Uploaded June 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Here we have a competitive Stamina Warden Dual Wield/Bow Rotation for Elsweyr, especially good in 12-man Trials.

This is a rotation performed on the new Raid Dummy. This means there are a selection of buffs and debuffs present, which allows easy comparison between different classes, and for other players to compare against each other, if they wish, as a 'solo' player, without the need of help from another player; a really valuable addition to the game.

I am using the Max Stam/Stam Regen food for all Stamina setups in these comparison tests. The key is to simulate raid sustain. Gear-wise, I am using Velidreth and Perfected Relequen / Lokkestiiz, which looks to be the best bet for many situations.

Stamina Warden had no real class balance changes affecting PVE DPS in Elsweyr. The dual wield setup has seen nice changes to Rapid Strikes (21% buff and supposedly made easier to weave) and Whirling Blades, which gives the Stamina Warden a pretty potent execute ability. In this video, I show Rapid Strikes being used as the spammable. In a separate video that I recorded a few weeks ago, I show how Whirling Blades can be incorporated with an updated parse below: youtube.com/watch?v=5cUmWulK7Fs

But here, I will show a rotation which uses Rapid Strikes instead of Cutting Dive. I should first mention however, that Cutting Dive is still a very good spammable; one which offers great sustain and passives (e.g. Increased damage done by 3% since it is an Animal Companion skill). As with other Rapid Strike rotations, it has a slightly better time in proccing Relequen ticks, offers respectable sustain, has a slight execute effect. It's simply a strong spammable. Disadvantages include inconsistent DPS whenever a lot of blocking is involved since if the last tick does not hit, that's a reasonable amount of damage lost.

Note: both rotations are pretty close. I'd say that the Rapid Strikes one is slightly better value though. I wouldn't read too much into the individual parses, but just expect that Rapid Strikes might do slightly better.

Build as used in video (97.0k) -- https://i.imgur.com/OYIRQMc.png
Whirling Blades rotation (95.7k) -- https://i.imgur.com/licvxkX.png
CMX parse from video -- https://i.imgur.com/ugFpLp4.png

Well, are vMA daggers any good? Yes and No. I don't necessarily think it is better. For Stamina Warden, Rearming Trap is best placed on the back bar. I've tried a few variations of the rotation, and frequently the Poison Injection empowerment doesn't happen because it is consumed by one of the Rearming Traps. There are ways around it, but I don't think it's a particularly good value for the effort needed.

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Here I demonstrate a more or less static rotation, one that will be familiar to existing Stamina Warden players.

Sub Assault is cast every 3 skills.

Sub - Hail - Trap -
Sub - Caltrops - Injection -
Sub - Free - Free -
Sub - Free - Free

The Free spots are where you can fit in Rending Slashes once per rotation, the Bear Ultimate if up, and the Bull Netch if needed. The rest of the spots can be filled with Rapid Strikes casts.

With regards to the bar setup, there is once again space for the Bull Netch on the front bar, and to have Bird of Prey (for Minor Berserk) double-barred. Should you decide to slot Whirling Blades as an execute, which you could, you could move the Bull Netch to the back bar in place of Bird of Prey. This slot can also be used for other flex options (such as Vigor).

As always, if there are any questions or comments feel free to leave them and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

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