Lv96 Poutsos' Flicker Nuke - Outdated

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Banev wrote:

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Poutsos wrote:

Anyway, the changes on daggers/crit/auras and shadow in general will be very significant, so we will wait and see.

Like always they gonna fuck things up big time for flicker strikers. They will nerf every single aspect of this build, even Acuity. I don't understand this GGG policy why 500ex builds always get a nerf axe, its just plain stupid, if you managed to find/accumulate that much wealth, than you have earned the right to kill like a god. Instead we got these fuckin' greedy jealous idiot players who always cry. Fuck' em.

Stop blaming players, it is not their fault. If you'd knew something about online aspect of game development you would see a basic example of cyclic balance. There is always be an extremely overpowered extremely expensive build that will be untouched for quite a lot of time despite all the community cryouts and then it will be nerfed...to the ground...butchered...made completely unplayable. And there will be buffs in the same patch that will make a new extremely overpowered and extremely expensive build arise. And so the same story will start anew. History repeats itself.

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Teplokot wrote:

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Banev wrote:

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Poutsos wrote:

Anyway, the changes on daggers/crit/auras and shadow in general will be very significant, so we will wait and see.

Like always they gonna fuck things up big time for flicker strikers. They will nerf every single aspect of this build, even Acuity. I don't understand this GGG policy why 500ex builds always get a nerf axe, its just plain stupid, if you managed to find/accumulate that much wealth, than you have earned the right to kill like a god. Instead we got these fuckin' greedy jealous idiot players who always cry. Fuck' em.

Stop blaming players, it is not their fault. If you'd knew something about online aspect of game development you would see a basic example of cyclic balance. There is always be an extremely overpowered extremely expensive build that will be untouched for quite a lot of time despite all the community cryouts and then it will be nerfed...to the ground...butchered...made completely unplayable. And there will be buffs in the same patch that will make a new extremely overpowered and extremely expensive build arise. And so the same story will start anew. History repeats itself.

Yes, it is the players fault.

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LoPan wrote:

Yes, it is the players fault.

No man, i really do not beleive that. It is GGG's fault. You can claim that they cannot balance the game properly, or you can claim that they give in in unreasonable requests by the players. Either way, ultimately, is the developer's fault.
To me both cases are true. Specthral throw and wanders are not in line with bows or casters, aegis aurora has always been more powerful than any block/tank build by a long shot. It is simply true. On the other hand, i consider the nerfs to facebreakers, BoR, and Kaoms completely unreasonable, due mostly to forum whinning.
Now, if a skill, or a combo is really OP, quetion is, would you nerf it, or buff other skills accordingly? In case of spectral throw, where you one shot mobs in 78 maps from distance on full party, the nerf was obvious and well deserved. On other occasion i beleive the best is the opposite, but the issue is open to each one's interpretation. Sure daggers are better than 2 handed, but 2 handed suck. Sure adder's touch is the best weapon passive on the tree, but it is also the most inspired. It is how weapon notables should have been, not just stupid % increases. Nerfing the notable instead of creating similar notables for other weapon types for me is the wrong move. Anyway, each to each own.

Guys, i check the new skill tree, and we will have to wait for the patch notes, but as of now, the build seems BUFFED :S. I am pretty sure there is a hook somewhere. I am confused :P

I've lost exactly 1k ES from the new tree now but gained a bit of phys and crit. i think thats a fair exchange but whats this creepy crawling feeling that the support gems or even flicker strike gem itself will get hammered with the patch notes out. I'm scared lol.

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OJ8_Graz wrote:

I've lost exactly 1k ES from the new tree now but gained a bit of phys and crit. i think thats a fair exchange but whats this creepy crawling feeling that the support gems or even flicker strike gem itself will get hammered with the patch notes out. I'm scared lol.

There's more ES nodes than before ._. how do you lose ES lol

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WowSoGood wrote:

There's more ES nodes than before ._. how do you lose ES lol

I tried to pick up all the relevant keystones that i can, dropped a bit of aura effect nodes and not getting unnatural calm too, which is pulled away to the witch left side.

It' too soon, but i assume auras themselves are getting the nerf hammer, as their passives did, so i am thinking of avoiding all aura passives. The build was never aura intensive anyway. Also i think i ll drop mind drinker. It was more of a convience for me since i use auxium, but now it requires 2 passives, so i do not beleive i will get it.

Running this build currently and got to play around at poebuilder.com for a viable build. Looks like flicker strike with the same gear is getting a dps boost but suffers minor with ES.

I'm sure someone else who dedicates more than 10 minutes can work a better build to offset this though, but it looks awesome to me!

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GeneralMartinus wrote:

Running this build currently and got to play around at poebuilder.com for a viable build. Looks like flicker strike with the same gear is getting a dps boost but suffers minor with ES.

I'm sure someone else who dedicates more than 10 minutes can work a better build to offset this though, but it looks awesome to me!

If the build is fuctioning without aura passives, i think we will end up with more ES and DPS, assuming that you have acuity :)