The most annoying thing in dungeons.

[Kaurie]

As a THM, there are times when single target is a better choice.

1. Large trash pulls that are going down easy. Fire I uses far less Mp, and by the time Fire I I casts whatever I targeted may be down and I'll have to retarget and cast again. I can single shot what's still alive faster in some cases.

BLM has infinite MP.

2. Same situation as above, if I feel having every mob come after me will end badly.

Well that is a fault of your tank, not you. However, when I SMN, I just run and stand next to the tank as I AoE so he can grab them back, as I've never run a dungeon and not stole agro from the tank as I was AoEing. I also run up for Blizz II spam, but that's more of a SMN thing.

3. Small spaces where I'm likely to pull something the tank hasn't.

Same as above. However, that said, you should AoE first and if the tank is not keeping things, switch to single.

4. I may take the kill shot on something with Fire I if Mp is getting low before I transpose and resume aoe.

Could do that, but that implies you are AoEing which goes against what was being said. Also, killing one off is a waste of DPS, but can be good if your tank is dying.

Those are the reasons aside from a crappy healer or a tank that can't keep aggro.

But like, all of points 2 and 3 were about tanks not keeping agro, and point 4 was about either a crappy healer or crappy tank (or both)?


All of that said, there are situations when single target is better. I am not sure what the rule of thumb is now, but I believe in ARR it was 3+ mobs = AoE, 1-2 = Single target. In HW, BLM got a lot more heavy single target spells and a nerf to their aoe, so it may be more like 4+ or 5+ = AoE?