Flicker Strike
Wildspeaker Build

Updated for Patch 3.25

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Wildspeaker is an Ascendancy for Ranger, available only during the Legacy of Phrecia event. It revolves around Aspect Skills and Minions, but what interests us is the Dex-scaling from Scourge of the Wilds. That's 1.5% increased damage per 5 Dexterity, which is a lot, as you'll be able to reach around 1000 of this Attribute. Pair it up with Dex-stacking items like Fractal Thoughts and Rare Jewellery. Flash of Teeth and Fearful Symmetry will grant you Aspect of the Cat off charge and refill your Power and Frenzy Charges upon entering Cat's Stealth, which is an effect very similar to that of Farrul's Fur Body Armour. It's a wildly popular Armour in Flicker Strike builds because of the ease with which Frenzy Charges are gained. Now, that the Body Armour slot is available, you can equip Bronn's Lithe for bonuses to socketed Movement Gems, which includes Flicker Strike. You can improve it with Admiral's Arrogance for Rage and additional Gem Levels to Flicker Strike, which could result in a level-30 or higher Gem, and that's a big boost to your DPS.

Frenzy-stacking is expensive on its own, but combined with Dex-stacking will square up the overall price of the build. Luckily, it will work on a budget, as the required items are cheap. Frenzy Charge-related stats are found on Jewellery and Darkray Vector Boots. Your Flicker Strike will deal Elemental Damage. The damage is sourced mainly from a good weapon, like Rare Spiritblade, but a portion of it is gathered from Ice Bite, Smite Aura, and Herald of Ice.

Your durability stems from Primal Instinct and Acrobatics for a 75% Chance to Dodge Spell Hits. It's a wise idea to combine that with Evasion and Block Chance against Spells and Attacks alike with the help from Versatile Combatant. Now, you will avoid a vast majority of Hits. To recover from them, and to sustain Damage over Time, you will need a good Life Recovery tool. Life Leech with 10% instant Leech is the thing you need. Big Physical Hits may kill you on the spot.

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1. Gameplay

Flicker Strike is your only damaging ability. Maintaining Frenzy Charges is achieved with Fearful Symmetry, Blood Rage, Disciple of the Slaughter, and Mark or Sword Mastery against bosses. During tough fights, use Frost Bomb, Smite, and Berserk to deal more damage. Blood Rage should be on at all times. Steelskin is Automated. To move around jump with Leap Slam. Your Mana-Reserving Skills are Purity of Elements, Flesh and Stone, Precision, and Herald of Ice.

2. Build's PROS & CONS

3. Leveling tips

Unfortunately, there is no simple way to level a character like this due to the reliance on high Dexterity and constant Frenzy Charges generation, which comes later in the game. Start as a simple Elemental Damage Attack build that you've already played as, or choose this Lightning Strike starter build. As a Wildspeaker you have the advantage of Pack Mentality early on that spawns wolves for added damage. Transition into the final version of the build after you acquire all the required items.

Bandits:

Two Additional Passive Skill Points seem like the best option for this build

4. Final Skill Tree, Ascendancy Points, and Pantheon

Final Skill Tree:

113 Points Final Skill Tree (doesn't include Cluster or Unique Jewels)
120 Points Path of Building (PoB) link

Ascendancy points:

Preferably in that order:

1. Flash of Teeth (you can start with Pack Mentality for faster leveling)
2. Fearful Symmetry
3. Scourge of the Wilds
4. Primal Instinct

Pantheon:

Major God: Soul of Lunaris: 1% increased Movement Speed for each nearby Enemy, up to 8%; 1% additional Physical Damage Reduction for each nearby Enemy, up to 8%

Minor God: Soul of Tukohama: 3% additional Physical Damage Reduction per second you've been stationary, up to a maximum of 9%

5. Final Gems links

[DPS] Flicker Strike setup
	Flicker Strike - An Attack that consumes one Frenzy Charge to teleport you right on top of the enemy nearby. Socket it in Bronn's Lithe.
	Multistrike Support - A must-have Support for the Flicker Strike. It lets you Attack much faster and with more Hits per Attack, but it lowers your damage.
	Close Combat Support - Close Combat is also good with Flicker Strike because you're always very close to the enemy, which results in more damage and Attack Speed.
	Ice Bite Support - Generates Frenzy Charges on killing a Frozen enemy and adds flat Cold Damage to Attacks.
	Fortify Support - Fortify is good; it reduces damage received. The Gem grants 20% more damage too.
	Inspiration Support - Increased Elemental Damage, Crit Chance, and reduced Mana Cost of Attack. Use either this or Elemental Damage with Attacks if that would suit your configuration better.

[UTILITY] Reservation setup
	Herald of Ice - A big boost to clear speed with the Shattering mechanic, and added Cold Damage to Attacks.
	Flesh and Stone -  Combined with Fortify, it causes you to take much less damage while in Sand Stance. In Blood Stance, you'll deal more damage.
	Purity of Elements - Extra Resistances, which are needed since you're donning a lot of Uniques, and a complete Elemental Ailments Immunity.
	Enlighten Support - Linked Skills Reserve less Mana.

[UTILITY] Automation setup
	Automation - Steelskin is activated once it's ready.
	Steelskin - A protective buff that absorbs some of the incoming damage before it expires or can absorb no more. It stops Bleeding.
	More Duration Support - More Duration for Steelskin and for Vaal Smite. You can replace it with Lifetap if Mana's an issue.
	Vaal Smite - Use Vaal Smite to add Lightning Damage to Attacks for 8 seconds.

[UTILITY] Assassin's Mark setup
	Assassin's Mark - Increases Crit Chance and Crit Damage against a marked enemy.
	Mark on Hit Support - Mark is applied automatically against Rare and Unique enemies.
	Lifetap Support - Linked Skill costs Life but no Mana.

[UTILITY] Frost Bomb & Leap Slam setup
	Frost Bomb - Applies Cold Exposure and reduces Life Recovery of the enemy it Hits.
	Leap Slam - A movement Attack to boost your travel speed.
	Faster Attacks Support - Faster movement with Leap Slams.
	Lifetap Support

[UTILITY] other gems
	Blood Rage - Frenzy Charges on Kill, increased Attack Speed, and Life Leech in exchange for your life as Physical Damage over Time.
	Precision - Additional Accuracy and increased Critical Strike Chance. Level it up as high as you can afford to.
	Berserk - Gradually consumes Rage, but increases its effect as it does so.

5. Gear Setup

It's a Dex-stacking build and we're expecting you to get at least 700 Dexterity. The bar is so low because of the abundance of Unique Items, which is also the reason for the Purity of Elements Aura. The three most crucial ones are Bronn's Lithe, Fractal Thoughts, and Darkray Vectors. Frenzy Charges are important too. Maximum Frenzy Charges and Frenzy-scaling are present on many gear pieces, although hard to get in many cases. Above all, it's an Elemental Damage Attack build with high Critical Strike Chance, which requires a good weapon, and that may be the most expensive item on the list. Uniques are cheap, but ones with valuable Corruption may be not. Be sure your Strength is higher than Intelligence and that your Resistances are capped. No Reservation Efficiency is needed, but it will help if you want to level up Precision. With Acrobatics you want to reach 150% Spell Suppression Chance, but with Primal Instinct, Quickstep, Intuition, Revenge of the Hunted, and Entrentch you're pretty much set if your Life is Full.

(Helmet) Fractal Thoughts - It scales up your Elemental Damage alongside Dexterity while also providing you with 15% increased Dexterity and up to 40% Crit Multiplier if you meet the conditions, which you should. You can Corrupt it for a chance for +1 Max Power Charge.

(140-180)% increased Evasion and Energy Shield +(25-40)% to Critical Strike Multiplier if Dexterity is higher than Intelligence 15% increased Dexterity if Strength is higher than Intelligence 1% increased Elemental Damage per 10 Dexterity +2 to Maximum Life per 10 Intelligence

(Body Armour) Bronn's Lithe - A place for your Flicker Strike, it boosts its damage by a lot if the Gem is here. You may want to Vaal it for an additional +2, maybe even +3, to Flicker Strike.

+5 to Level of Socketed Movement Gems 10% increased Attack Speed (60-100)% increased Damage with Movement Skills (200-250)% increased Evasion Rating 10% increased Movement Speed

(Weapon) Rare Sword - We recommend an Experimented base - the Spiritblade, which Converts all your Physical Damage to random Elemental Damage. Add to that Dex scaling from an influence and plain high Elemental DPS via added or increased local damage.

Min. requirements: 16% increased Attack Speed Adds # Cold Damage to Attacks with this Weapon per 10 Dexterity (Hunter/Shaper Prefix) high Elemental DPS Optional affixes: Crit modifiers Elemental Penetration

(Weapon) Paradoxica - Paradoxica is simply a good Sword, but it has no Damage Conversion, making you fully reliant on Added Damage from Ice Bite, Herald of Ice, or Smite Aura.

+25% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier Attacks with this Weapon deal Double Damage Veiled Prefix Veiled Suffix

(Off-hand) Rare Shield - On a Shield you should look mainly for Maximum Life, Resistances, and Dexterity. Chance to Block is important, it's a big boost to your survivability in this build.

Min. requirements: +80 maximum Life +40% to Total Elemental Resistances Dexterity Optional affixes: increased Attack Speed chance to Block

(Gloves) Rare Gloves - Search for Maximum Life, Resistances, Dexterity, and maybe Accuracy with Attack Speed. A pair of influenced Gloves may roll Maximum Frenzy Charge or additional targeting for Strikes. If you prefer Eldritch mods, get Accuracy per Frenzy Charge or Damage per Dexterity, and Rage on Hit or additional targeting.

Min. requirements: +80 maximum Life Dexterity Optional affixes: Attack Speed Accuracy Rating Elemental Resistances +1 to Maximum Frenzy Charges (Warlord Prefix/Corrupted Implicit) Non-Vaal Strike Skills target 1 additional nearby Enemy (Hunter Prefix)

(Gloves) Admiral's Arrogance - With any source of Rage on Hit, like from Rage on Hit passive near Vengeance, these Gloves will make for one of the best sources of Rage one can get. Its other stats are great too. Just be sure you have a copy with high rolls, and try to Corrupt them for one max frenzy Charge.

(6-12)% increased Attack Speed (100-140)% increased Armour (10-20)% chance that if you would gain Rage on Hit, you instead gain up to your maximum Rage +(1-3) to Level of all Melee Skill Gems

(Boots) Darkray Vectors - Frenzy Charge scaling and one extra Frenzy Charges makes these Boots pretty much obligatory. Use Rares only if you desperately need Resistances.

(40-70)% increased Armour and Evasion 10% increased Evasion Rating per Frenzy Charge +(20-40)% to Lightning Resistance 5% increased Movement Speed per Frenzy Charge +1 to Maximum Frenzy Charges 40% reduced Frenzy Charge Duration 25% reduced Light Radius

(Belt) Rare Belt - A Belt will get you Attributes, Resistances, Maximum Life, and damage. Hunter's Stygian Vise will be especially good.

Min. requirements: +100 maximum Life +40% to Total Elemental Resistances increased Elemental Damage with Attack Skills Optional affixes: Attributes increased Attributes (Elder/Hunter Suffix) increased maximum Life (Elder/Hunter Prefix) Chaos Resistance

(Amulet) Rare Amulet - Try an Amulet with a lot of Dexterity, sourced from Redeemer's Suffix or Synthesised Implicit. There are multiple other valuable mods here, but prioritize Maximum Life and Dexterity above all.

Min. requirements: +70 to Maximum Life Dexterity Optional affixes: Attributes Elemental Resistances Global Critical Strike Multiplier Added Elemental Damage to Attacks increased Dexterity (Redeemer Suffix) 1% increased Damage per 15 Dexterity (Redeemer Prefix) Non-Channelling Skills have -(7-6) to Total Mana Cost

Recommended Anointments: Divine Judgement Battle Trance

(Ring) Rare Ring - On Rings you will find tons of Attributes and Resistances. If you want more damage, search for the Synthesised Implict for an additional Maximum Frenzy Charge, Redeemer's Prefixes for added Cold Damage, or a simple increased Damage Prefix.

Min. requirements: +80 to Maximum Life 60% total Resistance +50 to Dexterity Optional affixes: Attributes Added Cold Damage per Frenzy Charge (Redeemer Prefix) Adds # Cold Damage against Chilled or Frozen Enemies (Redeemer Prefix) Non-Channelling Skills have -(7-6) to Total Mana Cost Accuracy increased Elemental Damage with Attack Skills

(Jewel) Rare Jewels - After Maximum Life, look for Critical Strike modifiers, and if your Crit Chance is low, Elemental Damage with Attack Speed.

Recommended affixes: Maximum Life Critical Strike mods Attributes Resistances Attack Speed

(Jewel) Watcher's Eye - Your Auras are Purity of Elements and Precision. All Precision mods are good. One of Purity's mods is tons of Chaos Resistance - aim for that.

(4-6)% increased maximum Energy Shield (4-6)% increased maximum Life (4-6)% increased maximum Mana <Two or Three random aura modifiers>

(Jewel) Brutal Restraint - Used for more Dexterity. For notable upgrades get even more Dexterity. Socket it between Frenetic and Infused.

Denoted service of (500-8000) dekhara in the akhara of (Asenath-Balbala-Nasima) Passives in radius are Conquered by the Maraketh Historic

(Jewel) Intuitive Leap - Socket it near Fervour and allocate all notables in its radius. If you're short on Skill Points, use Unnatural Instinct instead.

Passives in Radius can be Allocated without being connected to your tree

(Jewel) Large Cluster Jewel - Large Cluster Jewels for increased Damage while holding a Shield will suit the build. Look for notables listed here, and maybe some more Dexterity.

Recommended affixes: 1 Added Passive Skill is Martial Prowess 1 Added Passive Skill is Veteran Defender 1 Added Passive Skill is Devastator 1 Added Passive Skill is Calamitous Added Small Passive Skills also grant Dexterity

(Jewel) Bottled Faith - A big boost to damage and Critical Strike Chance during boss fights.

Creates Consecrated Ground on Use (30-15)% reduced Duration Consecrated Ground created by this Flask has Tripled Radius Consecrated Ground created during Effect applies (7-10)% increased Damage taken to Enemies (100-150)% increased Critical Strike Chance against Enemies on Consecrated Ground during Effect

(Jewel) Atziri's Promise - Adds a lot of Chaos Damage to the build, especially in Physical-to-Elemental ones.

+35% to Chaos Resistance Gain (5-8)% of Elemental Damage as Extra Chaos Damage during effect 2% of Chaos Damage Leeched as Life during Effect Gain (5-8)% of Physical Damage as Extra Chaos Damage during effect

Other suggested Flasks and Tinctures: Life Flask with Bleeding immunity/removal Silver Flask with increased Crit Chance Diamond Flask with increased Evasion Rating Prismatic Tincture with Elemental Penetration

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