Connecting the DoTs: A Summoner Guide

[Sleigh]

Should I delay my last fester to leave a little room for aetherflow to come back up?

In an ideal world you Fester twice in DWT, then Fester around the time of your next Bio which is just under 30 seconds away from Aetherflow's CD. Get Aetherflow back, rinse and repeat. That's assuming you don't need Bane, Painflare, or Deathflare targeted at something specific, and assuming there are no phase pushes that jeopardize this strategy. There usually are, in raids.

Really though just make sure your last Aetherflow stack is at least used after Aetherflow has reached the halfway point of being off CD. Any adaptations to your Aetherflow usage is fight-by-fight.

[ElasmoFan]

So have aetherflow used right before DWT and use fester as soon as i pop it, use it again right before DWT is done and finish with painflare then use fester for the third time within thirty seconds with bio? that'll keep my cooldowns lined up?

[Sleigh]

So have aetherflow used right before DWT and use fester as soon as i pop it, use it again right before DWT is done and finish with painflare then use fester for the third time within thirty seconds with bio? that'll keep my cooldowns lined up?

On a single target, without taking into account phase shifts, it's supposed to be enter DWT > Fester > R3 spam > end with R2 > Fester + Deathflare, no Painflare involved, then a Fester sometime when under 10s of Aethertrail remaining. It's loose though, and not a big deal if you don't get two within DWT.

[ElasmoFan]

sorry i meant death flare (got the two confused -.-)
also this won't work on the first DWT in the opener because going by the guide, we use fester right before DWT to get it up right?

[Sleigh]

If you use a 2 Fester, 1 Painflare opener, yes you only get one Fester in the initial DWT.

[ElasmoFan]

i use the 2 fester 1 painflare, but since the second one is right before, I dont get the fester until the end of DWT. Guessing I can start it during the next DWT though.

[Takaokami]

Here's a n00000b question, maybe answered already before, here or on reddit... but answer it anyway please.

Q1: If there are 4 or more mobs, is it okay to spam Blizzard II in Dreadwyrm trance?

And another one.

Q2: I always try to to fully extend my DOTs ASAP after applying them on a mob with Contagion before I Bane it onto all the other ones. Is this considered good, advisable or bad practice?

[Sleigh]

Here's a n00000b question, maybe answered already before, here or on reddit... but answer it anyway please.

Q1: If there are 4 or more mobs, is it okay to spam Blizzard II in Dreadwyrm trance?

And another one.

Q2: I always try to to fully extend my DOTs ASAP after applying them on a mob with Contagion before I Bane it onto all the other ones. Is this considered good, advisable or bad practice?

1. Sure if MP allows for it. You can even spam it against 3 opponents if MP is of no concern.

2. It depends on the duration of the mobs. In good groups often Contagion is not worth waiting for, and I would advise using Ifrit in dungeons anyway for the most part. If those DoTs are going to survive for 40s+ on each target? Heck yes, Contagion before you Bane.

[OneWingedSora]

Rejoice friends, SMN buff incoming !

The potency of Ruin 3 has been increased from 120 to 200.

[audi5000]

i wonder if itll be worth casting a second fester inside dw trance now.. you can get one with mininal clipping by doing r2 (dwt td) r3 spam (swift) r3 (fester deathflare), but fitting another fester in there would require you to either use r2/miasma 2 (definitely not worth) or clip gcd (maybe??)