SMN rotation

[Lethorian]

So maybe looking like Raging > Bio II > Rouse > Miasma > Spur > Bio > Miasma II > Bane > Contagion > Fester > SC(if avail) ShadowFlare > RuinII > Enkindle > Ruin ...repeat?

SMN isn't so cookie cutter, we have an optimal opening rotation for single target bosses and that's about it, the rest is basically reapllying DoTs when needed, only using miasma II when a contagion is up, and only using raging when a contagion is ready, but if you can try to keep everything on CD. It is better to save a contagion for raging than to save raging for contagion so be weary of that before you go popping off skills just because. You'll want to apply your first three DoTs for your opener in this order- Bio II > Miasma > Bio. Essentially what you're doing is applying your longest lasting DoT first, then when you contagion them the way they fall off lines up without more than one of them needing to be reapplied at the same time. Fester right after bio shows up on the debuff bar, not as soon as you apply it, it is possible to use fester too quickly after casting bio and bio won't be recognized, greatly reducing your DPS. The idea behind using your Ruin IIs is that during the GCD you are popping out rouse, spur, and enkindle, in that order, to maximize your GCD and off GCD weaving. So after your first fester you can use Miasma II and contagion while the GCD is doing it's thing since miasma II is instant cast. Swiftcast and throw down shadow flare, during the GCD pop rouse, after that is applied ruin II (which is instant cast) and spur during the GCD, throw one more ruin II and enkindle for large egi damage. After that is done you should have time for one regular ruin before fester is back up. Once you use the fester you will only have 1 or 2 seconds left on raging strikes which isn't enough time to hard cast a ruin so just use ruin II to beat the timer, and that is your opener (without pots). If you're usiong pots the ones to use are int-x and potent poisons. Basically you'll use the int-x right after you pop raging, and the poison right after you miasma II but before contagion, since contagion affects the poison pots as well.

General rules for SMN include: You can swift cast every other shadow flare, dont SC anything else; only use miasma II when you have a contagion up because miasma II is not worth it without cointagion; make sure you have a contagion ready for every raging strikes, make sure you reapply all DoTs during the raging strikes and apply miasma II during raging strikes BEFORE you contagion. Also while you're at it make sure you have at least 2 aether stacks so you can fester twice during raging, it is silly for a SMN to pop raging and have no aether stacks and 45 second left on aetherflow, just silly; reapply your bio, bio II and miasmas at around 3 seconds left on the DoT. And that's about it long form. Hope this helps.