A thread about rotation

JinMori · March 2017

In this thread i would like to talk about rotation, just yesterday i learned that even my rotation on mag dk wasn't quite perfect, since i didn't have 100 % uptime on dots, and this got me thinking that i'm probably making some mistakes on the other classes as well, so if you know a good rotation that allows you to have 100 % uptime on dots, post it here, so everyone can benefit from it.

This is the mag dk rotation i learned just yesterday from a youtuber called Drugio, it's easy and leads to great results with 100 % uptime on dots, i just made a little adjustment that allows me to squish 1 additional whip.

First off eruption>Trap beast>flames of oblivion>bar swap>engulfing flames>blockade of fire>burning embers> 6 whips.
Re apply Engulfing>blockade>burning embers> 3 whips.
Bar swap and repeat.

For stamina i would prefer non Vma rotations since i don't have the daggers, but if you have a good rotation with those, feel free to post it.

JinMori · March 2017

For templar i have this rotation:

Vampire's bane>trap beast>Blazing Spear>Blockade of fire>bar swap>Purifing light>4 sweeps>bar swap
Vampire's bane>Blazing spear>blockade of fire>barswap>Purifing light>1 sweep>barswap>trap beast>2/3 sweeps.

Repeat

Voxicity · March 2017

I started playing magdk yesterday and found the same rotation... can say I'm pretty pleased with it. I found it on alcasts most recent mag dk build video. I can never get s'rendarr or bufftimers to work properly so it's nice to just watch the engulfing flames on FTC buffs and reapply when that runs out

JinMori · March 2017

KaiVox22 wrote: »

I started playing magdk yesterday and found the same rotation... can say I'm pretty pleased with it. I found it on alcasts most recent mag dk build video. I can never get s'rendarr or bufftimers to work properly so it's nice to just watch the engulfing flames on FTC buffs and reapply when that runs out

If you do this rotation perfectly you don't even need a buff tracker.

flizomica · March 2017

well you dont even need a rotation on mag dk, just re-apply your buffs as they run out and know which buffs have the highest priority

to add - fixed rotations generally only work in fights when you can just stand still and dps

Voxicity · March 2017

JinMori wrote: »

KaiVox22 wrote: »

I started playing magdk yesterday and found the same rotation... can say I'm pretty pleased with it. I found it on alcasts most recent mag dk build video. I can never get s'rendarr or bufftimers to work properly so it's nice to just watch the engulfing flames on FTC buffs and reapply when that runs out

If you do this rotation perfectly you don't even need a buff tracker.

Yeah exactly, that's what I love most about it. I still keep my eye on engulfing though just to make sure

GreenhaloX · March 2017

Well, rotations are never going to be exactly perfect. No targets (aside from the dummies) are just going to stand there still and let you dps them down. In reality, you have to deal with broken rotations or having to reset because of disruption from the targets, whether getting inflicted with some stupid crippling move or curse that makes you run off or other adds/mobs coming at you, or even you getting disrupted yourself. Well..ok, if you're in a group and the tank managed to pull all the adds/mob and bosses while nothing is focused on you.

Thorvarg · March 2017

As 60 years old Player, the Rotation for my fully buffed Stamina-Sorcerer is "focused Aim, focused Aim , focused Aim, poison Injection"

Glass · March 2017

Stam DK rotation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69MkPVHL3n4&feature=youtu.be

zaria · March 2017

JinMori wrote: »

For templar i have this rotation:

Vampire's bane>trap beast>Blazing Spear>Blockade of fire>bar swap>Purifing light>4 sweeps>bar swap
Vampire's bane>Blazing spear>blockade of fire>barswap>Purifing light>1 sweep>barswap>trap beast>2/3 sweeps.

Repeat

Trap beast looks interesting for the 12% crit damage increase. however it last 60 seconds so you don't have to reapply often unless boss moves. Effect increase with high crit chance and the cp for more crit damage.

One issue I have with templar rotation is that just spamming dark flare seems to have the same dps.
Think I should try morphs with longer duration.

BRogueNZ · March 2017

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Draqone · March 2017

zaria wrote: »

Trap beast looks interesting for the 12% crit damage increase. however it last 60 seconds so you don't have to reapply often unless boss moves. Effect increase with high crit chance and the cp for more crit damage. .

That's not true. The buff when the rearming trap triggers last 8 seconds.

BRogueNZ · March 2017

dk specific I gather..

zaria · March 2017

Draqone wrote: »

zaria wrote: »

Trap beast looks interesting for the 12% crit damage increase. however it last 60 seconds so you don't have to reapply often unless boss moves. Effect increase with high crit chance and the cp for more crit damage. .

That's not true. The buff when the rearming trap triggers last 8 seconds.

You are right, I read it wrong, 1.5 s arming then 6s effect.

DaveMoeDee · March 2017

BRogueNZ wrote: »

dk specific I gather..

Was he supposed to start the thread with a rotation excluding any class skills?

Olupajmibanan · March 2017

If I recall correctly, Alcast stated in one of his videos that he achieved same results, with Rearming Trap or without it.

IMO there is something about it. Magdk typically front bar Blockade to reduce number of bar swaps in rotation to increase dps. But you cant front bar Rearming, and dropping it completely again reduce the number of bar swaps.

ValkynSketha · March 2017

I don't really use rotations, since i am on pc i have srendarr addon, it is really amazing, saves time with rotation learning BS.

JinMori · April 2017

BRogueNZ wrote: »

dk specific I gather..

How is it specific to Dk when i just said a thread about rotation? This is as general as it gets, also you didn't read that i also posted a templar rotation.