How to Dragoon per Second: A DPS Paradigm

[YodaBear]

can somebody confirm the best time/times to pop IR? can't find the info anywhere, sure somebody posted something detailing this though?

[Malin-HunnysMonsta]

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Thanks guys. I had completely forgotten to keep an eye on Dervy's videos to see if he had a tip video. I try to apply all my dots and blast him with a gierskogul before boost. Sometimes timing doesn't quite work out and I miss out on a phleb. Clearly I need to pay much closer attention to timers and learn them a little better.

As for UI. I play PS4 and flick between two crossbars using L1. My main combos and skills are on the buttons (Full Thrust combo being on page 1 and Chaos Thrust combo on page 2) which leaves me able to run about as I please whilst attacking. lesser used oGCDs and buffs are on the directional pad. Possibly not the best overall as on occasion I have been confused by what page I'm on on the crossbar when raid drags on and I end up half doing the wrong combo.

But thanks again guys. Definitely going to take those tips and try to apply them in the next few runs.

[TheKingSlayer]

Malin-HunnysMonsta,

I knwo this was answered already, but my DPS on A5S skyrockted when our whole group used their full openers and pushed the first "Prey" phase & first bird phase. Even though he is big and you're doing slightly less dmg, you get to wail on him that much longer. Although, I dont get to buff my dps by aoe-ing the pigs because I have to kill the bomb tossing goblin on the other side of the map

Also you shouldn't be switching between crossbars too often. I would highly recommend setting up your cross hotbars (L2+R2) for your Fang, Claw, Geirg, and BoTD. I keep my TTT, IDC, HT, PH, all jumps (except elusive), and all buffs (except littany) on my first page. Defensive CDs, 3min CDs, Mercy Stroke, Invg, etc are all on 2nd hotbar.

[CookieMonsta]

can somebody confirm the best time/times to pop IR? can't find the info anywhere, sure somebody posted something detailing this though?

just some rule of thumbs im afraid, a lot of it is fight dependent
Usually when it is straight off cooldown (barring exceptional corner cases like some A5S transitions) unless you are only gonna get a couple of seconds of usage and/or the phase transition is a lot shorter than 1 minute. Only other rule of thumb is try to delay by half a GCD to activate (provided you aren't double weaving with something more valuable like BfB) so that you can squeeze an extra GCD within its duration.