300 DPS WAR - How are you pulling this number?

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Originally Posted by Sipherous

Hmm. What are you melds for everything, also do you have enough Skill Speed to effectively build Wrath faster than normal, I think WAR need 420 or 430 Skill speed to be extremely effective, and sadly the fend plat accessories don't have it, which is was many go with the STR accessories. Rotating facture in helps, I rotate it in whenever possible myself always making sure its up even tho its a massive TP drain. Look at your stats you may be hitting a huge wall there because you have to much of one thing not enough of another.

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That sounds like more skill speed than what you need... I think I read that 376 was the magic number. I run with 400. It's all about getting yout 9 hit beserk, up to that point Skill Speed is king.. then it's your Det/Crit.

Keeping Maim, Fracture and Storm's Eye up at all times will take you a long way. Do Storm's Eye > Fracture > Butcher's Block > Butcher's Block then repeat as needed while keeping Fracture up. You usually get two Butcher's Block combos in before Maim/Eye need to be reapplied.

hmmmm

im in defiance most of the time and still pulling 250 and climbing.


something must be wrong. either accuracy or maybe you're not aware that you're missing something important. if you are using berserk and unchained even semi-efficiently (like me) then you should be higher up in numbers.

idk if you've seen them, but look up Xenosys Vex on youtube. he has the definitive war dps guides for all fcob.


fyi 300 isnt even very high. some wars on my server finish 10-12 with 400-430 (not exaggerating)

With your gear set you should be pulling 400ish.

All the advice is in this thread. Eye > BB > Eye > BB will keep your hate in check. Keep Fracture up.

Also you can use CDs instead of putting Defiance up if you are about to take damage.

you don't even need to SE>BB all way to hit over 400 DPS ;o

Yeah, gear dependent obv, SE -> SP can net you 400+ as long as you throw in a few BBs here and there. Potency difference is pretty minimal anyway.

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Originally Posted by seekified

Keeping Maim, Fracture and Storm's Eye up at all times will take you a long way. Do Storm's Eye > Fracture > Butcher's Block > Butcher's Block then repeat as needed while keeping Fracture up. You usually get two Butcher's Block combos in before Maim/Eye need to be reapplied.

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Don't do two BB or you'll clip your Eye, which is a DPS loss not only for you, but any other PLD, NIN or WARs.

400 is way harder to hit than some of you say. It may come easily to you, but it's actually really hard. Like I said, I can have a run without having Defiance penalty, locked on boss for auto attacks, SE - BB spam, Fracture staying up, using SC on adds after Unchained, using potions, and only hit 370.

I even use Vengeance on adds for not only mitigation, but the tiny dps boost.

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Originally Posted by Zaft

Don't do two BB or you'll clip your Eye, which is a DPS loss not only for you, but any other PLD, NIN or WARs.

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Just as a side note, it's actually fine to do SE -> BB -> BB as MT with 2x WAR, since the OT will either be doing SE -> BB or SE -> SP.

pics or it didn't happen on consistent 400+ T10s.

I do OK and I max around 380 when there isn't a tank swap post adds. Haven't yet purposefully holmganged a wild charge to keep dpsing (throughout I have to save a clear).

BTW I think the best way to dps the first set of adds is SC>Infur/Unchain>SE>Frac.switch targets>SE>Frac etc. Threat should NOT be an issue. Drop defiance when the first one dies.

I'm not being a D I just want to see then I want to talk to you because tank DPS is going to be imperative in doing carry runs for FCOB