Flicker Strike

"They should have known the rule: never corner a Duelist. He was surrounded by four hulking brutes, each one uglier than the one before. They had come for the fine mail tunic he wore, but he had given them nothing but insults and injury. As the Duelist fought, his speed grew more frenetic, until he was a blur of whirling steel. After a time though, superior numbers took their toll, and the attackers began to find openings. With blood oozing from a dozen wounds, the Duelist gathered himself for one final assault. He waited until just the right moment, right as his foes rushed in for the kill.

There was a flash, and in the blink of an eye, he suddenly appeared behind the first assailant, plunging his sword to the hilt in the exposed neck. Then he was beheading the second in one quick swipe. Then the third fell with a shriek, his bowels spilling onto the cobblestones. The fourth turned to run, and found himself facing the Duelist, who met his momentum with a stab through the heart. Spent, panting on the ground, the victor wiped his blade clean, and recorded four more kills with Flicker Strike."

— Description on the official Path of Exile website

Flicker Strike is an attack that teleports the character to a nearby enemy and strikes it with his weapon. 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.

Skill Functions and Interactions

Additional Increased Attack Speed from Frenzy Charges: This attack gets an additional 10% increased attack speed from each frenzy charge, on top of the +4% automatically granted to all attacks from each frenzy charge. Essentially, each frenzy charge will grant attacks made with Flicker Strike a +14% attack speed bonus.

Dual Wielding: Dual Wielding while using flicker strike will cause the player to alternate weapons each attack.

Gem level progression

Level			Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	10	29	142%	142.2%	0	0
2	13	35	144%	143.6%	9569	9569
3	17	43	145%	144.9%	28189	37758
4	21	52	146%	146.3%	59146	96904
5	25	60	148%	147.6%	111192	208096
6	29	69	149%	149%	193800	401896
7	33	77	150%	150.4%	320280	722176
8	36	83	152%	151.7%	359090	1081266
9	39	90	153%	153.1%	498508	1579774
10	42	96	154%	154.4%	682057	2261831
11	45	102	156%	155.8%	921777	3183608
12	48	109	157%	157.1%	1727879	4911487
13	51	115	159%	158.5%	1791769	6703256
14	54	121	160%	159.9%	2353679	9056935
15	57	127	161%	161.2%	3070912	12127847
16	60	134	163%	162.6%	9095466	21223313
17	63	140	164%	163.9%	16039890	37263203
18	66	146	165%	165.3%	29817117	67080320
19	68	151	167%	166.6%	62895056	129975376
20	70	155	168%	168%	212051599	342026975
21	72	159	169%	169.4%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	171%	170.7%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	172%	172.1%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	173%	173.4%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	175%	174.8%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	176%	176.1%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	178%	177.5%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	179%	178.9%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	180%	180.2%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	182%	181.6%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	182%	182.3%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	183%	182.9%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	184%	183.6%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	184%	184.3%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	185%	185%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	186%	185.6%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	186%	186.3%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	187%	187%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	188%	187.7%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	188%	188.4%	N/A	N/A

Alternate skill effects

Name	Cost	Description
	90	Replaces the standard effect on a Flicker Strike skill gem with a cloud of vapour. Preview
	90	Replaces the standard effect on a Flicker Strike skill gem with ghostly smoke. Preview

Version history

Version	Changes
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.