In the wake of Ricket's BM opener's video, I wanted to take a minute to talk about opening shots. I went over some of the pros and cons of a couple different opening shots a couple months ago (here and here), but I thought it might be worth going through some of the top parses and looking at how the best hunters in the world are opening.
Editor's Note: these were collected several weeks ago, and the top parses will surely have changed by the date this is published. It's also important to note that some top parses were skipped, possibly because they were kills that were so fast the opener was irrelevant, but most likely because they were in a language I couldn't read.
Editor's Note: these were collected several weeks ago, and the top parses will surely have changed by the date this is published. It's also important to note that some top parses were skipped, possibly because they were kills that were so fast the opener was irrelevant, but most likely because they were in a language I couldn't read.
| Opening Shots for 25H Iron Juggs | ||
| Hunter | DPS (e) | Opening Shot |
| Shoultz | 543781 | Serpent Sting |
| Pîwïe | 540443 | Serpent Sting |
| Ambrosiä | 537396 | Serpent Sting |
| Sterag | 536341 | Glaive Toss |
| Azortharion | 534445 | Serpent Sting |
| Danwo | 532709 | Serpent Sting |
| Xehnz | 523675 | Serpent Sting |
| Elky | 522801 | Serpent Sting |
| Bärtigefrau | 519451 | Serpent Sting |
| Hávi | 516873 | BW/Kill Command |
Opening Shots for 25H Malky Malk | ||
| Hunter | DPS (e) | Opening Shot |
| Megabloks | 579077 | Serpent Sting |
| Jostin | 552616 | Serpent Sting |
| Pîwïe | 550857 | Serpent Sting |
| Icefiyre | 543418 | Dire Beast |
| Azortharion | 543392 | Serpent Sting |
Opening Shots for 25H Thok | ||
| Hunter | DPS (e) | Opening Shot |
| Megabloks | 573486 | Serpent Sting |
| Azortharion | 541774 | Serpent Sting |
| Ambrosiä | 535764 | Glaive Toss |
| Acynnie | 529105 | Glaive Toss |
| Valtari | 525628 | Glaive Toss |
In the end, I don't think there's really that much we can learn from here. It really boils down to what Ricket put so well, that the exact opening sequence isn't nearly as important as lining up CDs with trinket procs. And really, with the state of hunters right now, neither of those things are as important as RNG, which will make tens of thousands of difference in DPS for a opener executed exactly the same, one pull to the next.
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