Black Mage Sanctuary - A Guide to DPS

[HaroldSaxon]

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You missed the point I was making. I was saying the minimum rotation we have to do in ice phase is B3, F3. If we get a slow mana tick, we are limited by time - but getting more spellspeed means that we can weave another spell in there as well as F3 (because you can "pre-cast" F3 just before the tick. Which is a dps increase because you are getting back into the phase quicker.

If you get lucky with your timings and get a quick mana tick, you are still going to be in ice phase longer than required in order to complete the single B4. If Thunder ends up being a DPS increase to use in that phase, then spellspeed is going to shorten your effective Ice Phase time.

Also, there is a 4th rotation if i'm being pedantic - B3, Filler, B4, F3.

In all of the rotation cases, if you get a quick mana tick, you are in the phase longer than you need to be for mana reasons. If you get a slow tick, then 3/4 will still gain because 3+2.5+1 is larger than 6. Puro quantified the DPS increase in his last spreadsheet, you can go take a look at how he did it.

And I would love to see the math regarding a B3, B4, Filler, F3 rotation with procs in the next fire phase vs B3, B4, F3 rotation

[StouterTaru]

And I would love to see the math regarding a B3, B4, Filler, F3 rotation with procs in the next fire phase vs B3, B4, F3 rotation

It's very tight to fight a proc into the next phase after using B4, the only time it's feasible is on Faust.

Ignoring procs, Thunder is about 2/3 of the dps of the entire rotation, so it beats waiting 1/3 of a GCD. That means a GCD of ~2.05 seconds before there's a chance that it can be the same dps occasionally.

Blizzard is around 55% of the full rotation dps, so it would beat out waiting for more than 45% of a GCD. That takes a GCD of ~1.95 seconds to rarely not lower dps.