If you play as smn try to put your dots and bane, if you face a Ast in noct they will have a big trouble. If someone purify before you bane put your dots one by one after your big burst. And people need to change target if the Ast use synastry. Because you will make things harder for he if you change target. Also when they use Attunement in noc stance try to stun soon as go off the don't have regen so their hp will be low soon as fall off. If you face a really good Ast it will be harder but most of then are not that good is just a easy class to stay alive if people target you.