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So I went and played around on the Daily:  Aces High (http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=13414) to get a better feel of the drake.    Tried to figure out the best way for me to dps is down the drakes solo, no healing, just max dps burn down kill it before it kills me kinda thing.

Here's what I found.

Your damage is largely largely from Engulf in Flames (stacking dot) finisher.   The goal should be to get the DoT up fast, then stack it as fast as you can.    Just going 5 combo points, then finisher, 5 combo points, finisher, isn't most efficient at that.   More combo points don't do any more damage, what it does is make the dot last longer, i.e. more time to fuck up really.   Here's the numbers:

• 1 point  : 6 seconds
  
• 2 points: 10 seconds
  
• 3 points: 14 seconds
  
• 4 points: 18 seconds
  
• 5 points: 22 seconds

So 5 combo points is often just too much time.   You can compress the cycle to achieve a faster stack time.   1 combo point is too short, you'll often find yourself energy starved and the DoT will fall off.    What I found "reliable" (maybe 90%) of the time was to go with 3 combo points.   Ramps up fast enough without risk of dropping off.

While soloing the elite, I'd just go 1 combo point, get the DoT on, then 3 combo point finishers the rest of the way.

Of course at Malygos himself, it throws a little wrench into things.   You should save some energy for the shield.   Combo points hardly matters again cause it's just extends duration of the shield so time it right.    Anyways after the shield I'd prob just try to DoT up again asap just to make sure it doesn't fall off.

If there's still problems with stacks at Malygos, probably extend it to 4 combo point finishers to be safer.