The Summoner & WP

[Lyriq]

I had a SMN in my party today.
Their DoT's aren't enough to keep charge of the Tonberry King Add's.
MNK had to help out because SMN dmg wasn't enough.
But I dunno about two...might be kinda tough lol.

Edit: He had Garuda if that means anything.

I mean, I've been the SMN on add duty in this fight before. It's not hard. by time you get 3/4 DoT's on them, they're pretty much dead. And while you're casting DoT's on one, sick Garuda on the next one. I'm always attacking one & sick my pet on another. They die around the same time. It's actually pretty damn fun.

[FrostBite]

For Slime: First set of adds, have shadow flare up already, case bane/miasma II, then use spur>rouse>enkindle with garuda and they are dead in seconds. For 2nd set use limit break after people stack, 1 shot them all.

For King: I just dps boss, leaving shadow flare up, pop a bio on occasional tonberries to pull them in and add a miasma II as necessary.

[KikInperi]

I had a SMN in my party today.
Their DoT's aren't enough to keep charge of the Tonberry King Add's.
MNK had to help out because SMN dmg wasn't enough.
But I dunno about two...might be kinda tough lol.

Then the SMN in your party was shit. I routinely solo the adds on smn while still keeping DoT on boss.

Edit: He had Garuda if that means anything.

It doesn't and I don't know why it would

[Engineer]

I had a SMN in my party today.
Their DoT's aren't enough to keep charge of the Tonberry King Add's.
MNK had to help out because SMN dmg wasn't enough.
But I dunno about two...might be kinda tough lol.

Edit: He had Garuda if that means anything.

Honestly its easier with SMN.

In the hallways when you have to run away from the huge tonberry you can sacrifice your pet by placing it infront of them so the pt can be safe.

In the last boss just use Energy drain, Ruin 2, and pet damage to take care of small tonberry.

If the tonberry are getting close to the tank use your pet to attack and tank the tonberry so it wont hit the tank, then kill them.. This buys you more time.

If the Knife stacks are high, and the tonberry is getting close to the tank, just have your pet tank the tonberry while setting it on steady after so it wont attack them while waiting for the stacks to disapear.

With summoner you have more options

[Luvbunny]

2 summoners and what? a tank and healer? A well geared summoners who knows their jobs are quite versatile in terms of roles. By the number players of any class/jobs will have a hard time clearing the content of any dungeons. I have used SMN with Titan to tank WP, with 2 other dps and a healer. It can be done quite easily, but need a couple adjustment in terms of how you approach enemy and how to handle boss. Titan still has to be treated as tank, spur and rouse need to be used as well as sustain (adloquium, regen, stoneskin, cure, etc also has to be casted regularly on Titan). If you are going to do something not typical, best to do it with your FC members and try to have fun doing something different.

Tonberry King add can easily be killed with Bio + Miasma, they will be dead before they can reach you due to the added heavy effect. Toss one ruin at it. If your SMN is having problem with add, it's because they are not well geared (fresh off the level 50s may take longer to get things done).

[Lyriq]

As a newly 50 SMN with Ifrit weapon & 3 DL pieces (legs, feet & hands) I've found the slimes to be challenging. They're hard to clear quickly without a massive AoE move. Just trying to see if I'm playing it wrong & if any other summoner's can shed light on their experiences here. Or anyone who's partied with two summoner's in that dungeon and what they're tactics were.

[Exphryl]

As a newly 50 SMN with Ifrit weapon & 3 DL pieces (legs, feet & hands) I've found the slimes to be challenging. They're hard to clear quickly without a massive AoE move. Just trying to see if I'm playing it wrong & if any other summoner's can shed light on their experiences here. Or anyone who's partied with two summoner's in that dungeon and what they're tactics were.

If you have a WHM as your healer, they should be using Holy. Clear them in 2-3 casts. Doesn't really answer your question, but helps in that situation if you have that as your healer...

[Griffster]

We cleared with 4 SMN just for hoots one night.

[Vyserion]

It doesn't sound particularly difficult. Cast your full set of dots on three targets, keep dots up on the final boss. Profit.

Regarding the slime boss, if you keep dots up on the main boss like you're supposed to, it's just a matter of Bane-ing them onto the adds. If that isn't fast enough (I don't see why it wouldn't be) you both can keep perma Shadowflares up in the middle of the room which keeps them slowed and does not-insignificant-damage.

[Elurra]

2 summoners are great in WP. First time I was in a group had that setup, one had Garuda weapon and the other one had Ifrit weapon. Used limit break on 2nd set of adds on slime and it was dead just as 3rd set spawned. Had no problem with adds on King and burned him down really fast. The funny thing is when we zoned in via DF, we had 2 summoners. One of them instantly said, "this isn't going to work" and left. The replacement was another summoner, and we just went with it and had an awesome run.

Also, I see people shouting for 4 summoner farming runs on the server.