Cooldown pairings

[aleph_null]

It depends on how much mitigation you need too, and whether you need/want to use tank stance or not. For most dungeon pulls rotating vengeance/berserk/bloodbath and thrill/foresight/awareness/raw intuition should be plenty.

For savage raid tank busters, I'd suggest at least two cds without defiance. Thrill and vengeance for example, and plan your holmgang timings to get the most out of it. If the tank buster is physical you can also use foresight and raw intuition.

[FeliAiko]

Off the top of my head:

- Fight or Flight + Bloodbath
- Berserk + Bloodbath
- Vengeance + Bloodbath
- Thrill of Battle + Convalescence (especially when dropping Defiance)
- Raw Intuition + Awareness
- Dark Dance + Foresight/Awareness
- Bulwark + Foresight/Awareness
- Foresight + Convalescence/Awareness

[Ragology]

Does anyone know how much reduction forsight gives at i260?

I think it reached 10% a few patches ago. It might be at 20% at some point during Stormblood.

[Martin_Arcainess]

Does anyone know how much reduction forsight gives at i260?

I think it reached 10% a few patches ago. It might be at 20% at some point during Stormblood.

It's 20% of your defence stat so what ever your current physical defence, add 20+% of it and there you go.

[Claire_Pendragon]

It's 20% of your defence stat so what ever your current physical defence, add 20+% of it and there you go.

They meant in straight up mitigation of the total dmg.
Its usually averaged out to be 5%, it can be more or less, depending on your gear compared to the content.

If I go i270 into some lower, no i cap, content, I dont usually see my HP drop below 95% of my max HP, and foresight ends up being strong enough to survive physical tank busters (Like Sophia EX, though depending on the dmg roll, i can now survive it w/o a CD)

When I 1st started some fights as DRK, and didnt have -20% or -30% CDs, Reprisal usually wasnt enough, so I would mix in foresight with it, to add the extra % into the mitigation. (plus it actually adds, rather that multiplies, due to affecting defense, rather than straight - dmg taken.)

Otherwise my weakest CDs on DRK are awareness and blood bath, so depending on the situation, i may stack them, but I tend to stack awareness with dark dance, so its usually not up.

[DestroyerOfLargePlanets]

The best cooldown pairings? The ones that go with your healers' cooldowns! (Virus OP xD)

[Martin_Arcainess]

Defo FOF+COS with GB.

Can get 2 COS and GB's with FOF on.