Quote Originally Posted by Skeith-Adeline View Post
BLM masterrace.

Better AoE and Single Target damage.
The base numbers for each SMN DoT is 135 potency every 3 seconds. Garuda adds 100. We're at 235. Ruin 1 and you're at 315. If you can do it, Ruin II + auto attacks gets the number closer to 340 potency on single target per GCD without Fester and Rouse. BLM does not even come close, especially due to RNG of procs and suffering a bigger DPS loss from movement.

On any fight involving <5 targets, Bane + Miasma II increase the SMN AoE potency to 155 (more than F2). BLM beats SMN at 5+ mobs but this only matters in dungeon SRs and not endgame. T12 and T13 (only fights that matter with 5+ adds being AoEd together at once) are short and SMNs Enkindle+Aerial Slash for all of those add phases give it the damage equivalent of 1.5 flares ontop of the other dots so it's not far behind in damage. Needing to hold DPS and focus single target on Big Bennus hurts BLM more than SMN as well IMO.