Flay' Flicker Finder - 800,054 DPS, 50/390MF, fast clear speeds. [New pics in MF gear/FAQs]
I can live through a phys reflect pack even while running RF as long as I don't start it low on ES. My dagger doesn't have a high damage, but instead is really fast. Most of the mirror daggers are super high damage, slower hitting so they get spikier, harder hits that one shot you. Faster hits, less damage each hit but same damage over time will help against reflect.
@korzasa
It's not the end of the world, because you can spend a skill point and get some more attack speed or something else good. However, a frenzy charge is better in my opinion than a skill point.
You can also respec with a vendor recipe and swap the skill point for a frenzy charge if you like. Give 20 regrets plus a plain jade amulet to a vendor in Merciless difficulty and you can get a book that gives you a frenzy charge instead of the skill point.
×××××××Warning - This Build Requires Shavs And Crown Of Eyes And Does Unholy DPS×××××××
The point of this build is to find great items as fast as possible. This is the best MF build in the game because of the combination of MF with insane speed of clearing. Shout out to Poutsos' Flicker Nuke build, which I played for a long time and which I modified into my build. Go read this thread for more information about flicker builds. http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/417287 . It does great to explain the basics of Flicker.
However, I wanted more IIQ/IIR and more elemental dps so I modified the build. I am currently running with 25/390 and a constant 250k aoe DPS with bursts for bosses using Righteous Fire of up to 400k AOE DPS. I fly through maps and can solo level 75+ maps in a couple minutes in full MF. On the weekends and some nights I stream maps:http://www.twitch.tv/sblak
I believe this is the highest single target DPS build in the game and it doesn't have problems with elemntal or physical reflect by itself because damage can be turned off and on at will. Hint: don't use righteous for for reflect maps. I think with perfect gear it could get 1,000k DPS. The biggest props I can give my build is that I started with nothing, and using it in worse gear found enough stuff with this character to buy the 6l shavs, CoE, and Prism Guardian and 30 ex to upgrade my dagger.
Pics of DPS, Defense, and MF
I attack 14.93 times per second with flicker. Multiply that by the average damage on the flicker and you have DPS.
Lightning Strike *115,689 dps*
Lightning Strike > Faster Attacks > Lesser Multiple Projectiles > Power Charge on Critical.
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Offenses with 90% chance to hit, 90.9 crit chance and 887% crit multiplier*
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Defenses with Flasks *3k ES 42% reduction 50% evade 75% ele res*
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Magic Find *25% IIQ and 390 IIR - Dropped some DPS*
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Gear
Weapon
This is the perfect dagger type for the elemental side of this build. I crafted my good enough flap physical roll. I like it because I want to have high attack speed and an ambusher is the fastest dagger. Faster attack speed lets the flat bonus elemental damage from auras shine. It also benefits the most from the flat added physical damage from our rings and amulet. It's about 325 PDPS and I am going to Divine it up a little hoping for closer to 330 PDPS.
Armor
These three are the staple of the build. You get low life and more increased attack speed from blood rage and can run 3 auras on life with Shavs and prism guardian. Crown of Eyes and low life also lets you run Pain Attunement which gives you 30% MORE attack damage (converted from more spell damage) for both physical and elemental damage increase. It also lets you run Righteous Fire for 60% more and 15% increased damage. This melts everything.
Flasks
I recommend getting refill on crits flasks for everything, because you hit so fast, you never run out of flask charges. Most important is the Granite with Increased Armor. It is your only physical damage reduction and very important. Also important is your Diamond Flask for bosses and for extra evasion when you are on a big pack that you have to kill fast or get stuck. I run two Quicksilver for utility. I use one to quench Righteous Fire when I run out of mobs to leech from. I save it for that. If you RF without it you will die. I use another quicksilver for getting rid of chill and frozen on the colder maps. I use a Topaz and Ruby flask for certain bosses. Like Megaera and Dominus. I also use a Divination Distillate. I purposefully run low on mana after about 6 flickers so I can use the MF flask and regen just enough to keep going and not cap my mana. I have about 900 mana. With about 1000 I would have enough incoming leech with Div Distillate to keep flickering and keep the flask up.
I killed all the bandits in normal and cruel. I went for a frenzy charge in merciless. Another frenzy charge means faster hitting and more evasion and less chance of ever running out of frenzies on long flickers and desync.
Skills
6l Flicker in Chest
Flicker > Multistrike > Melee Physical > Melee Splash > Critical Damage > Increased Item Rarity.
I typically run AOE with the typical Flicker setup and Item Rarity. I switch to WED for bosses. I switch out IIR when I am helping out friends or leveling and don't care about items. More damage is always safer. High enough damage freezes everything and you don't take any damage at all, except from ranged spells and reflect.
4l Lightnig Strike in Gloves
Lightning Strike > Faster Attacks > Lesser Multiple Projectiles > Power Charge on Critical.
This helps us build and keep charges. It also helps with long range when you want to clear without running into a pack. On a thorn shrine, divine shrine, or around a boss or giant room of mobs.
4l Auras and Curse in Helm
Reduced Mana > Grace > Anger > Critical Weakness
Grace is important for additional defenses. Anger is just a bit more DPS and makes everything catch fire. If you wanna run a purity or haste or clarity for easy mana, any of those work.
4l CwDT in Boots
CwDT > Immortal Call > Enduring Cry > Righteous Fire.
Righteous Fire is overleveled so it is not supported by CwDT and I cast it on bosses to melt them quickly. It's dangerous and should be used only when you have constant mobs to kill and leech life from.
3l Shield
Wrath > Discipline > Hatred
These three are the most important auras: Discipline to make up for low ES. Wrath means perman shocked. Hatred freezes everything.
3l Blood Rage in Dagger
Increased Duration > Blood Rage > Smoke Mine
Blood Rage is a staple. Increased duration makes sure it never runs out and you flicker into a pack without rage and don't gain frenzy charges and die. Smoke mine gives you 9 seconds of 20% increased run speed so you can make up for the lame boots with only 10% run speed. I can't think of anything more useful
Leveling and Specs
I leveled with Flicker from level 15 or so. The most important low level stats are life and mana plus life on hit and mana on kill.
For skills I just used flicker and blood rage. Flicker on everything with a high DPS dagger, Mightyflay at 35, and everything dies easily. You will die sometimes, but not frequently. Pick up the rest of the skills as you can. Use Hatred for extra DPS until you can run more auras. Flicker in a 4L is good enough until 60. In the RRRG 4l use: Flicker > Melee Splash > Multistrike > Melee Physical. Use several mana flasks to keep the flickering up. Use a life flask to keep up life under Blood Rage degen.
At about level 60 you can go Chaos Immune as soon as you get Ghost Reaver, Vaal Pact and about 1000 ES. When you have the gear and the points to get these, go CI. Stay CI until you get a Shavronne's. Once you get a Shavronne's take out CI and get Pain Attunement. Like this
Pros
Run 5 auras. Can switch them for utility. Groups like your support.
Insane DPS and clear speed. Fastest clearing build ever.
High MF. 50/350. Kill fast and find items.
High Evasion means good defense and that projectiles don't hurt you.
Fun flicker style. Crunch everything mobs into ice chunks.
Cons
Low ES and Armor means you will die often. Not a build meant for endless level gain.
This is as expensive a build as I can imagine, but you have to have money to make money.
I don't think any skill but flicker will let you sustain the regen of RF. You can use reave or dual strike but you can't then use RF because you move to slowly and will have to turn it off and on even more.
20 Regrets? This is crazy^^ Okay I may do this when I become rich...
@bennyng How can you hate flicker strike? It´s so fun and at least for me it never Desyncs :O
If I´m in standart league should I use the IIQ gem instead of the IIR on flicker? And try and get IIQ on gear instad of IIR?
And should I get a high Phys dagger or can it be with Elemental damage? Because I have found a Dagger with 240 DPS (200Phys) for 5chaos, I´m curious if thats a good one and a good price?
Last edited by korzasa#7966 on Jan 20, 2014, 2:45:38 PM
I was running the 4 near the mana reserve until this level, but I wanted the power charge, more int, and so I got this as the combo deal. I think the package is easier, even though the 4 alone by the mana reserve is a better use of 4 points if you can't afford the 7-8.
