Connecting the DoTs: A Summoner Guide

[audi5000]

i set my main class to lv 2 fsh as a joke and that limited my daily post count. alright square lol
anyway,

I'm gonna guess it's like, 10s DWT (2F I guess), 40s DWT (nothing but R3s + Deathflare), 1m30s DWT (nothing but R3s + Deathflare), 2m30s (nothing but R3s + Deathflare)? Correct me if I'm wrong.

i actually delay my 3rd dw trance for hand of pain dps check, and pop the 4th one promptly after for deathflare on first add wave prep. im not entirely sure i can squeeze another af + dw trance cycle in between the beginning of hand phase and the hand of pain check? i dont think i can. its overall the same number of cycles, just allocating burst to where my group needs it. been working okay, but weve yet to hit enrage, so i will see if i need to adjust anything by then.

never end up doing more DPS than me in the first 3 minutes (1400+ depending on crits without a BRD/NIN/AST

im hitting a lowly 1100 by the time hand phase ends ;~; ill have to record myself to see what im doing wrong sooner or later

[T0rin]

So I guess this is our BiS now? http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/RHQV

[Kona_Nightwind]

So I guess this is our BiS now? http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/RHQV

Seeing how this has pretty much been BiS, even when people were guesstimating Acc caps. It would be nice if SE would do something about itemization or stats. Even without stat weights we only have four gear choices; weapon, legs, neck, and ears. With how main stats are scaling with gear it's better to just take the higher ilvl because 2nd stats do so little or you're stuck with limited gear choices with equal ilvl due to acc. More options or variety would be nice. Have gear with 3 secondary stats, have set bonuses, or even have acc give another bonus (like slightly increase crit chance).

[T0rin]

Hello Fellow SMNs,

I have an A4S progression issue, and I know some of you are there with me. When adds spawn, I bane from the leg to the Straf doll, then Tri-D/Painflare/Fester my add and have DWT available at that point. Generally I will pop it and ruin 3 spam either the add or leg, but I find myself in the scenario where I am losing aggro on certain adds to our WHM, who uses Shroud on other adds. Some times it is so severe that I can get the add down to 20% and be more or less ready to feed, and the WHM still has aggro.

Should I just be blowing my Deathflare ASAP to try to take back aggro, or is there something else going on here?

I do not have Foes.

Should I simply not be taking an add? Help!

[Avia_Frost]

So I guess this is our BiS now? http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/RHQV

Eso hq > Gordian

[Aikaal]

I would say your WHM may have an issue on his aggro. I don't Summoner in this fight but you generate as much threat as any DPS. I would also assume Deathflare on the Strafdoll + Leg is probably smarter.

[KroLeXz]

Anyone have math on SMNer scaling - replaced a few pieces, didn't even cherry picked this parse, I'm sure with opportune crits I can hit even higher.

https://youtu.be/E1JW-rTqZIw

[ShinSenpai]

I just hit lv60 on Summoner/Scholar and to be honest, I'm enjoying summoner a lot more than I did before since tri-disaster is a thing.

I'm practicing on a training dummy and when I gain 3 stacks of Aetherflow, am I suppose to Fester whenever its up and then DT?

[audi5000]

when you open you build 3 aethertrial stacks, use aetherflow again so you can fester while in dreadwyrm trance, and from there, you wanna delay your festers so that youll be able to use aetherflow (and its abilities) while entering dreadwyrm trance again.

[Sleigh]

^

To expand on that, basic Aetherflow/trail relationship is as follows:

Opener to get to DWT -> 1/2 Festers in DWT depending on preferred opener -> 1/2 Festers staggered out -> (enter DWT when Aetherflow comes back, use 2 Festers within it -> stagger out final Fester so that Aethertrail has less than 10s remaining, usually after the first Bio that gets refreshed) X N

Adjust based on Bane/Painflare and push timing requirements per the fight.