How To Fix Summoners

[xxalucard]

Oh wow, I had no idea you had to cast two whole abilities to set up your burst. That changes everything.

/sarcasm

I've fought a disturbing number of SMN who start the fight by Swift-casting Miasma. How exactly am I supposed to stop them from hardcasting ONE spell when they still have Surecast and Equanimity?

I hope you realize defending that burst strength and setup requirement is equivalent to saying: If you ever let a geared BLM cast two Fires on you (one if he's lazy and swift-casts the first), and then 'let him' Scathe a couple times, you deserve to be globalled.

Really? A black mage with swiftcast + sleep & a sleep pvp skill is criticizing summoners for "only" having to cast 3 spells & 3 pet abilities & fester + energy drain? That's at least 8+ things, uninterrupted, with only one chance in a 20-second window (since rouse and spur only last that long and have a 60-90 second recast time) to take someone 100-0. And that's assuming they don't get a single heal the entire time.


"If you let a geared BLM cast two fires on you." I had to stop taking you seriously right there. BLM's don't cast fire in pvp. They cast sleep, and an occasional flare if it will finish someone off.

Your opinion is of less value when you have no idea what you're talking about.


PRO TIP when fighting Summoners: if you cast purify it kills our dots and our fester will do 0 to you. You have the power to nullify our burst by using it at the right time. A black mage, however, can just re-sleep you for another 15 seconds. If he re-sleeps the healer, that's usually game over without any burst needed.