find it worth, too many points for RNG defense, I'd rather get more life or dps like Brutal Blade. 7225 life beats having some dodge imo.

thanks for the response.

I was just playing around in PoB - and thinking the same thing about acrobatics.

I might ditch everything behind acro but keep acro itself (two points for 30% less random mob hits is nice)

Is VP any decent for the build or not worth taking? I was tossing around the idea, with 1 pt it puts me at something like a 2600 leech rate but that didn't seem phenomenal.

Also, the eagle eye cluster is decent dps but I might grab the brutal blade instead.

Working on buying a phat multi jewel now.

VP is still necessary, and pretty kick ass now for Slayer. Feel free to check out my profile to compare as well.

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roguemjb wrote:

VP is still necessary, and pretty kick ass now for Slayer. Feel free to check out my profile to compare as well.

thanks! I will check it out after work.

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roguemjb wrote:

VP is still necessary, and pretty kick ass now for Slayer. Feel free to check out my profile to compare as well.

saw ya character how does maim and ancestrall work togther? good clear speed and boss dmg?

I just put this build together. I must be missing something. I only do 15k damage and about 27k with flasks.

I believe my profile is open, can anyone tell me what I missed? Thanks

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Hawstin wrote:

I just put this build together. I must be missing something. I only do 15k damage and about 27k with flasks.

I believe my profile is open, can anyone tell me what I missed? Thanks

Note that the Flicker Strike tooltip displays "Damage per Use" and NOT "Damage per Second". To get the "Damage per Second" (DPS) simply multiply the "Damage per Use" to the "Attacks per Second" <-- taken straight from first post of this thread btw. Nevertheless a few things I could spot:

.) Is your hit chance high enough? I don't see any accuracy on your gear or jewels and you aren't running a Ice Golem either. Your hit chance should never be under 90% or else all the damage in the world wont help you.
.) Your Melee Physical Damage is not level 20 yet. The more multipier goes a long way and every percent counts.
.) You could change your Belt base. The ES does nothing for you. A nice Rustic Sash or Stygan Vise (with a good Abyss Jewel of course) should improve your DPS.

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mossa7abbeek wrote:

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roguemjb wrote:

VP is still necessary, and pretty kick ass now for Slayer. Feel free to check out my profile to compare as well.

saw ya character how does maim and ancestrall work togther? good clear speed and boss dmg?

Yeah, excellent, I very rarely bother taking out AC, if I do I switch to Ruthless. Ruthless is higher dps but less consistent for clearing when you want to one shot packs.