Is anyone else concerned about 6.0 Summoner?

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Rydia having access to Bio is one of the weakest arguments for poison mage SMN that I’ve seen thus far. Anyone who has played FFIV knows that given the opportunity to choose between that and an actual summoning spell, its always better to use a summon. This “unique” summoner some are talking about was garbage in both its aesthetic and its gameplay.

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What's funny is Rydia can do more dps with black magic than her summons

[Rosenstrauch]

What's funny is Rydia can do more dps with black magic than her summons

Seriously. Bio has a cast time of 0 and a potency of 128 in the 2D versions of Final Fantasy IV. It comes out practically the moment you start casting it, and hits harder than -a spells and most Summons available at the same level, with only Titan coming out ahead. And much later in the game, once you have access to Flare (0 casting time, 400 potency), it's considerably faster to throw out than the strongest available summon, Bahamut (3 casting time, 480 potency). To say nothing of the horribly overpriced and overrated Meteor (10 casting time, 800 potency).

It's only in the 3D versions of FFIV that Bio loses its luster, with its potency being slashed down to 40. But that game nerfed practically all of Rydia's kit, with most if not all of the mid-to-late summons having a cast time of 6-10.