Arcanist vs SMN (dps wise)

[LostCody]

first off for aero and a energy drain too equal 1 fester it takes 12 seconds of the 18. so 3 aero=54 seconds and if you factor in the time inbetween aero casts from the gc its about the same time you get another stack of aether flow.
so that's an extra what 150 potency over the course of a min with aero.
but if a smn did not have aero he would replace an aero cast with a ruin cast.
so 3 aeros have put you in the down time of 7.5 seconds in waiting to cast something else.
in that time if you started off fresh you could cast 2 ruins in that time 3 if there ruin 2s.
so 2 ruins 160 potency or 3 ruin 2s 240 potency.

the whole aero+energy vs fester is worse off,not just on potency alone but in burst.smn already has shacky burst damage and removing fester and spur/enkindle only makes it worse.
now this is all off the top of my head and could be wrong,but the way I see it aero is not worth it and definitely not worth the spur/enkindle/fester trade off.
not too mention the potency difference on the pets alone and the int buff for just being a smn also the 20%damage of raging strikes.