SMN WP adds

[Jaeaey_Rezziod]

ok maybe sumone can give me some advice on how to get adds on Tonberry king as a SMN

[IceSpear]

Bio, Ruin II and make sure to have Garuda out Obey Garuda to attack then Bio and Ruin II it then just kite them round the circle.

[Viridiana]

Bio, Ruin II and make sure to have Garuda out Obey Garuda to attack then Bio and Ruin II it then just kite them round the circle.

Kiting just increases incoming damage to you, honestly. They hit like wet noodles if you stay still.

Based on what I remember doing as BRD, you can probably kill them with either Ruin + Bio, or Bio + Miasma. It usually took me a Windbiter and an auto-attack to kill one back when I was starting WP, which is about 400 potency or so (assuming they lived the whole dot).

Do note, though, that I don't have a 50 SMN, so I can only offer advice based on what I've seen. What I've seen says that running around in circles hurts more than standing still.

[RoverTX]

There isn't any need to kite them.

As said before keep Gaurda on Obey.
Keep Shadow Flare up.
First cast Tri-Disaster when they get close enough.
Then Cast Bane, and command Guarda to use her AoE move.
They should all be dead before the tank takes any real damage from them.

With all this within in 3 seconds they should each take

Bio I - 40
Bio II - 35
Miasma - 35
ShadowFlare - 25
Tri-Disaster - 30
Gaurda AoE - 90

For a grand total of 255 Potency. The remaining dot ticks should finish them off before they get to you, considering they should now have also been bound by Tri-Disaster. You should save Enkindle for the last group just in case.

[Deolus]

There isn't any need to kite them.

As said before keep Gaurda on Obey.
Keep Shadow Flare up.
First cast Tri-Disaster when they get close enough.
Then Cast Bane, and command Guarda to use her AoE move.
They should all be dead before the tank takes any real damage from them.

With all this within in 3 seconds they should each take

Bio I - 40
Bio II - 35
Miasma - 35
ShadowFlare - 25
Tri-Disaster - 30
Gaurda AoE - 90

For a grand total of 255 Potency. The remaining dot ticks should finish them off before they get to you, considering they should now have also been bound by Tri-Disaster. You should save Enkindle for the last group just in case.

Does your tank die a lot? How do you watch for stacks of Grudge if you are AoEing them all?

[Viridiana]

Does your tank die a lot? How do you watch for stacks of Grudge if you are AoEing them all?

"If you see 5 stacks, Hallowed Ground."

Pretty much all you need to tell the tank, because it should only hit 5 stacks once, anyway.

[RandolphDupree]

If you don't want to wait for them to all bunch up at the tank you can run around casting miasma and bio on each one. Miasma slows them so they never make it to you and after a couple ticks they die. Have Garuda help too. In between waves you can apply all your DoTs on boss and contagion whenever it's up.

[Darksword]

The way I do it when I'm DDing for our static:

Garuda out and set on Guard.
Pick a Tonberry. Cast Bio from a distance.
Garuda will sic herself on the offending Ton.
Pick the next Tonberry. Move away from it while spamming Ruin II (with my gear and Relic three kills them)
By that time Garuda will have finished off the first one.
Bio on the next one, let Garuda have it. Casts Sustain on her.
Ruin II the next one.

When they're getting to be too many and bunching up around the tank, Sprint > Run in > Miasma II > Run away. Ton King should be very nearly dead, so you won't have to kite them long.

[Borfin]

Tab-Bio to get them all to come to you, Miasma 2 all of them and change position. You don't even really need to kite if they're running through your Shadow Flare to get to you, just shift your position once and watch them die as they walk toward you. They don't have a lot of HP.

First pack should die straightaway, second pack you can Enkindle when they all get close, third pack LB, even with low DPS you shouldn't get a fourth.

Roll E4E after the third pack and Virus immediately as you LB. Collect loot.

Every time I try to kite the adds and manage stacks for an undergeared tank it always ends poorly; better just to have him/her roll CDs and be done with it.

[RoverTX]

Does your tank die a lot? How do you watch for stacks of Grudge if you are AoEing them all?

Just did this today with a Warrior tank whos average item level is about 70. The last group never gets to him thanks to Enkindle, so they don't even have to pop cooldowns.