Quote Originally Posted by Havenchild View Post
However doing that hides buffs on the mob also.

Another way around this is by being proactive from the start of a fight. (Also let's you visually see your DoTs)

Using Bio2 -> Bio immediately and then swiftcast a Miasma onto the target. This near guarantees you'll get all your main DoTs up at the start of the fight. After that you just make sure you never let them fall off a mob so refresh early as needed.
That seems to be inefficient, usually it's Bio2-Miasma-Bio, as you probably know. That would be about 5.1 seconds to get those dots up, assuming 2.5 cast time. In your version, it would take Bio2 (2.5)-Bio+Swiftcast (2.5)-Miasma (instant) (~.1) so I don't see the advantages. You would get bio on faster, and that is the largest amount of dot damage (so at least it's guaranteed), but you'd lose Swiftcast for no other real benefit. Plus in those (I can't see my dots, I have to remember what the timing is) the last thing you'd want to do is put them out of order from what you're used to. Most SMN are very comfortable with the Bio2-Miasma-Bio->Bio-Miasma-Bio2 'rotation' we have.