Vaal Double Strike is a Vaalmelee skill that teleports the character to nearby enemies and hits multiple times, dealing no damage but inflicting a wound debuff. After completing all hits, it deals an additional hit which inflicts the combined damage of all the wounds applied to that enemy as a single hit and removing all wounds.
Hits that inflict the initial wound do not deal damage, but will still provide on-hit effects such as Life Gain on Hit. The damage is stored and inflicted in a single hit at the end of the attack. Each wound's damage is calculated separately, including ailments and crits. If even a single wound on a target was a crit, the combined final hit counts as a critical strike.[1] Ailments are only inflicted by the final hit, and will inflict a single stack of that ailment[2]. However, the ailment will deal damage based on the sum of all wounds that would cause the ailment (causing a single large Ignite, Bleed, or Poison), making it synergize well with Alchemist's MarkAlchemist's MarkSpell, Curse, Mark, AoE, Duration, Fire, Chaos Level: (1-20) Cost: (16-33) Mana Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 24Curses a single enemy, granting flask charges when you hit them and creating Burning Ground under them if your hit Ignites them, and Caustic Ground if it Poisons them. Damage modifiers do not apply to these ground effects. You can only have one Mark at a time.Base duration is 4.00 seconds Burning Ground deals (20-26)% of the Fire Damage per Second of strongest Ignite on Enemy Caustic Ground deals (60-79)% of the Chaos Damage per Second of strongest Poison on Enemy Can create each Ground effect no more than once each second Gain 1 Flask Charge when you Hit a Cursed Enemy, no more than once every 3 seconds
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (0.5-10)% increased Effect of MarkPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Flame SurgeFlame SurgeSpell, AoE, Fire, Duration Level: (1-20) Cost: (6-16) Mana Cast Time: 0.50 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 190% AoE Radius: 30Requires Level 12Strikes enemies in front of you with a surge of flame. Burning enemies are dealt more damage. If you hit an ignited enemy, will create burning ground under them. Your damage modifiers don't apply to this burning ground.Base duration is 4.00 seconds Deals (26-832) to (40-1247) Fire Damage (50-88)% more Damage with Hits against Burning enemies Cannot Ignite +(0-9) to Area of Effect length Hits on Ignited Enemies create Burning Ground, no more than once every 2 seconds Burning Ground deals 25% of Fire Damage per second of Ignite affecting Enemy
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: +(1-20)% more Damage with Hits against Burning enemiesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., or Low Tolerance. Stun is also calculated per wound, not the final damage.[3]
Impale will inflict a single stack of impale based on the final hit. This may have some synergy with The Impaler keystone, quintupling your impale damage.
Stationary: The character is considered to be stationary while flickering for the purpose of receiving buffs such as the Inexorable notable passive skill, and that they have moved each time they flickered. For this reason the character never benefits from "while moving" buffs and the timers for scaling stationary buffs are continuously reset.[4]
Dual Wielding: Dual Wielding while using Flicker Strike will cause the player to alternate weapons each attack.
Melee Strike Range: Increases or reductions to Melee Strike Range have no special interaction with flicker, you will neither "land" farther from the target when you flicker, nor will you be able to initiate a flicker from father away.
Gem level progression
Level
Damage Effectiveness
Attack Damage
Exp.
Total Exp.
1
10
29
142%
142%
0
0
2
13
35
146%
145.6%
9569
9569
3
17
43
149%
149.2%
28189
37758
4
21
52
153%
152.7%
59146
96904
5
25
60
156%
156.3%
111192
208096
6
29
69
160%
159.9%
193800
401896
7
33
77
163%
163.5%
320280
722176
8
36
83
167%
167.1%
359090
1081266
9
39
90
171%
170.6%
498508
1579774
10
42
96
174%
174.2%
682057
2261831
11
45
102
178%
177.8%
921777
3183608
12
48
109
181%
181.4%
1727879
4911487
13
51
115
185%
184.9%
1791769
6703256
14
54
121
189%
188.5%
2353679
9056935
15
57
127
192%
192.1%
3070912
12127847
16
60
134
196%
195.7%
9095466
21223313
17
63
140
199%
199.3%
16039890
37263203
18
66
146
203%
202.8%
29817117
67080320
19
68
151
206%
206.4%
62895056
129975376
20
70
155
210%
210%
212051599
342026975
21
72
159
214%
213.6%
N/A
N/A
22
74
N/A
217%
217.2%
N/A
N/A
23
76
N/A
221%
220.7%
N/A
N/A
24
78
N/A
224%
224.3%
N/A
N/A
25
80
N/A
228%
227.9%
N/A
N/A
26
82
N/A
231%
231.5%
N/A
N/A
27
84
N/A
235%
235.1%
N/A
N/A
28
86
N/A
239%
238.6%
N/A
N/A
29
88
N/A
242%
242.2%
N/A
N/A
30
90
N/A
246%
245.8%
N/A
N/A
31
91
N/A
248%
247.6%
N/A
N/A
32
92
N/A
249%
249.4%
N/A
N/A
33
93
N/A
251%
251.2%
N/A
N/A
34
94
N/A
253%
252.9%
N/A
N/A
35
95
N/A
255%
254.7%
N/A
N/A
36
96
N/A
257%
256.5%
N/A
N/A
37
97
N/A
258%
258.3%
N/A
N/A
38
98
N/A
260%
260.1%
N/A
N/A
39
99
N/A
262%
261.9%
N/A
N/A
40
100
N/A
264%
263.7%
N/A
N/A
Gem quality
Type
Additional Effects per 1-20% Quality
Weight
Superior
(0.5-10)% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge on Hit
1
Item acquisition
Vaal Flicker Strike has restrictions on where or how it can drop.
Vaal Flicker Strike can drop from the Vaal Vessels found in Vaal side areas, or by corruptingFlicker StrikeFlicker StrikeAttack, Melee, Strike, Movement, Duration Level: (1-20) Cost: 10 Mana Cooldown Time: 2.00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Attack Speed: 120% of base Attack Damage: (142-210)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (142-210)%Requires Level 10Teleports the character to a nearby monster and attacks with a melee weapon. If no specific monster is targeted, one is picked at random. Grants a buff that increases movement speed for a duration. The cooldown can be bypassed by expending a Frenzy Charge.Base duration is 3.00 seconds 10% increased Attack Speed per Frenzy Charge 15% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge on Hit Buff grants 20% increased Movement Speed
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (0.5-10)% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge on HitPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..
Recipes
Vaal Flicker Strike can be created from the following recipes:
Amount
Part
Description
Meta
9
Volatile PowerVolatile Power9Vaal Gem Quality:+20% CorruptedUnlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.
Random corruptedVaal gem with 20% quality
A
1
The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.
Note that helmet enchantments are no longer obtainable since version 3.23.0 and can only be obtained in permanent leagues as already enchanted items from before this patch.