WAR and Wrath: Important Mechanics Discussed.

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Yeah your defensive cd's are off the GCD so should not impact your DPS output. Comparing RoH combo to BB is not gonna be equal anyway due to the potency difference on the last hit of the combo. You need to forget about the cd popping (as that has no impact on dps output) and take into account the optimal roations. test a few out and see what happens. Test dummies are an accurate measure of DPS output.

You gotta remember CoS & Fracture on the PLD too. Whereas a WAR will be popping HS>Maim>Eye every third combo along with fracture.

IIRC isn't CoS OFF the GCD too? Not @50 with PLD yet but I remember someone saying.

A PLD really won't be popping more than one CD at a time whereas I've found with WAR stuff works best in pairs. Berserk and Bloodbath for example. Or Foresight (stupidly dissapointing CD should be 20% dmg) and Featherfoot.

Rotations maybe (things off the GCD in green so dont affect the GCD for DPS output)
For WAR I'd assume the optimal rotation to be something along the lines of:

Heavy Swing>Vengeance>Maim>Storm's Eye
Heavy Swing>Internal Release>Skull Sunder>Butchers Block>Inner beast>Infuriate
Heavy Swing>Unleashed>Skull Sunder>Berserk>Butcher;s Block>Fracture
Heavy Swing>Maim>Storm's Eye>Inner Beast

That would probably give you the best DPS if that was what you were focussing on saving your defensive abilities to weave inbetween the GCD empty spaces in there.

For PLD (Don't have that much Experience with it so this can probably be optimized:

Spirits Within>CoS>Fast Blade>FoF>Savage Blade>RoH>Fracture
Fast Blade>Savage Blade>RoH
Fast Blade>SavageBlade>RoH>Fracture>CoS>Spirits Within