[Dragoon Rotation] - Possible 2.35s GCD Rotation?

[Noriyu]

Hello. I had been trying to adapt my previous 2.44s GCD dragoon rotation from Stormblood for Shadowbringers, but had some difficulty in achieving the goals I had wanted. In trying to develop some rotations, I decided to revisit some higher skillspeed variations and developed this out of curiosity.

I am not a theory-crafter, and so I make no claims concerning the effectiveness of this in terms of raw potency. A few things I can claim is that this substat point dump into skillspeed is probably not optimal, especially this early where there is not enough raw substat points in gear to make such an investment even remotely viable, much less competitive with more traditional substat point investment into direct hit and critical hit. Also, I am unaware of the actual minimum skillspeed necessary to reach a 2.35s GCD. My own gear fumbling has put the number to around to 1836 skillspeed. Furthermore, my latency has been a bit high as of late so there might be some errors, but I have been careful in testing this on a striking dummy to achieve consistency at least on my end. That said a slightly slower GCD may be viable.

The rotation itself is quite rigid and unforgiving at critical buff windows where engagement is required, otherwise certain high-potency skills will have to be squandered earlier—outside the treatment of buffs. What this rotation lacks in robustness is, I think, made up for with having buffs windows align well with high-potency skills. (I think.) Again, this was born out of my own curiosity and meant as something to share rather than be too seriously considered.

Some notes:
- The first Life of the Dragon is delayed i.e. Geirskogul, then Mirage Dive, so in entering Life of the Dragon it aligns with buff windows.
- While the first Life of the Dragon window has only its last Nastrond under Lance Charge, we immediately go into Life of the Dragon again so a second Nastrond is under Lance Charge.
- 2.35s GCD seems to around 1836 skillspeed.
- Outlined are the first 60 GCDs or about 2 minutes and 21 seconds worth of engagement.
- GCD skills are at the left margin with weaved abilities tabbed. Each complete combination is double-line separated.
- The order of weaved abilities are important in many cases and not interchangeable.
- In parentheses are which buffs are active: BL=Battle Litany; LC=Lance Charge; DS=Dragon Sight; LS=Life Surge.

[Noriyu]

// Rotation

Before engagement, the usual: Blood of the Dragon with Sprint or Elusive Jump.

True Thrust
    Battle Litany
Disembowel  (BL)
    Dragon Sight  *The order here is important for later alignment*
    Lance Charge
Chaos Thrust  (BL, LC, DS)
    Dragonfire Dive  (BL, LC, DS)
Wheeling Thrust  (BL, LC, DS)
    Spineshatter Dive  (BL, LC, DS)
Fang and Claw  (BL, LC, DS)
    High Jump  (BL, LC, DS)
Raiden Thrust  (BL, LC, DS)
    Geirskogul  (BL, LC, DS)
    Mirage Dive  (BL, LC, DS)
Vorpal Thrust  (BL, LC, DS)
    Life Surge
Full Thrust  (BL, LC, DS, LS)
Fang and Claw  (BL, LC, DS)
Wheeling Thrust  (LC, DS)


Raiden Thrust
Disembowel
Chaos Thrust
Wheeling Thrust
Fang and Claw
Raiden Thrust
Vorpal Thrust
Full Thrust
    High Jump
Fang and Claw
    Geirskogul  *This order intentionally delays entering Life of the Dragon*
    Mirage Dive  *Life of the Dragon activates*
Wheeling Thrust


Raiden Thrust
Disembowel
Chaos Thrust
Wheeling Thrust
Fang and Claw
Raiden Thrust  *Approximately 1 minute has elapsed*
Vorpal Thrust
    Life Surge
Full Thrust (LS)
Fang and Claw
Wheeling Thrust
    Spineshatter Dive


Raiden Thrust
    High Jump
Disembowel
    Geirskogul  *Enters Life of the Dragon*
    Nastrond
Chaos Thrust
    Mirage Dive
Wheeling Thrust
Fang and Claw
Raiden Thrust
Vorpal Thrust
    Nastrond
Full Thrust
Fang and Claw
Wheeling Thrust


Raiden Thrust
Disembowel
    Lance Charge
    Nastrond  (LC)
Chaos Thrust  (LC)
    Stardiver  (LC)  *Timing is tight here—about 4s left on timer. About 1:41 into the encounter.*
Wheeling Thrust  (LC)
    High Jump  (LC)
Fang and Claw  (LC)
    Mirage Dive  (LC)  *Activates Life of the Dragon*
    Geirskogul  (LC)  *Enters Life of the Dragon*
Raiden Thrust  (LC)
Vorpal Thrust  (LC)
    Nastrond  (LC)
    Life Surge
Full Thrust  (LC, LS)
Fang and Claw  (LC)
Wheeling Thrust  (LC)


Raiden Thrust  *About 2 minutes into the encounter*
Disembowel
    Dragon Sight
    Nastrond  (DS)
Chaos Thurst  (DS)
Wheeling Thrust  (DS)
    Dragonfire Dive  (DS)
Fang and Claw  (DS)
    Spineshatter Dive  (DS)
Raiden Thrust  (DS)
    Stardiver  (DS)  *Again, timing is tight here with about 4s left on timer. About 2:14 into an encounter*
Vorpal Thrust  (DS)
    Nastrond  (DS)  *Cannot be delayed past this point*
Full Thrust (DS)
    High Jump  (DS)
Fang and Claw  (DS)
    Geirskogul  (DS)
    Mirage Dive  (DS)
Wheeling Thrust  (DS)  *About 2:21 into the encounter*


...and so forth

[FIN-RaZoR]

this the mostly the same rotation that i also came up with and seen in reddit threads and is highly efficient; at least 1 thing i would recommend doing is delaying second LotD by few GCD so you get bigger window for stardiver and nastronds.