Bard advanced tactics

[Wren_Kal]

So, reading through this thread...

Am I the only Bard that uses Repelling Shot every time it's up?

It's a weak but basically free, off-GCD hit every 30 seconds. Seems like a waste not to use it as long as it's reasonably safe to do so (99.9% of the time).

Sample rotation:

- Buffs
- Straight Shot
- Bloodletter
- Windbite
- Flaming Arrow
- Venomous Bite, while running into melee range
- Repelling Shot, get punted back out to original position
- Rain of Death
- Hard-shot spam until something better pops up.

The same can be said for Blunt Arrow in fights that don't require stuns/silences. If you're not using all your off-GCD skills as often as the situation allows, you're losing out on free DPS.

Also -- and this is nitpicking now -- if you're using priority macros, put the off-GCD skills at the BOTTOM and learn to double-tap; or mash if you're lazy -_-.

Everyone seems to put Bloodletter/Misery's End at the top of their macros...which means that a lot of the time they'll be throwing out Off-GCD skills while sitting on a fully reset GCD. This hurts your DPS.