What Cooldowns Do You Use For Perpetual Ray Sets?

[SpookyGhost]

STR tanks are a plague to our community.

[Kiteless]

STR tanks are literally Hitler.

(Very obvious sarcasm. I usually run full strength or 3/2 str/vit and do just fine... when I'm not sleeping at the keyboard)

[NadienKirisame]

Question

I'll ignore the other part...

For me it would be:
1.DA + Dark Mind
2.DA + Dark Mind + Shadowskin
3.DA + Dark Mind + Shadow Wall
4.DA + Dark Mind + Conv (If it makes it to 4...)

After 4 well DA + Dark Mind on all of them and reuse Shadowskin and Wall as they come up... But really really shouldn't hit a 5th ray or you need to fire all your dps >.>

The cat is bemused =>.>=

[Houston009]

STR tanks are a plague to our community.

Bad* tanks in general are a plague to our community. :L

[Edewen]

1st: Rampart + Foresight

2nd: Sentinel + Convalescence

3rd: Screw mechanics I'm a god button

Oh and STR tanks are a plague. The more buffer you have, the easier it is for one of your healers to dam near full time dps. Our dps > My dps.

[Hundred]

1. Inner Beast
2. Inner Beast + filler
3. Inner Beast + filler/Holmgang
4. Inner Beast + Filler/Holmgang.

1. Dark Mind
2. Dark Mind + filler
3. Dark Mind + filler
4. Dark Mind + Filler/living dead.

I'd make a set pattern, but its not going to kill me either way.

[Erim-Nelhah]

1. Dark Arts Dark Mind.
2. Dark Arts Dark Mind + Shadowskin.
3. Dark Arts Dark Mind + Shadow Wall + Convalescence.
4. Living Dead if DPS is slow, or slow to LB3.

I might pop Conva for #1, but only if I "pre-pop" it right before Discoid starts, or at the very start of the cast, since I know I usually will need it for #3. I don't save it for LD because we should win even if I die right after that - if we're not on the last 1-2% at that point, one or more of the dps is being lazy, or we haven't popped a DPS LB3 yet for some reason.

A word of warning to my fellow DRKs: Don't use a macro'd DA+DM for this - it'll throw the timing off, guaranteed. Instead, to into your Delirium rotation and pop a Dark Arts just before Discoid starts (you'll get a feel for this after you've tanked it a few times, but it comes a bit after Carnage). That way, when Discoid starts you have DA primed and can just pop DM as the castbar hits about 50%, and it'll be ready for the next Discoid.

Also, healers, if you're reading this, please do your tank a favor: Focus target the boss in P3, and be ready to pop a heal or 2 on the tank right after Discoid finishes. Eternal Ray is a multi-hit attack and heals can happen in between blasts, which helps. If you can save Swiftcast/Lightspeed for that, you can even guarantee one heal in between, which can be the difference between your tank surviving and not.

--Erim Nelhah
(Master, Astral Descendants <AD>)
(60 DRK Main)

[Ultimatecalibur]

Discoid 1: Rampart + selfcast Stoneskin
Discoid 2: Sentinel + selfcast Stoneskin + Convalescence as I eat a few orbs
Discoid 3: Hallowed Ground

Also Full Vit Right side.

[Awful]

As a Dark Knight I usually:
Discoid 1: Always have Delirium up (if no monk is present), Dark Arts + Dark Mind
Discoid 2: Delirium up, Shadowskin, Convalescence
Discoid 3: Delirium up, Shadow Wall, Dark arts + Dark Mind
Discoid 4: Boss is usually dead by now if not Living Dead and every other CD I have left

Edit: Drk tanks should REALLY use Delirium in heavy magic damage fights if no monk is present, boggles my mind that NO Drks ever use it.

[Ultimatecalibur]

Edit: Drk tanks should REALLY use Delirium in heavy magic damage fights if no monk is present, boggles my mind that NO Drks ever use it.

Heck they should be using it off of every Syphon Blade that is not leading into a DA enhanced Souleater even if a Monk is present.