Quote Originally Posted by SokoSplat View Post
The whole point of this isn't to say 'SCH is same as SMN'. It's to show that SMN DPS pre IL90 with +1 is sub par in comparison to the same classes second job doing the same 'role'. If you go further down, ACN can out DPS SMN, still maintains the garuda pet (which is pet everyone uses anyways) in the form of emerald carbuncle (-10 pot each skill) and gets 3 damage boost cross classes buffs (B4B, RS, IR) along with extra utility..
Remove CS 10% from the equation:
Aero is 200 potency, fester is 300 (if all dots are on target). Energy drain (aetherflow) is 150 potency + mana drain. Combining Aero + ED you get a higher potency than fester and you get mana back. All are capped at 1 min (aetherflow grants 3 stacks per minute, 1 stack required to cast).
Aero is 150 potency over 18 seconds, Fester is 300 potency every 20 seconds. Every minute, an ACN can dish out 950 potency via ED and Aero, an SMN can dish out 900. That 10 potency difference between pets is 200 potency every minute. Not to mention that unless you get the Allagan book, the primal book is a downgrade compared to +1 as well.

I am honestly curious if ACN could out-dps SMN with all the right cross-class skills, but your math is very flawed all around.