Endgame Summoner -- Garuda

[Nemhy]

As I had mentioned earlier - look @ the ffxiv-app

You mean the Parser that does not accurately track DoTs at all? Good reliable source of intel there. :P

[KoujiGeki]

very helpful thank you for the tips

[Mindcl0ud]

It was updated over the weekend - and mind you it updates almost everyday. So, maybe it didn't USED to track DoTs at all.

[Scarzi]

why on earth would you not ruin I when you have the chance? I can get like 5-6 ruins off easy before refreshing DoTs, Dots are priority but ruin spam as much as possible. You just lose so much DPS not using it. I hit between 180-260 a pop. Ruin II you should use as little as possible, as that is the sole ability that will cause mana issues.

[GinTama]

I've taken the Ruins off my bar. Sadly, Ruin II gives a Blind Debuff that could be better used in a more measured way. It just doesn't do enough damage. I just use Rouse.

Bad SMN, bad. But everything else seems alright.

[Shamirah]

I have a question. is the darklight chest (+helm) piece really that great in comparison with amdapor's helm and chest ?

DR Cowl : Vitality +32 Intelligence +33 Accuracy +43 Spell Speed +30
Amdapor's helm + chest : Vitality +26 Intelligence +22 Determination +22 Spell Speed +35

So with the cowl you gain more health (6 vita), more intel (7) and a lot more accuracy BUT you lose 22 determination and 5 spell speed.

Is there a acc cap to reach ? If so, what is the cap ?

[Dixa]

I have a question. is the darklight chest (+helm) piece really that great in comparison with amdapor's helm and chest ?

DR Cowl : Vitality +32 Intelligence +33 Accuracy +43 Spell Speed +30
Amdapor's helm + chest : Vitality +26 Intelligence +22 Determination +22 Spell Speed +35

So with the cowl you gain more health (6 vita), more intel (7) and a lot more accuracy BUT you lose 22 determination and 5 spell speed.

Is there a acc cap to reach ? If so, what is the cap ?

we would need to know how much dmg 1 point of int and how much dmg one point of determination adds.

since i have yet to see ANY spell miss in this game, the 22 det would trump accuracy for me.

[Trihuuger]

I haven't seen any spell miss either so I'm jumping on the accuracy is a placeholder useless stat at the moment. I was solo'ing FATE bosses probably 5-6 levels above me when I got the titan pet and never saw a single spell resist, just for reference.

Something I'll have to test when I get home is whether or not I can use Rouse/Spur/Enkindle while I'm currently waiting on the GCD. If you can, the math stands that was done on the ruin/ruin II DPS loss. If you can't, we need to subtract a ruin from it.

Pet micromanagement is another thing. I always start the fight with the little guy on obey so I can light off Rouse/Spur before he uses his CD attacks (depending on the fight, Enkindle as well), but afterwards I stick him on Sic. I have an alert set up in a macro that uses contagion to let me know when it's coming off CD ~5s in advance so I can put the pet back on Obey. This is a hell of a lot less micromanagement, which aside from contagion isn't worth the dps loss of ruin.


I also don't know why you guys are wasting Aether charges on energy drain. Doing everything said here, including ruin II when moving/ogcd attack will become available in the next 2.5 seconds, I still do not have any mana issues except for the first boss in AK who seems to burn my mana if I'm too close (haven't really tested him too terribly much as it's been taking 10+ years for a dungeon queue.) Every Aether charge I get is used either on Fester, or the one that spreads DoT's whose name escapes me at the moment (bane?). Full on Intelligence spec'd.

[HiirNoivl]

Bad SMN, bad. But everything else seems alright.

LOL Okay Okay beat me over the head why dontcha. :P

Are you guys also using other DoTs like Thunder or Aero?

[Trihuuger]

Thunder yes. You cannot use Aero as SMN since we can only take from ARC and THM.