BLM AOE Rotation

[Zerathor]

Thank you! Could you tell me what you mean by ogcd clipping? Also thanks for the tip on f2.

Off global cooldown clipping. So ogcd spells are spells that dont roll your gcd, like leylines, enochian, triple cast, swift cast, ect. Those spells have an animation lock of sorts that slow your spell output if you dont weave them correctly.

So for example, casting f3 or b3 to change from UI or AF has a faster cast time than your gcd, you can afford to weave one ogcd there. Then there's triple cast which you can weave an ogcd after each instant cast. Triple cast becomes more of a weaving tool for blm than just a movement tool.

So let's say you're walking between pulls, you have UI 3 and 3 hearts because of umbral soul, you can walk up to the next mob, t4, f3 triple cast, flare, ley lines, flare, convert, flare freeze, ect. In that scenario 3 ogcds were used, but none of them would slow the start time if the next spell

Also outside of certain circumstances I wouldn't really pre leylines. Pre sharpcast instead since the buff will last long enough to get its effect. Pre ll only wastes ll time on a spell you would likely be precasting before a target was pulled, so that's kind of wasted effect.

So say in your rotation scenario it sounds like you're starting off a dungeon with no previous combat yet. If I really wanted to fully burn a first pull, I would pre cast sharp while we're moving in, freeze, eno, t4, f3 triple cast, flare, leylines, flare, convert, flare, freeze, t4 proc, cold flare because they're likely almost dead, then slightly ogcd clip a swift cast flare. Transpose, spam umbral soul to go to the next fight. You should never have to start from scratch again in the dungeon to get as many fouls/xenoglossy's as possible.

Depending on the dungeon and how much your tank pulls, you may want to save more cds for bigger pulls. If the first pull can be chain pulled, you may want to just rush a freeze, or even a b1/f1 off to activate eno, get a t3/t4 off on the mobs while the tank is running, AM to the tank between a couple casts, then when the train stops start burning everything, but by the time it stops, you may already have ui3, a couple umbral hearts, and possibly a natural thunder proc. The important thing in that case is getting your enochian on as soon as possible and never lose it again.