#Flibustin log analysis
main aurora
supple garden
I'm Pandamuelle btw
main aurora
Just one thing straight up, you seem to not have a domination set active?
Also you probably don't have high renown levels?
because a lot of damage this tier lies in the domination set and gems, what means not having that is already a dissadvantage
supple garden
only have ominious shard of dyz as dps shard and have 69 renown
main aurora
If you have high enough renown, its worth to switch to theodar
stronger soulbind
for conduits, if you have perforated veins, it probably beats stiletto, but thats just to sim
but lets start with the log, your rupture uptime is fairly low with 87%, should be more towards 98%
slice and dice is also only 93%, should be 98%+
in the opener you would just use slice and dice and transition into a dance
the sequence after is fine, if you want a marginal improvement use symbols slightly later
you did 2 backstabs after the first dance and then started dancing with high combo points
thats not very good givent hat flag is up and your aim is to get stacks
you just want to start dance immediately again
also you always want to start dance with low combo points
one thing i forgot to mention in the opener was the finisher use
you want to use rupture as your first finisher to get it up and running (you did use evi)
the mistake continues after the first dance, you build high combo points and then dance
then you are at 37 sec in the fight, you use dance but where is your symbols?
at 62 you use symbls for the 2nd time
then there is this
alright, so i guess we need to start with the basics
basically subtlety wants to use Symbols on cooldown
and align other cooldowns to symbols
this means aligning shadow dance to symbols
supple garden
All the cd are based on symbols timing I see
main aurora
this also probably explains to you why sequences like this are bad
you will have more than the 1 dance charge you align to symbols
so you will double dance during symbols or use dance to not cap on charges too
Venthyr is for a beginner not very good because it invalidates those comcepts a bit
the covenant ability is basically strong enough to change this base sequence up
this is why you e.g. delay your symbols in the opener to after flag
and are allowed to delay symbols for up to 10 seconds if flag is still on cooldown for a short time
to understand how to use flag we first need to go fast about shadow dance
the biggest benefit from shadow dance is that you can use shadow strike,
this is why we start dance with low combo points and mainly use finisher to not waste combo points (finish on 5+ cp)
you usually don't want to use your covenant ability during dance for the same reason
every cast of another ability during dance reduces the amount of cast of shadow strikes, and the damage amp is not strong enough to make this stronger
with this we can look back at flag
in contrast to kyrian (what would be the other strong option), you focus a lot more gameplay around the covenant ability
this means you basically play to reach high stack counts
this means we use:
flag - finisher to get stacks directly
and after that transition into shadow dance to get higher combo points income from shadow strike and more finisher
you can during shadow dance finish on 4 cp even to smooth out the stack generation and guarantee higher stacks
(esp. relevant during shadow blades)
for symbols of death, you can fire it with flag
but its marginal better to delay it for after the finisher
you will see quite a dps improvement if you chnage that
also to go over the very first thing i mentioned, slice and dice is essential, so you should keep it up all the time
towards rupture, you usually want to refresh it in advanced if you are about to use shadow dance
so to summerize things:
- use symbols on cooldown unless you need to wait for flag to come up (wait for a maximum of 10 secs)
- line up your cooldowns with symbols, also use shadow dance outside if you are about to cap
- play flag correctly, its: flag-finisher-symbols+dance
- keep your maintainance buffs up and refresh rupture in advanced if needed for your next symbols cycle
acoustic bane
Wasn't my log but wanted to just say thanks for the incredibly detailed description. I have same issue and you highlighted a ton of stuff i do wrong too
main aurora
good luck 🙂
supple garden
TY man, And just to be sure I use shadow blades on CD with symbol no matter what right?
main aurora
yes
supple garden
And if I have 2 charges of shadow dance I wait for symbols if it's soon or not?
supple garden
I see so never capin it
main aurora
no
supple garden
Okay ty for your advices I will try to apply it. Without domination shards what parse can I aim assuming I play perfectly
true dove
fuu i always do symbols > flag > finisher > shadowdance so my symbols and shadow are always around 8 seconds is that correct
or is better just do flag > finisher > symbols + shadow
main aurora
symbols-flag-finisher is 0.1% worse than the sequence i mentioned
true dove
okay
main aurora
so its within a range that is rly low in impact
main aurora
its not a thing i would lable as big mistake, but i assume some would that do like to min/max it
true dove
yeah ^^ thanks for the answer
true dove
fuu how you manage the second shadow blades ?
obv in raid , single target
you wait for have everything ? like flag + symbols + shadowdance or you just do shadowblade + symbols + dance
main aurora
you use it with symbols