Best cgr cycle?

I’ve been using cosmic ghost rider for a while now and he’s an awakened, ascended, rank 5 6*, but I still don’t know which cycle is the best. I usually just wing it and it works lol. I should probably start using a cycle that I can guarantee will work every time no matter what content I’m doing though. Which one do y’all recommend?

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Kabam Crashed

There is no rotation that works in every scenario. He is much trickier to play for instance in matchups that you can't parry stun.

If you can safely parry stun for most fights the best rotation is:
Parry > Heavy
MLLLL (intercept to start this combo if you can)
Parry > MLLLM > SP2

_puy000_

Thank you, I’ll try that next time.

SirGamesBond

*Make sure to not Dex
As the precision from sp2 helps in more crits.
Precision is a one of judgements, and the precision from Dex triggers this judgement and it takes away the potential crit hits.

Just learn two basic rotation.
The basic one we all use that crashed mentioned. (Iirc, Munash invented this rotation first)
And The fury rotation from sp3. (This rotation is not a priority in genral, but is helpful in Armor break immune fights)
These two Covers 99% of the fights.

And the main rotation is on your own hands, which is getting familiar with what judgements you trigger and when you trigger them. Keeping track is key.

Don't use a relic which triggers a precision on relic activation. (Same reason as Dex)
Use a thor relic. 3/4* is enough.

Youtuber Slayer of God have many cgr rotations. It can be overwhelming, so look at his videos, and pick what you are looking for. Its better to master one at a time and ignore the rest.

JLordVileJ

Yh I agree, that's the easiest rotation. (I switch the order around for some reason and make it harder lol). FYI there is something called the 6 aptitude rotation, for insane damage but this would only be used for like act 8 and 9 healthpools not bg. I know you said you want 1 that works no matter what you are doing, and the one crashed gave does that, but trust me, if u have a 6 star r5 asc cgr u need to check this out

Herbal_Taxman

Slayer of Gods on YouTube. He’s the indispensable resource on CGR rotations.

captain_rogers

Cgr cycle? He rides a motorbike lol.

Anyways for bgs use crashed rotation.

_puy000_

You’ve got me intrigued. What is the hard cycle? If I ever use it, it will be for necro and act 8/9 bosses. Mainly I’m just curious.

bro you need sleep

"The harder cycle" is what I call 6× Aptitude stacking. It basically juices the Fury you get from your Sp3 by an extra 300% potency so you end up hitting superrrr hard. Really good for longer form content where you can't just nuke it in a single Sp2. It's a longer rotation though and you gotta set things up correctly.

This is going to look like a lot, but CGR can literally hit 300k medium attacks with this cycle, so it's well worth learning.

- MLLLM for Vigilance
- Dex for Precision
- Sp1 for Unblockable and Cruelty
- Build your Power to Sp3 (do not use Power Gain yet)
- Once you're at a Sp3, ensure your opponents against the wall (tapping their block can help push them back) and that they're low on Power
- MLLLL for Power Gain
- Immediately Parry and spam Heavy attacks
- Launch your Sp3 just before your Judgments reset (that way your Fury buff will last 45 seconds due to all the Judgements)
- After Sp3, MLLLM for Vigilance
- MLLLL for Power Gain
- Parry then charge Heavy for Aptitude, and cancel into Sp2 (or just use Thor Relic to get Aptitude then use Sp2)
- Continue cycling Sp2 until your Fury expires or your opponent does

If you want a video guide:

https://youtu.be/-meS0PTGv6A

_puy000_

Wow, thank you! I will definitely be trying both this and what crashed suggested

SlayerOfGods

Both of those rotations are pretty much what I use 95% of the time and I've used CGR for thousands of fights lol. Don't get overwhelmed!

_puy000_

Now I’m not sure if I should use him on attack or defense XD. He usually guarantees me a win on defense in bgs, but it sounds like he will guarantee me a win on offense as well.

BlackTuran

I don’t want to be judgmental but where are you in bgs where CGR gets you defensive wins lol he has no defensive abilities

Awesomep12

I don't know the aptitude rotation nut that's the best one for damage

_puy000_

Diamond 3. It’s not hard though and I should get into gc pretty soon. Cgr’s degen on heavy is incredibly potent. If he doesn’t throw heavy your good, but otherwise you’re dead.

captain_rogers

In normal circumstances cgr needs to launch a heavy and both of his specials to trigger domination in defense. But in this meta they give him a free fury buff so if he launch any heavy and a special you'll get domination DMG.

Magrailothos

Like @captain_rogers said - nodes that grant Fury buffs mean that a defending CGR can get to five judgements by throwing SP1s.

That means he'll regularly activate his Degeneration (and Fate Seal); which actually hurts, if he's high Sig and has a defending +200% Attack.

So, on Fury nodes, he's got access to some almost unavoidable damage, unless you've got a good Mystic counter or someone degen-resistant like Spider-Ham.

_puy000_

Which is exactly why I place him in defense 😏

_puy000_

Is this a good cycle to use for questing? I know it’s a little slow for bgs.

Make sure to use a medium and light ending combo as well as dexterity as you build up to sp3.

Make sure the opponent uses their power and then charge heavy but cancel into sp3.
Then you can parry and heavy spam until degen and power lock falls off(I forgot what it was called lol).

Next parry and end in a light to gain power and then parry and end in a medium and launch sp2 right after. (Be careful not to dex in this step)

To make it easier in the step where you heavy spam I just do a five it combo into a relic and then out of the relic I do a light ending combo to jump straight into the power gain step.

Please try this for yourself and tell me if it’s a good strategy. It seems to do more than enough for me.

captain_rogers

For questing I use this.

Heavy, MLLLL and MLLLM into sp2.
Then while damination is active, throw a 5 bit combo.

After that, throw a MLLLL, Thor relic+ MLLLM into sp2. Great for questing and bgs