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PoE 2 Build

Flicker Strike

0.2 DotH

Mercenary

Gemling Legionnaire

End Game

Speed Leveling

Creator

By Perra

Updated on Jun 24, 2025

Jun 24, 2025

Build Overview

This is the Flicker Strike build, a staple of POE speed clearing - now capable of not only clearing entire maps in seconds, but also able to delete pinnacle content in one Flicker.

Made with my buddy @Ulfhednar

Strengths and Weaknesses

Insane speed
High in damage
High in fun

Weak in simulacrum

Equipment

Set 1

Set 2

Equipment Priority

+11

Weapon - phys % damage, flat phys, flat lightning, attack speed, melee skills, crit chance

Rings - flat damage, % damage, resistances, rarity, attributes

Amulet - energy shield, life, spirit, resistances, attributes, melee skills, crit chance

Gloves - flat damage, armor/ES, attack speed, melee skills, crit damage, resistances, attributes

Boots - movement speed, ES, life, resistances, attributes - Powertread for single target

Belt - Headhunter or Ingenuity if possible

Body armor - Morior Invictus with global defences, spirit, resistances

Helm - The Deepest Tower to trigger low life and in turn making us able to utilize low-life nodes in the passive tree for additional damage.

Weapon Set 2 Sceptre - spirit, mana, reduced attribute req, intelligence

Weapon Set 2 offhand - ES, mana, intelligence, cast speed

Jewels

From Nothing with Unwavering Stance to get Finality would be a huge boost.

Megalomaniac with The Power Within and second is optional. I personally like Vocal Empowerment.

Important: At least 1 ruby with Rage on hit. Rest can be emeralds or sapphires with Crit chance, Crit damage, max ES, attack speed

Mana issues? Use a sapphire with mana on kill.

Skill Gems

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 70

Dex 55

Int 75

Expand all

Infernal Cry

Charged Staff

Profane Ritual

Herald of Thunder

Flicker Strike

Wind Dancer

Cast on Critical

Quarterstaff Strike

Skeletal Warrior

Herald of Ash

Sacrifice

Gem Priority

+41

For bosses can even drop Wind Dancer and get Overwhelming Presence for faster stuns and applying ailments but it really is not needed

If you have extra skill from Unset Ring can use Storm Wave to finish few mobs here and there to not waste Flicker Strike.

Make sure to run the LOWEST Infernal Cry level because of Mana cost.

Passive Tree

main:

123

set 1:

set 2:

Of course passives can be adjusted according to your gear with defences or crit/crit damage.

Atlas Tree

How it Plays

1. Profane Ritual - manual cast on either monster corpses during mapping OR on skeletal minions on Weapon Set 2 before map/boss.

Cast on Critical with another PR will take care of automatic Power Charge generation during maps.

2. Infernal Cry - always use before 4.

3. Charged Staff - another big buff for 4. also auto-break armor

4. Flicker Strike - ONE button to do it all

5. Quarterstaff Strike - finishing off enemies here and there if needed - can slot Storm Wave if you have Unset Ring

How it Works

Stacking Reduced skill effect duration to both Cast on Critical and manual Profane Ritual to have faster "detonations" aka faster Power charges for Charged Staff and Flicker Strike.