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Feb 18 2018 05:23pm
Wanting to try playing a flicker strike build... but don't want to invest the time to build it and then find out I hate it...

Halp?
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Feb 18 2018 05:26pm
are you asking us if you're gonna enjoy or hate the build?
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Feb 18 2018 05:29pm
Quote (MindC0ntr0l. @ Feb 18 2018 07:26pm)
are you asking us if you're gonna enjoy or hate the build?


Pretty much... xD -

Or whether there's an easy way I could test run it?
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Feb 18 2018 05:34pm
are you asking us for a link to a youtube video of the build ?
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Feb 18 2018 05:37pm
Sorry I'll be more clear - I've been in games where someone was playing it, and I've seen youtube videos of it - and it looks like it could be fun.

I'm just nervous that playing it, It's going to screw with my eye-sight or feel really hard to control, and thus become un-playable.

Wondering:

1) If people have experience playing the build that could talk through how it was for them
2) If there is a really cheap way I could try the build without having to invest a lot of time/money (link me to resource or give me suggestion)
or... (this one more of a longshot)
3) If someone would let me hop on a flicker strike char they have and take it for a test run

:cheers:

This post was edited by icednine on Feb 18 2018 05:38pm
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Feb 18 2018 09:41pm
I'll give you a little info from experience. I didnt get super geared or anything. Super duper budget just a 5link terminus est sword and tabula rasa with capped resists and like 3k hp.

Im not exactly sure what you mean by hard to control, btw.

You use the skill and he jumps to 3 targets. Typically 1 click will kill one pack of monsters (assuming you have the dmg) if there are many packs near each other you might stray and not get the kill on one pack but lower the hp for the group of packs then you have to go through with ur flicker again.

Which is kind of annoying sometimes, because the last monster you hit is where you wind up. So in those situations, you would flicker past all the monsters, not kill them, go back through and kill them, then be back where you started heh. Mostly because my dmg was low i bet, but also because of being in parties.

I would just hold the mouse button and if the map has decent density you fly by killing stuff which is definitely fun at first but i didnt like it that much to continue the character, because id rather have better boss killing atm. Just did this build for fun with no real goal in mind.

Its a bit hard on the eyes i think, but so is whirling blades all over the map at fast speeds i would assume.
Especially since with whirling blades you need to aim and avoid obstacle, but with flicker it just gets the monsters in the general area which can make you travel the map while killing monsters without any effort.
So i would assume eye strain would be more due to the needed focus of using whirling blades quickly and effectively, where as with flicker you dont really focus haha. If you try to focus though, im positive it will hurt but you shouldnt need to anyway.

Maybe the most important thing to tell you is you dont have to click the actual monster to use flicker, it auto targets nearby monsters when you click.

This post was edited by Ramy on Feb 18 2018 09:48pm
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Feb 18 2018 11:14pm
ty for the thoughts ramy xD
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Feb 18 2018 11:22pm
Its pretty powerful, bosses are kind of a bitch until you get crit high enough if you use terminus though. Biggest problem I had with it was it gave me headaches. You just hold click and can sometimes clear entire maps without ever lifting you finger, but the screen constantly jumping gave me migraines.
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Feb 19 2018 02:03am
If you want to try a cheap version, you could try Oro's on a Raider. You only need a 5L to start out.
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2070189
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Feb 19 2018 05:32am
u can use tabula for testing...

well its a funn thing to play... only problem is that u have no control over it... and u need to invest shit tons of currecy to make it work
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