Quote Originally Posted by NoctisUmbra View Post
These are the reasons I like my current opener, even though it has DK drop for ~1-2 skills. Everything is up for ToD and the reapplication of Demo (which also clips 1 tick at most), and overall up as early as possible, too.

Demo > BfB > Snap > IR > Snap > Steel > DK > Howl > Snap > DK > Twin > ToD > Demo > Boot* > True > Snap > DK > Twin > Snap > etc...

*Alternatively, one can replace this Boot with a DK, and make it so DK never drops. Should the DK here crit, it would be no different from a Bootshine anyway. On the other hand, if it does not crit, the DPS loss from it is theoretically greater than the DPS loss from having blunt resist down for 2 skills.
This makes much more sense to me.

About your annotation, I don't see why DK's debuff should fall off at all in that sequence. I can always include ToD and still do a rear cycle without DK's debuff falling off.

Considering DK > Twin > ToD > Demo > Boot* > True > Snap > DK is just the usual alternating Flank/Rear cycle sequence with ToD added in, why would DK fall off for 2 skills?
Otherwise, I like this opener the best so far.