Important Tree Nodes

The best ascendancy order is Avidity, Gathering Winds, Wind Ward, and Focal Point. The Clever Thief node is important for 1% life leech and 1% mana leech and also works for elemental damage. A Watcher's Eye jewel is highly recommended for increased life, increased mana, increased energy shield, 60% increased attack damage while affected by Precision, 60% increased fire damage while affected by Anger, and if you can afford it damage penetrates fire resistances while affected by Anger. An Intuitive Leap jewel should be used in the blue circle above to allocate nearby nodes without them being connected to your tree. The Reservation Mastery and Mana Mastery are very important because they give increased mana reservation efficiency which allows you to use the recommended reservation skills. The Attack Mastery is also important to make non-vaal strike skills target one additional nearby enemy. Make sure and get a 100% chance to Ignite which generates Frenzy charges with Oro's Sacrifice by taking the southern Elemental Mastery and Fire Mastery. This is a melee build so take as many of the nearby life percent nodes as you can for survival. Note: The skill tree above has been updated for the new season (3.25).

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Defensive Layers

The Wind Ward ascendancy reduces your damage taken based on how much Gale Force you have which is granted by the Gathering Winds ascendancy. You should have Fortify Support from a corrupted Oro's Sacrifice to decrease your damage taken from hits by 20% which is important for survival because this is a melee build. Assassin's Mark should also be used for increased critical strike chance and increased critical strike multiplier and to replenish 600 life when a marked enemy is killed.

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Gems

 

Weapon (6-link)

Flicker Strike

Combustion Support

Awakened Elemental Damage With Attacks Support

Awakened Multistrike Support

Awakened Melee Splash Support

Awakened Fire Penetration Support (use Fortify Support if you don't have a Fortify corruption on your Oro's Sacrifice)

 

Kaom's Heart Armour (no sockets)

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Helmet (4-link)

Grace

Anger

Precision

Enlighten Support

 

Gloves (4-link)

Steelskin

Empower Support

Vaal Haste

Dash

 

Boots (4-link)

Enduring Cry

Urgent Orders Support

Assassin's Mark

Mark On Hit Support

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Reservation Skills

Grace is the best defensive aura for this build and gives very high evasion. Anger is the best offensive aura for this build because it allows you to use an Anger Watcher's Eye jewel and gives you added fire damage. Precision is also used to increase your critical strike chance and accuracy. Anger can be used once you have the increased mana reservation efficiency from the Mana Mastery and Reservation Mastery and a level 4 Enlighten Support to lower the mana reservation cost of your skills.

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Gem Notes​

1. Steelskin is the recommended guard skill for this build because Immortal Call requires you to use potions more often and Molten Shell requires very high armour to be effective.

2. The Enduring Cry warcry is used for Endurance charge generation and up to 10% life regeneration per second. Endurance charges reduce your physical damage taken and elemental damage taken.

3. Assassin's Mark automatically casts when you hit a rare or unique enemy with Mark On Hit Support and has increased effect with the Focal Point ascendancy. Focal Point also makes your marks transfer to another nearby enemy once the marked enemy has been defeated.

4. Vaal Haste can have its Vaal ability used without reservation once you have enough souls from defeating enemies to use it. Vaal Haste gives high increased attack speed and increased movement speed for a short to medium duration.

5. If you think you would prefer to play a ranged attacking Ranger build that doesn't require fighting in melee range you can also check out the Tornado Shot Deadeye Guide here Tornado Shot Deadeye Guide.

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Equipment

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Weapon

Oro's Sacrifice

Gives 465-600 fire damage, 15% increased attack speed, 20% chance to Ignite, Culling Strike against burning enemies, and a Frenzy charge every time you ignite an enemy which is important for Frenzy charge generation on single target fights. Once you have the currency you can look for supported by Level 10 Fortify and supported by Level 10 Additional Accuracy corruptions.

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Armour

Kaom's Heart

Gives 500 to maximum life and 40% increased fire damage. You should also eventually look for a Kaom's Heart with an increased damage corruption or a legacy Kaom's Heart in standard which has 1000 life for a very expensive price.

 

Helmet

Rare Helmet

Look for high life, strength, resistances, nearby enemies have -9 to fire resistance, and craft +1 to level of socketed AoE gems/10% increased area of effect if you don't have the +2 to level of socketed AoE gems modifier on your gloves.

Rare Helmet

Devoto's Devotion

The budget option has 16% increased attack speed, up to 65 dexterity, up to 25% chaos resistance, 20% increased movement speed, and high armour and evasion.

 

Gloves

Rare Gloves

Look high life, strength, increased attack speed, resistances, and optionally +2 to level of socketed AoE gems. You should also use Eldritch Embers and Eldritch Ichors on the gloves to roll non-vaal strike skills target one additional nearby enemy and inflict fire exposure on hit.

 

Belt

Stygian Vise

Look for high life, high resistances, strength, increased elemental damage with attack skills, and an abyssal socket. You should also use 20 Fertile Catalysts to increase its life bonus or 20 Turbulent Catalysts to increase its elemental damage.

Abyss Jewel

Look for an abyss jewel with high life, attack speed, accuracy, and added fire damage with sword attacks.

 

Boots

Rare Boots

Look for high life, resistances, Onslaught on kill, movement speed, and use Eldritch Embers and Eldritch Ichors to add chance to avoid elemental ailments and increased action speed. You don't need Tailwind because it's free from the Deadeye ascendancy.

 

Amulet

Xoph's Blood

This amulet gives 10% increased life, 10% increased strength, damage penetrates 10% fire resistance, 30 strength, and covers enemies in ash when they hit you which increases enemies fire damage taken and lowers their movement speed. You should use Turbulent catalysts on the amulet to increase its fire resistance penetration.

 

Rings

Rare Flammability Ring

Look for Flammability, life, strength, increased elemental damage with attacks skills, and resistances. You should also use Fertile Catalysts on both of your rings to increase their life bonuses.

Rare Reduced Mana Cost Ring

Look for high life, resistances, strength, increased elemental damage with attack skills, and increased fire damage.

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Utility Flasks

Bottled Faith

Gives 40% increased damage, consecrated ground, 150% increased critical strike chance against enemies on consecrated ground, and 10% increased damage to enemies on consecrated ground. You should use Instilling Orbs on the flask until you automatically use the flask whenever you hit a rare or unique enemy.

Rumi's Concoction (legacy is better)

Gives 1500 armour, 12% increased block chance, and 6% increased spell block. The legacy version is better and gives much higher block chances. You should use Instilling Orbs on the flask until you automatically use the flask when it has full charges.

Diamond Flask

Gain 100% increased critical strike chance. Look to roll Bleeding and Corrupted Blood immunity during effect and use Instilling Orbs until you automatically use the flask whenever you are Bleeding.

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Anointment

To use both Flammability and Assassin's Mark you should anoint your amulet with Whispers of Doom for an additional curse at Cassia using three Golden Oils.

 

Enchants (Standard Only)

Helm: 9% Increased Flicker Strike Damage per Frenzy Charge

Gloves: Commandment of Flames

Feet: 16% Increased Attack Speed if you've Killed Recently

Belt: 300 to Armor When You Are Fortified

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Bandits

The best bandit to help in Act 2 is Alira because she gives 15% to all elemental resistances which allows you to focus more on damage from your equipment. If you don't need the resistances you can switch to Oak for 40 life which helps with survival.

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Pantheon

Soul of Solaris is the best major Pantheon power and gives 6% reduced physical damage taken when only one enemy is present, a 20% chance to take 50% less area damage, 8% reduced elemental damage taken if you haven't been hit recently, take no extra damage from critical strikes if you've been hit with a critical strike recently, and a 50% chance to avoid elemental ailments from critical strikes. Soul of Ryslatha is the best minor power and gives 60% increased life recovery from flasks at low life, life flask charges every 3 seconds if you haven't used a life flask recently, and enemies you hit have 50% reduced life regeneration.

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Leveling Gear

 

Weapon

Silverbranch

Silverbranch is a great level one bow with +1 to level of socketed bow gems, increased attack speed, accuracy, and mana on kill.

Roth's Reach

Gives high physical damage, 80% increased elemental damage with attacks, skills chain +2 times, and requires level 18.

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Quiver

Craghead

A level four quiver that gives up to 7-14 added physical damage and 25% reduced projectile speed.

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Armour

Tabula Rasa

Tabula Rasa is a level one chest armour that has 6 white linked sockets. White linked sockets means any color skill gems and support gems can be linked together inside of it which allows you to deal much higher damage at an earlier level. You can also get a Tabula Rasa with a high increased damage corruption which also requires level one for fairly cheap from the trade site.

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Helmet

Goldrim

An excellent level one resistance helmet with up to 40% to all elemental resistances and 10% increased rarity of items found.

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Gloves

Lochtonial Caress

Lochtonial Caress can be used at level one and gives up to 15% increased attack speed, 15% increased cast speed, and a 15% chance to generate an Endurance, Power, or Frenzy Charge on kill.

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Boots

Wondertrap

These boots require level 9 and give up to 30 strength, 30 dexterity, 30 intelligence, and 25% movement speed.

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Amulet

Tear of Purity

Gives level 10 Purity of Elements, up to 20 to all attributes, 40 to life, 30 intelligence, and 10 to all resistances. The Purity of Elements aura increases your elemental resistances for a 50% mana reservation cost.

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Rings

Perandus Signets

You can use two level one Perandus Signets which each give up to 65% mana regeneration, 65 mana, 2% increased intelligence for each unique item equipped, and 2% increased experience.

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Flasks

Quicksilver Flask

This flask can be used at level four and gives 40% increased movement speed which helps speed up the leveling process. This flask can also have increased attack speed or movement speed as a second modifier. You should use Instilling Orbs until you automatically use the flask whenever it has full charges.

Silver Flask

This flask gives Onslaught which gives increased attack speed, cast speed, and movement speed as early as level 27 and can have increased attack speed or movement speed as a second modifier. You should use Instilling Orbs on the flask until you automatically use the flask whenever it has full charges.

Bottled Faith (use a Sulphur Flask for 40% increased damage if you can't afford Bottled Faith)

This endgame flask requires level 27 and gives 40% increased damage, consecrated ground, increases enemies damage taken by 10% on consecrated ground, and 150% increased critical strike chance against enemies on consecrated ground. You should use Instilling Orbs on the flask until you automatically use the flask whenever you hit a rare or unique enemy.

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Leveling Gems

Galvanic Arrow is the best elemental bow skill to use as at level one because it has multiple projectiles without a support gem. Precision is the best offensive low level aura and can be used once you reach level 10 for increased critical strike chance and accuracy. Vitality is the best defensive aura for leveling by far and can be used as early as level 10. You should switch to Ice Shot and Volley Support for higher damage once you are level 4 and optionally switch to Lightning Arrow and Lesser Multiple Projectile Support once you are level 12. Flicker Strike can be used once you can equip your endgame weapon Oro's Sacrifice at level 67. Make sure to pick up a Steelskin gem once you've reached level four and have 16 strength for a defensive guard skill. Dash also requires level four and should be used as your travel skill at early levels.

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Upgrades

The Carnage Heart amulet is a great upgrade at level 20 for up to 56 to all attributes and 20% increased elemental resistances. The Death's Harp bow is a strong upgrade to Roth's Reach at level 32. You can upgrade to Death's Opus at level 44 and drop Lesser Multiple Projectile Support because it already fires two additional arrows. You can also benefit from upgrading to two Praxis rings at level 22 to reduce the mana costs of all skills by up to 16 which allows you to use utility flasks in the place of mana flasks. Many of the items listed above last all the way until the midgame where better items will become available.

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That's all for the Oro's Flicker Strike Guide! For more on Path of Exile you can view the endgame guide here Endgame Guide.

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