Black Mage Sanctuary - A Guide to DPS

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So, while this opener would have roughly a 7.58 PPS higher than the old Sharpcast opener (depending on SS), it will still be slightly lower than a sharp opener that gets the second Firestarter. And the reason for this is weaving.

If you get a Firestarter in your rotation, where do you put it? In the sharp opener (no proc) you are able to hit Blizz 3 under raging strikes. Which isn't a big increase cause it's small dmg anyways. However in the sharp opener with the proc, you can still get all 6 F4s + the F3 proc under raging strikes. In your opener, if you use get a proc, regardless of where you put it, you'll lose raging on an F4 or the proc.

With the Proc'd sharp opener, you can use F1 (procs) > F4 > F3P + Swift > F4 + convert > F4 > F4. By doing this you are able to weave both swift and convert under your gcd, losing no time at all. Even with fey wind and 850+ SS.

But your opener is still stronger than a normal sharp opener w/o a proc. And also if you can fit T1 in before B4, yes you should always do that. Otherwise you are cutting in to your 25 sec rotation where things are a little more tight, especially if you have to move or get some procs.