Hello all, about to set foot into AS3 for the first time this week (we went in and did a few herp-derp blind pulls on Saturday for lulz but nothing serious), and was wondering if there's anything I should be aware of when it comes to SMN DPS. Namely, I'm a bit concerned about add phase because add phase was a straight up kick in the dick for SMN DPS on A3 normal. Is the Savage version as soul-crushingly terrible?

I know the fight is a big mechanics check, so my intention is to primarily focus on that, but if there's any stack usage suggestions for the various split/add phases I'd love to hear them.

Only semi-related, but I feel like I'm underperforming on the other turns as a SMN as well, though we clear stuff well before enrage etc. On AS1 I did 970 without filtering for jumps (ie unmerged), and on AS2 I did about 1675. Some things of note are that I died about 10 seconds before AS1 clear (our healers toggled Cleric and DPSed rather than rezing me since both Oppressor were at like 1%), and our group doesn't run a BRD or MCH, so I'd imagine I lose quite a bit on big AOE in AS2 without Foe's/Bishop. My group insists I'm doing well, but I think they're a bit too kind, so some comparison feedback would be nice. I enjoy SMN, but the changes are a bit difficult to juggle at times.