Lv96 Poutsos' Flicker Nuke - Outdated

Hello,
How are you dealing such high damage (142k-230k DPS) with flicker strike? My setup is quite similar to yours, and I am at level 77 currently. My dagger does up to 229 physical damage and I am wearing abyssus. Even in groups with all of the damage auras I havent surpassed 36k dps flicker (before the patch). Right now, my damage per hit is around 4-6k.

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Badmon wrote:

Hello,
How are you dealing such high damage (142k-230k DPS) with flicker strike? My setup is quite similar to yours, and I am at level 77 currently. My dagger does up to 229 physical damage and I am wearing abyssus. Even in groups with all of the damage auras I havent surpassed 36k dps flicker (before the patch). Right now, my damage per hit is around 4-6k.

Hello there.Well i am level 93,thats 16 passives more than 77.Also my dagger is really really op.My old dagger was great as well,and this more than doubled my damage.So there you go :D.However if u wish,post your gear and your passive skill tree to make some suggestions.

Ah... I didnt realize that the damage could vary that much, although I am still able to solo lvl 70 maps atm.

Here is my gear:


My passive tree is the same as ur lvl 76-77 post.

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Badmon wrote:

Ah... I didnt realize that the damage could vary that much, although I am still able to solo lvl 70 maps atm.

Here is my gear:

Spoiler

My passive tree is the same as ur lvl 76-77 post.

Consider abour raising resitances, crit chance and energy shield pool. How in the hells can you be res-capped with that gear??? Death Rush and Magnate arent items you really want there. A decent diamond ring with acurracy would be even better, and belt should provide resistances too. Ruby ring is pretty shitty, too. you can find a better one for just few chaos.
Quality increased critical damage is needed, too. It's really worth efforts.

And since you're using lots of armour gear, perhaps you should consider taking another path with passives? You can try my build, since you dont use power charges (however, it requires ton of regrets to respec and higher level, prefferably). When i take 87 level today, i'll respec into sweety templar ES+armour nodes at last...
Without power charges and with Poutsos build (aimed at using power charges), your crit chance should be ridiculously low, as well as your DPS.

And link crit weakness to reduced mana. It really helps :)

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Badmon wrote:

Ah... I didnt realize that the damage could vary that much, although I am still able to solo lvl 70 maps atm.

Here is my gear:

Spoiler

My passive tree is the same as ur lvl 76-77 post.

Hey mate,your gear is pretty good.Lack of DPS is due to dagger.your dagger has very decent crit base,but it s overally DPS is very low.Upgrade that whenever you find the currency and an appropriate dagger.Rest of gear looks pretty fine as well,although your resistances seem to suffer abit.Magnate and death rush are extremely cool,but only if u have already capped resists.Sacrifse one of them to cap your resists.I think you should propably keep death rush and remove magnate for now.Look for a high resist rustic sush

Is it more important for the dagger to have a high crit base or a high implicit crit roll (ie 40%-80%)?

Sonty89 - Base crit is INFINITELY more important.The implicit mod doesnt matter all that much.Always aim for 8+ base


After my last level up i didnt upload a new video,so here it is now.Tied with double palace,this is the most insane i have ever done.Crematorium with the hardest mods it can get.Double boss, - resistances,extra damage,vulnerability,cannot be stunned;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9DMUbqHlZY

Hello poutsos,your build is really great,I followed it ,and it's very effective.However I did a little change :dual wield and iron reflexes.And I use dual strike & melee splash for my mainly attack skill.I think iron reflexes is more safe because evasion is not that reliable.I didn't choose VP because I think it's not that useful and it wastes too many skill points.
Here are my gear and passive,thanks very much!
http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYABX0FtQ5IEHsRLxGWFdcWvxrbHhonqSgqKaUrCiy_LR8vbzBUO-E-z0cGTLNOKlAwUEJRR1ZjVupW9Vb6W69fKl9qY0NtGXBScFZwu33jf8aGrofbiEKMNo2_kBuX0JlXmZqaE52joi6io6Z_pyunNLGztMW1SLb3uT695r46wFHBAMHFwfPC7MNtzerXhtkT2xrbXttu29TdDeL344TrY-vk7BjtQe4O8uHz6vVL-WP8q_zF_5M=

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zxwc wrote:

Hello poutsos,your build is really great,I followed it ,and it's very effective.However I did a little change :dual wield and iron reflexes.And I use dual strike & melee splash for my mainly attack skill.I think iron reflexes is more safe because evasion is not that reliable.I didn't choose VP because I think it's not that useful and it wastes too many skill points.
Here are my gear and passive,thanks very much!

You lose too many ES when dual-wielding. You get better DPS but worse surviveability It isnt worth it for CI characters. With Flicker Strike, you have both high DPS and Surviveablity, while with Dual Strike you havent them both.

You go for iron reflecxes, but dont get Vaal pact? WHY???? Vaal Pact is well worth every point spent on pathing to it!
I'll probably never understand, why Poutsos and other CI players with Vaal Pact dont get Unwavering Stance. It's one of the best point investments on the tree, both for MF and non-MF melees. My advice will always be "GET UNWAVERING STANCE AS WELL".