Summoner DPS Rotation

[pandabearcat]

Hi Lycia, yes Shadowflare is quite good for a DoT (its 25 potency, but people say it hits much higher than it should).

Yes, it is a large mp investment, but compare it to Bio II as it lasts the same duration, and it suddenly doesn't seem so bad. In fact, Thunder is a larger mana drain over the same duration, and it might be wise to drop thunder from your multidot rotation if you are running low.

Yes you are draining MP, but you should be able to be okay unless there are tons of target swapping requiring lots of redotting. I've only run out on one fight so far, and that is a matter of stopping use of Ruin II and Miasma before stopping your hard hitting DoTs. I mention this in my guide about rotations, and what you should drop to conserve mana.

3 seconds does seem long, but its only 0.5 seconds more than your normal GCD. So, not so bad when you think of it this way.

@Infighter I agree that Miasma II is generally not worth the bother, but as Kevee stated there actually isn't a reason why we cannot be in melee. For the majority of fights, being in melee is no detriment to us, and we can supplement dps with autoattacking too (you can right click to autoattack while using instacast abilities). Miasma II is a 0.17% dps increase, autoattacking is actually more of a dps increase probably, but again, its generally not enough of a margin to make a difference.

Suffice to say though that the rotation is for maximum dps. For convenience and "reward vs effort" you are welcome to make your own assessment, and if you do drop anything I would drop miasma II from your rotation first.