0.9.13 - In Depth Flicker Strike Dagger Guide

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Faction3 a écrit :

Hey guys, quick question, I see in the 33pt link that CI is already collected, should I head straight for CI right off the bat from level 1? Or should I pick up other certain ones along the way beforehand?

I replied to this question already in my progress report on the thread. You need to be sure to have energy shield equipment before taking CI. Since I have it I die less often and I feel more efficicent overall. I believe its not top priority to take it very fast, be sure to take the elemental damage nodes first. Also before taking CI, ensure yo uhave blood rage gem as they combine very nicely.

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Patchnotes 9.10

I noticed we get nerfed all elemental damage mods by 20%. Sadly I will never reach these 9K this way lol. Already now level 57 I manage to get only 6K dps with all four charges active, so with the 20% nerf...Still I guess its better than all my previous builds where I never managed to get more than 2k

We will see how they will nerf it

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marquis51 a écrit :

I replied to this question already in my progress report on the thread. You need to be sure to have energy shield equipment before taking CI. Since I have it I die less often and I feel more efficicent overall. I believe its not top priority to take it very fast, be sure to take the elemental damage nodes first. Also before taking CI, ensure yo uhave blood rage gem as they combine very nicely.

Ah, I see. I thank you very much for your reply!

Another update, currently at 2000 energy shield and with 5.5K dps all charges on (level 57), I can't flicker through chaos at all...not that I can't kill mobs, I just keept getting hit and if they are more than 2 or 3 they kill me extremely fast. So Im focusing now on addind all possible defenses...also seems like a 5 link is a must and I could not find one with energy shield yet.

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marquis51 a écrit :

Another update, currently at 2000 energy shield and with 5.5K dps all charges on (level 57), I can't flicker through chaos at all...not that I can't kill mobs, I just keept getting hit and if they are more than 2 or 3 they kill me extremely fast. So Im focusing now on addind all possible defenses...also seems like a 5 link is a must and I could not find one with energy shield yet.

I've took Body & Soul (+20% ES and %20 Armor). You have to find 250 - 300 ES shield if you want stay alive in Chaos.
Also i've skipped diamod flask (i have 8k DPS and huge IAS - it is enough) for this one - i can use it 3-4 times in one battle with pack of mobs. Its loads really fast.
Also improved mana flask with evasion are helpful:


(i can get 7k evasion).
The only problems are huge packs of spell casters - probably i will get more mana/reduction costs and run purity...

The gem Chance to flee works fine with flicker strike.

Hey guys, has the CI nerf reduced the viability of this build at all? or is just a slight inconvenience?

Well I couldnt go chaos before so after the CI nerf, you can imagine I don't go lol :P for what concerns runs like fellsshrine, it is a slight inconvenience when there are many archers, but nothing that will stop you.
I believe people that could do chaos before still can, it just got more difficult for other players that dont have a 400 es shield :/

Now, melee characters have huge troubles with fighting in Chaos. My shadow after downgrading CI have still about 4,5k ES and 7,7 DPS, but playing at this difficulty is really painfull (archers, casters and rhoas can kill you in a half of second - even if you are using special flasks and wirling blades as a escape technique).
I can't even imagine how hard is play with character which deals pure physical dmg with crits... GGG should balance the game, because now only ranged heroes with elemental damage bonus fights well... I hope open beta will fix this problems.

Could someone post a link to their build after the CI nerf.