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At what level should we start using materia on weapons and gear and shoild we only be using the INT materia or mix with CRIT? Thanks for any advice.

Materia on stuff below lvl50 seems a bit wasteful because you change it so fast.
And then at that point you don't have materia slots on anything except the super-expensive crafted stuff.

I'd go for crit, mostly.

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Originally Posted by kajii_

What's the ideal rotation or more recommended rotations?

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Did you literally skip every post in this thread?

Thunder III while boss is being pulled, SwiftCast + Fire III, Fire until around 900 mana, Blizzard III, Thunder I, Fire III Fire until 900 mana, repeat. Obviously utilizing Firestarter and Thunderstorm procs as they occur.

i've skimmed the thread but not sure if it has been mentioned yet:

now that i have blizzard 3 do i really need blizzard 1 on my bar anymore?

from experience i haven't needed to cast it, and they seem like they would do comparable dps if i did need to spam either one for some reason.

Thunder III > Virus > Raging Strikes > Swiftcast > Fire III > Lethargy (for gcd cooldown) > Fire + Firestarter until under 1000 mana > Blizzard III > Try for Flare if you can get Regen to kick in right after using it (Yes its possible i use it almost every time) > Transpose > Convert > Repeat

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Originally Posted by Aresaka

Thunder III > Virus > Raging Strikes > Swiftcast > Fire III > Lethargy (for gcd cooldown) > Fire + Firestarter until under 1000 mana > Blizzard III > Try for Flare if you can get Regen to kick in right after using it (Yes its possible i use it almost every time) > Transpose > Convert > Repeat

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You're bad.

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Originally Posted by Aresaka

Thunder III > Virus > Raging Strikes > Swiftcast > Fire III > Lethargy (for gcd cooldown) > Fire + Firestarter until under 1000 mana > Blizzard III > Try for Flare if you can get Regen to kick in right after using it (Yes its possible i use it almost every time) > Transpose > Convert > Repeat

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This is horrible. Why would you even bother wasting time using flare with Umbral III up?

I believe that what Aresaka is referring to is that there is a split-second between when Flare casts and when it applies AFIII, much like Fire spells have. During that split-second, if your timing is right, you can get a tick of UI to go off, meaning you go from 0 mana to (1 tick of UI regen) mana and can thus continue your rotation with no downtime. Although, if this is the case, I see no reason for the Convert in the rotation...

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Originally Posted by Shisou

I believe that what Aresaka is referring to is that there is a split-second between when Flare casts and when it applies AFIII, much like Fire spells have. During that split-second, if your timing is right, you can get a tick of UI to go off, meaning you go from 0 mana to (1 tick of UI regen) mana and can thus continue your rotation with no downtime. Although, if this is the case, I see no reason for the Convert in the rotation...

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So what? Your flare will still do 30% the damage it would do under Astral instead of Umbral. Even worse, since you're starting from zero mana + 1 UI tick, you're starting your fire rotation with much less mana. It's just a terrible use of flare.

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Originally Posted by Bablioteca

(...)now that i have blizzard 3 do i really need blizzard 1 on my bar anymore?

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Nope, as long as you're managing your rotation correctly and never dipping under the mana you need for Blizzaga during your burn phase.