Quote Originally Posted by HyoMinPark View Post
Raging Strikes is on an 80 second cooldown. But again, it’s not the same as Disembowel—Disembowel is +5% damage at 100% uptime during any given fight. It automatically outweighs Raging Strikes. By a long shot.

Here’s an example: during my current best parse of the tier (Demon Chadarnook, 9:22), I used Raging Strikes 7 times. At 20 seconds duration, that’s 140 seconds of +10% damage. Compare that to Disembowel...at +5% damage for 9 minutes and 22 seconds. Again, Disembowel outweighs Raging Strikes by a long shot. No other job has that sort of dependency. I lose ~400 DPS outright by just not having a DRG.
Maybe I don't quite understand how the 5% is applied, but if it's effectively a 5% flat damage buff, that would mean you would have to do 8,000 dps to lose 400. it seems you're more likely to lose about 200-250 (4000-5000dps).