Connecting the DoTs: A Summoner Guide

[Y4mamoto]

Hello, i m a returning Summoner and in preparing for Heavensward i was looking at your rotation. I saw on the main post few different ones and i have few questions.

Are this doable with macros, in game ones?

Are this doable with 2.5ms wait on Razer Naga Epic mouse macro ? (is this forbidden?)

Or mainly just keys, normal press?

Thanks.

ps: which rotation is best for SMN atm ? im confused with all those in 1st post

Ty

[Havenchild]

Hello, i m a returning Summoner and in preparing for Heavensward i was looking at your rotation. I saw on the main post few different ones and i have few questions.

Are this doable with macros, in game ones?

Are this doable with 2.5ms wait on Razer Naga Epic mouse macro ? (is this forbidden?)

Or mainly just keys, normal press?

Thanks.

ps: which rotation is best for SMN atm ? im confused with all those in 1st post

Ty

Pre-Positioned Shadow Flare -> Raging Strikes -> X-Potion(INT) - > Bio II -> Miasma -> Bio I -> Fester -> Miasma II (If Garuda) / Ruin II (If Ifrit) -> Potent Poison Potion -> Contagion (If Garuda) / Swiftcast -> Shadowflare -> Rouse -> Ruin II -> Spur -> Ruin II -> Fester -> Ruin II -> Enkindle -> Ruin II ->....(continued)

If Ifrit:
.... Bio -> Miasma -> Ruin II -> Fester -> Aetherflow -> Bio II....

If Garuda:
.... Ruin II -> Ruin II -> Fester -> Ruin II -> Aetherflow....

From that point on, it becomes a priority system. You Ruin I when you have nothing to put back up, and replace a Ruin I when you need to refresh a DoT.

At this point, those are the best opens with the least drawbacks if it's possible you will go OOM in an encounter, which you likely will doing a maximum DPS rotation in current end-game fights. Primals not counted there.
However, if mana is not an issue AND you can do a maximum DPS rotation all the time (so basically short encounters), then you can start with Garuda up till Contagion, hard cast the second ShadowFlare in the opener then Swiftcast Ifrit out and use Rouse Spur Enkindle combo with him in between Ruin IIs and the second Fester.

As for macros, you can macro a few things like Bane + Aerial Slash pet skill but to be honest you shouldn't try to macro everything for two reasons.
The first is the opening is extremely tight and you want to make sure you get a second Fester before Raging Strikes falls off. When you macro skills, you are unable to interrupt animations ahead of time as you can if you were to just press the skills thus it adds in an artificial delay.

The second reason is because macros mess up alot as well and don't execute properly if you have to move sometimes. On top of the fact you will lose a massive amount of DPS using macros.
Keys normal press is the way to go, although some skills you can probably put on the naga individually, like Bio II, Miasma, Bio I and Fester for example. Whatever you're comfortable with just try to avoid macros.