Paladin Stormblood rotation guide

[Annah]

Good afternoon all

Can anyone recommend to me a good rotation guide (website, etc) for today's Paladin?

Thanks!

[Ackeron]

3 Rotations

Enmity - Pretty much used only at the start of a fight to secure aggro.
Fast > Savage > Halone
Fast > Riot > Goring
Fast > Savage > Halone
Fast > Savage > Halone
At this point you should be safe to move on to the DPS rotations for the rest of the fight.

Physical DPS Phase
Fast > Riot > Fight or Flight(if its available) > Goring
Fast > Riot > Royal
Fast > Riot > Royal
Repeat

Magic DPS Phase
Fast > Riot > Goring
Requiescat > Holy Spirit > Holy Spirit > Holy Spirit > Holy Spirit > Holy Spirit (sometimes you can only get 4 due to movement or lag)
Go back to Melee DPS till 80-100% mana and Requiescat is off CD.

Do not overlap Fight or Flight and Requiescat. The buffs they give are exclusive to physical for Fight or Flight and Magic for Requiescat.

I'm not the best PLD but I get the job done so there might be something better out there.

[Cabalabob]

You can overlap fight or flight and requiscat by like a second, once you finish your second goring blade under fight or flight you'll have 1 or 2 secs left to use requiscat to have its damage buffed by 30% then fight or flight will wear off and you can start holy spiriting.

Fast > riot > FoF + goring > CoS > RoH or royal combo x 2 + spirits within > goring combo > requiscat (FoF wears off) > Holy Spirit/clemency x5 > goring combo > royal combo > repeat.

[MomoOG]

You can overlap fight or flight and requiscat by like a second, once you finish your second goring blade under fight or flight you'll have 1 or 2 secs left to use requiscat to have its damage buffed by 30% then fight or flight will wear off and you can start holy spiriting.

Fast > riot > FoF + goring > CoS > RoH or royal combo x 2 + spirits within > goring combo > requiscat (FoF wears off) > Holy Spirit/clemency x5 > goring combo > royal combo > repeat.

Doesn't the magic rotation take priority over the physical rotation?

[Furious]

You're still gonna wanna use some more holy spirit besides the ones you fit in requiescat; you'll have more mana than you can use on 4-5 holy spirits and they are higher dps/dpet than your standard combo. As long as you don't let goring drop and you have enough mana to use holy spirit throughout requiescat, holy spirit does more damage than even royal authority under ForF. Obviously if you can, use your "extra" holy spirits out of ForF.

Obviously your mileage may vary; depending on how much you use sheltron for mana recovery, whether you're in sword or shield oath, difficulty of the fight requiring healing or whatever else.

[Annah]

thank you all!

[VargasVermillion]

There was a thread in here going on about PLD openers if you can still find it, it sets a pretty good baseline to go to for the time being.

[Cabalabob]

Doesn't the magic rotation take priority over the physical rotation?

You want FoF buffed goring blade on as soon as possible and you'll want requiscat buffed by FoF too otherwise it's just lost potency every rotation since if you do it without FoF up first they'll never line up. So even though the magic rotation is higher potency you'll wanna start on physical.

[VargasVermillion]

You want FoF buffed goring blade on as soon as possible and you'll want requiscat buffed by FoF too otherwise it's just lost potency every rotation since if you do it without FoF up first they'll never line up. So even though the magic rotation is higher potency you'll wanna start on physical.

I originally thought this but I regularly get higher numbers if I ignore this idea and start with an unbuffed goring into requiscat+magic spam.

EDIT: actually nvm, it isn't much of a difference either way, might be better. Not really the expert for the numbers game so disregard.

[Otorinth]

The damage between starting with the Magical rotation (unbuffed Goring Blade into Requiescat -> Holy Spirit) and the Physical rotation (Goring Blade -> Royal Authority combos while under Fight or Flight) is pretty small. If anything, I'd say it depends on the fight mechanics. If it's a boss that requires you to move around a lot very early into the pull, the Goring Blade under Fight or Flight would be the better starter since it and Royal Authority can be done while staying mobile. If it's a fight that lets you sit in one spot at the start of the pull for a decent chunk of time, the Magical Rotation would be the better option.