RDM in 7.0, the good the bad and the annoying

[Deslyxic]

Potency of an Accelerated spell: 400 p / 2.5s = 160 p/s
Without Acceleration: (320 p + 390 p) / 5.0 s = 142 p/s

Already an Accelerated spell is better than a Dualcast. (Note I have included the proc values in the Verslowspell potency: +20p for an Accelerated spell that guarantees you get a Verfastspell spell to use instead of Jolt, and 10p without acceleration because there is a 50% chance to get a Verfastspell instead of Jolt. This potency belongs to the Verslowspell, not the Verfastspell, because the Verfastspell is only a Jolt if there is no Verslowspell before it, so calculations should be done with all Jolts.)

If you want to consider the next spell after the Accelerated spell you must consider the entire Dualcast:
Acceleration + Dualcast: (400 p + 320 p + 390 p) / 7.5s = 148 p/s

Even when you consider all the spells that you would cast in the 55s between accelerations, it's still a gain. However, it's just not worth dropping a free movement GCD for that gain if using Acceleration on cooldown would prevent you from comfortably handling a mechanic later.



(This post uses current EW potencies, but the mathematical concepts would remain the same in DT)

Yeah no, that's wrong, both the reasoning and the potency, RDM has no 390p or 400p actions. I was wrong too because I forgot the guaranteed ready proc which is a 20p gain, 10p in reality because thunder/aero have already a 50% chance to proc. I'm not gonna keep arguing this because this is well understood math, go to The Balance if you want a full explanation.

But the point is a 10 potency gain is hardly worth to spend Acceleration just for the damage, but now in DT with Grand Impact it's a 180-200p gain, and that it's worth spending it on.