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    on the link, the "super summoner opener"

    he's telling you to swiftcast ifrit after contagion to get a higher damage enkindle and recast garuda again after swift cast is off cooldown, you are spending 1000 mana for an extra 300 damage, actually, it won't even be a damage increase, because during that 1 minute of waiting for swift cast, garuda would have already outdpsed ifrit by garuda's autoattacks by more than 300 damage. you're really just wasting 1000 mana and swiftcast cooldowns.

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    Raging Strike, apply DoTs then Contagion.
    Once Contagion lands, Swiftcast Ifrit out.
    Command him to OBEY and grant him Rouse and Spur.
    Once he has both buffs, Enkindle the boss.
    Once both Rouse and Spur fall off of Ifrit, wait for Swiftcast and summon Garuda once again!
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    Quote Originally Posted by glim View Post
    on the link, the "super summoner opener"

    he's telling you to swiftcast ifrit after contagion to get a higher damage enkindle and recast garuda again after swift cast is off cooldown, you are spending 1000 mana for an extra 300 damage, actually, it won't even be a damage increase, because during that 1 minute of waiting for swift cast, garuda would have already outdpsed ifrit by garuda's autoattacks by more than 300 damage. you're really just wasting 1000 mana and swiftcast cooldowns.
    I agree with you completely.

    For an extra 300-ish damage at such a high cost, the opener can be sometimes taxing and not worth it. I tend to do it in dungeons for the fun of it mainly, I could not see this being as effective in Coil. You may need the swiftcast for a rez or something later on!

    But either way, being all fancy and flashy on a dungeon boss can be fun.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Deepsixeden View Post
    I agree with you completely.

    For an extra 300-ish damage at such a high cost, the opener can be sometimes taxing and not worth it. I tend to do it in dungeons for the fun of it mainly, I could not see this being as effective in Coil. You may need the swiftcast for a rez or something later on!

    But either way, being all fancy and flashy on a dungeon boss can be fun.
    oh, you're the author! saw your name riko tachibana (loljapav)

    but glad you're taking criticisms well, I guess for 'fanciness' sake, pet switching might look cool, but even if it's not mana wise, I think it's still diminishing your dps because garuda does higher single target damage than ifrit and ifrit will be up for 1 minute during the time you're waiting for swiftcast cd.

    edit: not to mention, you'll be spending 2 gcds, which equates to two ruins.
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