Connecting the DoTs: A Summoner Guide

[Sleigh]

i've been having some trouble with adds phase in a3s, i know sleigh among other a3s clearing smns are using miasma whenever possible, but the damage from just miasmas isn't great considering we also have a mnk and mch, not great on demand burst dps for killing multiple small adds.

i deathflare living liquid at the start, miasma each jelly, and then use bio and r2 for filler. iirc im allowed 3 uses of aetherflow and rouse if i want all of my stuff back up on time for cascade to start? i've been using 2 of them on painflare when spawn rng is nice, and another on td + bane within the first 2 waves so that'll be up on time as well. i use b2 on a designated big jelly in the last phase as well. is there anything else im missing that could help contribute to the add phase without ruining my opener for phase change?
would appreciate any feedback. i apologize in advance if this has already been discussed before, i didn't catch it when i was reading the rest of the thread.

My group uses DRG, MNK, MCH, SMN, which is arguably one of the worst standard comps for add phase considering MCH and SMN are straight up downgrades over BRD and BLM in this phase. We spend almost nothing that won't come back by the time Pepsiman shines, so it's mostly about strategy and speed, not so much about comp or max DPS output.

You actually can't use any Aetherflow stacks if you want to come at Pepsiman balls to the wall AFAIK, I think Pepsiman comes back around 4:50-ish and you should be doing Aetherflow around 3m20 (which means 4m20 and 5m20 for when it comes back up), so you'd miss your group's buffs on Pepsiman if you try to milk that extra Aetherflow in add phase. While it sure is nice to do some nice AoE in add phase, it's really not needed.

What I do is literally, Miasma spam, Obeying Garuda to things that need a little extra love, with a little free milk here and there. Anyone can solo a small slime, so what should be happening is melee going after the big ones if they don't have to travel too much (otherwise they should just hit the closest small one), SMN heavying everything, and SCH/MCH working more on the smalls and the ones getting a bit farther out. If you get targeted by magnet you will be unable to Miasma everything, so tell your SCH you can't get to everything if you're picked so he can hopefully pick up the slack. There's really not much more to add phase on a personal level, it's just about everyone smacking things they can ASAP, everything getting heavied, and all the stuns getting done. I'd wager if you guys are consistently getting stuck your team hasn't figured out the flow they should be taking as a whole, rather than something personal.