Skill Speed and Warrior

[Steady]

Is there an X-hit number to correlate skill speed with when Inner Release is up? I feel like i'm just shy of getting off another fell cleave, but I really don't know how much more is needed to get the job done. I've just been weaving in Upheavel and Onslaught so I don't waste the bonus, but there's another fell cleave there somewhere.

[Spartan926]

What rotation are you using and what's your gauge at? Seeing that might help better answer your question. That being said I've never had a problem getting off 6 fell cleaves in a IR without putting too much effort into it.

[Felorr]

It likely has more to do with where you are inside a combo/how much gauge you're starting with. At 1027 SS (have not attempted to min/max SS yet) my GCDs are 2.4, and I've haven't noticed a time where I barely missed an important global at the end of a zerk yet.

[Steady]

I'm 1007 Skill speed, and 6 isn't a problem, just feel like i'm close to a 7th but can't get it off.

[Galgarion]

If you'really that close, it sounds like you could hit it by swapping out some materia. But is it worth it if the 7 cleaves do less damage than the 6 you're already putting out?

[Rhinos]

If you'really that close, it sounds like you could hit it by swapping out some materia. But is it worth it if the 7 cleaves do less damage than the 6 you're already putting out?

Probably - I think SS is actually pretty good for war. Almost all of their damage is from on-gcd, resource spenders, and auto attacks.

[HaelseMikiro]

If you'really that close, it sounds like you could hit it by swapping out some materia. But is it worth it if the 7 cleaves do less damage than the 6 you're already putting out?

Having enough SkS to do 7x FC under Inner Release and 4 without it is really satisfying to do, but it's really a sub-optimal use of your beast Gauge. Without considering how much the SkS will cost you in raw damage from Det or Crit, having enough to do 7 FC under Berserk + IR is a potency loss vs just doing 1 Onslaught and 1 Upheaval at full health.

Given the nature of those being oGCD, you'd gain 400 potency for doing them compared to the 500 from a final 7th FC. But your final FC would be replaced by a Heavy Swing @ 150 potency. 400 + 150 > 500. Also you'd have 5 Gauge unspent, and be 1 GCD closer to your next Gauge building move. I personally noticed 80-100 dps increase (calculated using SSS dummy health ofc) when I switched from the extra FC spam to the more frequent Onslaught +Upheaval usage.

[Syrus_Draco]

I personally would not waste beast gauge over a 100 potency attack that would compromise using 6 cleaves + upheaval during your Inner Release

[RLofOBFL]

7 cleave is actually possible but a dps loss since the sexcleave has onslaught onslaught upheaval which is 550 Vs FC's 500 plus the GCD cost where the other 3 are oGCDs.

[Lumadurin]

I can do seven-cleaves with decent consistency at 637 SKS and 150~180ms ping. Remember to Inner Release AFTER you Berserk.
You only do seven cleaves in the opener anyway. Afterwards you replace the seventh with an Upheaval and two Onslaughts.

Probably - I think SS is actually pretty good for war. Almost all of their damage is from on-gcd, resource spenders, and auto attacks.

But the thing is, everything about WAR lines up according to a GCD of 2.5s.
Your burst windows are about 20s long. They come every 60s. This leaves you 30-40s between windows, which means you get 4-5 GCD combos + a Heavy Swing that leads into the next.
You're not "gaining" any damage from that Skill Speed (and certainly not enough to offset Direct Hit/Crit/Det melds)