How To Fix Summoners

[Kevee]

This is exactly why I stopped PvPing.

Tired of it being solely about gear/gear grind.

I miss the first year of WAR..



ITT: Whining about timed burst(on a 5 minute CD)+overgearing.

If you let a SMN 3 DoT you+Rouse+Spur+Enkindle for a 100-0 finish(against undergeared people), something is wrong. That's ~9s of free reign on you, and ~5s of casting.

DRG/WAR can put out just as burst, it's just that..They're melee. SMN just has an easier time doing it.

Balance around the class, not the gear. Your numbers have no bearing when Gear trumps all.


Also, people saying "but the developer said so!"

Yes, the developer also said MRD/WAR was fine and didn't need any buffs. "We were just doing it wrong."
Or the infamous "Just zoom out your camera!"

Developers are not infallible.


Edit again:
I'm not saying SMNs are weak, either. We're top tier.
However, it takes time and can be countered.
In addition to this, we can't reliably see the true power of any melee class due to netcode limitations and the jumping issue.
A knee-jerk reaction to nerf Summoner, when it's really a huge gear difference, is not valid. At all.