SMN 4.1 patch notes

[Ariomi]

Summoner can potentially do higher damage than a Black Mage or Monk. The problem is that you have to play it almost perfectly to achieve that which is something the developers should work on.

Besides, majority of Summoner's damage comes from various abilities, not just from Ruin III.

Hate to break it to you, This whole "Smn has higher damage potential Shtick" is completely untrue. Nothing more then a rumor spread by high tier Smn players that want to pretend that SE didn't ruin the class. Smn does not have the same dps potential as Black Mage or Monk unless the fight scrutinizes Monk or Blm.

Alte Roite for example. The top Monks and Black Mages are currently at 6.2-6.3k dps. Summoners are at 5.9k 300 to 400 dps lower. (And the current highest Smn parse has a balance uptime of 98% while the top Blm parse I am looking at does not. https://www.fflogs.com/reports/MjYr3...=71&type=auras



Black Mage beats Summoner on every fight except Exdeath (probably due to all the movement), but then beats Summoner on Neo.

With the Nerfs to Ruin 3's damage, we will see how much that will impact Summoner's dps.