Take it easy, Tanks.

[DacienSanderon]

Assuming I ever have the wrath to use it. I largely burn it ASAP on SC on big pulls, especially when zerked.

So you time turning on defiance to land right as the healer gets his heal off? Amazing skills that! What if the healer casts regen or uses an instant heal. Perhaps you time the stance switches between regen ticks and have professor x mind reading skills too.

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

So you time turning on defiance to land right as the healer gets his heal off? Amazing skills that! What if the healer casts regen or uses an instant heal. Perhaps you time the stance switches between regen ticks and have professor x mind reading skills too.

Couldn't say, personally. Steel Cyclone is the strongest AoE damage WAR has, however, so I have no problems burning it for damage if the healer is half decent. Conversely, if the healer is lacking, I'll find myself prioritizing it's use for sustain rather than DPS. As for Regen? So long as it lands on me before I swap onto Deliv, I'll have the boosted ticks on me for as long as it lasts. Incidentally, Defiance doesn't do anything for non Aspect Benefic instant heals, as Defiance doesn't buff healing abilities, just spells. Logically speaking, this means as far as Tetra/Lustrate/ED are concerned, I might as well be in Deliverance for all the good they'll do me.

The joys of having an oGCD stance swap~

Snip.

Regarding CD suites, WAR can chain mitigation back to back to back for a full 91-119 seconds on an AoE pull at minimum, with three infuriates, 3 1,200 potency heals, 1 RI+Aw combo, 1 conv+ToB, 1 Ven, 2 Rampart, 1 Holmgang, and 4 IBs. Of course, this is ridiculously inefficient DPS wise because SC is a free 200 potency AoE around the WAR that ignores the defiance penalty with no drop off in enmity generated. A WAR in DPS stance can chain together back to back CDs for roughly the same time as PLD at 55 seconds, but unlike PLD WAR has a semi spammable 300 potency AoE in Decimate which they can pull off three times back to back to back. Add Berserk, that hits even harder at nearly 400 potency with a +10% chance to crits on every mob pulled.