Long story short, I finally get around to learn Bismarck EX last night and boy the dps check is quite rough on the snake part. I got a question what is the exactly dps needed? I didn't check my dps and one of the party member did. One of the monk is over 800, the other monk is around 750 and my dps as bard is around 685 and I use WM + EA for the shell and adds if there is time. We still come up short of dps and the pt fall apart afterward. I am using i180 weapon and a mix of 160, 170 and 180 stuff.