How to Dragoon Per Second: A DPS Paradigm

[Talec]

I really don't get those new skills. They have a lower Attack potency than full thurst beside being a higher tier? Geirskogul with only a attack potency of 200 doesnt look that amazing too.

Are they really gonna make us stronger?

[Neyka]

I really don't get those new skills. They have a lower Attack potency than full thurst beside being a higher tier? Geirskogul with only a attack potency of 200 doesnt look that amazing too.

Are they really gonna make us stronger?

For the true thrust combo, the average potency is 236.6 per gcd ((150 + 200 + 360)/3). Adding in an appropriately positioned fang/wheel raises the average potency per gcd to 250, so yes, it's a damage increase, not even counting extending blood of the dragon. Also, Geirskogul is an off-GCD attack, so it's basically free additional damage, and even more if you hit multiple targets with it. Factoring in half a Geirskogul raises that to about 275 potency per GCD, which is roughly a 16% increase in damage.

As an aside, the TT combo drops to 202.5 potency per GCD if you miss the positional, which may be a dps loss. If you assume that extending the timer for blood is worth half a Geirskogul, then you end up with an average potency of 227.5 per GCD (unless the timer allows you to get in a jump, but that's hard to account for).