If you've ever wanted to shred through Path of Exile maps at lightning speed while making enemies explode in fire, electricity, and confusion, then buckle up. This is the ultimate Flicker Step build-nasty in speed, brutal in damage POE currency.

Let's break it down:how it works, what you need, and how to turn your PoE experience into a strobe-light bloodbath of teleporting devastation.

Understanding Flicker Step

At its core, Flicker Step is simple:teleport to an enemy and hit them. But it gets much more exciting when you learn it can consume Power Charges to repeat itself automatically. This allows you to flicker through mobs in a nearly uncontrollable blur-so long as you can sustain those charges.

This is where Profane Ritual comes into play. Normally a manual corpse-consuming skill that grants Power Charges, we automate it using Cast on Crit (CoC). By hitting 100% critical strike chance, Profane Ritual auto-triggers during combat, feeding you charges continuously. This engine is what powers our turbocharged movement.

Ascendancy and Class Choice

While technically any ascendancy can make Flicker Step work, this guide centers around the Gemling class for two key reasons:

1.Adaptive Gear Requirements-You only need to stack one attribute, Dexterity.

2.Skill Quality Bonus-You get better Flicker Step efficiency and improved Profane Ritual interaction.

Still, feel free to try it on any class with good crit scaling or charge synergy.

Skill Setup and Gems

Let's talk about the skills you'll actually be using and how they combine into a nonstop murder machine:

Main Skills

 Flicker Step-Your teleporting strike.

 Infernal Cry-Cast before fights to greatly boost fire damage and generate Rage.

 Profane Ritual-Your power charge battery. Cast manually before bosses, otherwise automated.

 Cast on Crit Support-Automates Profane Ritual during combat.

Support Gems for Flicker Step

 Perpetual Charge-Reduces charge consumption.

 Hit and Run-Huge skill speed boost.

 Execute-Adds massive damage vs low-life enemies (which you'll always be near).

 Concentrated Effect-Big damage multiplier.

 Pinpoint Critical-Helps hit that 100% crit cap effortlessly.

Other Damage Sources

 Herald of Thunder-Adds AoE lightning damage.

 Herald of Ash-Bonus fire damage for mapping.

 Stormwave-Emergency fallback when you're out of charges (requires an unset ring slot).

Weapon Swapping:Boss Prep and Charge Stacking

Before maps or boss fights, you'll swap to a Scepter that summons skeletons. Kill them with Profane Ritual to generate charges. This clever trick is especially useful in Simulacrums where charges can't be easily generated.

Gear Setup:Cheap But Scalable

The best part of this build? It's dirt cheap to start, but with tons of upgrade potential.

Weapon

 Triple-socket Quarterstaff-Look for crit chance, flat damage, melee skills.

 Socket crit damage soul cores or Exopek for more power charge gen.

Helmet and Chest

 Get high-quality sockets and life/resistance mods. A key helmet mod:Deeptest Tower for low-life damage scaling.

Rings and Gloves

 Focus on flat damage, crit chance, and resistances.

 Use an unset ring to fit in Stormwave.

Belt

 Head Hunter (for mapping)

 Ingenuity (for bossing)

 Or a defensive rare for budget builds.

Amulet

 Look for spirit (mana pool), crit chance, and damage.

 Anoint Vulgar Methods to push your crit cap affordably.

Jewels

 You must have Rage on Attack-it keeps your rage bar maxed.

 Consider mana on kill modifiers if you find yourself running out of juice.

 Use The Power Within for another power charge and damage boost.

Passive Tree Highlights

Your passive tree's main focus is:

 Crit chance and multiplier

 Power charge generation

 Low-life damage scaling

 Dexterity stacking

 Staff nodes for more attack power

Key Areas

 Crit Clusters-Stack as many as you can without sacrificing survivability.

 Ranger Section-For evasion, movement speed, and Herald effectiveness.

 Quarterstaff Cluster-Crucial for big damage boosts.

 Power Charges and Spirit/Mana Nodes-Essential for keeping the engine running.

Remember:rage is a multiplicative modifier. Keeping it up through jewels and Infernal Cry adds huge value.How to Play It

Mapping Routine

1.Weapon Swap to Scepter-Summon skeletons.

2.Cast Profane Ritual-Kill skellies, get 7 Power Charges.

3.Swap Back-Flicker Step is now online.

4.Cast Infernal Cry-Optional but great for extra rage/damage.

5.Hold Down Flicker Step-Just delete the map in seconds.

Boss Fights

 Do the same prep routine (stack charges, cry, flick).

 Make sure to manually cast Infernal Cry just before you start flickering for maximum DPS.

 Use Profane Ritual to refill charges as needed mid-fight.

 If you run out of charges mid-map or in Simulacrum, you've got two options:

 Stormwave-If you socketed it via an unset ring.

 Profane Ritual-Manually on corpses to restart the engine.

Closing Thoughts:Why This Build Slaps

This Flicker Step build is a love letter to chaos. It's:

 Fast-Faster than most builds in PoE.

 Cheap-Fully functional on a tight budget.

 Scalable-Can be pushed to boss-melting levels with investment POE exalted orbs.

 Fun-Nothing feels better than blinking around and watching the screen clear itself.

Whether you're a veteran looking to blow off steam or a new player chasing that dopamine rush of fast clears, this build delivers. Just make sure to hold on tight-it's a wild ride.