PLEASE stop telling summoners to use Ifrit!!!

[azethoth]

you're right, I tested it earlier and saw "70+ damage" so I thought that's probably his autoattack changing damage slightly or not at all, I guess that was his burning strike.

cause I tested it now again for the second time, it did lower his damage significantly, err.. I ought to watch these things a little closer.

EDIT: I know now what went wrong, ifrit snapshots your stats when you summon him. so when i tested it earlier, I saw no damage difference when I removed my gear because it was still carrying the snapshotted stats when I had the gear on.

Indeed snapshot at summon. Perhaps you may be able to help test this better. From what I can tell they don't so much as snap shot your stats, as they snap shot your gear.
What I mean is: I had a thought to pop a HQ mega pot of int before summon to see if they would benefit from that, but it seems that even though it adds the int to your stats, that temp int doesn't transfer to the pet.
Now I am not saying it should but if I am seeing it wrong, it could be an interesting way for a small dps increase.
EDIT:
@xxalucard
just an immediate yes? Kinda short response.
Has anyone timed how long wind blade takes to travel to the mob? Given that she should always be at range and is normally at max range, travel time of the attack should be factored in when comparing it to Ifrit's auto attack +burning strike.