Preemptive or reactive DS

[eronen]

Me and a fellow DK were arguing recently about using death strikes. So, simply put, do you guys death strike preemptively or reactively? I.E. You wait after talon rake to heal and gain a bit of absorb, or you do it right before to heal whatever melee damage jikun did and absorb the talon rake.

Interested to hear your thoughts

Hugs and kisses,
Kosmos

[Tehterokkar]

Both, I aim to have a bit of shield(100k-150k) for big hit abilities(Horridon Puncture/Ji-Kun TR) and then another for right after it hits to heal myself to full and get a nice shield.

Remember the DS damage-taken counter is reset after each DS used, so only your first DS after the high hit ability gives massive heals.

[SSHA778]

Remember the DS damage-taken counter is reset after each DS used, so only your first DS after the high hit ability gives massive heals.

Was this changed with recently? That sounds highly unlikely.

[Nyanmaru]

Was this changed with recently? That sounds highly unlikely.

No, it was not changed. 5s is 5s no matter if you DS'd or not.

[jasonleekungfu]

Yea depends. For a deadly physical spike you definitely want to pre-shield, like Horridon or Ji-kun at high stacks; otherwise, well you are not alive to use your good shield after anyways. For non-deadly spikes, well doesn't really matter, choose depend on situation. For magic spike like Megaera, you definitely want to DS after you take damage.