Summoner Job Changes and Updates — Dawntrail 7.0

As anticipated, the changes to Summoner with the upcoming Dawntrail expansion aren't too substantial. Building upon the initial rework from Endwalker, Summoner going forward will feel and play much of the same as it did, with just some added flavour. The biggest change to the job as originally seen in the Jobs Actions Trailer, is the addition of a new Demi-Primal called Solar Bahamut. Along with this, Summoner will also receive a few other minor additions, such as a trait upgrade to Fester to introduce a new oGCD ability called Necrotize, as well as a new oGCD ability tied to Searing Light called Searing Flash.

Skill Name	Type	Changes
Summon Solar Bahamut	Ability	Enters Lightwyrm Trance and summons Solar Bahamut, Duration: 15 seconds. Solar Bahamut will cast Luxwave automatically on targets you attack. Additional Effect: Grants Refulgent Lux, Duration: 30 seconds. Additional Effect: Changes Ruin III to Umbral Impulse and Tri-disaster to Umbral Flare Additional Effect: Grants Ruby, Topaz, and Emerald Arcanum.
Umbral Impulse	Spell	Deals unaspected damage, 600 potency.
Umbral Flare	Spell	Deals unaspected damage, 280 potency to target and any nearby enemies
Sunflare	Ability	Deals unaspected damage to target and any nearby enemies, 700 potency to the first target with 60% reduced damage for all other targets.
Enkindle Solar Bahamut	Ability	Orders Solar Bahamut to cast Exodus. Exodus: Deals unaspected damage to target and any nearby enemies, 1600 potency to the first target with 60% reduced damage for all other targets.
Luxwave	Spell	Deals unaspected damage, 200 potency.
Exodus	Ability	Deals unaspected damage to target and any nearby enemies, 1600 potency to the first target with 60% reduced damage for all other targets.
Searing Flash	Ability	Deals usaspected damage to target and any nearby enemies, 600 potency.
Necrotize	Ability	Deals unaspected damage, 440 potency. Aetherflow Gauge Cost: 1
Lux Solaris	Ability	Provides a 500 cure potency heal to self and all nearby party members. Can only be executed while effected by Refulgent Lux.
Enhanced Fester	Trait	Upgrades Fester to Necrotize.
Enhanced Swiftcast	Trait	Reduces the cooldown for Swiftcast to 40 seconds.
Arcane Mastery	Trait	Increases Ruin III potency to 360 Increases Astral Impulse potency to 500 Increases Ruin IV potency to 490 Increases Ruby Rite potency to 580 Increases Topaz Rite potency to 380 Increases Emerald Rite potency to 270 Increases Fountain of Fire potency to 620 Increases Crimson Strike potency to 490 Increases Crimson Cyclone potency to 490 Increases Mountain Buster potency to 170 Increases Slipstream potency to 490 Increases Summon Ifrit II potency to 860 Increases Summon Titan II potency to 860 Increases Summon Garuda II potency to 860
Enhanced Searing Light	Trait	Upon casting Searing Light Ruby's Glimmer will be granted, Duration: 30 seconds.
Enhanced Addle	Trait	Duration of Addle is extended to 15 seconds.
Enhanced Summon Bahamut II	Trait	Allows you to cast Solar Bahamut along with Demi-Bahamut and Demi-Phoenix

Skill Name	Type	Changes
Searing Light	Ability	5% damage buff to self and all nearby party members, Duration: 20 seconds. Additional Effect: Grants Ruby's Glimmer.
Addle	Ability	Duration is increased to 15 seconds.
Swiftcast	Ability	Cooldown has been reduced to 40 seconds.

Solar Bahamut will be introduced as another Demi-Primal, that will essentially act as a direct clone of Demi-Bahamut. All of Solar Bahamut's actions are cloned and will function the exact same way as Demi-Bahamut's, just with its own flavour of animations and action names. Because of this, the way you use Solar Bahamut will be no different from your other Demi-Primals, prioritizing SIX casts of Umbral Impulse or Umbral Flare during its duration, while also weaving its Enkindle and Astral Flow oGCD abilities.

Lux Solaris will be an AoE healing oGCD, provided by the Refulgent Lux status buff. This may seem similar to Demi-Phoenix healing, as this status buff is tied to Solar Bahamut. However the 30 second duration of this status effect may allow for some degree of flexibility on when you want this healing effect to occur.

Searing Light will now become a 20 second duration buff now, in their efforts to consolidate all party buffs to 20 seconds. To compensate for this reduction, they've buffed the % damage buff to 5% (up from 3%), which would technically be a buff to its overall rDPS value. Along with this, Searing Light will also provide you with another status buff, granting you access to cast Searing Flash. Searing Flash is just a standard oGCD with strong potency.

Necrotize is a new oGCD ability, that is just a direct action upgrade to Fester via a trait.