How to Dragoon Per Second: A DPS Paradigm

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You can definitely see it work. The damage is obvious enough to see. Basically, if you move through DIRECTLY TO THE BACK of the enemy and use it (don't try while still inside the mob), they will be partially turned when the move executes, giving you the flank positional. Works for Heavy Thrust too (but far less noticeable damage-wise of course). It basically is:

Combo Finisher -> Stutter step to partially clip enemy -> Let your attack animation finish -> Move to the direct back of the enemy -> Hit Fang and Claw/Heavy Thrust as you touch/cross over the targeting ring.

This works fairly consistently with my Canadian Latency (TM). It works especially well if you move through/attack as they are finishing up an attack animation (not just AOEs) as they don't usually start turning until they are done with it, and that fraction of a second delays it so you can get into the right positional for the flank.