@Shurrikhan

I find it better to swap Oaths then pop HG as it means you don't use up that first gcd with an oath swap. You might get hit by an auto-attack or two but those can be pretty negligible damage.

Also, two other potential things to keep in mind. First if you stack FoF and BldBth with the Oath swap you will increase your gains. Second you can time the oath swaps so you do it during a time in which you wouldn't be hitting the target/boss/etc anyways, such as when you have to move out out of an aoe or the target moves to another position and you have to go to them. That also can help minimize any loss of dps due to losing a gcd from the swap.

The calculations are pretty good, although they change if you factor in the stuff listed above, but also don't forget the damage ticks from Circle and Fracture, iirc those are affected by the ShO damage debuff as well and FoF too I think, been a while since I last checked that.


I feel that a lot of people are getting bogged down on their definition of "stance/oath dancing", so let's get past the semantics of the term and instead just call it strategic oath swapping.