Originally Posted by
Dervy
Basic Opener for Beginner Dragoons
This is a basic opening rotation for new level 60 Dragoons who want a feel of how the Opener and the Rotation works. The GK management in this opening oCD rotation has been set up for much easier play for players to understand the GCD, BotD and GK relationships.
H -> [BL+BFB] -> ID -> [DRAC-POT] -> DI -> [IR + BOTD] -> CT -> [PS+ LEGS] -> 4TH -> [GK] -> P -> [JUMP] -> TT -> [DFD] -> VP -> [LIFES] -> FT -> [SPD] -> 4TH -> Repeat
A few alternatives to this opener are:
Precasting Battle Litany before the Pull
Withholding Legsweep until after your Full Thrust Combo
In this basic opener, GK has been set-up to be used after the first Thrust combo, or Chaos Thrust. Using GK in this manner will always ensure you're using GK with 21s+ on your BotD timer, alleviating all pressure from the new Dragoon from knowing where to pop BotD.
Advanced Opener
The issue with the basic Dragoon Opener is that
a) Your Potion, depending on your skillspeed, won't buff up your Wheeling Thrust
b) Your GK placement, being used right after the first combo, makes it rather risky for next "4th" to keep BotD up, with only 1 second to spare
c) Internal release is buffing an ability which is already affecting Life Surge
And so, here's an even better opener:
H -> [BL+BFB] -> ID -> [IR+BOTD] -> DI -> [DRAC-POT] -> CT -> [PS+ LEGS] -> 4TH -> [JUMP] -> P -> [SSD] -> TT -> [DFD] -> VP -> [LIFES + GK] -> FT -> 4TH -> Repeat
A few changes.
Firstly, IR + BOTD and your Potion Placement has been switched around. This will allow, with enough Skillspeed, for you to buff your Wheeling Thrust by your Potion and Internal Release to buff your Disembowel, for a very big Potency Increase.
Geirskogul has been moved to the end of the rotation and weaved with Life Surge. Yes, Life Surge will still buff your Full Thrust, but moving Geirskogul away allows you to fit Spineshatter Dive into main bulk of the rotation and makes it generally safer.
The burst capabilities of this Opener is a lot stronger than the basic opener. That is for certain.