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<span id="what-is-prayer-flicking"></span><p><nowiki>⬥ Prayer flicking is often thought of as two separate things:</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>1) ‘Prayer flicking’</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>⬥ Prayer flicking is changing your protection prayer to that of the boss’s current attacks (and changing the protection prayer as they change styles).This can be done </nowiki><em><nowiki>on either</nowiki></em><nowiki> prayer book.</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• On the standard prayer book (</nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1052551452788269127.png?v=1 <nowiki>protectfrommelee</nowiki>]<nowiki> </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1052551456835768351.png?v=1 <nowiki>protectfrommagic</nowiki>]<nowiki> </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1052551455078367313.png?v=1 <nowiki>protectfrommissiles</nowiki>]<nowiki> </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1137941136397324448.png?v=1 <nowiki>protectfromnecro</nowiki>]<nowiki>), requiring up to 46 Prayer </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1005450651347730533.png?v=1 <nowiki>prayer</nowiki>]<nowiki> ‎ ‎to protect from all 4 styles.</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• With curses (</nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/544195488447201300.png?v=1 <nowiki>deflectmelee</nowiki>]<nowiki> </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/544195487926845462.png?v=1 <nowiki>deflectmage</nowiki>]<nowiki> </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/544195488317046812.png?v=1 <nowiki>deflectrange</nowiki>]<nowiki> </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1137809111178813471.png?v=1 <nowiki>deflectnecromancy</nowiki>]<nowiki>), requiring up to 73 Prayer </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1005450651347730533.png?v=1 <nowiki>prayer</nowiki>]<nowiki> to protect from all 4 styles.</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>2) ‘Soul Split flicking’</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>⬥ Soul split flicking means using the Soul Split prayer </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/615613924506599497.png?v=1 <nowiki>soulsplit</nowiki>]<nowiki> most of the time, and then switching back to the protection prayer for the boss’s current attack style before the boss’s attack hits.</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Soul Split flicking can </nowiki><em><nowiki>only</nowiki></em><nowiki> be done with curses, requiring 92 Prayer </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1005450651347730533.png?v=1 <nowiki>prayer</nowiki>]<nowiki> to have access to Soul Split </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/615613924506599497.png?v=1 <nowiki>soulsplit</nowiki>]<nowiki> and the 4 protection prayers </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/544195488447201300.png?v=1 <nowiki>deflectmelee</nowiki>]<nowiki> </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/544195487926845462.png?v=1 <nowiki>deflectmage</nowiki>]<nowiki> </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/544195488317046812.png?v=1 <nowiki>deflectrange</nowiki>]<nowiki> </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1137809111178813471.png?v=1 <nowiki>deflectnecromancy</nowiki>]</p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>⬥ This guide will cover the benefits of both prayer and Soul Split flicking, and explain how to do them!</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><h2 id="why-is-prayer-flicking-useful"><ins><nowiki>Why is Prayer Flicking Useful?</nowiki></ins></h2>
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</nowiki><h3 id="damage-reduction"><nowiki>Damage Reduction</nowiki></h3>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>⬥ Having a protection prayer up reduces your incoming damage from this style by 50%.</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Increased to 60% reduction if wearing an Amulet of Souls </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/513190158359724056.png?v=1 <nowiki>aos</nowiki>]<nowiki> or an Essence of Finality amulet </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/787526151978614824.png?v=1 <nowiki>eof</nowiki>]</p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• The same +10% damage reduction can be gained from powder of protection </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/933079947419983912.png?v=1 <nowiki>powderofprotection</nowiki>]<nowiki> if they are not wearing the amulets mentioned above. Powder and amulet effect do </nowiki><strong><nowiki>not</nowiki></strong><nowiki> stack.</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>⬥ Keeping the correct protection prayer up even when the boss is changing attack styles reduces the damage taken substantially.</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• This reduces food usage.</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>⬥ When the correct prayer is active, the Devotion </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/513190158728953857.png?v=1 <nowiki>devo</nowiki>]<nowiki> ability, as well the Devoted </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/712073087713280033.png?v=1 <nowiki>dev4</nowiki>]<nowiki> or Enhanced Devoted </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/712073087507628035.png?v=1 <nowiki>enhdev4</nowiki>]<nowiki> perk effects can be used to block 100% of the typed damage.</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><h2 id="why-is-soul-split-flicking-useful"><ins><nowiki>Why is Soul Split Flicking Useful?</nowiki></ins></h2>
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</nowiki><h3 id="extra-healing"><nowiki>Extra Healing</nowiki></h3>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>⬥ Having Soul Split </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/615613924506599497.png?v=1 <nowiki>soulsplit</nowiki>]<nowiki> active for most of the time you are attacking results in a lot of extra healing.</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• This extra healing can reduce the food needed for bosses substantially, and can even remove the need to use food entirely.</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• When wearing an Amulet of Souls </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/513190158359724056.png?v=1 <nowiki>aos</nowiki>]<nowiki> or an Essence of Finality amulet </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/787526151978614824.png?v=1 <nowiki>eof</nowiki>]<nowiki> Soul Split has a 50% chance to heal 25-50% more for a total average of 18.75% more healing.</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><h3 id="soul-split-synergy"><nowiki>Soul Split Synergy</nowiki></h3>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>⬥ </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/615613924506599497.png?v=1 <nowiki>soulsplit</nowiki>]<nowiki> is required for the ECB special attack </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/615618531937222657.png?v=1 <nowiki>ecb</nowiki>]<nowiki> </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/537340400273195028.png?v=1 <nowiki>spec</nowiki>]<nowiki> and Necromancy Split Soul incantation </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1137809168368148490.png?v=1 <nowiki>splitsoul</nowiki>]<nowiki> to work</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/615613924506599497.png?v=1 <nowiki>soulsplit</nowiki>]<nowiki> flicking makes it safer and more feasible to make use of these, as you still get the benefit from </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/615613924506599497.png?v=1 <nowiki>soulsplit</nowiki>]<nowiki>, but now have the heavy damage reduction of protection prayers.</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><h2 id="why-is-reducing-food-usage-good"><ins><nowiki>Why is Reducing Food Usage Good?</nowiki></ins></h2>
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</nowiki><h3 id="general-benefits"><nowiki>General Benefits</nowiki></h3>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>⬥ Can increase room for error which makes kills more comfortable.</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>⬥ Increases kills per trip at bosses you do not want to teleport out of.</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>⬥ Reduces the supply cost for bossing.</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><h3 id="reduces-drawback-of-solids-and-saradomin-brews"><nowiki>Reduces Drawback of Solids and Saradomin Brews</nowiki></h3>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>⬥ Using solid food (e.g. sailfish </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/565726489363087360.png?v=1 <nowiki>sailfish</nowiki>]<nowiki>) drains adrenaline and using Saradomin brews </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/565726489400573962.png?v=1 <nowiki>brew</nowiki>]<nowiki> reduces stats</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Reducing the need to use them reduces the amount of adrenaline lost or stats drained throughout the course of a fight.</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><h3 id="allows-you-to-comfortably-swap-from-beast-of-burden-bob-to-dps-familiar"><nowiki>Allows You to Comfortably Swap from Beast of Burden (BoB) to DPS Familiar</nowiki></h3>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>⬥ You may have been using a BoB </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/513195712201228289.png?v=1 <nowiki>yak</nowiki>]<nowiki> </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1499293961364308059.png?v=1 <nowiki>mammothpouch</nowiki>]<nowiki> to bring more food to an encounter</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Reducing food means less need for a BoB, allowing the use of a DPS familiar </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/854475442227642388.png?v=1 <nowiki>smokenihil</nowiki>]<nowiki> </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/921410226484301925.png?v=1 <nowiki>kalgpouch</nowiki>]<nowiki> </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/703581275453128714.png?v=1 <nowiki>ripperpouch</nowiki>]<nowiki> which further reduces kill times which further reduces food usage.</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><h2 id="how-to-prayer-soul-split-flick"><ins><nowiki>How to Prayer / Soul Split Flick?</nowiki></ins></h2>
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</nowiki><h3 id="advice"><nowiki>Advice</nowiki></h3>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>⬥ The most important step towards prayer or Soul Split flicking is setting up good keybinds (see </nowiki>[[PvME/Getting started/Interface Guide|<nowiki>Interface Guide</nowiki>]]<nowiki>) and using them lots to build up muscle memory.</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Most people have these close together on the keyboard, near their abilities so that they can be used throughout the fight.</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><h3 id="the-method"><nowiki>The Method</nowiki></h3>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>1) Look at the boss’s attack animations for the style.</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>2) Look at the boss’s attack rotation for attack styles (e.g. in the second phase of Vindicta </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/513212949385445376.png?v=1 <nowiki>vindicta</nowiki>]<nowiki>).</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>3) When an attack animation of a style you are not currently protecting against happens, switch to that protection prayer.</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>4) If Soul Split </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/615613924506599497.png?v=1 <nowiki>soulsplit</nowiki>]<nowiki> flicking, switch back to </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/615613924506599497.png?v=1 <nowiki>soulsplit</nowiki>]<nowiki> after taking the reduced damage.</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><p><em><nowiki>Note: if Soul Split flicking, you want to switch from Soul Split to the protection prayer as </nowiki></em><em><nowiki>late</nowiki></em><em><nowiki> as possible to have Soul Split active for as long as possible, so it is good to get used to the timing of the hits to make the most out of your Soul Split time.</nowiki></em></p>
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</nowiki><h2 id="good-places-to-practice-prayer-soul-split-flicking"><ins><nowiki>Good Places to Practice Prayer / Soul Split Flicking</nowiki></ins></h2>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>⬥ Arch Glacor </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/891948878583189514.png?v=1 <nowiki>archglacor</nowiki>]<nowiki> normal mode with the flurry attack toggled on.</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>⬥ Vindicta </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/513212949385445376.png?v=1 <nowiki>vindicta</nowiki>]</p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• 2nd phase has an attack rotation of charge → melee </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1096130867279171706.png?v=1 <nowiki>melee</nowiki>]<nowiki> hit → ranged </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/580168050121113623.png?v=1 <nowiki>range</nowiki>]<nowiki> hit → melee </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1096130867279171706.png?v=1 <nowiki>melee</nowiki>]<nowiki> hit</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>⬥ Araxxor </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/513213019543699466.png?v=1 <nowiki>araxxi</nowiki>]</p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• This is slightly harder if using melee </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1096130867279171706.png?v=1 <nowiki>melee</nowiki>]<nowiki> and not standing at halberd range, as you have less time to react to its melee attacks</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>⬥ Raksha </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/789813907706478603.png?v=1 <nowiki>raksha</nowiki>]</p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>⬥ Jad (Fight Caves, Kiln, or within Zuk </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/931175752651653121.png?v=1 <nowiki>tzkalzuk</nowiki>]<nowiki> encounter)</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>⬥ Any other boss you want to do!</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><h2 id="tips-to-help-learning-to-prayer-soul-split-flick"><ins><nowiki>Tips to Help Learning to Prayer / Soul Split Flick</nowiki></ins></h2>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>⬥ Do </nowiki><strong><nowiki>not</nowiki></strong><nowiki> be discouraged if you feel you are missing a lot of prayer flicks - it is not uncommon. These skills are very rewarding, and near </nowiki><strong><nowiki>essential</nowiki></strong><nowiki> for pvm at stronger bosses, so worth learning sooner rather than later. Adding in Soul Split can come at a later stage once you're comfortable with flicking the protection prayers.</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>⬥ If you find yourself a little bit overwhelmed with the new keybinds, its not a bad idea to set up revo or revo++ to reduce your inputs as you start learning, and then later going back to either revo or full manual when you are more comfortable.</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><p><nowiki>⬥ If you have learnt how to prayer flick, don’t be scared to give Soul Split flicking a go, even if just at bosses which attack a little bit slower.</nowiki></p>
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</nowiki><div style="white-space: pre-line"><nowiki>Some examples of good prayer flicking.
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</nowiki><div><div><div><u><nowiki>Prayer Flicking</nowiki></u><nowiki> </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1052551452788269127.png?v=1 <nowiki>protectfrommelee</nowiki>]<nowiki> </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1052551456835768351.png?v=1 <nowiki>protectfrommagic</nowiki>]<nowiki> </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1052551455078367313.png?v=1 <nowiki>protectfrommissiles</nowiki>]<nowiki> </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1137941136397324448.png?v=1 <nowiki>protectfromnecro</nowiki>]<nowiki>
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<div style="white-space: pre-line"><nowiki>⬥ </nowiki>[https://youtu.be/wp-kUyZ3EN8 <nowiki>Prayer flicking Arch Glacor</nowiki>]<nowiki>
⬥ </nowiki>[https://youtu.be/bFTvc2BTUvc <nowiki>Prayer flicking Vindicta</nowiki>]<nowiki>
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<div><div><u><nowiki>Soul Split Flicking</nowiki></u><nowiki> </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/615613924506599497.png?v=1 <nowiki>soulsplit</nowiki>]<nowiki> </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/544195488447201300.png?v=1 <nowiki>deflectmelee</nowiki>]<nowiki> </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/544195487926845462.png?v=1 <nowiki>deflectmage</nowiki>]<nowiki> </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/544195488317046812.png?v=1 <nowiki>deflectrange</nowiki>]<nowiki> </nowiki>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1137809111178813471.png?v=1 <nowiki>deflectnecromancy</nowiki>]<nowiki>
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<div style="white-space: pre-line"><nowiki>⬥ </nowiki>[https://youtu.be/Ft48eKVdNVQ <nowiki>Soul Split flicking Arch Glacor</nowiki>]<nowiki>
⬥ </nowiki>[https://youtu.be/olxSzdM1gDs <nowiki>Soul Split flicking Raksha</nowiki>]<nowiki>
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== Attribution and source history ==
Adapted from [https://pvme.io/pvme-guides/new-to-bossing/prayer-flicking/ <nowiki>Prayer Flicking</nowiki>] by PvME contributors. [https://github.com/pvme/pvme-guides/commits/master/new-to-bossing/prayer-flicking.txt Upstream source history]. Licensed [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ CC BY-NC-SA 4.0]. Snapshot 074a9438f79d10fba75735791be0030734db8b5e. Formatting adapted for standalone MediaWiki; media and third-party references remain external links.