Really depends on your slotting (Procs mainly) and recharge.
Unslotted, the highest DPA attacks in Katana are Soaring Dragon, Golden Dragonfly and Gambler's Cut. Gambler's Cut starts to have a slight edge on Golden Dragonfly when you factor in Damage Procs. Sting of the Wasp comes in at a distant 4th, then Flashing Steel, then Lotus Drops, then Divine Avalanche.
I generally try and aim for as close to GC --> SD --> GC --> GD as possible, as it's your optimum ST damage output chain. To squeeze a Divine Avalanche in there, you'll need to activate it at a minimum of once every five seconds for the buffs to overlap if you're double-stacking it. The ideal place for that in the above chain would probably be alongside SD, as it has a slightly lower animation time than GD and you'll be using it every 4 seconds or so anyway...
Divine Avalanche -> Gambler's Cut -> Golden Dragonfly -> Gambler's Cut -> Divine Avalanche -> Gambler's Cut -> Soaring Dragon -> Gambler's Cut
Technically, the double stack drops for a fraction of a second in that chain. I will generally use that chain, then dynamically drop one or two Gambler's Cuts depending on the situation, such as if I'm doing a lot of moving between enemies, or I missed a Divine Avalanche, that kind of thing. You're looking at 90% recharge in Gambler's Cut, which is trivial. Put an Achilles' Heel in Gambler's Cut. If you can afford it, I'd use five Hecatombs (all but damage/recharge).
Mind you, I'm assuming best here means best single target sustained DPS.
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Originally Posted by Werner
Divine Avalanche -> Gambler's Cut -> Golden Dragonfly -> Gambler's Cut -> Divine Avalanche -> Gambler's Cut -> Soaring Dragon -> Gambler's Cut
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DA
ACT=1.584
GC
ACT=.924
GD
ACT=1.98
SD
ACT=1.584
So GC needs to rechrage in 1.584(DA or SD)
(3/1.584)-1= 90% recharge
DA needs to rechrage in 3.432(GC->SD->GC)
well that would be 0 recharge needed
GD needs to recharge in 8.448(GC->DA->GC->SD->GC->DA->GC)
(12/8.448)-1= 42% recharge
SD needs to recharge in 8.844(GC->DA->GC>GD->GC->DA->GC)
(9/8.844)-1=2% recharge
As you said the only one that really needs any Recharge is GC which is not that hard to get. I was plaining on using Heactombs and Achilles's Heel in GC but didn't now how much recharge I need in GC. I had all but the Dam Hecatombs in but only needing 90% I will be switching that with the Dam/Rech, so GC can do more damage.
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Originally Posted by Werner
Mind you, I'm assuming “best” here means best single target sustained DPS.
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Thanks again Werner.
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Just out of curiosity do you have any kind of DPS comparison for this attack chain vs a best DPS chain for Katana?
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Originally Posted by Werner
Divine Avalanche -> Gambler's Cut -> Golden Dragonfly -> Gambler's Cut -> Divine Avalanche -> Gambler's Cut -> Soaring Dragon -> Gambler's Cut
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Not one that takes any top end slotting into account. But for just raw, unenhanced numbers, you're losing about 20% DPS compared to the top DPS chain (Golden Dragonfly -> Gambler's Cut -> Soaring Dragon -> Gambler's Cut). Divine Avalanche hurts. Still, the recharge requirement is MUCH lower, and it does enough DPS for Pylons and most AVs.
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Originally Posted by Dornn
Just out of curiosity do you have any kind of DPS comparison for this attack chain vs a best DPS chain for Katana?
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Ok I'm lazy right now and don't have the time right now.
So what is the best Katana attack chain with double stacked Divine Avalanche?
Thanks