Connecting the DoTs: A Summoner Guide

[Sleigh]

I don't have a NIN or BRD so my only limiting factor is Litany in my opener, thus I can just do a regular opening in A3S. I do save Enkindle for Pain check, you only get one Enkindle in first phase so might as well hit two enemies with it I think. Usually end up just under 1400 as of phase transition from hands > tornado phase, pre-i210 chest but otherwise I've got some gear otherwise including i210 legs. If only SMN wasn't doo-doo in add phase, it'd look as good on a parser as it has the potential to be (inb4 people spend their CDs to make it not doo-doo and don't save them for Pepsiman).

All I can say is that if you have a ninja in your group don't do that ruin 2 filler crap in between raging / potion or painflare / fester. If you do you'll miss the trick attack window for the super buffed *raging + pot + dreadwyrm* Tri-Disaster which apparently is worth an exponential amount of DPS when it all connects. Hitting the exact same buffed Tri-Disaster a GCD after Trick Attack falls off is actually a really huge loss.

Yeah definitely. Some quick, loose napkin math on 3D ...

870 potency by itself. 1420 with Contagion.

If you have TA, Foe's, Litany, Pot, RS, and DWT up you can see the relative DPS increase of it:

1420 X 1.1 (TA) X 1.2 (BV Foe's) X 1.08 (Litany) X 1.1ish (Pot) X 1.2 (RS) X 1.1 (DWT) = 2938 potency, roughly, depending on the value of Litany/Pot you wanna label them as. Pretty close to 24k+ damage for this one little oGCD. If you miss a buff you lose out on hundreds of potency per missed one, so whatever you have to do to get your TA, you should probably do it.