summoner dps how to do it

[Buffy]

Hey all, I love the discourse going on here and it has really been helpful for me lately as I've only been playing this class for a couple of months. Couple of questions, as I might have missed the posts on it.

Recently I have decided not to get the relic, so I will be going for BiS using the Dreadwyrm book. I've seen a couple of lists using this, but I would like to add the crafted boots in my gearset, and possibly even another crafted piece if it would be a dps increase.

Can any of you folks help me with a list which would take this into account, and as well provide the reasoning for the materia melded? I have looked at Havenchilds gear, and I notice alot of spellspeed melded, so it confused me a bit. Thanks!

[Havenchild]

Can any of you folks help me with a list which would take this into account, and as well provide the reasoning for the materia melded? I have looked at Havenchilds gear, and I notice alot of spellspeed melded, so it confused me a bit. Thanks!

The reason I melded 15 spellspeed on a ring is to reach 371 SS in my build which there isn't really anything else you can meld on it worth mentioning. You don't need the ACC as you have plenty elsewhere, and you can only otherwise meld DET, SS or Piety on a ring. A lot of people have questioned me as to why I've did this and there's two reasons.

The first is my opener. With Ifrit-egi I do:

Raging Strikes -> Int Pot -> Bio II -> Miasma -> Bio -> Rouse -> Fester -> Ruin II -> -> Potent Poison Pot -> Swiftcast -> ShadowFlare -> Spur -> Ruin II -> Enkindle -> Ruin II -> Fester -> Ruin II -> Ruin II -> Bio

That second Bio right there has a high chance of falling off if you're not at 371+ SS. It's also fairly tight but to get the Ruin II after Fester within Raging Strikes in that opener you'll need the spell speed.

The second reason altogether is Shadowflare casting time. It's abysmally slow below 370SS, and personally I felt I was missing out on damage because of long Shadowflare casts.