Teach me how to WAR!

[Gandora]

Also Gandora, its probably best to specify that str is increasing the Parry % dmg reduction and not % of the parry rate. Ppl might mistake that.
Other then that your post was very good and very informative.

Thanks, I am also French speaker natively so when I say things it might not come as clear as it should... I post here to have more interaction with English people thank you very much for your feedback however.

Yes sorry sorry sorry for the huge mistake on my side. I wanted to write 11-13%. sorry

If you want to go that way >.>; its even more since Maim is part of the combo (increase damage by 20%.)

I counted (if i'm not mistaken) that I hit 405 str with this setup, which i heard from you guys earlier is the "sweet spot".

I think I saw that its every 40 STR point, you may want to check on BG as they are very good when it come to maths & stuff.

On another note, as an OT do I turn off defiance and turn it on when adds come? I'm still learning, I did WP earlier but I wiped twice on the 2nd room :P Bit messy when we tried to lock the adds outside and healer got targeted (I did holmgang! He just wouldn't move away >_<) I also did praetorium earlier yesterday and I kept pulling hate from the main tank (without defiance). Sorry :X

This depend of your role, example CT at Atomos.
most of the time 1 PLD is enough to take the adds poped from atomos, at this point you can go on Atomos with Defiance OFF & you alternate Storm Eye & Butcher Block combo, Maim will also give you 20% more damage on top of the -10% slashing resistance debuff, BB for more damages.

And when trying to maximize damage, is it always going to be unchained->maim->storm's eye->berserk->butcher's block? Any other combinations?
I ask so many questions, but just one more.. when aoe-ing in WP, do you use overpower a lot? or build stacks and do steel cyclone? Should I pop all my defensive CDs while mobbing as well? I usually alternate them and almost never have more than one on at a single time.

As unchained and berserk last only 20 sec i'd review the order, place it after Storm's Eye combo and before Berserk, that way you're not affected by Pacification when berserk goes off. But that's me ^^ and people might disagree with my playstile.