Quote Originally Posted by LostCody View Post
it would be a festerless smn.
...do more base damage but has a more serious burst problem over lets say a full smn or blm?
Been over this, Aero AND Energy Drain is worth the difference of lacking Fester over a long duration (its even better). If you talk about burst, whats the time scale? 10 seconds? In 10 seconds, 3 energy drain in cleric stance is worth 495 potency, requiring no setup of 3 DoTs to burst. In that time window, a SMN would need 7.5s to setup 3 dots. Fester has a 10s cooldown.

Now how about AOE? SCH dots do 10% extra damage without needing raging strikes. Bane these dots, shadowflare, then tab spam aero. What's a SMN gonna do after Bane/Shadowflare, tab spam Ruin? That is heaps weaker in potency compared to Aero for the same GCD.

Enkindle is nice, but 300s cooldown is too long. Over long term it contributes very little to overall dps.

ps. SMN isn't wanted for burst, if ppl absolutely need short term burst, they go with BLM.