My understanding of Raging Strikes is unclear.
Increases damage dealt by 20%.
Seems simple enough, right? XD
What I want to know is how this 20% boost interacts with my SMN damage-over-time attacks. Does the 20% apply to the individual ticks of damaging, or does it apply to the DoT debuff as a whole?
If the former, then RS should be used after applying my DoTs to maximise the effects. If the latter, then it should be used first so that it applies to the DoTs.
I think it's the former, boosting the damage inflicted each tick. This would make the most sense to me, but I've seen sources on various forums showing RS before applying DoTs in their rotations.
Which is correct?
Best Answer
DoTs use a snapshot of all your buffs at the time of casting, so if you use RS first, then cast the DoTs, they will be boosted for their entire duration.
I can't find a dev post about it, but there is discussion here, and in many other places.