Healers that don't want to DPS are like DPSes who refuse to move out of AoEs.

[LunarEmerald]

I am fully aware. You're cutting the DPS of SMN short by excluding the DoTs, Shadowflare and Blizzard II (and enkindle etc.). Trust me, SMN does 5-6k DPS vs WHM 3k DPS on AoE trash packs.

Look at the potencies yourself. Painflare is 200. If you bane, you can use it twice. Holy is also 200.

When we take dots out of picture for simplicity sake.

Summoner: 200. 50..50..200...400

White Mage: 200..200..200..200..200..200..200

We also can't blow 6 stacks of aetherflow in one pull or we'll have nothing for the next. So using the second set isn't an option.

Summoner definitely does more aoe damage in the long run but in like 15 second encounters, we don't beat a white mage that burns all their MP on holy.