Flicker Strike

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Flicker StrikeFlicker Strike of PowerVaal Flicker Strike
Flicker StrikeAttack, Melee, Strike, Movement, Duration
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (5-8) Mana
Cooldown Time: 2.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Attack Speed: 120% of base
Attack Damage: (177-408)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (177-408)%
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 Hit
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Acquisition
Drop level: 10
Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemFlickerStrike

Flicker Strike is a melee attack skill that teleports the character to a nearby enemy and strikes it with their weapon and grants increased movement speed for a short time. If no specific monster is chosen, one is picked at random. The skill has a cooldown that can be bypassed by expending a Frenzy Charge and has a chance to generate a Frenzy Charge when used.

Skill Functions and Interactions

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.[1]

Minimum Frenzy Charges cannot be consumed to bypass the cooldown.

Dual Wielding while using Flicker Strike will cause the player to alternate weapons each attack.

Flicker Strike can target an enemy within a distance of 4 meters by default. This is unaffected by modifiers to area of effect. Modifiers to Melee Strike Range have no special interaction with teleports: you will neither "land" farther from the target when you flicker, nor will you be able to initiate an attack from farther away.

Gem level progression

LevelRequired LevelRequired DexterityMana
Cost
Damage
Effectiveness
Attack
Damage
Exp.Total Exp.
110295177.3%177.3%00
213355185.3%185.3%95699569
317436194%194%2818937758
421526203%203%5914696904
525606212.5%212.5%111192208096
629696222.4%222.4%193800401896
733776232.7%232.7%320280722176
836837243.2%243.2%3590901081266
939907254%254%4985081579774
1042967265.4%265.4%6820572261831
11451027277.3%277.3%9217773183608
12481097289.6%289.6%17278794911487
13511157302.5%302.5%17917696703256
14541218316%316%23536799056935
15571278330.1%330.1%307091212127847
16601348344.7%344.7%909546621223313
17631408360%360%1603989037263203
18661468376.1%376.1%2981711767080320
19681518392.1%392.1%62895056129975376
20701558408.9%408.9%212051599342026975
21721598426.3%426.3%
22749444.5%444.5%
23769463.5%463.5%
24789483.3%483.3%
25809503.8%503.8%
26829525.3%525.3%
27849547.7%547.7%
28869571%571%
29889595.3%595.3%
30909620.6%620.6%
319110658.7%658.7%
329210672.7%672.7%
339310687%687%
349410701.7%701.7%
359510716.5%716.5%
369610731.8%731.8%
379710747.3%747.3%
389810763.2%763.2%
399910779.4%779.4%
4010010796%796%

Item acquisition

Flicker Strike can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Flicker Strike can be created from the following recipes:

AmountPartDescriptionMeta
6The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox."
- Ezomyte Proverb
Random level 20 gemA
3Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Gem
Quality: +20%
"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter
Random gem with 20% qualityA
1Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item
Item drops after killing {0} monsters
Right click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.
Random gem with 1–20% qualityA
1The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.Random divination card set exchangeA

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →WitchShadowRangerDuelistMarauderTemplarScion
Quest ↓
The Caged Brute
Act 1
Nessa
NoYesYesYesYesNoYes
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Siosa
Yes
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth
Yes

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Flicker Strike.

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.

NameFor generated item/monster modifiers the minimum item/monster level respectively. Some generation types may not require this condition to be met, however item level restrictions may be raised to 80% of this value.LabyrinthStatsSpawn Weighting
Enchantment Flicker Strike Cooldown Speed 166Merciless LabyrinthFlicker Strike has 20% increased Cooldown Recovery Ratehelmet 100
Enchantment Flicker Strike Cooldown Speed 275Eternal LabyrinthFlicker Strike has 30% increased Cooldown Recovery Ratehelmet 100
Enchantment Flicker Strike Damage 166Merciless Labyrinth25% increased Flicker Strike Damagehelmet 100
Enchantment Flicker Strike Damage 275Eternal Labyrinth40% increased Flicker Strike Damagehelmet 100
Enchantment Flicker Strike Damage Per Frenzy Charge 166Merciless Labyrinth6% increased Flicker Strike Damage per Frenzy Chargehelmet 100
Enchantment Flicker Strike Damage Per Frenzy Charge 275Eternal Labyrinth9% increased Flicker Strike Damage per Frenzy Chargehelmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Flicker Strike has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemDescription
Afterimage Flicker Strike EffectAfterimage Flicker Strike EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Flicker Strike becomes an Afterimage Effect.Your Flicker Strike becomes an Afterimage Effect.
Demonic Flicker Strike EffectDemonic Flicker Strike EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Flicker Strike becomes a bloody mist.Your Flicker Strike becomes a bloody mist.
Ghost Flicker Strike EffectGhost Flicker Strike EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Flicker Strike becomes a ghostly smoke.Your Flicker Strike becomes a ghostly smoke.
Vapour Flicker Strike EffectVapour Flicker Strike EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Flicker Strike becomes a cloud of vapour.Your Flicker Strike becomes a cloud of vapour.

Version history

Version Changes
3.25.0
  • Now has a Mana cost of 5 at gem level 1, scaling up to 8 at gem level 20 (previously 10 at all gem levels).
  • Now has 177% Effectiveness of Base and Added Damage at gem level 1 (previously 142%), scaling up to 408% at gem level 20 (previously 210%).
3.23.0
  • Quality now provides 0-10% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge on Hit (previously 0-5%).
3.15.0
  • Now deals 210% of Base Damage, and has 210% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 20 (previously 168%).
3.7.0
  • Now deals base damage equal to, and has an added damage effectiveness of, 142%-168% (from 130%-160%)
  • Now grants 15% chance to gain a Frenzy charge on hit at all levels.
  • Now grants a buff that provides +20% increased movement speed for 3 seconds.
  • Now has a 120% attack speed multiplier, instead of 20% more attack speed. This is functionally equivalent.
  • Now grants 0.25% chance to gain a Frenzy charge on hit per 1% gem quality (previously 1% increased damage per 1% quality).
2.4.0
  • Flicker Strike no longer causes you to drop Haku's spirit.
2.1.0
  • Attack skills that have their damage based on the wielded weapon have their mana costs fixed in place from level 1 onwards.
2.0.0
  • Base damage increased to 130% from 125%. The Increased Attack Speed has been removed and instead Flicker Strike grants 20% More Attack Speed. It now increases damage by 1% per 1% quality instead of increasing critical strike chance.
0.9.12qq
  • Reduced damage bonus from +40% to +25%. This is now also represented as Damage Effectiveness.
0.9.12m
  • Fixed a bug where Flicker Strike would not work properly if you click on a monster outside of range.
    Now it'll run into range and perform the skill.
0.9.12
  • Flicker Strike can't be used through walls anymore.
0.9.11
  • Now has a cooldown which can be bypassed by spending a Frenzy Charge.
  • Corrected some mistakes in its damage progression.
0.9.3
  • Flicker Strike now only attacks one target (ignoring Frenzy Charges).
0.9.2f
  • Reclassified Flicker Strike as Melee.
0.9.1
  • Fixed a problem so that it'll now teleport each time.
  • Reduced damage at lower levels.
0.8.5
  • Flicker strike now runs into the range of a targeted monster before teleporting to it (rather than failing and performing a melee attack).
  • Increased Flicker strike attack speed bonus.
0.8.4
  • Substantially increased Flicker Strike's damage.
0.8.0
  • Introduced to the game.

References