[MCH] 123 Combo Help

[Myon88]

I'm not sure where you got those from, but I think it's making it more complicated than it has to be.

All you need to know is there are times where you don't want to just cycle through 1-2-3-1-2-3-1-2-3.. on autopilot. There are times where after going 1-2, you now have a Clean Shot procced and ready to be fired, but it's preferable to go back and fire another 1 instead to proc/try and proc 2.

For example,

1. If you know that in the next few moments an AoE is going to appear that forces you to move, would you rather go into that phase by doing Split-Slug-Split (so you have an instant Slug Shot and Clean Shot in the bank to fire while running), or Split-Slug-Clean (now you've used up all your procs, you have to start from the beginning and stand and cast Split Shot at the worst time possible)

2. In our opener, you'll often have 6 ammo to use consecutively (Reload, plus Quick Reload afterwards). If you do Split-Slug-Clean-Split-Slug-Clean you will waste 2 ammo on clean shots that don't produce any useful procs. If you do Split-Slug-Clean-Split-Slug-Split, now you've only wasted 1 ammo out of the 6 on clean shot.*

*This is also very important because it's what allows our opener/wildfires to be performed with full freedom of movement, which is a huge advantage we have over other class's burst sequences. If you don't go 1-2-1 at this part, you won't be able to do it.

split (wildfire), slug, clean, split, slug, split, clean, slug - every GCD in the sequence can be fired instantly while running
split (wildfire), slug, clean, split, slug, clean, split, slug - here you're forced to stand still and cast at the bolded portion