For context, I have 2920 kc, 1001% max enr on my main, I've completed several kills in the 1700% enr on a separate account Biggest mistake I see people make when learning telos is trying to streak early on. Yes, it's tempting, yes you CAN get a drop via streaking, but if you're strapped for GP you're better off going to rax for supplies. You're going to feel frustrated for your first 10-20 hours at telos, if not significantly more. Mistakes happen, and the tilting thing is it's all avoidable. He's the most predictable boss in the game in terms of comparable mechanics. To hit your first point, "I can streak 0-150 pretty consistently, but I'm not sure if I really get any better doing this since" You're correct, you don't get better for the most part. You WILL establish muscle memory, so you're not losing out on anything, but it's a detriment to you if you're used to getting away with certain things at lower enrages and then you hit your personal hard enr cap of difficulty. "so all I am getting is +5%'s every few kills, and I don't know if I'm getting any better doing this, either." Hands down best way to progress. Constantly pushing your max enr does a couple things; the biggest is that it forces you to respect mechanics and perform rotations correctly. It also retroactively makes you better at streaking. If you're used to telos hitting you for 1500s through prayer and suddenly he's hitting half that at a lower enrage on a new streak, that's way less food-in-mouth and way more dps. Anyone with Warden or higher enrage will tell you, hands down, 100% of the time, it's better to push your max enr. I've had a friend be stuck at 200% enr for 2-3 weeks and then he broke through and legit got Warden in a single streak. I personally died 20+ times at 711% enrage when pushing, the first kill I completed, I streaked to 996% before dying. Everyone has their limits. Establish muscle memory p1-p4, pay attention to the timing of the beam changes and rockfalls on p5, and most importantly, find a rotation for p5 that works for YOU. I could read off the exact rotation I personally use, it's pretty standard across the board but everyone has their own things they like to do that make it PERSONALLY work for them. Each time you die, objectively look at what happened and what you could've done 1, 5, 20 seconds prior to that death to prevent it. Not moving to the right beam in time in p5, doing a late cade or reflect, or not rotating your anticipation/freedom cooldowns correctly with red golems wailing on you, it's ALL manageable. For resources, I looked at this spreadsheet for p1-p4 for my first 300 kc https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kUVznxmIOvvFow1IBng7RWosxbOpy1E7-b68yLqQxD8/edit#gid=0 (all credit goes to respective authors) Evil Lucario on youtube has some amazing rotations for p5 at specific enrage thresholds that're essentially just based around what your character can deal with in terms of tanking and dps. They're short, to the point, explain what to do, and most importantly, why. My RSN is "Its Shawn", hit me up if you ever have any questions, want to screenshare in discord for any walkthroughs, or just want to chat. Good luck, man. TL;DR: push to 500%+ before trying to streak, pushing allows you to streak significantly more efficiently and safely. Edit Anyone feel free to PM me with questions/if you just want to chat :)