Simple Ninja Rotation question

[Arkenne]

SF requires 9 seconds to do as much damage as AE.
MU requires 24~27 seconds to do as much damage as AE.
Do not use them if the one target you are hitting will not live longer than that.

I did put that there in the first post for a reason...

[TribalReturns]

Yeah that was the general rule in my WoW raiding days Never rupture(WoW's version of mutilate) on a target that won't last longer than 20 seconds. But to the other point, are you sure mutilate Isn't affected by the 10% slashing debuff and why would it not be? Hopefully that question doesnt come off as condescending just genuinely trying to understand the background mechanics.

[DarkerOrange]

The initial damage is affected by DE, but dot damage is not affected by resistance debuffs.

[Ebonwings]

It depends I normally only use Shadow Fang for quickly kill mobs, but for mobs with lots of HP I use MU and SF together. Since I'm using controller I'll use MU on low HP mobs only if I remember to xD guess I'm a bad NIN....

[TribalReturns]

The initial damage is affected by DE, but dot damage is not affected by resistance debuffs.

Ah. That makes sense