Warrior OT opener

Ok so when do you use Berserk? To get the 5th stack? Or after you have 5 and then go through your 3 FC?

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Originally Posted by DroFrehter

Ok so when do you use Berserk? To get the 5th stack? Or after you have 5 and then go through your 3 FC?

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Normal rotation is after you have done 6 GCDs where you have 4 stacks of Abandon, queue up Heavy Swing into Berserk for 5th stack and FC > Infuriate > FC > Normal Combo (get 5 stacks into FC before Berserk ends, using Fracture in between is a plus, better if you can use Fracture before 5th stack is gone for more crits). For 3rd FC, you want to use Raw Intuition and/or Vengeance depending on your SkS.

What is the skill speed threshold for getting off 3 FC? I am about 1s off of being able to get it done.

210 set should give you enough.
3 FC can be acquired with basic SS i believe.

3 cleaves can be achieved with base spd. 3 cleaves + fracture requires a minimum of around 500 spd with good connections, iirc. With my 60-70ms ping I think I have gone as low as 510 on a dummy, but since my gear progression plan from i220-230 (midas nm, crafted and lore) up to eventually (hopefully?) clearing A8S doesn't seem likely to dip below 600 spd I don't really care about it.

I usually go HS > Maim > SE > Frac > HS > SS > BB > HS > zerk+IR > FC > Infuriate > FC > Maim > SE > HS > SS > BB > Raw Intuition > FC > Frac.

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Originally Posted by Destous

I usually go HS > Maim > SE > Frac > HS > SS > BB > HS > zerk+IR > FC > Infuriate > FC > Maim > SE > HS > SS > BB > Raw Intuition > FC > Frac.

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You should move fracture to before fell cleave for the 10% extra crit from stacks, and use raw intuition earlier since you'll benefit more from the 2% extra crit affecting 5-6 skills instead of 1-2. Also using butcher combo to end your berserk means your storm's eye would drop when you're pacified, that would be a dps loss for you, the other tank, as well as the nin in your party. I prefer using eye combo twice before berserk, then follow up with butcher combo and another eye combo before the third cleave.

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Originally Posted by Destous

I usually go HS > Maim > SE > Frac > HS > SS > BB > HS > zerk+IR > FC > Infuriate > FC > Maim > SE > HS > SS > BB > Raw Intuition > FC > Frac.

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iirc, using fracture without things like Berzerk or any kind of vul up/Physical Res down is not worth one skill pushing you towards Vth stack. S not sure if you don't want to remove this 1st fracture or give addnotation to use it only if party debuff is applied.

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Originally Posted by aleph_null

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Originally Posted by Yuni_Queen

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Thanks, I'll try it out. I picked up WAR as wiggle room in statics/PuGs and haven't done much experimentation with it.