As the title says, I've never bothered pre-potting before and now that I have Ascendance, I'm even more confused about how to properly use it without stepping on the typical Ascendance macros. (Drop Stormlash Totem then hit the macro: use trinkets, any other possible enchantment CDs, Elemental Mastery, Potion of the Jade Serpent, Ascendance.)
Would pre-potting be somewhat wasted in my current build as I would normally use it with Ascendance, anyway or is there a better way of handing opening burst and Ascendance burst as two separate entities? Also, would it be better to drop Fire Elemental Totem before popping CDs or just after Ascendance has faded. (namely, will it update dynamically with my stats or is it only what was present when it was summoned?)