DRG Rotation, some help please.

[Molly_Millions]

So I've been working on getting my DRG relic and have been parsing the Titan fight. I've noticed that my DPS is pretty damn low. I'm trying to gear up to fix that, but I'm also not sure that my skill rotation is entirely optimal. What are you guys using for you skill rotation for high DPS?

[PessimiStick]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...otation-Reborn

Have fun.

[Narcariel]

Go read this wonderfully crafted guide:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...otation-Reborn

[EasymodeX]

I'd recommend this thread: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...otation-Reborn

Although I wouldn't advocate the rotation described in the guide, it does work fine.

[Alenore]

Although I wouldn't advocate the rotation described in the guide, it does work fine.

Now i'm curious what rotation you use!

[McDizz]

I would imagine the only thing he would change is making sure not to apply your dots until you have all damage buffs / debuffs on boss up and running. The rotation reborn thread recommends applying them where it is "easiest" in the rotation, rather than where it is "best" to put them in the rotation.

[EasymodeX]

Now i'm curious what rotation you use!

C-c-c-combo breaker! You lose!


But more to your implied question, it's later in that thread. There are 4 different rotations that are all pretty good. One of them has significant problems with DOT clipping and no easy fix to avoid clipping buffed DOTs, so I wouldn't recommend using that one.

The 4 basic rotations are:

H IDC P TTT H TTT
P IDC H TTT P TTT
[est: 121.8pps based on various assumptions]

This is the one I use. When you use BFB, you have to inject 1 FR any time after the buffed CT.


HPF IDC TTT
HPF TTT IDC
HPF TTT TTT
[est: 120.0pps with the same assumptions]

This is the one recommended in the OP of that thread. Ayvar posted some adjustments to account for buffed CT clipping, but they would make this post longer, so I won't post them.


HP IDC TTT
HP TTT TTT
[est: 119.8pps]

This is one recommended by another poster in that thread. I strongly advocate this one for most players in general, and especially for those that aren't super anal / egotistical about "MAXX" DPS. As you can see it's a very small estimated drop in DPS from the other rotations, and it is comparably "SIMPLE AS ****". It also has 0 adjustments required for buffed DOT clips, doubling down on how simple it is.

The only notable issue with this rotation is that it has ~78% Disembowel uptime, which is somewhat low. This is already factored into the personal DPS / pps estimate listed above. However, it will reduce Bard DPS in your group by roughly 1.5% compared to the other DRG rotations.


HFP IDC TTT
[est: 119.7pps]

This one was recommended by a person on GFAQs, and is absurdly simple beyond compare. However, the CTs clips heavily and requires a significant adjustment for buffed CT clips. I wouldn't recommend it because the only benefit of this rotation is hyper-simplicity, and a large adjustment for buffed CT clips undermines its only selling point. Oh, and it's less TP efficient than the rotation above so why bother?