Trying to optimize RDM rotation

[PrismaticDaybreak]

well swiftcasxt wouldn't causer a lock, as I mean to pre-cast it before a fight. That way when you run in, you automatically veraero/thunder while weaving your off GCD's in between. It feels smoother than timing the first cast as a hardcasted veraero on the mob, because that all depends on the tank pulling it, where as precasting with using vercure, you can take your time easier while running up with two spells you are instacasting on the boss and immediately following up with your procs.

Well yeah, in the case where your tank is instant pulling 0 countdown or starts at 5 seconds. But for (generally) more serious groups looking to clear the kind of content that requires precasting and careful planning, you'll have more than enough time to precast VA/T and follow it up with its opposite. It's honestly a potatoes/potatos situation.

[Rongway]

Also, Embolden affects your enchanted melee combo. You should probably hit it right after Riposte so Zwerch and Redoub and your Holy/Flare all get the full effect.

Use Embolden before Enchanted Riposte. The extra 2% Verfinisher potency (11) and the one more Verfastspell (5.4) or Verslowspell (6) you maybe get at the end are not as much as the getting 10% on Enchanted Riposte (21).

Melee Phase: Corps-a-Corps -> Enchanted Riposte -> Enchanted Zwerchhau -> Enchanted Redoublement -> Embolden -> Displacement

If your goal is to eke out every possible bit of damage, melee range should be your default. You'll auto-attack during each Dualcast. Displace on cooldown, and move back into melee range manually during Dualcasts if Corps-a-corps isn't up yet.

Question. Why does everyone open with veraero, instead of vercure + acel + swiftcast, THEN veraero and verthunder back to back for a higher chance of starting off immediately with both procs and more mana?

Or by hardcasting veraero and thunder, this is what you guys already mean and its to be assumed you start off with a dual casted veraero and swiftcasted thunder?

At 10s, Acceleration.
At 5s, DiversionVeraero.
Veraero lands as tank pulls. Dualcast Verthunder.