Running in and immediately doing Shadow of Death lands the Shadow of Death at roughly the same time as if you precasted Harpe (about 0.5s difference), which means that precasting Harpe is just free damage in most cases. Harvest Moon is an instant cast, so if you try to do the same thing with it, you will early pull by two seconds. By the time you actually reach the boss, you have gained a free GCD. The damage doesn’t go out until the cast is finished which means the damage does not land until the countdown reaches 0. It starts your GCD clock early without early pulling. Using a casted ability before the countdown is finished does two things. Harvest Moon uses will very much be a fight-specific optimization and there is no “this is always the best way to use it.” Why do we precast Harpe instead of using Harvest Moon or just running in and immediately doing Shadow of Death?

Otherwise, Harvest Moon should be used for AoE, if applicable, or used in place of a weaker GCD for an overall potency gain.

Harvest Moon should always be used for this instead, if it is available. Harpe should be used prepull in the opener and when you are forced out of melee range for at least one GCD, provided it is not possible to keep your melee GCDs rolling. How do we properly use Harvest Moon/Harpe? See the Two Minute Burst Window section of the Advanced Guide for more details. This pushes Arcane Circle back into alignment for the rest of the fight. We correct this at the two minute buff window by entering the Double Enshroud sequence at 6s left on Arcane Circle cooldown instead of the standard 9s left. We compromise by taking a small hit to buff alignment for the opener for more potency under the party’s raid buffs. If we do Arcane Circle later, Plentiful Harvest is available later, meaning we end up pushing the end of our opener out of raid buffs, especially 15s raid buffs. Why do we use Arcane Circle so early in the opener when it is misaligned from other buffs?ĭue to the nature of Plentiful Harvest being tied to Arcane Circle, we are forced to use Arcane Circle early in the opener in order to fit the most potency under buffs.

It will still clip at GCD speeds of 2.47 and faster. Both clipping and delaying are worse than early weaving Arcane Circle. The only way to avoid clipping if you do not early weave Arcane Cirlce is for Plentiful Harvest, and therefore your burst, to be delayed one additional GCD. You must early weave it or it will cause a clip if used where it is in the openers. Plentiful Harvest cannot be used for 6.7s after using Arcane Circle. Always use High Quality! Why do we use Arcane Circle halfway through the GCD instead of in the second weave space? Currently, that is Grade 7 Tincture of Strength.

Immortal Sacrifice by Renae Wright