DRG PVP. I'm weak at burst?

[JackFross]

For PvP basically all you wanna do is spam all your ogcd skills asap while rolling through a CT rotation.

I tend to pre-pop IR+BL+B4B and lean in with SSD>HT>IDC4 with Impulse Drive sometime before Chaos Thrust, Weapon Throw if they try to flee, DFD used to chase, and only use Jump after a Leg Sweep so they can't escape while you're animation locked. Someone mentioned Disembowel blahblah - it doesn't matter nearly as much in PvP as it does in PvE for your own skills. You need it up there (especially with MCH/BRD behind you) asap, yeah, but you don't need to hold everything until after it's up.

One important thing to note: a single DPS doing good burst on one enemy is very unlikely to kill that enemy in PvP. You need both DPS coordinating efforts to down someone with the healer not CC'd or dead.

[Peacecow]

Snip, very good information

So correct me if I'm wrong, I'm reading from your first sentence "spam.....rolling thru CT rotation" meaning that the FT combo is better left in the dust for feast? or is it still usable? If it is better left untouched, should I use my Life surge on fourth-tier?

[JackFross]

So correct me if I'm wrong, I'm reading from your first sentence "spam.....rolling thru CT rotation" meaning that the FT combo is better left in the dust for feast? or is it still usable? If it is better left untouched, should I use my Life surge on fourth-tier?

Life Surge either on fourth tier with Impulse Rush buff or save it for the following Full Thrust. The enemy should ideally be dead after your CT combo finishes. If it'll only last 1-2 more hits, your best bet is ID>Dis, but if it'll last longer (and assuming it hasn't purified away all your debuffs) you'd wanna follow with FT combo. It's all a judgment call you gotta decide on the fly. You always wanna lead with CT, though, especially if Impulse Rush is ready, and especially if your rdps is BRD/MCH so that their finishing heavy hitters get an additional 10% boost.

Also be sure to not use any damaging off-gcd hits until Disembowel is applied. Load up all your biggest burst at the end, between CT>4th and then after the 4th. Unlike in PvE, it's okay to delay GCDs in PvP if it means hitting with harder skills. After the 4th hit, your next shot will be 180 potency at best - load that space with skills that do more than 180 potency, instead.

[Peacecow]

All right! Now is the time to put this into test (on the dummy cause hell do I need to get this into muscle memory)