SMN vs adds

[EvilJoshy]

Hi all. I'm in need of advice of what to do against little adds while playing smn. I'm not talking about an add that lives for more than 20 seconds. I need help with all those little peons that die before I get to cast all 3 of my dots and bane.

We are dmg of "time" and if you need something dead quickly were not the best suited job for that :P When I'm fighting those weak adds what would be best? If they spawn near the boss, like garuda's feather plumes, i use a quick bane. Besides that all I can think of is spam ruin, swift cast+shadow flare, miasma 2, my pets aoe. I didn't put enkindle in that list because I don't want to waste it on weaklings.

Overall when little adds show up what works?

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[jars]

bio I can be worthwhile since it's the highest potency, so if it ticks more than twice it's more dps than casting ruin.

but really if your dots are up on the boss casting ruin on small stuff like that is the exact same dps as casting ruin on the boss, so fire away.

[givemeraptors]

If I know the fight spawns weak adds that need to die fast I make sure to top off my Aetherflow stacks right beforehand and alternately spam Ruin II and Energy Drain. You can do quite a bit of burst damage, especially with 6 E-Drains under your belt.

Baning from the boss is also good.

[SeraviEdalborez]

It's simple math you need to map out:

Bio does 40/tic, so it exceeds Ruin at 2 ticks (~6 sec), instant cast
Miasma: 35/tic, 20 upfront. Exceeds at 2 ticks
Bio2: 35/tic. Exceeds at 3 ticks.

So if you are able to cast 3 Ruins and something hasn't died, you should have started with Bio+Miasma. And so on.

[Kimura410]

im new but i do as said above. throw bios on a few of them, ruin II, energy drain sometimes, and miasma II just bc its instant cast and its an aoe dot with a huge range