Summoners hope

[Buff_Archer]

And yet it's so amazing how many SMN's don't start out with 3 Aethyrflows banked, or to give them benefit of the doubt like they just changed classes to commence, they still start the battle with 0 stacks and not use it right away blowing their opportunity to have 3 stacks on standby.

[Sanguisio]

Yes you can burst opener on SMN amazingly well but from what i've seen these SMNs try go through 6 stacks asap, and no just no. Atleast not until HW.

Weaving in the EDs on the opener atm is a DPS loss despite having high numbers at the beginning.

SMNs can burst stuff down as well, the issue some people point out but dont explain is that while it takes 4 GCDs for a SMN only to be post opener pets excl, the full force potency of a SMN is realised until the DOTs tick off. Yes it takes a MNK 2 rounds of combos to be fully up but from that point on providing uptime is maintained the bulk of their dmg is realised at the point of application.

[melflomil]

Well on T13 I use enkindle in the beginning and it is back when twin spawns so no DPs loss there