Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

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Question on drg for Levi ex fight. Are drg good on that fight? What dps number I should b looking for? I'm ilvl93 and I know how to play the job. But I started farming it, but having problem keeping 200+ dps that I'm having problems.

A good DRG can do all fights, even Garuda Ex (dont let baddies tell you otherwise). 200+ is slightly low, but 250 iirc is a good baseline on levi. There's a couple tricks I use to boost my numbers on that fight, such as holding DFD for when theres the 2 adds, having Levi slam me into his face so I can Phleb his face before starting rotation on the tail (it just just over 1 GCD to run across the boat), always make sure dots are up before he dives, and save Spineshatter for spumes if possible. Don;t forget you can also use Elusive Jump to bounce from 1 spume to the next.

I do it, I have it set to a fast hot key so I can quickly take it off when I have to move out of an aoe like circle blade etc. Keeps your auto attacks going at all times. It's a small DPS increase compared to legacy without lock on.

Very small especially if you move with strafes. Its really user preference imo.

290-ish, unless with X-potion of strength, then, you can push to 300, but not over 310. My DPS at the stage in t8 was 296DPS. Oh I forget, I use Button in a Blanket HQ as food, X-Potion of Strength for burst, and my acc is 520.

Not to offend but that seems a bit low. I can't recall what I was doing for my first attempts at 2nd coil but I do recall at flat i90 with relic zenith on First coil being able to easily pull 300+ on fights like Cad and ADS (old school style). I also remember pre-2.2 a BiS DRG (i91) could max out about 350. This all depends on how many mechanics your taking care of however. Less mechanics is more DPS for you.

And here I thought I was doing bad sitting around 260 -270 in T6/T7. x.x; Weapon must be holding me back more than I thought. Gotta work on my animus faster I guess.

Thats actually really good considering all the potential for downtime, such as bad luck with vines/honey/devour/blighted.