Quote Originally Posted by Klive View Post
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.