Sunflower stack 4 to super sunflower (stack 5)

[pikapikapika]

my sunflower seems to fail frequently when i try to move from stack 4 to 5 (super sunflower).  anyone feel the same?  what did i do wrong?  thanks.

[Chikotan]

did you run out of nettles/doom/petal duration...?

[pikapikapika]

how do i track the duration?  you are not referring to ivy poisoning, are you?

[Chikotan]

Ivy poison is a separate debuff and also important, but in order to stack photosynthesis the target needs to be getting hit by Flying nettles or Doom and bloom. Flying nettles lasts 6 seconds and Doom and bloom lasts 5 seconds. To track the duration you kind of need to watch the cooldown or ivy poison duration (doom and bloom runs out when ivy poison hits 5 seconds), but for the most part you should just try to spread them out instead of using them at the same time.

 

Petal storm toss also gives 2 stacks every 2 sec over 10 sec duration.

[pikapikapika]

if i use D&B, then nettle, will i be able to expand the window to 11 sec?  thanks.

[Chikotan]

Yes, if you wait a few seconds before using nettles.

[pikapikapika]

does petal storm also extend the time?  thanks.  someone told me that, but does not seem to work for me.

[Chikotan]

Petal storm TOSS (the spec with blue icon) generates 2 photosynthesis stacks automatically every 2 seconds for 10 seconds.

 

The regular petal storm (pink icon, ranged shield) doesn't do anything.