Honest guide : Flicker Strike League Starter

Kill all bandits. Pantheons: Major -> Lunaris if you manage freeze immunity, otherwise Brine King I guess - Minor -> Gruthkul, Garukhan or Ryslatha depending on the situation. Berserk, Molten Shell & Flasks are disabled to not inflate numbers but you should use them. Don't forget to check your accuracy for Precise Technique for the Non-Crit version. CRIT vs. NON-CRIT Crit pros: -More damage & scaling potential -Potentially cheaper fractured axe base -A bit more fresh (less fresh) Non-crit pros: -Quite a bit tankier -Less regrets needed (respecing from bonezone) TO SWITCH TO FLICKER YOU NEED: -The Red Trail (Boots) -Some chance to bleed (15% on tree for 1 point should be enough) -The Golden Rule so you bleed yourself (Jewel) -Unending Hunger so you don't die from it (Slayer) TO GET TAINTED PACT WORKING YOU NEED: -Tainted Pact (Amulet) -Unending Hunger (Slayer) + The Writhing Jar (so you can summon worms and kill them to get leech for many seconds in any situation) -The Golden Rule -Chance to poison at least on weapon (%phys+%chance to poison > implicit on gloves > jewels) MY MANA SUCKS -Both rings have to have the -7 mana cost craft -20% reduced manacost of attacks helm implicit -Get Revelry and a mana mastery on the tree (reservation or mana cost idk) -If you're early enough for it not to matter too much, stay on a 5L until you complete the steps above OTHER NOTES & TO(not)DOs: -Defense config is set to Shaper Slam -Click Focus + Berserk if you want to see the burst/highest DPS you can have on bosses -Test what lvl of CWDT feels best (go for the max level where linked gems reliably trigger) -Good anoints are Kinetic Impacts (cheap), Inveterate (suppress), Fervour (frenzy). -DO NOT USE BRUTALITY, your poison will deal 0 damage and Tainted Pact becomes useless. -DO NOT USE MULTISTRIKE, you'll gain only 1/3 Trauma stack -When you get a lvl 5 woke melee phys you can remove any source of Intimidate on your tree (Cleaving or mastery) -You can always click Iron Reflexes for bossing MAVEN NOTES (-)Trauma Support (-)Flicker Strike (+)Melee Phys (+)Boneshatter glhf