looking for tips on turn 5

[monkeytheman]

Biggest question I have about it, being a warrior, how will I know a death sentence is coming in order to inner beast it effectively. Is it like mountain buster, where you can time it perfectly every time its up, or is it slightly random? Aside from that, any other general tips would be nice. Keep in mind I am not asking for specific strategies, just tanking advice and tips.

[Kimura410]

its on a timer but during dive-bomb phase it gets interrupted, so at times you'll see a DS before twisters, and vice versa. its roughly 30-32 seconds apart (I've heard early as 28 seconds as well). use the duty finder timer, or even a macro to remind you. make sure around the 25 second mark, you have 5 stacks of wrath and are ready to IB the DS each time.

[Illya]

Remember that IB is on the GCD. You should probably halt your rotation a few seconds before DS comes up, so you aren't caught in GCD while DS is casting.

[monkeytheman]

Remember that IB is on the GCD. You should probably halt your rotation a few seconds before DS comes up, so you aren't caught in GCD while DS is casting.

You say its casting...is there a cast bar for death sentence, or are you using that as a general term?

[ValkyrieL]

Knowing DS is key as a warrior to do IB, specially after Aetherial Profusion/twister phase.
Like someone mention, IB is on a GCD so must prematurely use IB before DS is been cast/last till is cast. or you wait few sec ~5 at most just waiting for it.

DS cast is about every 30-32 sec (can change if twin has to fireball ect.)

to know when DS will hit I setup a macro.

Macro "Brutal Swing" with a party tell on DS (I have no idea what the command is now lol)
The way I have is /wait 24 sec
/<se1> DEATH SENTENCE IN 5 SEC
So every time Twintania uses DS, USE "Brutal Swing" off-GCD, this will start the DS countdown and will give a 5 sec warning to party chat at 24 sec, giving YOU and HEALER a good warning so u can use IB.
Your "PF" healers will love u for this macro,

[LukeyP666]

You say its casting...is there a cast bar for death sentence, or are you using that as a general term?

Yes, Death Sentence has a Cast Bar. In the early stages of the fight before Divebombs, she usually does two Plummets before casting Death Sentence, so when I get that second Plummet, I stop my rotation momentarily so that I'm ready to pop Inner Beast.

Timings in the Twister phase become a bit more difficult to keep up with, as her attacks can become queued up behind one another, but you will always have enough time to build five stacks of Wrath in time for it, so if you're not confident, slowly cycle through combo abilities while she's animation locked with each attack to maintain your Wrath stacks, and then pop Inner Beast as soon as you see the Cast Bar appear.

In the final stage, she will do two phases of Liquid Hell before casting DS, so it's easy to predict when it's coming here too. In this stage I will always use a second buff, along with Inner Beast in case the Healers are being targeted by Liquid Hells and having to move shortly after DS hits.

Hope that helps

[monkeytheman]

This is very helpful, thank you everyone.....but please, no more telling me IB is on the gcd, I'm fully aware of that XD

[Raton-Laveur]

After the first DS, you can use "Fracture" and you'll be able with the countdown to anticipate the next one to inner beast it. (And then, repeat fracture)