Post by Eleazer
Don't use
Ferocious Bite in PvE unless it is the final finisher on a mob or boss, and there is nothing else to aggro after. It is a PvP or leveling ability. Energy pooling is the answer. Sit on your kitty behind and wait. If you have your priority list up and rolling you should have lots of things to refresh, and often. Dropping all of your combo points, and energy, is crippling to dps.
I may be wrong but I cannot remember having 5cp, everything rolling and 100 energy. If it did happen it is so rare as be ignorable.
Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! wrong! wrong! (In my head it sounds like a bell, and if anyone remembers the movie it's from you get brownie points).
Katyia is correct. It's always better to clip SR than it is to clip Rip. Never ever clip a bleed, you lose a lot of dps. I FB all the time, but never FB with full energy. Basically you are going to work something down this line on a boss fight.
If you are the mangle bot
Mangle/Savage Roar/Rake/Shred till 5cp/Rip/Shred/Mangle/Rake if it's up/SR at 5cp or if it's about to fall off/than Shred till 5cp and FB unless Rip is about to fall off than just wait out Rip and reapply. Than Mangle/Rake/Shred if SR is still rolling at more than 9 seconds FB. On a boss fight I can get anywhere from 10-13 FB's in depending on length of fight if I am the mangle bot.
If you are not the mangle bot:
Shred/Savage Roar/Rake/Shred till 5cp/Rip/Shred till Rake falls off than Rake/Savage Roar at 5cp/Shred till 5cp than FB/Shred until rake ticks off than Rake/Rip at 5cp and you start all over again. I can get anywhere from 20-30 FB's if I am not the mangle bot on some boss fights.