BRD Cooldown sequence?

[pandabearcat]

There are really two ways to go about this.

DoTs immediately with IR to maximize bloodletter immediately.
Optimal stacking of cooldowns (and maximum dot damage) by reapplying dots after stacking.


DoTs immediately would follow this opener, | means weave inbetween GCD

[SS | IR] -> [Wind | BL] -> [Veno | HE] -> [HS | RS] -> [HS | BfB] -> [HS | Barrage] -> [HS | Quelling] -> rotation.

Optimal cooldown stacking would delay IR till right before quelling, like this, then reapply dots right during this.

[SS | BL] -> [Wind | HE] -> [Veno | RS] -> [HS | BfB] -> [HS | IV] -> [Wind | Barrage] -> [Veno | Quelling] -> rotation.

I prefer the latter, because its what I'm used to.

The idea of "cooldown stacking" or "wasting cooldown" is kind of a fallacy. You will get the maximum amount of stacking if you go HE -> RS -> BfB -> IV -> Barrage. The reason I HE first is because its the lowest dps increase (15% dex < 20% damage). The reason I BfB after RS is because RS has a longer cooldown, and BfB's weird 80 sec cooldown lets it be used easier with HE/Barrage on rotation.

EDIT: I should mention that obviously, you delay cooldowns for BL, and you use SS instead of HS when you get the proc.

EDIT2: furthermore if you have aggro problems, instead of delaying quelling till the end, open with quelling before your first straight shot. This actually results in LESS total aggro reduction, but more frontloaded aggro reduction.

Keep in mind also that your damage doesn't spike until barrage, so I would advocate quelling last instead of first unless your tank is absolutely terrible at initial aggro.