Top of the line claws attack chains...

I know the most frequently seen claws chain is FU>Focus>Slash.

I also have heard of FU>Eviscerate>Focus.

In terms of raw damage, the first chain is superior, but it has higher recharge requirements.
Both chains can hold a -res proc. The second chain can hold 3 purple procs instead of 2.

Seeing as with the second chain I can use the musculature alpha rather than the spiritual, any number crunchers able to do a real comparison? (Factoring in double stacked FU, -res, procs, etc.)

Also, does an attack just have to be initiated while FU is up for it to apply a bonus, or does it have to still be up when the attack is completed?

Thanks in advance

Also, is the gaussian's chance for build up worth slotting in FU, or is the bonus insignificant?

I calculated the Eviscerate Chain being within 2 DPS of the Slash chain using my DPS template build (215 vs. 217), and that was with +296% recharge into Follow Up. If you can get Musculature in the Eviscerate chain, my guess is that it's the winner. Higher recharge may, of course, be useful for other things.

The attack only needs to be initiated during the buff. However, as I recall, the Follow Up buff takes effect 0.5 second after you initiate the attack, which is to say before the Follow Up power itself completes. That's one "problem" with the Slash chain, as it puts Slash just 0.06 seconds away from having 3 Follow Ups buffing it, assuming I did the math right way back when, and that I'm reading it correctly now.

As I recall, the Gaussian in Follow Up is approximately equal to a regular damage proc. I'd rather slot a Gaussian set somewhere and just use a damage proc. But my memory isn't that great.

Thanks for the reply, Werner. I figured they were close enough that it wouldn't really matter much. While I've got you though, would it be possible to run a chain using slash AND eviscerate for double -res goodness? Would it be worth it DPS wise?

Wait wait wait ....

Are you saying (Werner and others) that

FU-Evis-Slash

is going to do better DPS than

FU-Focus-Slash

at less recharge?

And this requires the Glad Armor -RES in Evis and what n slash (maintain the -RES achilles)?

Or that the chain should be FU-Evis-Focus?

This is news to me. I just busted my chops to get enough recharge to run FU-Focus-Slash on my brute (see Pylon thread near the last posts).

How would FU - Slash - Evis - Repeat be?

You could have Slash and Evis 5 slotted with a Purple set, and both have a -Resist Proc in them.

FU could then likely have 1 damage Proc in it at the very least.

The Achilles Heel proc and the Fury of Gladiator proc stack with each other.

I never bothered to check Bruising, but I have no reason to believe it doesn't stack with Achilles and Fury.

I'm sure of it, had the Fury proc since I13 (if that's the correct issue) went Live and already had an Achilles Heel. Damage gets very nice when it happens to stack.