SMN is in a great position now and is probably one of the most improved jobs of 2.0 with the introduction of Dreadwyrm stance, 2.5 m cooldown for Enkindle and bane affecting all in its range.

SMN doesn't really have a standard rotation. Just be sure to maintain dots and use your aetherflow stacks wisely. It's quite fun being able to set your pet one obey and use each of their respective abilities. But if you're new most people set Ifrit of sic (auto) and typically on mobs, and use Garuda on obey for her Contagion (doubles the dot duration)

Compared to BLM though I have to press *a lot* of buttons just to get nearly the same burst dmg as a blm for ads phases.