What does WD stand for? Weaponskills in general or a specific skill?



Anyway, I'm currently at a loss. Item level 90 (not BiS) and I still get outdamaged by BLM and sometimes a couple of bards in my FC even on static fights like Caduceus - and the BLM is well equipped but I think he didn't reach my level in terms of gear/item level. I might be wrong, since I know close to nothing about BLM gear, but still. He is a good player and can pull his weight even among other BLMs. As for me, I'm trying to understand what I am failing.

I do not use a set rotation, maybe this is the problem? I have always thought of this class as one of the most dynamic regarding combos, so I never really tried to follow strict patterns except for trying to maintain Heavy Thrust/Disembowel/Chaos Thrust/Phlebotomize (albeit a little less this last one) as long as possible before going Full thrust and so on till refresh. Of course I use Leg sweep, Jump (surged if possible), Dragonfire dive, Mercy stroke and Spineshatter dive between skills.

My buffs (Blood for blood and Internal release) at the beginning of the fight, then I tend to avoid using them unless those are paired (so I wait for BfB before activating IR again), and sometimes I do not use them if I know there is going to be either an "invulnerable time" (ultimate attack, jump in the air before another phase or I just need to stay away like during some bomb patterns in Titan) or there is going to be a DPS burst phase (Titan heart). Same thing applies to PS, SSD and DFD - Mercy stroke and Leg sweep should just be used whenever they are available, I think.

Should I just use them whenever they are off cooldown (unless it's invulnerability is coming) or stick to what I'm doing?