SCH DPS Question.

[Judge_Xero]

You shouldn't burn your three stacks from your first aetherflow straight away. Regardless of whether you will be using them for lustrate etc, you should wait until you use an instant cast ability such as bio or aero to avoid clipping your gcd.

Even with a pot up, I think this holds true - but if you have math that shows otherwise, I would genuinely like to see it as I'm not 100% confident.

Yeah, you definitely don't want to delay your GCD. Minimum animation lock is 0.5s, so at a 2.5 GCD it's a 20% loss on whatever attack you are delaying. (i.e. Miasma @ 300 Potency -> 0.8 = 240 Potency)

bio II>energy drain>Miasma>energy drain>bio>

108 Potency loss there, or more depending on spell speed. (2.3s GCD = 22% loss)
Besides for that, you want to burn up some of that SCH MP before using Aetherflow, so you may as well Energy Drain during those instant cast skills, since there are 2 every 18s.

Don't forget to sac your Fairy for 3 more Aetherflow to use on Energy Drains. This is especially helpful during any downtime on fights where you can hard cast your Fairy once the buff wears off.