Connecting the DoTs: A Summoner Guide

[ElasmoFan]

I should also mention it looks like my skill speed is only at 354 since I just got back into the game after a couple month break, so until I gear up is that rotation still going to work to an extent? Obviously until I gear up more I won't be doing anything super raid worth, but I still would like to practice it for when I do get to that point.

[Fernosaur]

I should also mention it looks like my skill speed is only at 354 since I just got back into the game after a couple month break, so until I gear up is that rotation still going to work to an extent? Obviously until I gear up more I won't be doing anything super raid worth, but I still would like to practice it for when I do get to that point.

What will be affected by that is the amount of Ruin III you can cast while inside Dreadwyrm, as that's what has the tightest sps window. It should work regardless.

[MariaNyan]

Im pretty sure he messed up spellspeed with skillspeed...

[ElasmoFan]

YUP. Sorry.. too much MCH, I instinctively went to skill.. my spell speed is 640, which is still lower but good to know that it just effects the number of Ruin III's.

[Neophyte]

SS also affects DoT damage (but not much), also it's easier to handle mechanics during/after casts and occasionally you'll get one more attack into [random buff].

Also you end up having more and more SS anyway, since every crit-gear 230+ is either with acc or SS. And if enough acc, you can only go for SS+DET usually then. (Only Crit/Det are weapons)

My BiS: http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/UVYT with 1012 crit + 763 SS while at 593 acc.

[Neela]

SS also affects DoT damage (but not much), also it's easier to handle mechanics during/after casts and occasionally you'll get one more attack into [random buff].

Also you end up having more and more SS anyway, since every crit-gear 230+ is either with acc or SS. And if enough acc, you can only go for SS+DET usually then. (Only Crit/Det are weapons)

My BiS: http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/UVYT with 1012 crit + 763 SS while at 593 acc.

Interessting stats
My smn goes with 910 crit, 505 det, 599 acc and 1038 ss - pure pve, not for raids or pvp

[ElasmoFan]

So how do you decide the materia that you meld with your gear / weapon?

[Neophyte]

For V-s or for BiS: CRIT, unless it's 9 or less to cap, everything else DET. Right now I also got a Vit5 in my necklace, too.
For IVs: SS melds are fine, if you don't want to use those pitiful DET4-materia.

[Nirokun]

So I did expert on SMN (main job) and I had an AST drown me in Spear cards. It was amazing, and I feel like it's "our" Arrow card, using it with all of my cooldowns for burst, only to have that burst and associated cooldowns come up super fast (fast fester, too, felt odd and amazing). I used to think Ewer was my favorite card, but Spear is really an awesome card and making Aetherflow come up faster feels like a pseudo-Ewer. I wonder how it compares to Balance as an overall DPS increase for single target.

[Crocel]

I finally have no need for i230 pieces on my main anymore so I've decided to start gearing out a secondary class, which I've decided will be Summoner.
I was hoping I could get some opinions on a build I put together which will take me around 3 weeks to complete:
http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/V4MA

Any feedback is appreciated