The Definitive Dark Knight Guide

[Giantbane]

I'm not sure how people are using DA + SE all that often when tanking unless they're dropping Grit and Using Blood Weapon. Since DA + SE is such a low priority, I rarely find I have enough mana to use it more than 1x per minute (maybe) in a single target fight.

This is with only using 1-2 power slash combos to start the fight and doing siphon combos (SE / DL) from that point on.

I think that's right, but I don't mind using SE without DA if I think the heal wouldn't be wasted.
For most content, going for potency is usually fine because the healers are gonna top you off anyway.
I've found that in Savage, every bit counts when it comes to helping the healers because I'm usually not topped off.

On lower level content like EX: DR, I find the extra SE's allow healers to stay in cleric longer.