Ive never use a metronome but I have heard folk have done so.

I will give you the same piece of advice that took my LA weaving to the next level... see if it works for you.

Try not to think of it as LA, skill, LA, skill and so on. Subtly change your thought process to LA+skill, LA+skill. What I mean is shift your thinking from being about light attacks and skills. Think more about almost every single skill you use (depends on rotation), should be preceded by a LA you animation cancel. They are one unit. This is a difficult concept to write in text I think.

Also, different skills can have different timings to weave light attacks with. This is a further complication but you get used to the skills you are using. I find some skills very easy to light attack with, while others (Elemental weapon I am looking at you) are more difficult, due to the timing and animations etc.

There are some pretty decent guides online. Not all of them, but there are some good ones. Hunt around and watch them, hopefully you will find one that helps it click.
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kylewwefan wrote: »

Listen to how slow 60 bpm is. That’s the speed of your light attacks.

Pull that trigger fast as you can. No more than one every second goes off. This is due to a global cool down (gcd)

Light attack followed by a skill. Congratulations you are now animation cancelling.

Thanks! I see ur on the ps4 may I ask what it psn is?

Yes you can, there are addons on PC that function as a metronome for exactly this reason. I wouldn’t do 60 bpm though, that is impossible to achieve and will end up still missing some Light Attacks. The best players in the game end up doing 0.96-0.97 Light Attacks per second, corresponding to about 58 bpm. It’s probably a good idea to start around 56 or 57 bpm.

IMO anything that low is hard to feel a rhythm for, so I prefer doubling the bpm and timing skills to every other beat. You can also look for songs that are in the correct bpm range and play those instead of a metronome. https://getsongbpm.com/tempo/112-bpm

WrathOfInnos wrote: »

Just realized I said some things backward in the post above. 60 bpm is impossible, you need to aim LOWER, so try bpm slightly under 60 or 120. Fixed the post now. @Davadin would you mind requoting to remove the misinformation previously in my post?

done.

When i didn't know that combat metronome addon exists I used this YouTube video: https://youtu.be/gsJEMH_emBM
YouTube doesn't have 58 bpm version of it though.

The math above is incorrect. 1st, free metronome phone apps are available. 2nd, weaving two attacks within average 0.965 seconds is 62 beats per minute, not 58 (60 sec / 0.965). "Megaserver" uses 1,000 milliseconds as whole second and
0.965 seconds is 965 milliseconds. This is what PC users refer to in their combat metrics add-on for PC.
I'm on console and used a metronome app set 62 BPM with a tick-tock sound so every whole second was "tick" for LA and each interval between was "tock" for each skill. The reason to aim for 0.965 seconds, or 62 BPM, is to account for potential human latency (time from hearing tick-tock, pressing a button, and server acknowledgment). If you go over 1 second, you will miss LAs. For example, Relentless Focus skill requires 5 attacks (LA or HA) before converting to Spectral Arrow. If you watch the icon counter (below health bar), it counts the attacks and at 5 you can fire arrow for 13k-20k damage (depending on CPs). If weaving is slower than 1 sec, you'll notice the counter doesn't advance even though you're (frantically) pressing buttons. Making slow and deliberate attacks, you'll see the counter never misses (except other latency reasons). Practice 1 LA per second then one skill per second (2 seconds) and gradually speed it up. You have to get used to methodical rotation and buffs before speeding up. With full buff foods, potions, and enchants, practice killing 21mil dummy many, many, many times and watch text chat pop up with your your DPS, which will improve. And practice watching buff/skill timers run out and reapply to keep up. (Forgetting to spam Essence of Weapon/Spell Power in fight, you lose miss Maj. Brutality and Savagery!) In a dungeon, try to be deliberate in standing behind tanked boss and be methodical in your weaving. Getting 5 complete weaves over 7 secs and firing spectral arrow is better than madly pressing buttons over same time and finding only 4 attacks counted and no arrow when needed. Go into delves (or easy public dungeons) with Bastion companion and he will tank for you and you can practice with less lethal enenemies. Around CP 300 I could solo many world bosses with Bastion tanking. Or add DPS friend with their Mirri healer and you become a 4 person group and can clear many normal base game dungeons.