DRK OT Rotation

With the new changes and increases in Skill Speed, Crit, and Det...and GEEZUSYSOMUCHACCURACY?! I've been trying to figure out the best opener for DRK as OT. I know there's MANY other posts that have this, but trying to get a new and fresh consensus on what the community thinks is now the best opener.

Thanks in advance!

I was thinking (Grit off and Darkside on) Salted Earth :: Plunge>Scourge>Low Blow :: Blood Weapon>Dark Arts>Carve and Spit :: Hard Slash>Syphon Strike>Dark Arts> Soul Eater :: Then rinse and repeat as necessary while refreshing dots.

Hum i use (grit off, darkside on) :

DA - salted earth - carve and spit - scourge - plunge - hard slash - low blow - syphon strike - DA - soul eater - dark passenger, then repeat the last combo

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Originally Posted by CaedemSanguis

Hum i use (grit off, darkside on) :

DA - salted earth - carve and spit - the dot - plunge - hard slash - low blow - syphon strike - DA - soul eater, then repeat the last combo

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I like this... What do you think about popping Blood Weapon at the very start?

Always use DA before pull. And always use carve and split with DA on, either tanking or off tanking.

If you dont need mp at a particular time (for example at the beginning of p2/p3/p4 in a6s) you can use blood weapon as soon as she up otherwise it depends of the fight.

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Originally Posted by TenZer0

Salted Earth :: Plunge>Scourge>Low Blow :: Blood Weapon>Dark Arts>Carve and Spit :: Hard Slash>Syphon Strike>Dark Arts> Soul Eater ::

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You want to weave in OGCDs in between GCDs to maximize DPS.

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Originally Posted by TenZer0

I was thinking (Grit off and Darkside on) Salted Earth :: Plunge>Scourge>Low Blow :: Blood Weapon>Dark Arts>Carve and Spit :: Hard Slash>Syphon Strike>Dark Arts> Soul Eater :: Then rinse and repeat as necessary while refreshing dots.

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You have a string of 4 oGCDs together.

At most, you should really only be using two in a row, otherwise you're wasting GCD time

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Originally Posted by CaedemSanguis

Hum i use (grit off, darkside on) :

DA - salted earth - carve and spit - scourge - plunge - hard slash - low blow - syphon strike - DA - soul eater - dark passenger, then repeat the last combo

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In addition to the other advice, I would push Carve & Spit back in the rotation to line up with other party memeber's buffs (Trick Attack, for example).

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Originally Posted by ShaolinMike

In addition to the other advice, I would push Carve & Spit back in the rotation to line up with other party memeber's buffs (Trick Attack, for example).

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This is a good point... I'm trying to push the envelope as hard and as far as I can. Albeit not like a WAR can, but still..a DRK can dream :P lulz

I use:
(Grit off, Darkside up)
Dark Passenger - (Low Blow & Blood Weapon) Scourge - (Plunge) Hard Slash - (DA) Syphon Strike - (Salted Earth) DA Souleater - (DA) Hard Slash - (C&S) Syphon Strike - (DA) DA Soul Eater

Then go into a maintain rotation of alternating Delirium and DA Soul Eaters, using oGCDs as they are available and use more DA Soul Eaters while under Blood Weapon.

You could push Plunge back so it gets buffed by Trick attack or slashing debuffs, but I like lining it up with Scourge. They will always be available again at the same time, so I use the Plunge action on my hotbar as a cheat sheet to know when its time to reapply Scourge. You could also apply DA to the Dark Passenger at the start if you want more dps.

This: https://i.imgur.com/jXPNNcT.jpg

To open it up a bit: You want to start off with magical oGCDs that aren't buffed by slashing debuff, cause that won't be up right away, you also want to delay Scourge for one combo if there's a Trick Attack coming, after that you want to lay down all your physical oGCDs that are buffed by the slashing that'll be up by then. The precise order isn't all that important, just think magical first, physical second.