hazelnutter

thank you.

A few questions tho;
doesn't a mangle debuff have to be constatly kept up? Its not that the target had a mangle debuff at the point of rip, but the rip ticks have to have a mangle up to be maximised.
So in your example, 4 combo points, no energy, 3.5 secs left on mangle debuff;
0.0 sec- you get 4 points up and you have 0/2/4 energy
0.0-1.5 sec you shift out
1.5 sec you shift down- you have 40 energy
2.0 sec you have 60 energy, you shred
3.5 sec Mangle debuff rolls off
4.0 sec Your energy ticks to 38
6.0 sec you energy ticks to 58, you rip WITHOUT mangle
8.0 sec you get 38 energy and you see a weakend rip tick
10.0 sec you get 58 energy, you finally get mangel debuff back

It is still more damage than not powershifting.
But the point is that powershifting is not as good as assumed by many and that people should do it prob only with 0 energy, when its part of a smooth dps cycle and confident of getting it right.
It is not going to give you 40-50dps that is assumed by many.


Am i missing something?

Further, on the timing thing, i think you miss my point. It does not matter when u shift out. Ususally asap. All you need to make sure is you shift back down 1.5-2.0 sec after your last energy saving move. Again, usually as close to 1.5 as possible. Energy tick will always come 2.0 secs after that move and 0.5-0.0 secs after you shift down.