I highly advise you to get a
Rapid Reload, especially when doing keys with Reaping. Rapid Reload reduces the cooldowns of
Aspect of the Wild,
Aspect of the Cheetah and
Aspect of the Turtle per target hit (triggers with 3 or more targets). This provides a ton of added damage and utility. The big thing here is that it effects
Aspect of the Wild. When paired with
Primal Instincts, this becomes a major cooldown for us. Depending on how big your group pulls, you can reduce the cooldown of Aspect of the Wild a ridiculous amount. With Reaping, there are so many mobs that you can even overlap casts of Aspect of the Wild (although this is not recommended as it does not stack nor pandemics).
This also means that you want to alter your rotation if you have this trait and 3 or more targets are alive. For 1-2 targets, you will not benefit from cooldown reduction since the trait requires at least 3 targets. Between 3-4 targets, you typically want to perform your normal rotation as the cooldown reduction isn't worth forgoing
Kill Commands. The more targets that are alive, the more liberal you want to be with your casts of
Multi-Shot. Here is a basic priority to follow:
AoE Priority with Rapid Reload- Maintain 3 stacks of Frenzy.
- Cast Multi-Shot to maintain Beast Cleave.
- Use Aspect of the Wild.
- Use Bestial Wrath.
- Use Barbed Shot if you are about to cap on charges.
- Spam Multi-Shot if 4 or more targets are active.
- Cast Chimaera Shot to generate Focus.
- Use Kill Command if 3 or less targets are alive.
Another thing to think about is the timings of pulls. Ideally, you want to have your
Aspect of the Wild available for larger pulls so be smart about how much you need to spam
Multi-Shot. It should go without saying that once you get your Aspect of the Wild off cooldown or within a reasonable cooldown, you no longer need to spam
Multi-Shot. You are not spamming Multi-Shot for the damage. You are just concerned with the cooldown reduction and about optimizing your Aspect of the Wild as much as possible.
Remember:- You only need ONE Rapid Reload trait. You do not take this trait for the damage, only the cooldown reduction component.
- This is only worth doing if you have Primal Instincts traits. The more you have, the stronger Aspect of the Wild becomes and the more important abusing Rapid Reload becomes.
- The goal here is to use Multi-Shot to reduce the cooldown of Aspect of the Wild. Spamming Multi-Shot once its already off cooldown doesn't add much value. Just perform your normal rotation in this case.
- Don't forget that Barbed Shot reduces the cooldown of Bestial Wrath and generates Focus, don't ignore it when spamming Multi-Shot.