Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Edit (July 30, 2023): These rotations are out of date. You can still follow them exactly but you might see a ceiling of around 115K-117K dps. This is because the DoT portion of Talons was changed to 5 seconds (rather than 4s).

Edit (Feb. 13, 2023): I just learned DKs were bugged in Firesong PTS and probably early Firesong too (separate from the Standard Ultimate bug), so their damage was ~4-5K higher than normal. Basically, for some reason everything hit slightly harder. The parses in this video were done on Firesong PTS. On Live, if you follow these static rotos exactly, you'll probably see a max of 120K-122K. Sorry for misleading.

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Edit 1: At 7:31 my voice cut out. I was saying, "If you need a bit of explanation for how the static rotation diagram is read, you can rewind to me explaining the DW/2H version."

Edit 2: Forgot to mention that Medium armor is great as it gives Crit Damage, but you don't get any Armor Penetration (which Light Armor gives). So optimized groups in Trials will usually either have an Alkosh DPS or a Tank in Crimson Oath and Tremorscale to make up for the loss in Penetration. The Trial Dummy has Alkosh applied by default. Light Armor is fine in Trials too, but you'll typically need to slot Fighting Finesse or Backstabber Blue CP to make up for the Crit Damage loss.

Thanks for watching my guide! I don't get why my headset mic muffles my voice sometimes, but the diagrams should be detailed enough that you don't really need my voiceover lol.

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Big shoutout to Skinny Cheeks. Much of my diagram designs were inspired by his. You can check out his DK guide on his website here: skinnycheeks.gg/dragonknight

Check out my (bugged) 131K+ Dynamic MagDK: youtu.be/5G2rKb46Hy8

Note: Even though this is for MagDK, it can be pretty easily translated for a StamDK. I recommend playing MagDK if you're into endgame meta though.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:19 Stats, CP, Potions
2:56 DW/2H Gear and Skills
3:52 DW/2H Static Rotation
5:56 DW/Inferno Gear and Skills
7:05 DW/Inferno Static Rotation
7:36 DW/Inferno Roto Variations
8:03 Trash Pull Gear and Skills
9:07 LA Weaving and Exe Tips
10:21 Outro/Thanks!
10:32 126K (bugged) DW/2H Parse
14:06 125K (bugged) DW/Inferno Parse

Parse Music:
Idealism, Kyle McEvoy - Unthinkable
Idealism - controlla
j'san x Epektase - deep dive