Quote Originally Posted by Fenli View Post
It's simple maths: when you multiply a big number instead of a small one, you get an even bigger one.
That's why skipping Fire III can be good. F3 can only ever hit one target so its damage is proportional to potency * 1. Flare can hit many targets so the damage it produces is roughly potency * (potentially big number). Flare is also higher potency than F3 in the fire place, and when used under Umbral Ice they both cast faster than their recast time, so F3 isn't any faster.