Quote Originally Posted by Neela View Post
If we are taking puppets and Faust aside... you have to have a really good knowledge about the fight/content mechanics to bring your big numbers on top of the smns dps - movement is your thoughest enemy here, smns just smile... but yeah in a perfect world they should stay on top but I rarely run into random blms who really know how to optimize their options without giving the healer more aoe-dmg to compensate as they should....
It takes a pretty excellent smn to pass a good blm in dps. Even in movement heavy fights, blms have all the tools necessary to keep dps up if they utilize them right. I very rarely suffer at the hands of movement thanks to Manaward, Manawall, Swiftcast, Aetherial Manipulation, Surecast, and procs. Though the last 2 do require some knowledge of the fight. The best blms can improvise on the fly and decide what to use to keep dps up. Smns will lose dps if there is too much movement as well as they still have DoTs to cast, DWT, and shadow flare. They just don't drop off quite to the extent that blms do, and it requires more movement to effect them as well.