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Damage Priorities

Damage priorities are dependent upon character data. Discripencies will appear amongst character builds.

Below itemizations are assuming
Agility - 1792
Crit Bonus - 110.6% (class base crit bonus not included)
Potency - 61.9%
Ability Modifier - 1,095
Ability Casting Speed - 38.7%
Ability Recovery Speed - 32%

Don't Kill the Messenger included above.
Dexterous Sonata included above.
No other items currently equipped able to buff the above.
All Spells and Combat Arts are Expert except Ludas Nefarious Wail is Master.

AA Bard tab, Strength tree (Turnstrike) Rank 1
AA Bard tab, Agility tree (Bump) Rank 10
AA Bard tab, Wisdom tree (Messenger's Letter) Rank 4
AA Bard tab, Intelligence tree (Rhythm Blade) Rank 2
AA Bard tab, SF tree (Stealthy Ambush) Rank 7
AA Dirge tab, Luck tree (Enhance: Shroud) Rank 5.
AA Dirge tab, SF tree (Wicked Wailing) Rank 5
AA Shadows tab, Scout line (Enhance: Quick Strike) Rank 5.
AA Shadows tab, Bard line (Flanking Chorus) Rank 5.
AA Shadows tab, Bard line (Shrieking Cry) Rank 5.
AA Shadows tab, Dirge line (Viral Infection) Rank 5.
AA Shadows tab, Dirge line (Disease Mastery) Rank 1.

Calculate and itemize the in-game examine description damage. Then, update the list after a period of time with item acquisitions. To become even more fine tuned, create multiple case scenarios that include various temporary in-combat damage reactives from other character classes in your decision making.

Which casting routine itemization is better?
Damage Ratio (DR) OR Examine Description Damage (EDD)
Examine Description Damage (EDD) itemization
==2.4s autoattack==
Sinister Strike (.74s) 4333~6876
Wail of the Banshee (end of 16s DoT, 1 target) (1.6s) 4588~5692
8921~12,568
Damage Ratio (DR) itemization
==2.4s autoattack==
Sinister Strike (.74s) 4333~6876
Ludas Nefarious Wail (.88s) 3691~5805
Evasive Maneuvers (.74s) 2935~4143
10,959~16,824
Numbers above obtained from t9_SF_30may2010 data.
This case scenario is quite interesting in how it portrays the difference between the previous expansion, TSO, and the recent expansion SF. SF introduced to Dirges with a 32% recovery buff on their Allegro and an AA upgrade to Ludas Nefarious Wail that caps its casting speed and adding 10% base damage.

I believe there is a case scenario supporting the EDD casting routine itemization, but I have not found it yet or I have not set aside a proper amount of time to find it. My advice is to know your abilities inside and out just in case you do encounter a case scenario when an EDD casting routine itemization is better than the DR casting routine itemization.

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