Connecting the DoTs: A Summoner Guide

[Wisper]

And why you not use enkindle when you use Xpotion ? Now your pet take too buff (food and potion).

[Judge_Xero]

And why you not use enkindle when you use Xpotion ? Now your pet take too buff (food and potion).

Not sure if anyone has tested if pets get Pot buffs as well, since only food was mentioned (probably need to summon pet after using food though)

It would be something neat to try though. X-Pot-> Spur (resets pet stats, not sure if you could just use a vit pot in this regard for instant verification)

I'm not too sure about saving raging strikes for when you enter Dreadwyrm Trance as you're missing out on three buffed festers while you build stacks, PS4 pls.

In most cases it is ideal to save RS for DT. If you are holding Aetherflow in order to Fester (or Pain for AOE) during DT then you can fit in two during that time frame. You can never fit more than 2 X Fester into a RS.

Once someone finds the ideal opener, I'm sure we will see a bunch of variations of it as well. I do not see it being ideal to burn aetherflow stacks (on crap skills like Energy Drain, and single target Pain) without using a POT or having only certain buffs available for it.

Fester 300 Potency
Energy Drain - 150 Potency (requires 100% damage increase to equal an Unbuffed Fester)
Pain Flare - 200 Potency (Requires 50% damage increase to equal an Unbuffed Fester)

Raging Strkes - 20%
Foes - 10% or BV Foes 20%
Trick Attack - 10% (10s window)
best available HQ Pot - 15%? (15s)

Total best case 65% for a 10s window
EG -> 250
Pain -> 330
Less than 2 X Normal Festers.
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In most cases it may even be ideal to have a Post-Opener (30s into the fight).
Trick Attack, is not a huge loss in order to save the higher potency Festers for later, and there is no reason you can't delay the BV'd Foes for 30s into the fight. (since it could be ideal for the Bard to start in Minuet for an opener VS 10% mage damage)

[Bhuni]

Didn't even notice I put three festers instead of two I'm such a turd, thank you.

[Meleoffs]

In most cases it is ideal to save RS for DT. If you are holding Aetherflow in order to Fester (or Pain for AOE) during DT then you can fit in two during that time frame. You can never fit more than 2 X Fester into a RS.

If you precast it, RS comes up just after a DWT. It's almost not worth it to save RS for the next one, and I'd almost rather save it for the festers and the dots you put up before dwt.

[Elkya95]

It would be something neat to try though. X-Pot-> Spur (resets pet stats, not sure if you could just use a vit pot in this regard for instant verification)

hmm not sure anyone responded/tested, but used a vit pot and spur, and Garuda got extra vit and the pot buff. But I had to spur it.