Studying The Blade- The SAM DPS Guide

[Chronons]

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Major props for taking the time to write it all up in such detail.

That looks pretty solid for our opener Chronons. The only thing I'm trying to figure out is kenki management when guren is on cd and Shinten useage. The tricky part I seem to be having is trying to make sure I have 50 kenki ready for when guren comes off cd and how many shintens I can get off in that 2 minute window while at the same time making sure I'm buffing every midare and higanbana with kaiten.

The 35 Rule for Kenki is perfect I think. The neat thing about Shinten not having a significant recast timer means that you can really use them whenever in that two minute period, provided you adhere to two guidelines - 1. Dont use shinten when under 35 Kenki, 2. Dont let yourself hit 100 Kenki. For what its worth, the reddit doc we both referred to showed 8 Shinten between the first and second Guren while also having Kaiten before every Midare.

Assuming you use Hagakure(40secs) on cooldown it will be available to you shortly before your next Guren(120secs). Even if you can only Hagakure one Sen it should put you at 55 (35+20) if your following the 35 Rule. That means you are still only a Yakikaze combo away from the 70 threshold for Guren. Just dont Shinten the 20-10ish seconds before Guyen is coming off cooldown and you will be good every time, I think.