Melee DPS

[Seabhacgra]

Sam needs to reach some specific SkS tier in order to perform optimally, I'd recommend going for roughly 685, since it makes you reach a 2.14sec gcd. Tho for now I'd recommend you to not get too carefull about this until you get to ilvl 470, since upgrading gears will usually shift your stats by a lot.

If you want an idea of what to prioritize :
Item Level >>> SKS (to tier) >> DH > CRT = DET

hope that helped

It definitely does! With the weekly reset I should be upgrading to 460 augmented faceted fast and then picking up my Augmented deepshadow weapon as well. My question is this, what is tier 685? If I remove SKS gear to try to lower my SKS number to 685 it then raises the GCD higher, not lower to 2.14.. am I missing something there? Also,,.. DH over Crit till 3k then balance them out right? I always went Crit to 3k then balance them with all my other DPS, so yer saying with sammy you need to go all out SKS till 2.14 then all into DH till 3k

[3ureka]

The 2.14 is with your Shifu buff applied

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[Eliadil]

It definitely does! With the weekly reset I should be upgrading to 460 augmented faceted fast and then picking up my Augmented deepshadow weapon as well. My question is this, what is tier 685? If I remove SKS gear to try to lower my SKS number to 685 it then raises the GCD higher, not lower to 2.14.. am I missing something there? Also,,.. DH over Crit till 3k then balance them out right? I always went Crit to 3k then balance them with all my other DPS, so yer saying with sammy you need to go all out SKS till 2.14 then all into DH till 3k

2.14sec is with the Shifu buff, that you should apply right at the start of a fight. The thing with Direct Hit and Crit is that Direct hit chances go up far quicker than Crit when you begin stacking them. Crit is around 3k for sure, but if you're still gearing I would recommend going for Direct Hit first until you reach a little bit less than 3k (as mentionned in the BiS sheet that someone linked above) then go for crit.

You'll have a bigger return to investment by stacking Direct Hit first for now, but in the end, both should reach around 3k to be balanced (you crit fairly often at this point, Crit/DH as well).

When you've reached this threshold for DH/Crit as well as the SkS tier, just dump all the rest into Det.