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 HitPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 10Metadata
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.

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

Level			Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	10	29	5	177.3%	177.3%	0	0
2	13	35	5	185.3%	185.3%	9569	9569
3	17	43	6	194%	194%	28189	37758
4	21	52	6	203%	203%	59146	96904
5	25	60	6	212.5%	212.5%	111192	208096
6	29	69	6	222.4%	222.4%	193800	401896
7	33	77	6	232.7%	232.7%	320280	722176
8	36	83	7	243.2%	243.2%	359090	1081266
9	39	90	7	254%	254%	498508	1579774
10	42	96	7	265.4%	265.4%	682057	2261831
11	45	102	7	277.3%	277.3%	921777	3183608
12	48	109	7	289.6%	289.6%	1727879	4911487
13	51	115	7	302.5%	302.5%	1791769	6703256
14	54	121	8	316%	316%	2353679	9056935
15	57	127	8	330.1%	330.1%	3070912	12127847
16	60	134	8	344.7%	344.7%	9095466	21223313
17	63	140	8	360%	360%	16039890	37263203
18	66	146	8	376.1%	376.1%	29817117	67080320
19	68	151	8	392.1%	392.1%	62895056	129975376
20	70	155	8	408.9%	408.9%	212051599	342026975
21	72	159	8	426.3%	426.3%	—	—
22	74	—	9	444.5%	444.5%	—	—
23	76	—	9	463.5%	463.5%	—	—
24	78	—	9	483.3%	483.3%	—	—
25	80	—	9	503.8%	503.8%	—	—
26	82	—	9	525.3%	525.3%	—	—
27	84	—	9	547.7%	547.7%	—	—
28	86	—	9	571%	571%	—	—
29	88	—	9	595.3%	595.3%	—	—
30	90	—	9	620.6%	620.6%	—	—
31	91	—	10	658.7%	658.7%	—	—
32	92	—	10	672.7%	672.7%	—	—
33	93	—	10	687%	687%	—	—
34	94	—	10	701.7%	701.7%	—	—
35	95	—	10	716.5%	716.5%	—	—
36	96	—	10	731.8%	731.8%	—	—
37	97	—	10	747.3%	747.3%	—	—
38	98	—	10	763.2%	763.2%	—	—
39	99	—	10	779.4%	779.4%	—	—
40	100	—	10	796%	796%	—	—

Item acquisition

Flicker Strike can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Flicker Strike can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
6	The 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 gem	A
3	Gemcutter'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% quality	A
1	Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item Item drops after killing {0} monstersRight 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% quality	A
1	The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.	Random divination card set exchange	A

Vendor reward

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

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
The Caged Brute Act 1 Nessa
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth

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.

Name		Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Flicker Strike Cooldown Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Flicker Strike has 20% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate	helmet 100
Enchantment Flicker Strike Cooldown Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Flicker Strike has 30% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate	helmet 100
Enchantment Flicker Strike Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Flicker Strike Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Flicker Strike Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Flicker Strike Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Flicker Strike Damage Per Frenzy Charge 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	6% increased Flicker Strike Damage per Frenzy Charge	helmet 100
Enchantment Flicker Strike Damage Per Frenzy Charge 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	9% increased Flicker Strike Damage per Frenzy Charge	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Flicker Strike has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description
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.