Quote Originally Posted by Mesarthim View Post
Otherwise in the average run where someone pulls without countdowns or it's a dungeon where no one does a countdown then I just wing it, go into my melee phase with embolden and manafication. Acceleration is best used as a movement tool and to proc verfire or verstone (use acceleration on thunder or aero, in dungeon pulls you can use it on impact since it gets a damage buff under acceleration). You can sit on one stack of Acceleration (just don't let it sit at 2 for too long) if you need it to move or to proc fire/stone as jolt is used only if you have no other options to start with.
If someone just #yolo's in to the boss without a timer, I use a truncated version of the opener with similar alignment. Jolt -> Verthunder -> Acceleration -> Verthunder -> Embolden + Manafication + the rest of a normal opener starting at that point. You don't start your Swiftcast running as quickly, and you're behind a bit on initial mana, but it still aligns the raid buffs with the 3rd GCD where most people aim to use them, and gets your Acceleration rolling.