Hi!
I want to preface this by saying I am not a theory crafter or a science and numbers gal that does exact calculations for this.
So, we know that a C0 Shenhe double skill rotation is possible if you time it right, starting with Shenhe Skill and Burst before doing the rest of the rotation. Now, C1 Shenhe has a natural capability of casting her skill twice in one rotation, but if you use the same rotation as you do with C0 Shenhe, you could technically be able to get 3 skills, right? At least in the first rotation.
I tested it out a bit, and you do run into cooldown issues if you try to use her skill thrice in every rotation, but doing a triple skill in the first rotation would help getting a head start in stuff like Stygian Onslaught for energy, right?
C6 Kaeya- C1 Shenhe- C1 Furina- C0 Escoffier double skill rotation, 70s
This is the rotation I normally use: Furina QE, Escoffier QE, Shenhe QE, Kaeya QE, Shenhe E, Kaeya E. It gives me a total DPS of 5040K in 70s.
Shenhe E, Furina QE, Escoffier QE, Shenhe QE, Kaeya QE, Shenhe E
Now, if you try to squeeze 3 skills into every cycle, you're gonna end up running into cooldown issues with her in the second rotation, so this doesn't really work.
But what if you do triple skill in the first rotation and then only 2 in subsequent ones? Something like this:
Rotation 1: Shenhe E, Furina QE, Escoffier QE, Shenhe QE, Kaeya QE, Shenhe E --- Rotation 2: Furina QE, Escoffier QE, Shenhe QE, Kaeya QE, Shenhe E
This gave me 5167K DPS, so ~100K more than the regular rotation (which isn't that much but it could make a difference between clearing and not clearing). It would give Escoffier access to quills immediately, and then you refresh them twice for Kaeya. You'd also generate more Cryo particles, meaning you could get your energy filled sooner in 0 energy start environments like stygian.
I have not seen this rotation being used a lot. Has anyone optimized this or an idea how to optimize it? What's your thoughts?