Stacking for chaining

I am thinking about changing up my stacking routine for chaining and want to know if I'm missing something in my consideration.

I currently drain E and then take 4 xanax to get to 1k E right before chain starts.

I'm thinking about not draining my E, taking 3 xanax to get to 900 E then taking LSD right before chain starts to get to 950 E. I can also take cans to get the other 50 E to get to 1K.

This method will increase my bs rather than decrease it, but I dont know much about LSD. Is the bs stat boost consistent with each dose? Does LSD have a higher OD rate than xanax? Any other info people can provide would be helpful.

I'm not concerned about $ so the cost of using cans doesnt bother me to supplement the additional 50 E but I could understand why that would be an issue long term for some people.

I'd always make sure I'm stacked hrs before, take a Vicodin and then by the time I've blasted the E I'm ready for another xan. Maximize E and stats but there may be a better way.

Edit-thats for wars not chains I didn't read properly, but it sorta stands

I think it depends on if you need that extra E for the chain.  If you don't then there shouldn't be a problem with stacking to 900 or 950.  For something big like Halloween (Or if you know your faction will have a hard time completeing the chain), I would stack the full 1000 and save the CD on consumables for later though.

tbf if money isnt a problem then just use 48h cd worth of cans at once and get 1000e without stacking

In general the xans are going to be more beneficial, the extra 10 attacks helps push the chain to a higher number (increasing the multiplier), and as long as your build isn't super fucked you should still be able to hit 3xFF assholes (it caps at 50% of your total, not score) 

LSD also has a notoriously high OD rate so you're essentially doubling the risk of losing your stack on your last drug, effectively gimping the whole strat

If you want stats off the top you're better to roll needles , get much higher stats (even on xan) and you're not giving up CDs that can be used for more e - ofc they don't last nearly as long but if you're on PC you should be fairly easily able to dump half a stack within a needle timer (5 mins is a long time if you have all your targets lined up, hit close tab hit close tab repeat)

Ofc as already mentioned you could stack around the 32-33 hour pre-chain instead of 28 and pop a Vic, which is kinda the happy medium, if you really wanna use drugs for stats, or start at 150 at 26+-/- and pop 3 xans then Vic which reduces your total attacks by 4, that kinda depends how your fac has their watchers setup and time zones, and how high you're aiming / how consider your team is at hitting said goal, lots to consider really lol

The "cutting it fine" method is stacking 32-33 hours before the start of the war/chain. That way even if you get max drug cooldown you are free of side effects and can either pop a vico for the bs boost or another xan once you've drained your stacked E.

You lose the least time in terms of drug cooldown and also natural E regeneration. BUT the downside is that if you OD on anything from the 2nd Xanax you are likely to be on Drug CD for the start of the war/chain and even if not and you can pop 1 Xanax then you will have stats debuff.

You can mitigate the risk by starting to stack earlier as early as 48 hours before, meaning if you OD on the early stack xans you still have time to recover and build a decent stack up. Downside is that you can be sat for almost 24 hours fully stacked which is wasting potential e.

Swings and roundabouts to be honest. I'd aay it's circumstancial as to how fine you cut it.

I always: 

Get to max natural, 3 Xanax then 4 cans to get to 1000e, stack time is less than 1 day, which means I can train right up to 24hrs before. 

Lsd has a higher od rate

My thinking is to try to get the timing right, so I am stacked to 1k E with around 8 to 9 hours spare. This means I will be drug free at the start and be able to take another Xanax when needed, plus be able to use cans with maximum cooldown available. It's also nice to have MCS dividend available as well as an energy refill, preferably just before 00:00, so you can do another refill just after. FHC dividend or just having some FHC's on hand is a good idea as well.

This. LSD when stacking would be insane. Just use cans or drain to 750 then xanax like a normie