[2.0.4]PewPewPews Official Flicker Strike build!

I was wondering if a 6L pure armor is working too instead of a BoR?

thanks!

Afters Docks got shitty I farmed The Archives until mid 70s, good XP and easy monsters :)

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Dude,lol,u need at least 5L item for flicker links...or better cheap 6L..
10k isn't enough.

I've 200 Fusings and maybe 400 Jewelers, not enought for a 5L I think.

I've done Maps up to 72 but I ran out of good maps, have to do
mostly 67 and 68 and XP is shit on Lvl 83.

Have to skip some Map Bosses (Brutus, Piety, Perpetus and that wtf-Lightning-beam-Spawn in Torture) and avoid terrible modifiers like Reflect, slower Reg, -Res and bad Curses.

I use Cast on damage taken Level 5 with:
Decoy + Enfee + Frost Wall

You can Flicker through Frost Wall, so lets try to make a maze with FrostWall-Totem

Sooo i had this LVL64 Shadow from the beta laying around. Didn't use the full respec so far, until i stumbled across this thread and was like "WOW i want this shit".

The good news:
This build is totally viable on the shadow. Well, seems reasonable, since Pewpew is diving deep in the shadow start. I just did it reverse mode.
The bad news:
My head starts to hurt after looking at the screen. So i am just focusing my Frenzy-Charge-Icon to see if it may happen that i need to do something else then pressing flicker strike. That fixes some issues with it :D

Currently i am using this gear. Neither BoR nor Soul Taker are in my price range, so i just plundered my chest and came up with this:


First of all, my main problem is Chaos resistance. I am curious what PewPew did against this, since there is 0 Chaos Res on his gear as far as i see. I am ending A2Merc right now and had HUGE problems once i got focused by those snakes. I don't really want to think about the Alchemists @ A3 :\ Also Blood Rages Damage is so fucking huge just because of this fact.
The Life Leech gem on Flicker Strike will hopefully replaced by meele physical soon, i just felt that blood rages own LL wasn't enough. For the same reason i use vitality. The haste was just a test, i will stick to Hatred because ice.

@Fallen_heaven: About the Codt Flicker Striker: It affected it a lot. I am currently trying to find a way to gain survivability without the blind from the BoR. But it seems I have quite the ways to go to get there, making me realize how important the BoR actually is.

As for the setups, you can go either way. Both have their own unique way of saving your hide. See what you prefer best.

@Rixieness: Cyclone will only stop if you hit something on the ground(or sometimes when you are desynced). Usually it should be good enough to stay alive through it. Try getting your hands on some high attack/second weapons. Melee targets shouldn't be allowed to touch you, so you need to be even faster. I found 0.08 attack time about right.

Stealthwing: Only with high armor. Talking about 1.8 - 2K or something. You basically miss the blind and extra block, so you will get hit more often by physical attacks. So without high armor, you will see a bit drop in survivability.

@Falke: Frostwall is very interesting. Especially if you cast it with a lvl 1 CODT. Will test it out sometime soon :)

@Kopfnuss: I have come to believe that the type of screen is the major cause of headaches. Almost anyone I know, who doesn't get a headache from this build owns a LED screen.. Anyways!
Chaos resistance has never been a problem, because they are dead before they can even shoot their projectiles. And if they did hit me, it only took me down by a bit. I would lifesteal/regen is back within seconds.

As for Blood Rage.. Two factors. One: The Blood Dance. Those boots were made for builds like this one. Second: I get 2.5% max Health/Second from my tree early on. That is enough to sustain Blood Rage until you get the blood dance(I got mine when I hit 60 btw).

Haste is nice, might be a decent option as well, but I personally find Vitality/Grace better :)

I have just one little question, i use this build by myself and i like it far more than other builds. Im using nearly the same skill tree with smaller modifications and i realise a little thing but why do you picked the 10% melee phys damage above the master of the arena skill? because in the shadow tree theres a 12% one handed damage node, ok its only 2% but i just wondering is there any difference between the melee phys damage and the one handed damage?

The only difference is that melee phys counts for both one handed and two handed melee weapons, and one handed just for one handed. I simply overlooked that point. Fixed it! Thanks :)

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Appels_Zijn_Gezond wrote:

The Blood Dance. Those boots were made for builds like this one

Yeah i traded my Blood Dance maybe an hour after i finished my post and everything is totally fine now :D Also replaced the Chayula, because who the fuck will reach me to hit a stunning blow? Why do i need to sacrifice 10% life for this? No reason, right :D

New gear:


Blind on Cyclone ROCKS. If you drop health just stop flickering, start spinning, everything is blinded and LOH to full health.

Got One-Shottet by 2 Lightning-Totems in Torture-Chambers, R.I.P. most death Scion in Hardcore-League, was a great build.

btw. I 5L my Weapon, took only about 20 Fusings.

The difference between 4 and 5L is huge, but I got mana-problems after that, I had to respect into reduces Mana Costs Nodes.

When in trouble, I used Leap Slam to escape, it worked.

@Appel

What is your dps with every skill you play ?

thank you

Hi Appels_Zijn_Gezond.

I just wanted to get an update on your "starter friendly" Flicker Strike build, I hope it hasn't been trashed D:

Thanks