To all the DRKs able to pull over 900 single target on a dummy

[LordHousewife]

How are you doing it? My current opener and rotation only allows me to hit 910 dps until I tp out if I use Dark Passenger and Plunge in the same GCD, but this clips into my next GCD. I've tried using them in separate GCDs but I haven't been able to produce the same results.

[Freyyy]

With hybrid accessories I do in the 920-930 range without party/food/pot/slashing debuff. I don't use Dark Passenger and Plunge in the same GCD. Here is what I do on dummy :

Before the start Dark Arts + Blood Weapon then really fast Plunge -> Scourge + Carve & Spit -> Hard Slash + Salted Earth + Dark Passenger (no GCD clipping at all for me) -> Syphon + Dark Arts -> Souleater + Low Blow then spam DA + Souleater combo until I have to refresh Scourge. Usually every Scourge re-application lines up with Plunge's CD since I opened with Plunge -> Scourge immediately. I start using Delirium over DA + Souleater after 1 more DA + SE combo after the first Scourge re-application. Then I alternate between the two depending on if I need MP or not. I use Blood Weapon, Low Blow, Dark Passenger, Plunge, Salted Earth and DA + Carve & Spit on CD. Watch your mana in order to be able to use them at the instant they are available without having to "recharge" your MP before. If you have to choose between the two, prioritize Dark Passenger + Delirium over a DA + Souleater. It's more potency for less MP. If you have enough MP to DA + SE + Dark Passenger, it's even better. Prioritize a DA + Carve & Spit over everything else. Being able to have a Dark Arts ready 1-2 GCDs before Carve & Spit becomes available is a must. Don't use Dark Arts + Dark Passenger on less than 2-3 targets.

With my static it's a bit different, we are running PLD + DRK (me as OT most of the time) with a NIN and DRG so I'm changing some little details to line up all the burst with trick attack + battle litany + STR pot. On our opening burst phase I'm parsing 1.8k, sometimes over 2k if I'm lucky with crits. It stabilizes to an average of 1k and rarely go below 1k before I have to activate Grit or leave the melee range or do an enmity combo.

[LordHousewife]

I tried your rotation several times, but I couldn't pull the same numbers. I am using full ilvl 180 slaying accessories, so could this be the discrepancy? Even still I am pulling higher numbers with my rotation that clips into GCDs and I'm not sure why...

[Freyyy]

I don't know what you got on your left side... May be a latency issue as well, I don't know at all. Or may it be parser settings ? Unfortunately I'm afraid we can't talk about that in official forums. Look at your crit rate too in your parser tabs it may be bad luck (I know I have around 650 crit and I have a pretty high crit rate most of the time). Crits can really screw your DPS on an only 2min parse. (Or I can be the one really lucky but I always parse those numbers). There's plenty of things that could explain your lower parse. But I find that 910 is not that bad really, especially if you clip on your GCD which should be a DPS loss.

[LordHousewife]

Full ilvl 190 on the left except legs which are 180, Eso Chest, and 180 slaying accessories. I have about 570 ~ crit.

[Freyyy]

ah yeah I have full 190 left except for the chest which is 180 still (I plan on buying the eso weapon first on tuesday, it's the best upgrade you can get with no contest if you're raiding). I have full 190 right side too. I have around 650 crit, 330-350 det (pretty low I think), and... a bunch of SkSpeed, something around 500. I'm overcapped on accuracy, I have 688. And I have Hive Claymore.

As I said you earlier, crits are real. I do shitloads of them and I remember hitting Carve & Spit for over 4.1k on crit with my static during the burst opener with STR pot, trick attack and everything. I think crit might be a fucking really good secondary stat since it now also increases crit damage. Still have to figure out the stat weights tho.

[Nektulos-Tuor]

That was prenerf.

[Ditto]

That was prenerf.

IF that was even the video he was looking at (He doesn't even seem to be talking about a video at all actually). Pre bug fix Drk could hit 910 with the DA bug, with that grear restriction. After, it was about 800-850.

But gear is different now, Drk's should be able to hit 900+ on a dummy with current gear. Just gotta know how to Drk DPS.

How are you doing it? My current opener and rotation only allows me to hit 910 dps until I tp out if I use Dark Passenger and Plunge in the same GCD, but this clips into my next GCD. I've tried using them in separate GCDs but I haven't been able to produce the same results.

Plunge, you have to be spamming the instant your GCD starts, otherwise it will clip with Blood Weapon.

Passenger should never cause this though, you're probably just hitting your oGCD abilities too slowly.

[LordHousewife]

That was prenerf.

I am not talking about the video as I am still able to pull 900 dps without the Dark Arts bug.

[Freyyy]

Even post-nerf DRK DPS is still real. It just takes more MP management. I'm doing these numbers in savage.