Arcanist vs SMN (dps wise)

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I WANT TO REPLY SO BAD BUT I CAN'T

edit: oh wait, I can now.. brb going to that "smn info tips" I left my reply on edits for you lost cody.

I got the freaking "New forum post cannot be made due to either you have reached to your daily limit or your main character's level is not high enough." again.

the reply is still on the edit pile, I'll post it here.

LOSTCODY's SNIP: ps: this is an awkward way to reply to you via edits, but I'll answer your questions on post #21.

if you're spending all 900 potency of your atheorflows via fester, then it no longer is a "burst" since you're bottlenecked on cooldowns. there is no argument, ACN has better burst than SMN that is the end of discussion for the "burst matter". 3 buffs plus a 150 potency attack that has a 3 second cd, if the fight reaches more than 30 seconds then there's no point to call it a "burst", burst scenarios are 15 seconds THE MOST, and most of the time burst scenarios are 5-10 seconds... gaol is an example. turn 1-4 I don't see in any way a "30 second burst" is needed, if it's 30 seconds then it's not a burst since you'll get full duration from all your dots anyway... (even if you consider it a burst, you still have 3 cooldowns)

I'm not getting pissy, I was poking fun at you.

ok here's the math for contagioned bfb ir increase vs 200 pet potency deficiency because of the loss of garuda.

all 5 dots (bio2, miasma, bio,aero,thunder) contagion value is 850 potency, bfb is 20% increase, ir is 10% increase average (20% crit), a total of 30% raw dps increase, 30% of 825 is 255.

that's 255 character potency vs 200 pet potency.