Quote Originally Posted by zcrash970 View Post
Yeah, SMN wants next to no spell speed. It doesn't help us. Crit and DH is more damage than it.
Well with Summoner it depends on what you play mostly. Where Spell Speed will really show on a SMN is in dungeons.

Spell Speed will affect AoE situations more than it will Single Target situations. Mostly because Summoner Direct Damage attacks seriously depreciate per target. And with Garuda you use a lot more DoT power. A 10 target spread you can catch all in one shot with Bane, its not as easy with the other AoEs.

So it really depends on what you play mostly. If you're doing a lot of AoEs on large mob spreads its probably worth it to you, but if you're just mostly doing single target bosses it probably won't be.