Vaal Flicker Strike

Vaal Flicker StrikeAttack, Melee, Strike, Movement, Vaal, Duration
Level: (1-20)
Souls Per Use: 30
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Soul Gain Prevention: 6 sec
Attack Speed: 300% of base
Attack Damage: (174-362)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (174-362)%Requires Level 10Repeatedly teleports to enemies and hits them, inflicting a wound but dealing no damage. After the repeating finishes, each enemy is hit by the total damage of their wounds, which are removed.This Attack Repeats 25 additional times
10% increased Attack Speed per Frenzy Charge
70% less Damage with Ailments
30% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge on Hit

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0.5-10)% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge on HitCorruptedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
Drop level: 10
Vaal Flicker Strike can drop from the Vaal Vessels found in Vaal side areas, or by corrupting Flicker StrikeFlicker 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..Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVaalFlickerStrike

Vaal Flicker Strike is a Vaal melee skill that repeatedly attacks nearby enemies while teleporting to them, dealing no damage but leaving a 'wound'. After completing all repeats, it deals an additional hit to each wounded enemy, inflicting the combined damage of each enemy's wounds.

Skill functions and interactions

See also: Flicker Strike

Vaal Flicker combines damage similar to Dual StrikeDual StrikeCritical, Attack, Melee, Strike
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (8-14) Mana
Attack Speed: 70% of base
Attack Damage: (155-442)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (155-442)%Attacks with both weapons, dealing the damage of both in one strike. Dual wield only. Does not work with wands.100% more Critical Strike Chance against Enemies that are on Full Life
60% more Damage with Hits and Ailments against Enemies that are on Full Life

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
+(1.5-30)% more Damage with Hits and Ailments against Enemies that are on Full LifePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. or Explosive ArrowExplosive ArrowAttack, Projectile, AoE, Duration, Fire, Bow
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (7-10) Mana
Projectile Speed: 3260
AoE Radius: 15Requires Level 28Fires an arrow which will stick into an enemy or wall, and then explode, dealing area damage around it, either after a duration or when the maximum number of arrows stuck to that target is reached. If an enemy has multiple Explosive Arrows stuck in them, the first one to explode will consume the others, adding their damage to its explosion.Base duration is 1.00 seconds
Explosion deals 50% less Base Damage
Explosion will have (47-522) to (71-783) added Fire Damage
+0.2 metres to Explosion Radius per Explosive Arrow on Target, up to a maximum of +1.2 metres
Explosion deals 6% more Damage with Hits per Explosive Arrow on Target
Explosion deals 3% more Damage with Ailments per Explosive Arrow on Target
Maximum 20 Explosive Arrows stuck in an Enemy

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
+(0.1-2) Maximum Explosive Arrows stuck in an EnemyPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.'s explosion. It has unique behaviour in that each wounding hit also counts as an immediate zero damage hit. These hits do not stun or apply on-hit effects that require damage, but can grant or apply other effects on hit, and will consume hits from existing impale debuffs. Each wounding hit can be blocked individually, preventing damage from that specific wound. If the final hit is blocked, damaging ailments (and other on-hit effects) are prevented, even if unblocked wounding hits did calculate non-zero ailment DPS.

Vaal Flicker's ability to combine damage from a large number of repeats allows it to inflict high damage in a single hit. This can be advantageous for effects like Shock or impale (optionally combined with The Impaler). Despite its ailment damage penalty, Vaal Flicker is still capable of inflicting a single ailment with high DPS, which may be favorable for e.g. 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.

Gem level progression

Level			Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	10	29	174.4%	174.4%	0	0
2	13	35	181.3%	181.3%	9569	9569
3	17	43	188.4%	188.4%	28189	37758
4	21	52	195.8%	195.8%	59146	96904
5	25	60	203.5%	203.5%	111192	208096
6	29	69	211.4%	211.4%	193800	401896
7	33	77	219.7%	219.7%	320280	722176
8	36	83	228.4%	228.4%	359090	1081266
9	39	90	237.3%	237.3%	498508	1579774
10	42	96	246.7%	246.7%	682057	2261831
11	45	102	256.4%	256.4%	921777	3183608
12	48	109	266.4%	266.4%	1727879	4911487
13	51	115	276.9%	276.9%	1791769	6703256
14	54	121	287.8%	287.8%	2353679	9056935
15	57	127	299.1%	299.1%	3070912	12127847
16	60	134	310.8%	310.8%	9095466	21223313
17	63	140	323%	323%	16039890	37263203
18	66	146	335.7%	335.7%	29817117	67080320
19	68	151	348.9%	348.9%	62895056	129975376
20	70	155	362.6%	362.6%	212051599	342026975
21	72	159	376.8%	376.8%	—	—
22	74	—	391.6%	391.6%	—	—
23	76	—	407%	407%	—	—
24	78	—	423%	423%	—	—
25	80	—	439.6%	439.6%	—	—
26	82	—	456.8%	456.8%	—	—
27	84	—	474.8%	474.8%	—	—
28	86	—	493.4%	493.4%	—	—
29	88	—	512.8%	512.8%	—	—
30	90	—	532.9%	532.9%	—	—
31	91	—	564.7%	564.7%	—	—
32	92	—	575.8%	575.8%	—	—
33	93	—	587.1%	587.1%	—	—
34	94	—	598.7%	598.7%	—	—
35	95	—	610.4%	610.4%	—	—
36	96	—	622.4%	622.4%	—	—
37	97	—	634.6%	634.6%	—	—
38	98	—	647.1%	647.1%	—	—
39	99	—	659.8%	659.8%	—	—
40	100	—	672.8%	672.8%	—	—

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 corrupting Flicker StrikeFlicker 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..

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 corrupted Vaal gem with 20% quality	A
1	The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.	Random divination card set exchange	A

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Vaal 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

Vaal 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 174% Effectiveness of Base and Added Damage at gem level 1 (previously 142%), scaling up to 362% 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%).
3.20.0	Introduced to the game.