recharge time is killing my dps … do you keep filling with s.s ? and when it comes to aoe… how do you keep up aoe when you have used your volley and focus empties on multishot…what do you guys do ?
Personally I use volley as filler. Multishot (trick shot) then RF, the multishot then AS , repeat, multishot spreads bombs automatically, Volley if needed, maybe death chakra, then start picking off low health with KS. Ilvl 344 doing 15 to 20 k dps with burst of 25k plus.
Well, there’s a limited amount you can do, since a lot of the damage is loaded into our multiple CDs and Aimed Shot. Sometimes you just have to float focus until AiS/RF comes back and you have something to spend your trick shots on. CDs are short enough that you’ll have something up for most pulls anyway. Enjoying the big bursts means there is gonna be some down time where output is low; that’s just a part of it.
This really isn’t going to get you the best results in dungeons. Volley should be paired with, and used after Death Chakram, and should be used when you have Rapid Fire and at least one charge of Aimed Shot available. You want not just Volley, but your AiS and RF during Volley to benefit from Death Chakram’s 10% damage boost (and in multi-target, you want RF/AiS to benefit from Trick Shots being automatically active during Volley).
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Essentially what Samarana said, although it’s worth noting that explosive shot will help fill quite a bit since it has a short-ish CD and should be fired off on CD.
Death Chakram, RF, and then steady shot fillers are going to be what keeps your focus afloat.
This makes a lot of sense.
A few questions regarding M+:
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do you hold off on death chakram during bosses for until they spawn a pack of ads?
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Should I ever bother activating volley on single target boss fights?
Right now i use volley just to apply the explosive shot from the talents and hold it off if i know ads are coming but idk if this is the best way to optimize my dps.
I personally don’t hold DC unless I’m fully holding CDs.
Yes, you want to use volley any time you have it talented, it’s free damage.
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- I’m not entirely sure what the math is on holding DC, but a good general rule is that you don’t want to waste potential uses. If you’re waiting ten seconds or something, or everything is about to align, sure, but don’t sit on it for most of its CD
- Yes, and since is has the same CD as DC you can use them together
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Second this. If you hold it so long that it’d be up again if you had used it, then that’s unfortunate. The CD is relatively short as well, you’ll be able to use it 3+ times over the course of a dungeon boss.
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