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my first rotation is the same, to get the 3% crit up, then i switch it up to

CS - Judge - DS - Cons - Filler

i give my hammer of wrath 100% priority when it becomes available.

Edit: though i still have trouble changing my rotation as my muscle memory just wont let go . . .

Edited, Apr 23rd 2009 9:48am by RuenBahamut

Thanks for your replies guys. A couple of different rotations on the go, may have to do some testing tonight.

i've been slow to change my fcfs priorities. but out of curiosity I did some maths today (yeah, I know, I do too much of that) and my initial results, not verified by any kind of in game testing indicate that based on the average damage of abilities if you have the 2pc T7 bonus still you'll be best off with a priority list looking like:

(HoW) --> DS --> CS --> Exorcism --> Judgement --> Consecration

however, my opening attacks have been

Judgements --> Exorcism --> DS --> CS --> Consecration

I personally start this way because Judgement has the highest chance to Crit putting up the first stack of Vengeance on myself and also putting the 3% crit debuff on the mob to ensure i'll maximize my chances to get my 3 stack of Vengeance by the time my hardest hitting abilities hit.

I've been starting off with judgement/exorcism already but haven't changed my keys to make sure i'm prioritizing by highest damage. oh, and if you don't have the T7 2pc bonus then CS would still be top priority again. till I get my 4th piece of T8 though I'll have 2 pieces of T7. even then I may keep DS above CS since CS does nothing other than damage while DS also does some healing and without the T7 bonus DS is only barely behind CS in damage done.