Reasons why SMN is frustrating and difficult.

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What? I never seen any SMN players including myself even do that. I usually stay ifrit or garuda up depending on what the party setup is. More melee DPS=ifrit, more magic DPS=garuda.

All of my info comes from studying guides and videos from the top SMNs that do really good dps and are very good at their jobs. Using Ifrit first then summonIng Garuda is a raid dps gain since you get 19 seconds of 2% phys up on the boss and the tank gets 6+ 50 potency counters, and since it doesn't share a CD with contagion, you can still use it for yourself and any caster dps.