4.05 patch: to 7 Fell cleaves or not 7 Fell cleaves?
With the 4.05 change capture in the live unofficial translation "Unchained and Inner Release will no longer cost IB", we've all started to glance at a 7 Fell Cleave Zerk/IR burst.
Just in case people didn't do the math (or didn't intuitively figured out), we have the following options:
- use 125 out of 130 gauge to do 7 FC and be left with 5 gauge (effectively missing on 10 gauge = 50 potency at best): 3940 total potency (including main + S.Path)
- use the full 130 gauge to do 6 FC + upheaval + 2 onslaughts: 4090 total potency (including main + S.Path)
tldr; The no cost to IR allows us to do 2 extra Onslaughts and is better than a 7th FC. Onslaught is becoming a bit more relevant as a DPS ability.