Quote Originally Posted by Mikey_R View Post
Since we are being big brained, why did you start the DoT combo and not just use another damage combo (in DRG's case, the Power Surge buff lasts for another full 5 step combo)? Not to mention the initial damage from a DoT is going to be higher anyway. The only job this really applies to is DRG, since we are going for DoT hit the gone, I will assume no damage from the DoT itself, Chaotic Spring has a minimum damage of 260 (300 from Rear), since it is resetting combo, you don't have Draconian Fire, so it defaults to True Thrust, which is 170 potency. Even if you had Raiden Thrust, that is 280 potency, so, as long as Chaotic Spring was hit from the rear, it would still be more potency.

Just note, I am someone who probably wouldn't consolidate my combos, but I do understand why people might want to do it.
Swap I didn't mean cancel bad choice of word, and also previous phase kill speed and current position on your combo would also affect the decision making, TOP phase 1 to phase 2 to phase 2 post playstation comes to mind.