Connecting the DoTs: A Summoner Guide

[AiiroOkami]

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1 : This is a must as a SMN on A1S, DoTing both of them is optimal. Let your pet on your assigned boss and shadowflare only your assigned boss. Keep an eye on your Aetherial stacks too, it can fall off easily if you don't keep an eye on it.

2 : I take the add with Ruin II, place myself and spam Ruin. I also bring my Ifrit on the add and use an ED (I use it because my Aetherial stacks will fall off and multi-dotting also needs a lot of MP, also do some damages) you can kill it quite easily like that.

3 : I personally don't bane the first 2 adds when they pop, I let the other DPS take care of them. But you can bane the 2 bosses if you enter in DT before they land, use Tri-Disaster on one and bane just after. You must be fast since the tanks will move really fast to move them apart from each other.

4 : I never enter in DT on adds phase.

Hope it helps and look at what other SMNs do, they may be a bit more optimal than me

[pandabearcat]

I would probably pull the add with Bio - it is fairly cheap manawise if that is your concern, and also will outdps ruin at 2 GCDs.

[Sleigh]

I pull my add with Bane personally. Win/win.

[OneWingedSora]

Yeah, just wait till the melee hits the other add then Bane.

[Kona_Nightwind]

I pull add with bio 2(gives melee a sec to grab add), switch garuda while casting, then painflare(hits add plus boss), miasma, bio. Then I reapply dots on the boss that I'm on if need be. Then use ruin 2 to finish off add.

[Dervy]

WTB perfect GCD/oCD usage/placement SMN network data parse on a Dummy pls. Inbox me on reddit with the logs. Getting work done for Jobs now.

pls /10char

[Minorinz]

I don't think i can do that with my ghetto connection. Uhm guys we need someone >:

[Odowla]

pls /10char

how long
/10char

[alphamax112]

A few questions for SMN in A1S:

1. Do you usually try to DoT both Oppressors? I'm able to do it when the 0.5 lands but after that I get too busy with the other mechanics to put much DoTs on the one not assigned to me.

2. How do you usually hook and kill your add? (e.g. Ruin2 for quick grab? Start with Bio2 to get dots up asap?) I don't have trouble killing mine but I do use a fester on it and sometimes Painflare if I think it's not going down fast enough. Is using fester/PF on it a dps loss and can Dots+ruins suffice?

3. Do you use bane at all aside from when the first 2 adds land?

4. Do you ever go in Trance during adds phase or save it always for Oppressor?

Any other tips appreciated .

1. You practically have nothing to do after you put your adds in your laser. DoT both oppressor and .5 while dodging ez column aoe.
2. Put DoT on your boss, stand in front of your adds -> ruin 2 the add -> target the boss, bane -> ruin 2 the add while moving out from resin and column and ordering pet to attack the add
3. Depends on your opening, my opening will give me 0 Aetherflow stacks and 3 Dreadwyrm Trance stacks when the 2 adds spawn. So I just keep dps-ing the oppressor and Deathflare splash the adds
4. I enter Dreadwyrm Trance right after my add die under my laser.

[Dervy]

how long
/10char

As long as its longer than 2 minutes