In or out of combat, a good way of thinking about it is that Laura's fighting style works by sort of... storing her Signature charges "in the bank," so to speak. You can build them up whenever you want, and spend them whenever you want, as long as you make sure to avoid running out of Spirit, or overcapping on the charge limit of five!... With that being said, Laura can be pretty damn squishy-

-Excuse you.

-And so, because of this... when certain fights get too heated, it is highly recommended to step away for a moment to recover, and continue to build up more charges. Your DPS is basically "on hold" for this time, and you can spend the charges later once you've recovered!

Oh dear...

"In the face of pain, there are no heroes." - Orwell, 1984.

Of course, I had imagined my opportunity to use this quote would be... a bit less direct.

It is highly recommended to use at least two Cosmic slots, in the 2nd and 4th positions at minimum.

Kinney Family Locket is a very good item for Slot 3 until you get a fully-affixed Cosmic.

Now, for the Cosmic Affixes, you have two options:

The first option is to have one Slot with the 800+ damage rating proc, and the rest have the Movement cooldown proc.

The second option is the option that those two are currently testing out, which is to just have every Cosmic Affix be of the Movement cooldown variety. They believe the first option is probably superior, and I am inclined to agree myself! But, what is science, if not the constant challenging of one's own beliefs?

With that being said, we are currently in search of a solid Cosmic Slot 5 to replace Cobra's Hood. However, that search is proving rather... difficult, regrettably.

We highly suspect that a Cosmic Slot 5 is preferable, but Cobra's Hood is still incredibly strong in the meantime!

These are perhaps the single most significant defensive options available. There are stronger offensive options, certainly! However, we all feel confident in our prediction that you will not want to put these down, once you have tried them out.

... Additionally, there is certainly something to be said about the impending offensive capabilities of the one still standing, if you ask me.

If I'm not mistaken, they have admitted to not giving the Medallion slot much thought. Bullseye Medallion is easy enough to accumulate that you will surely have a good one in no time.

Medallion of the Dark Dimension seems a bit overrated in comparison, boasting only 1 more main attribute, while losing all of the critical chance and some of the critical damage... although the health is very appealing. However, it is much harder to find a well-rolled one, and you may not even need the health by the time you have everything else.

Ohhhh, I would say the Medallion slot is very much... six of one thing, or half a dozen of another!

Well, that was most certainly fun! I do enjoy a good discussion on theories!

I believe you folks call it... theorycrafting, do you not?

Thank you, Hank, for covering that segment. I... think that's about all we got for now!

Laura?

Agreed.

This should be sufficient for the first lesson. 

... ... Thank you all for coming.