Quote Originally Posted by Kuomaii View Post
So if I am in a boss fight, during Ifrit, should I be using Crimson Cyclone when it is up and gemshine spam when it isn't? Or should I just straight hardcast the Gemshine ability since it hits pretty hard? Then on AOE the same thing except with Precious Brilliance? I am not really using ruin for anything during the small summons right? And I only use it during Firebird and Bahamut because it turns into something else right?
Exactly, the Gemshine-transformations (Ruby/Emerald/Topaz Ruin) effectively replace Ruin III as your "filler" during the minor summons.

The one that can be tricky is Ifrit's, yet you still want to just do those two Gemshine casts + the 1-2 combo of Crimson Cycline during it. You can use Ruin IV during Ifrit for emergency movement, otherwise you'll use it after all 3 minors are done in the few seconds before the next major summon can be done.

Effectively your "filler" between major summons is:

* Ifrit+Garuda+Titan in any order that fits the fight best (owing to Ifrit having two casts and Garuda one). If it's all the same usually T->G->I, but again fights and when you have to move have 100% priority here.
* During each of those, use their 2 or 4 gemshine charges, and use their special abilities. For Garuda's special and Ifrit's gemshines, they might have to be moved earlier or later depending on when you can stand still for a cast, since each also offers instant GCDs.
* This leaves you with just two (or one) GCDs until the next major summon. Use one Ruin III, and one Ruin IV (if not used earlier during Ifrit for movement). Then you go into the next Bahamut/TemuBahamut/Phoenix already.