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Originally Posted by Solarus

The whole reason for you not doing as much damage as you can is the fact that you are being way too rigid about your rotations on trash mobs.

Correct me if you're wrong but when you say you're gona try a Cos->corruption->UA etc rotation, you're saying that, you have to stick to that rotation 100% on every single trash mob? That, IMO, is the reason you're not doing as much damage as you can.

A good DPSer knows how to adapt and react to mobs. Don't just stick to a rotation because you have to. Use your brain. Look at a mob and then think:

Is there more than one mob to dot and how fast is it going to die? Yes, i'll pick the one that is targetted last because I can put all my dots on it for the whole time before it dies.

How fast is that mob going to die... hmmm about 6 or 7 seconds. No, I won't waste my time casting a siphon life on it since i'll only get one tick off and 90% of it's duration will be wasted. Yes. I'll cast a shadowbolt on it since at least i'm going to get 2000 damage on to it before it dies.

Not, "Oh no i just finished casting UA and the mob is dead" - you just wasted your mana and your time casting a spell that did no damage, or half the damage it should have done.

From my experience, pretty much the only "rotation" i've used is a UA->Corruption rotation since I know that they will end at the exact same time. Other than that, a little more thought is required.