As a SMN, is it worth using Thunder?

[fanservice]

Is there some gap during casting SMN's various abilities that you would throw Thunder in there? I personally haven't played ACN much so it's just been confusing that a cross classed spell for DPS would be worthwhile to use.

You could replace a ruin cast with thunder. Not sure if it's worth it though.

[Fliknboogers]

Seeing as I'm new to the class then is it safe to assume that

Bio II > Miasma > Bio > Fester/Bane > Thunder

is "the" rotation? Based on the masses?

[Kyronex]

Seeing as I'm new to the class then is it safe to assume that

Bio II > Miasma > Bio > Fester/Bane > Thunder

is "the" rotation? Based on the masses?

Pretty much. Here's a variation of it for better dmg whenever those cooldowns are up.

Raging Strikes > Bio II > Miasma > Bio > Fester/Bane > Thunder > Contagion/Shining Emerald

[KaosPrimeZero]

See my rotation is:

Obey > RS > Bio II > Miasma > Thunder > Bio > Fester/Bane/contagion

Something i been thinking about is Miasma II. Seeing as Misasma II is instant cast, could i not do:

Obey > RS > Bio II > Miasma > Thunder > Bio > Fester/Bane > Miasma II > contagion

or simply time permitting

Obey > RS > Bio II > Miasma > Thunder > Bio > Miasma II > Fester/Bane/contagion - Though i fear with this, i will be losing a Fester from the GCD?

I usually cast Shadowflare after this rotation, i save Swiftcast for Raise. Someone always goes down in the worst possible times usually lol

Any thoughts?

[pandabearcat]

Fester only counts the "primary 3" for damage, is therefore capped at 300 potency, and should never be delayed as you will miss out on having 2 festers inside an RS.

The opening rotation should be something like

Obey | RS -> Bio II -> Miasma -> Bio | Fester -> Thunder -> Miasma II | Contagion | Swiftcast -> Shadowflare -> Ruin II | Fester.

I only swiftcast the first shadowflare, because frankly, if someone dies less than 1 minute into the fight, you shouldn't be doing that fight lol, and it might not be worth recovering.

Contagion does not require a animation delay, it happens immediately as you give the order (however long your egi decides to take to actually do the order, is another matter), so you can fit in a swiftcast and then immediately shadowflare.

My thinking process is, have swiftcast up to react to failure, but do not plan for failure. So I swiftcast the RS, but keep it afterwards.

[KaosPrimeZero]

I only swiftcast the first shadowflare, because frankly, if someone dies less than 1 minute into the fight, you shouldn't be doing that fight lol

titan HM duty Finder says helloooooo lol

And yeah i know it counts for the 3 primary, guess it makes sense. Of course what i need now is for SE to increase Aetherlow to over 9000 charges xD Fest/Bane/Energy Drain spam GO!