INFERNAL FLICKER

SUMMARY
CLASS: Scion
ASCENDANCY: Ascendant (Champ + Chieftain)
HEALTH TYPE: Life
MAIN SKILL TYPE: Melee Attack
COST: $$$$$
DIFFICULTY: 2/5
STARTER VIABLE: Yes
BEGINNER FRIENDLY: Yes
GAMEPLAY: Here
BUILD

INFORMATION
This is an Ascendant based build mixing Champion with Chieftain and focusing on the Skill Flicker Strike. This is a very fast and powerfull build that can clear every content in the game.
Pros
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Cheap
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Easy to play
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Awesome Clear Speed
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Awesome Boss Damage
Cons
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Need Gem swaps for Shaper and Elder

EQUIPMENT
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BODY ARMOUR
- I recommend Kintsugi, it provides up to 1689 Evasion, +80 Life, 30% Fire Resistance, 20% reduced damage taken if you haven't been hit recently, 50% increased Evasion if you have been hit recently.
- You can also use a Belly of The Beast, it provides up to 40% increased maximum life and 15% to all elemental resistances.
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SWORD
- Oro's Sacrifice is mandatory for this build because it grants 1 Frenzy charge when an attack ignites an enemy. Without this sword you won't be able to keep flickering.
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HELMET
- The best helmet you can get is a rare one with life, evasion and Nearby Enemies have -9% Fire Resistance. Examples here.
- Starkonja's Head is a very good budget choice, it grants up to 100 life, 10% attack speed and a huge evasion boost.
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GLOVES
- Rare gloves with life, elemental resistances and evasion/armour. Examples here.
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BOOTS
- Rare boots with movement speed, life, elemental resistances and evasion/energy shield. Examples here.
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BELT
- A rare belt with life, elemental damage and elemental resistances. Examples here.
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RING #1
- A rare ring with life, elemental resistances and elemental damage with attacks. Examples here.
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RING #2
- A rare ring with life, elemental resistances and elemental damage with attacks. Examples here.
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AMULET
- A rare amulet with life, Intelligence and elemental damage with attacks. Examples here.
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FLASKS
- Divine Life Flasks. Look for mods like ''instant recovery'', ''removes bleeding'' and ''removes freeze''. Examples here and here.
- Diamond Flask for more critical strikes. Look for mods like "increased duration" and "increased armour during flask effect". Examples here.
- A Jade Flask is really important because it grants +3000 Evasion. Best mods are Increased Duration and Increased Evasion. Examples here.
- A Wise Oak to boost your damage with Fire penetration. Remember that your uncapped fire resistance must be the highest. Details here.
- A Cinderswallow Urn grants the Onslaugh buff and cause ignited enemies to take 10% more damage.
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ENCHANTMENTS
- Helmet: 40% Increased Flicker Strike Damage
- Gloves: Of Fury
- Boots: Elemental Penetration
P.S. Enchantments are not super important, so don't feel bad if you don't have the right ones ;)
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RECOMMENDED ANOINTMENTS
- First Choice: Panopticon (Verdant + Indigo + Opalescent)
- Alternative Option #1: //
- Alternative Option #2: //
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FULL BUILD ATTRIBUTE REQUIREMENTS
- Strength: 155
- Dexterity: 155
- Intelligence: 111

GEMS
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SWORD


Flicker Strike
Multistrike

When facing bosses, replace Melee Splash with Ruthless




Melee Splash
Combustion
Elemental Damage With Attacks (If 5 Sockets Linked)
Close Combat (If 6 Sockets Linked)
For fights that need more control over your character (Shaper, Atziri...) use:

Vaal Double Strike

Multistrike



Ruthless
Combustion
Elemental Damage With Attacks (If 5 Sockets Linked)

Close Combat (If 6 Sockets Linked)
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GLOVES OR HELMET

Summon Skitterbots

Anger


Precision (level 6)
Enlighten
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GLOVES OR HELMET



Cast When Damage Taken (level 11)
Increased Duration
Steelskin (level 16)

Vaal Grace
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BOOTS




Arcanist Brand (level 1)
Flammability
Increased Duration
Wave of Conviction
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Body Armour



Ancestral Protector
Multiple Totems
Ancestral Warchief

Dash


Blood Rage
Summon Ice Golem

Only Ancestral Warchief, Ancestral Protector and Multiple Totems need to be linked.
THIS BUILD'S FAQ
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Is there a good place to buy unique items?
- Not only for unique items, poe.trade or pathofexile.com/trade are great websites for trading your items.
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I'm lvl 40 and I'm dying a lot, what can I do?
- Please take a look at your Elemental Resistances, they are really important for your survivability. After lvl 40 try to keep at least 50% of each. The meximum is 75%, try to reach that when on end game.
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I don't have as much HP as the gameplay shows and I've followed the Skill Tree step by step. Can you help me?
- Look for more HP at your rare gear. You can have ''+89 to maximum life'' on your helmet for instance.
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You say the build is cheap, but there are some expensive recommended items there. How?
- Those items are only recommended and not mandatory for this build to work. Maximize a build with the best possible items and 6 Linkeds takes a good amount of currency. Start using 4 Linkeds on low tier maps in order to farm currency to upgrade your gear.
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How are you generating Frenzy Charges?