Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[Ihm]

If you're finding your damage is low on Titan then you need to learn his pattern a bit better because I figure you're not fully utilitising your abilities. Knowing when you can and can't use Blood for Blood or jumps for example, it makes a big difference in that fight. I tend to not use jumps when Slides/Weight are next in the rotation, and wont use blood for blood if tummult is coming, it's just a case of knowing exactly when to and not to do stuff. Generally though, you should never stop attacking except for the short period when you back away from a landslide, but you could use a range hit then if you want to, I tend not to though because I would rather not drop my combo.

[Thorauku]

Just a report,

I had a miss Heavy Thrust in T5 Scourge with 473 ACC. Can't provide any proofs, but yeah.

[PArcher]

For Titan, I always will use BFB after a Stomp, except at the very beginning or during the Heart Phase (use it right away in the beginning, Heart I try use it when it comes up, but may hold it for after the Gaols if timing is off), just to ensure its not up at that time. I'll also hold it for the Superbomb.

[FantasyForever]

If you're finding your damage is low on Titan then you need to learn his pattern a bit better because I figure you're not fully utilitising your abilities.

I agree! Drg should be dpsing near or at the top on this fight. Most the landslides you can dodge and continue to attack at the same time, same thing goes for plumes. The times I can't be doing my combos on titan, I always throw my spear. This usually only happens during the final phase line bombs, or the 2 sets of line bombs and the one open row~ Specifically when it's in the back. Even then tho I continue to dps and finish my combo then elusive jump back and throw my spear.

[Mardel]

^ Don't stick around the gaolers too long though. If you get gooped and that landslide comes your way from them not being killed fast enough. GG


Side note:
I got my boots/spear this week! Both in one go
Now my drg has all maiming pieces (cept belt). Would sink myth for wyrm body but idk seems kind of pointless, when I could start working on healer since my warrior/blm are pretty much done too >.>;

[VaShawn]

I agree! Drg should be parsing near or at the top on this fight. Most the landslides you can dodge and continue to attack at the same time, same thing goes for plumes. The times I can't be doing my combos on titan, I always throw my spear. This usually only happens during the final phase line bombs, or the 2 sets of line bombs and the one open row~ Specifically when it's in the back. Even then tho I continue to dps and finish my combo then elusive jump back and throw my spear.

Can u explain parsing?

[Ayvar]

Can u explain parsing?

[Dervy]

"I don't parse", but "my friend's brother's cousin" was in my group and told me outside of the game that my DPS....

parsing fights? I have no idea what you are talking about, we don't do that here

Anyway. You guys seen the Leviathan Fight? you're basically facing him 24/7, like Demon Wall. Rip Chaos Thrust.

[Eclips]

1. Keep HT up.
2. If you are next to a double nail after HT (third nail phase), then chain ROT on both.
3. Use oGCDs.
4. Make sure to reserve DFD for a double nail (third phase).
5. Make sure to reserve SSD to move to the next nail.
6. Tab-Phlebotomize nails (second and third phases) clockwise*. When you run into the howling healer, turn around counter clockwise and get back with the DPS stack, using TTT on each nail. You should have 0 downtime because it takes less than 2.4x seconds to run from one nail to the next.

7. If using direct damage on double nails (third phase), use Doomspike.

8. Keep HT up.

Note: Both the PH spam and Doomspike will being to drain your TP hard. Don't blow it all and make sure you use Invigorate.

* When using this approach, you still want to nuke down the first nail to move the DPS stack and leave room for the healers. Start tabbing with PH on basically the third nail (nuke first nail, finish combo on second nail, but don't stick around, move to third nail and PH, then to fourth and continue). Be sure to continue to use oGCDs while moving and spamming PH.

While this might seem good to maximize damage, I really don't see how this is a proper or even effective way to do the nails. I find that a simple impulse drive / disembowel combo / ocd abilities is generally the way to go. It helps control the healing / stacks for the fight.

I use IR / BFB at the start, then use them on cooldown until it comes close to the next nail phase. For the nail phases I use the BFB and Bloodbath to help maintain hp.

This strategy with decent dps generally allows us to kill all the nails (even the big one) without using limit break, and is much easier for the healers to manage because they're dying at the same pace.

I really can't imagine letting a dot tick out on any nail other than one near the tank (if you're chained and can't leave ifrit)


For reference: Ifrit as DRG i90 @ 436 accuracy // 227dps (22%) at the end of the fight

[Sygmaelle]

For those with high ilv gears (85-90) and not caring about acc, how's your dps on extreme primals? There seems to be a lot of downtime and most of the other class of equivalent ilv gears outdps me (based in order of emnity). Is this supposed to be the case?

I got a pretty crazy accuracy amount (500 ish T_T) because I really can't play in CT (far too boring ) and no luck in turn 4 / 5 so far, but I still can answer your question : between 270 and 310 dps on titan X (310 was the highest I did, but hey 2 warriors tanking so their debuff was up a lot), consistantly. No lb yadda yadda.

On Ifrit usually, by the time I do ID - Dis - legsweep or Ph the nail im attackin is already destroyed. No need to use TTT whatsoever