BLM opening rotation?

[Skeith-Adeline]

So, I've been told that the opening rotation should be

Thunder # (time cast as tank pulls)
Fire 3, (Raging strikes) Fire 1x 4-5 (pot after first Fire 1), Swiftcast Flare, Convert, Fire, Blizz, Thunder(then back to normal rotation)

I've been watching some hardcore raid progression groups and I see their BLM use

Blizzard 3, Thunder 2/3 and THEN go into the rotation I mentioned. Is that a DPS increase? Should I mimic that instead?

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7heP...TQj13CHjJxD04w

[Sessurea]

You need to get , ehm, * looks evasive * an abacus xD.

[Woggers]

I like opening on bosses with Bliz III then thunder II then fire III. I do this because with high crit this is usually 1.2-1.5k damage right off the start, I get a free thunder cast because of UI3 and then it fast casts the fire III plus full mp.
Some may disagree with this because of the weaker opening Fire III due to it being casted in UI3. But I think being in AF3 with full mp is worth it. Pop a raging strikes and your golden.

Just to add, I use thunder 2 when hard casting because of the shorter cast time compaired to thunder III

[Skeith-Adeline]

The thing is, UI into UF does allow you 5 fire casts for Raging/Pots which seems awesome. Just not sure if it is any better than normal opening. I probably should have asked this in the BLM thread ._ .

[Huynh]

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I think you're losing out on DPS by doing UI opening, you lose damage from F3 since you're in UI. Personally I cast RS before casting F3 since I end with sc+flare -> convert ->f1 you'll still be doing 5 fires while RS/Pots are up

[dragonfire8974]

So, I've been told that the opening rotation should be

Thunder # (time cast as tank pulls)
Fire 3, (Raging strikes) Fire 1x 4-5 (pot after first Fire 1), Swiftcast Flare, Convert, Fire, Blizz, Thunder(then back to normal rotation)

I've been watching some hardcore raid progression groups and I see their BLM use

Blizzard 3, Thunder 2/3 and THEN go into the rotation I mentioned. Is that a DPS increase? Should I mimic that instead?

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7heP...TQj13CHjJxD04w

This is a way to limit dmg output at the beginning so that tank can get hate. other opener is straight casting Thunder 3 without bliz 3 in front of it, trying to time it for when the tank hits with shield lob or some such