SCH DPS spell selection

[YuriRamona]

During trash pulls, I find that the tank will drop rather quickly until I pull up Shadow Flare. That slow effect can make a surprising amount of difference, not to mention the DoT effect tacked on.

Considering that Shadow Flare has twice the duration of Sacred Soil, it has very good utility due to the slow debuff effect, and decent damage mitigation due to slow.

A 5% extension on cast bars means more time for melee/tanks to dodge telegraphed abilities, which can be very useful.

Yuri has tested it and the game seems to wait until the next global tic to apply the DoT or start the countdown, one of the two, so you always get your full amount of damage.

Also, thanks for all the DPS information Yuri, it will be very helpful for a few FC members as I don't play SCH.

I haven't actually done definitive testing, it's just my observation that debuffs/buffs wait a second to become applied and then begin ticking for its full duration.

It wouldn't be that hard to test, I suppose. Cast Bio a dozen times or so, and see if it ticks the HP down exactly 6 times every time.

[JonFarron]

Also a fun fact, SCH DoTs do 10% more damage than an equally geared SMN because of the +10% attack boost by Cleric Stance.

[Thaliss]

Thanks for the summary

[Klive]

Also a fun fact, SCH DoTs do 10% more damage than an equally geared SMN because of the +10% attack boost by Cleric Stance.

If the SMN only uses the same skills as the sch and doesn't uses his pet. Fester and the DPS pet, with an extra damage buff, adds a nice amount of damage. Plus SMN has Raging strikes, mixed with gardua pet, this increases your DoT damage by a ton.

So, not fun fact. Fun half truth.

[YuriRamona]

If the SMN only uses the same skills as the sch and doesn't uses his pet. Fester and the DPS pet, with an extra damage buff, adds a nice amount of damage. Plus SMN has Raging strikes, mixed with gardua pet, this increases your DoT damage by a ton.

So, not fun fact. Fun half truth.

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[Zer0mr]

If the SMN only uses the same skills as the sch and doesn't uses his pet. Fester and the DPS pet, with an extra damage buff, adds a nice amount of damage. Plus SMN has Raging strikes, mixed with gardua pet, this increases your DoT damage by a ton.

So, not fun fact. Fun half truth.

People must be out of their freaking minds if they think that SCH does the damage that a SMN does. Why would people ask for smn if you could run 4 SCH per party? IT'S BECAUSE YOU CAN'T. The damage is decent, but it's not SMN damage.

[NeonC]

He just said you get a 10% damage boost, relax lol.

[Roy_M]

I try always to start with Shadowflare specially on trash mobs, Bio2-Miasma-Bio1-Bane-Aero or/and Thunder for single target instead of Base I use Energy Drain/Virus or Rouse/Aetherflow as I see fit. Keep in mind while I do that through macros I spam embrace with my fairy + Cleric Stance reduces healing of the sch not the Fairy and Lustrate recovers 20% of the target s HP regardless of the stance. Altho you are a healer so keeping everyone alive it s still a top priority cheers