DPS Spot Justification

[Hiruke]

First off burst. As a smn, if you have to kill something fast, it just isn't possible, unless you already have some other enemy DoT'ed up and have 2 stacks of aetherflow to bane+fester, then you are a bit above drg on burts, until 3GCDs forward, when he has used both surges and vareity of off GCDs. But then, now you are at 1 or 0 aetherlow, now what? Well, you don't burst until you have aetherflows back.

It's true you can't burst without stacks of Aetherflow, but please don't discount Energy Drain. Sometimes stuff needs to die quickly, and you don't have time to DoT it up and Fester. In this scenario, you can alternate Ruin2 and Energy Drain. This is for stuff that needs to die super quick but doesn't have the HP/time to justify full DoTs.

Personally, I use BLM or SMN depending on the fight and preference at the time. I prefer SMN whenever possible, but sometimes BLM makes more sense (or, you know, I feel lazy...).