QUOTE((Cheater) KamuiSeph @ Oct 11 2018, 10:26)

Guys is this normal for lvl ~270 1h rapier/shield/power armor?
My strategy for spirit stance atm is:
1. charge up my overcharge (without using spirit stance) till I can use OFC
2. use OFC
3. use spirit stance as much as I can till I have like ~15 turns left for OFC cooldown
4. turn off spirit stance
5. repeat
Is this a decent strat? I tried going full spirit stance at all times, but I seem to rarely charge up enough for OFC.
Also this way I use waaay less spirit droughts/pots.
Any feedback would be appreciated!
P.s. I have everything on IA except for spark
I believe it's more convenient to keep spark on IA, as if you do happen to trigger it, you don't have to fear getting sparked again in the turn you are curing, as it will auto recast.
You can keep a long duration spell, probably protection, on manual casting instead, but it's up to you.
--Regarding spirit stance, are you enabling it before using OFC?
It also affects OFC damage, so it should be a huge difference if you are and aren't using it.
When I played 1H I would wait until my overcharge was full, enable spirit stance, nuke monsters and then turn it off, waiting for it to fill up again to turn it back on.
I would spend the next 1~2 rounds with it on, as it should remain close to full overcharge anyways, then when OFC went off cooldown, I'd nuke monsters again on a new round, and repeat this over and over again.
In your case, if you still don't have 200 1H proficiency, you won't get the full benefit from the max number of counters per turn, but it shouldn't be much of a problem by catching up with every Dawn of a New Day.
--Now, regarding SG arenas.
You could personalize your Quickbar Slots in the settings page to have the Vital Strike skill as one of the last in the bar(mine is in the 16), then when you counter a SG and she gets stunned, you just use vital strike and deal a lot more damage(also recommend doing it when she has full stacks of penetrated armor).
That can be taken as too much micromanaging for some, but it helps in shaving off time from the whole fight overall.
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