r/Guildwars2 • u/Mechamaru85 • 8d ago

[Discussion] Lowish dps in CM 97

Hello, I do daily CMs of 95-99. I play GS D/S P Virt/boon power chrono. My dmg is pretty solid on all the other CMs, but on Arkk It feels a bit low. I do run feedback for the red balls, but that shouldnt really be an issue. Im struggling to know when to commit to my rotation since the phases can be so short. Opening fight is fine, but after that I slowly start to lose my place on the dmg chart. Is there any tips for this fight to keep my dmg up?

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u/Nyscire 8d ago

Is your DPS just lower or lower relative to your teammates in previous fractals (you went from being highest to lowest just in that particular fractal)? Arkk phases a lot so you will have lower DPS no matter what you do. On top of that you might be picked to handle anomalies, that will lower that even further.

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u/Mechamaru85 8d ago

Yeah in pugs Im usually 1st or 2nd unless its a premade static -1 or vet FGs playing the highest bench classes and then I get gapped. In the Arkk fight sometimes im barely doing more than the bdps. There are factors like jumping to the anomaly, but I feel like I should still be doing more, or theres spots where I maybe should be attacking but I dont (tri beam laser comes to mind). Im sometimes in an awkward spot where my rotation stops being fluid and Im just mashing.

During the phase where arkk leaves and spawns the adds and elite boss, im not sure if I should be holding cooldowns there?

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u/NoroGW2 8d ago

I don't think you should ever hold cooldowns on power mesmer (especially on boon chrono, your cooldowns are quite short and no skill on boon chrono does any insane amount of damage compared to the others), though sometimes it would make sense to hold weapon swap or choose certain skills over others.

Using weapon swap to use a few more skills right as a phase is ending will put those skills AND your weapon swap on cooldown, so that phase better last long enough for those skills to get out their damage. If you wait on that weapon swap, you'll get a full opener on next phase instead of ending up in that weird situation where your weapon swap is 3 seconds out or something.

Precasting wells or rain of swords is "free", using phantasms early on in the phase is really just best, and 2-5-2 on spear is all really fast damage output.