Connecting the DoTs: A Summoner Guide

[ArcturusMar]

Almost every time you said the word "then" it should have been a "than" sorry, this was bugging me lol. Nice guide though!

[Havenchild]

Almost every time you said the word "then" it should have been a "than" sorry, this was bugging me lol.

You don't know how many corrections I've been making regarding minor things like this. It's been killing me too haha.

EDIT: I think I got all of them. Feel free to cross check me on it.

I read this entirely, and as a SMN main, this is really good. The only thing I would change is the 1 - 4 seconds part. I would elaborate and say start recast of Bio II and Miasma at 2 or 3 seconds depending on Spell Speed, and Bio at 1 or 0 seconds left on the timer because it's instant. Future Summoners have to make the refresh as close as ever possible to the final tick but at the same time, not wait too long and have it fall off. For Shadowflare, I would try to recast at 4 seconds because of it's slightly longer cast time. Squeeeeeeze that refresh Summoners! Of course, if dealing with mechanics, recast slightly earlier so that it doesn't fall off.

I knew I left out critical things I wanted to talk about. Somewhere, I realized there was so many things to cover and I knew I would forget some things. Thanks for the recommendations. I will be sure to add them to the post.

One thing I want to tackle right here is in fact the 1-4 seconds I stated. On average the best, time to replenish one of your 3 main DoTs I will agree, should be located in a 1 - 3 second window subject to SS. However if you are at base SS or even at the minimum I recommend of 370, you will in fact run into many problems where DoTs have the same timers, a noticeable issue I find with Ifrit more then Garuda. If you choose to wait till 3 seconds to begin recasting a DoT when you have multiple DoTs at 3 seconds, you can likely lose a tick of potency.

Using base GCD of 2.5, at 3 Seconds on two DoTs, if a DoT tick occurred at precisely 2 seconds, you would be midcast for another 1.5 seconds. This leaves a remaining 1.5 seconds to recast a skill with a 2.5 GCD which will ultimately cost you potency at that precise moment.