Quote Originally Posted by Hacchan View Post
Been messing and trying to switch from the 1 sen opener for savage but i can't seem to be able to output as much damage as the 1 sen opener.
For exemple v3s dummy i do 4.55-4.6 1 sen while 3 sen opener is slightly under it, in raid i top at average at 4.6 +- for 3S with nin+balance+war slash res and 4.7 with 1s opener...

Should i bump my sks for the 3s or should i keep as is and continue with the 1s
Im at 1482 crit / 1654 dh / 1037 sks.
The 1 Sen and 3 Sen opener has varying spikes of damage just due to the nature of the SAM rotation, then evens out by the end. There's a great graph in The Balance discord showing this.

At the 3 minute mark, the 3 Sen is at a lower point than the 1 Sen then spikes above it. You should notice Hagakure and Meikyo coming off CD a few seconds before 3 minutes.

But with your SkS and the 1 Sen, you should be experiencing Hagakure's CD coming up but you're full on Sen and have another finisher. How are you dealing with that? Do you Midare and delay using Hagakure? With the 3 Sen rotation you basically always have 3 Sen to consume as the Hagakure comes up without much exception.