Connecting the DoTs: A Summoner Guide

[Bklyn718]

How is the burst damage on SMN this patch? Are they really better than BLM?

[Minorinz]

How is the burst damage on SMN this patch? Are they really better than BLM?

the burst is insane although it's not whenever you feel like it, it has to be timed with cds, lots of cds...
seems like good summoners can pull awesome dps with much effort, job is being rewarded for one's skill for once.
i'm settling with 1k dps on single target with crappy gear for 2-3 mins, it's basically when raging is available that the damage peaks like crazy. Feels great to compete with melee on some boss fights!!

[Bklyn718]

the burst is insane although it's not whenever you feel like it, it has to be timed with cds, lots of cds...
seems like good summoners can pull awesome dps with much effort, job is being rewarded for one's skill for once.
i'm settling with 1k dps on single target with crappy gear for 2-3 mins, it's basically when raging is available that the damage peaks like crazy. Feels great to compete with melee on some boss fights!!

Wow summoner used to be my main but I switched to BLM since SMN wasn't that great before patch. Now 3.0 is here SMN seems to be better than BLM. I already have my BLM to lvl 57 but i'm thinking about switching back to summoner now.

[Vallhallix]

Wow summoner used to be my main but I switched to BLM since SMN wasn't that great before patch. Now 3.0 is here SMN seems to be better than BLM. I already have my BLM to lvl 57 but i'm thinking about switching back to summoner now.

A lvl 60 BLM does insane damage. Leylines + AST speed buff + Raging strikes is quite possibly the most legit combination in the game right now. BLMs problem is not damage as on paper they should still outperform a SMN with raw damage. BLMs problem is moving, that will be the thing BLMs will have to accommodate with. For those who can't handle the new rotation while moving switching to SMN would probably be your best bet.

About Flare, I wasn't really upset about the nerf it's about balance. Deathflare has more potency because it can't be spammed.

[Meleoffs]

A lvl 60 BLM does insane damage. Leylines + AST speed buff + Raging strikes is quite possibly the most legit combination in the game right now. BLMs problem is not damage as on paper they should still outperform a SMN with raw damage. BLMs problem is moving, that will be the thing BLMs will have to accommodate with. For those who can't handle the new rotation while moving switching to SMN would probably be your best bet.

About Flare, I wasn't really upset about the nerf it's about balance. Deathflare has more potency because it can't be spammed.

There is a ridiculous amount of moving in Ravana EX and Bismark EX. A ridiculous amount.

[Shamirah]

There is a ridiculous amount of moving in Ravana EX and Bismark EX. A ridiculous amount.

And still you see BLM clearing them in the first 2 days. Your point ?

[Meleoffs]

And still you see BLM clearing them in the first 2 days. Your point ?

Clearing them and doing as much dps as smn in them are different things. SMN could clear t13 just fine, but people said they were shit.