Quote Originally Posted by Merkava View Post
I kinda half agree and disagree with this. Up until level 54 (when you get Fell Cleave), keeping fracture up is without a doubt a DPS gain. When you, however, gain Fell Cleave fracture is easily a DPS loss since you are delaying Fell Cleave and fracture "only" has 300 Potency (with trait) versus Fell Cleaves 500 potency. This doesn't mean that Fracture is entirely useless. It should still be used when you use Berzerk (always use it when you have max stacks of Abandon) since you're trying to squeeze as much DPS as possible within that window and Fracture becomes a DPS gain. If I'm wrong feel free to correct me.
Actually, people have done the math and Fracture is still a DPS gain when used in Deliverance. It's just a much smaller DPS gain than it is in Defiance. This renders it vitally important for you to get the most out of Fracture every single time you use it. Only use it if you will get all of its ticks, and never let Storm's Eye fall off as a result of its use. This will require that sometimes you do two consecutive Storm's Eye combos, but this does not stop Fracture from being a gain.

Screwing up Fracture in either of the two above ways may result in a net DPS loss over a rotation that ignores the skill entirely. It's another one of those skills that gain effectiveness in accordance to one's comfort level in a fight.