SMN Info

A lot of guides say to start with Ifrit and use Flaming Crush
at 15 second countdown to manipulate pet RNG involving
Contagion, but from personal experience it doesn't seem to
change anything. That may be a ping issue though, try it and
see how things work out for you, but it's not *super*
important.

Pre countdown: Ifrit summoned and on Obey, Aetherflow full
and cooldown below 35 seconds.


Opener:
-7s Summon Garuda
-6s Radiant Shield (should cast before Garuda is summoned)
-5s Diversion
-4s Infusion of Intelligence
-2.5s Ruin 3
-1.5s Wind Blade
PULL
Ruin 2 > Tri-Disaster > Rouse
Ruin 2 > Fester > Devotion (If you start far from the boss,
try to stay close to melee and throw in a Heel somewhere
in this GCD so Devotion actually hits people)
Ruin 2 > Shadowflare > Painflare (Press Sic around here as
soon as you see Devotion cast, Sic is faster than manually
pressing Contagion, but using Sic too early will actually
cancel Devotion)
Ruin 2 > Fester > Dreadwyrm Trance
Ruin 3 > Enkindle > Tri-Disaster
Ruin 3 > Deathflare > Aetherflow
Ruin 2 > Fester > Manashift (on BRD to extend Foes)
Ruin 3
Ruin 2 > Fester
Ruin 3
Ruin 2 > Fester

Pre-DWT phase:
Ruin 2 > Fester
Ruin 3
Ruin 2 > Fester
Ruin 3
Ruin 2 > Fester

DWT phases:
Ruin 2 > Dreadwyrm Trance > Tri-Disaster
Ruin 3 x6 > Deathflare

Bahamut:
Ruin 2 > Aetherflow > Summon Bahamut
Ruin 2 > Fester > Akh Morn
Ruin 2
Ruin 2 > Fester
Ruin 2 > Addle
Ruin 2 > Fester
Ruin 2 > Tri-Disaster
Ruin 2 > Akh Morn
Ruin 2

Notes:
- Bio 3, Miasma 3, and Aetherflow are your golden timers.
Keeping your dots up at all times and making sure Aetherflow
is never off cooldown marks good SMN play, everything else is
small optimization.

- You actually have a lot of maneuverability with your
rotation as SMN. There's no perfect time for your DWT phases
that will be the same every fight, but the very latest you
can start a DWT phase is when Aetherflow cooldown is on 16
seconds. Any later and you risk leaving Aetherflow off
cooldown and/or losing DWT time by using Deathflare early.
That leaves you 45 seconds to decide the best time to use it.

- That being said, in fights like O10S where there's a lot of
downtime, getting Aetherflow back off cooldown is more
important than getting the max out of DWT, use Deathflare ASAP
in these situations.

- Typically you want to be using Tri-Disaster to refresh your
dots but that's not always possible. Hardcast them if DWT is
not up and/or you need it for Bahamut phase.

- We use Tri-Disaster and Addle with Bahamut to proc
Wyrmwaves, always aim for 11 Wyrmwaves and 2 Akh Morn casts
every Bahamut phase.

- Between phases is as simple as casting Ruin 3 as much as
possible. Only use Ruin 2 to weave in oGCDs. If you need to
move, judge if you can wait until DWT to not lose Ruin 3
casts.

- Normally you're free to use Rouse on cooldown, but if
Bahamut is less than 20 seconds away, wait until after Bahamut
to use it. On that topic, Devotion and Enkindle have weird
cast times, try not to risk using them less than a GCD before
Bahamut.

- Always watch for Ruin 4 procs, and replace ANY Ruin 3 or 2
cast with it. Holding on to it for more than a GCD risks
losing out on more possible procs.

- Typically with where we press Sic in the opener, Contagion
will line up just before Aetherflow, allowing it to be used
with Fester phases and Bahamut. But more often than not,
you won't have 100% uptime on the boss, so if Contagion comes
off cooldown and the boss in untargetable or you're attacking
an add, put Garuda on Obey until you can sync Contagion with
those phases again.

- In AoE situations, never underestimate Bane and Tri-bind.
Bane passes the dots *AND* time remaining to other targets,
so try to hold off dotting until you can freely use Bane
straight after to maximize dot uptime on all targets. Tri-bind
should replace Ruin 3 during DWT phases if there are 3 or more
targets in range, don't use it outside of DWT unless you like
not having MP.