SMN target swap - how many GCDs to break even?

[Whiston]

Combined Dot potency of BMB2 is 110


That's easy enough. But if you factor in the potency of casting your Dots instead of Baning and then using Ruin, of which you could have saved that Aetherflow stack for an additional Fester on the boss.

I guess it's a case of comparing the Dot windup VS Bane and then factoring the 300 Potency of Fester.

Dots = 3 GCD (B2, M, B (Instant) and the mob can't die prior to 15s (475 Potency(Dots) + 240 (Ruin X 3) + Fester) (1015 Potency)

VS Bane (550 Dots @ 5 ticks for 15s) (480 Ruin @ 6 casts) (1030 Potency)

I love to be the devil's advocate here, but in the event you have multiple targets todeal with also, using your aetherflow for bane instead of fester can also be a great contribution.
For instance, say Leviathan Orbs. It would be more efficient to dot either Levi or the orb, then bane onto the other as opposed to using fester on leviathan (or heaven forbid, on the orb), then continue to another orb (again, to bane the tail from the orb as opposed to festering the orb or the head again).


I've typed too much and I see a second edit actually showing the 15 increased potency of bane over fester given the full duration.

Additionally on the subject, regardless of add uptime, if there are 4 or more targets, it is most efficient to drop Bio2 from the adds entirely.

For an example, hourglasses in WoD, or nails in Ifrit. the most efficient use of your dots will actualyl be Misam, Bio, next target Miasma Bio, etc, returning to the original target to reapply Bio then Miasma.
I think Bio 2 is only efficient given the add lasts for longer periods, and there are no more adds to continue dealing with. There are very few of these situations in game that I can think of that this occurs where the add has a sufficient uptime window to allow your dots to run their duration without some sort of consequences, in which case Bio 2 would be applied mostly due to increased potency for whatever duration the add exists, and further to increase potency of Fester.

Edit, I noticed judge xero edited another time and I absolutely agree.