PoE Flicker Strike, Vaal Flicker Strike, Slayer builds

I'm currently running a Vaal Flicker Strike character (PoB here, \~6M DPS with no flasks, Berserk/Vaal totem unchecked), and I had an epiphany... Since Vaal Flicker Strike doesn't do damage until all 25 strikes have completed (and the damage from all strikes hit at once), can this work around the 1 second cooldown for Hydrosphere given you're running Tribal Fury melee splash? I would assume the final MEGA hit from VFS would splash onto the Hydrosphere, which would then pump out the same damage again. Obviously, this doesn't work well against mobile bosses sin

Howdy y’all, Sorry this is last minute. I’m playing slayer this league following Magefist’s Flickerstrike build(s) from a couple leagues ago and compiled the PoB’s from his videos into a single link for anyone’s convenience. Compiled: Link to their channel here And I won’t have too many answers to questions, but I’ll try.

So after a bit of messing around, I might have come up with a phys Flicker Strike Slayer that looks like it's SSF viable for a league start. Parameters: 900k+ boss DPS assuming maximum Rage, Pride effect and totems, but no Berserk or Vaal Haste (goes up to 1.5m burst DPS if so). Not that you'd be doing pinnacles on this, but it's a good indication of single target potential. Clear DPS drops to 533k without totems, Vaal Haste, Berserk, or Intimidate, and setting Pride to minimum effect, but is helped along by Tribal Fury's new mel

I was thinking of using self poison in combination with the sextants to get a lot of damage and movement speed, but all guides on how to do this use the assassins. My build uses the golden rule in combination with the slayer ascendancy, hemophilia and the red rail to sustain frenzy charges. But I was thinking of allocating "swift venoms" since it only requires 3 passive points. Is this worth it? if my calculations are correct: I have 7 attacks per second With the passive allocated I have 20% chance to gain poison on hit Attacks are supported by melee splash. Attacks are supported by multi