Need BLM Rotation pre-lvl 60

Ok so I'm a Lvl 54 BLM and really like it. But, as I get closer to 60 and getting new job abilities, I'm starting to think about a good rotation. I've seen a ton of guides on lvl 60 rotations, but I dont have Enochian or Fire 4 yet, so I dont think those guides are the best for me. Does anyone have a good rotation for a lvl 54 BLM? The last ability I got was Sharpcast, so any rotation up to that point would be great :D

Also, I main BRD so have access to Quelling and Raging Strikes and I know those are needed but not sure where to incorporate them... Thx!

I'll keep it short:

Sharpcast F1 > Fire III > Leylines + RS > Fire spam until nearly out of MP > Swiftcast Flare > Convert > F1 > Blizzard III > Thunder I > Blizzard I if an MP tick is needed > Fire III > Fire spam with Thundercloud > Blizzard III > etc

Can also start with a Blizzard III > Thunder > Fire III > Sharpcast F1, doesn't really matter either way. Slightly changes as you get Enochian and Blizzard IV but they're not big deals, just put Enochian in near the start of your rotation, do a Blizzard IV at the end of your rotation instead of Blizzard I to keep up Enochian. Fire IV is when it all gets flipped on its head.

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It's basically the same as the level 50 rotation except Ley Lines is now a button to push.

The most useful thing I've found to do with Sharpcast is to let me multi-dot on packs of exactly 3 mobs.

Sharpcast T1 -> Switch target -> T3 -> Switch target -> Normal rotation except now I'm using Thundercloud to keep T3s rolling on all three targets.

Sometimes Thundercloud doesn't cooperate with you, but usually it does.

My BLM is only leave 36 right now but do you no longer use Transpose at higher levels?

Yes and no. F3 and B3 give full AF and UI stacks respectively, but there are times when Transpose is needed for the lack of mana or otherwise. One example would be after Flare in AoE rotation. Single target doesn't use it, unless something goes wrong.

This is What I did before I hit 60

Blizzard 3>Sharp Cast>thunder 1>Ley Lines>Fire 3>Raging Strikes>Thunder Cloud Proc>as many fire 1s as you can deal out>Blizzard 3>Thunder 1/2 or proc if available.

After you get enochian and blizzard 4, this is what I did until 60.

Blizzard 3>Sharp Cast>thunder 1>Ley Lines>Fire 3>Enochian>Raging Strikes>Thunder Cloud Proc>as many fire 1s as you can deal out while keeping track on enochian>Blizzard 3>Thunder 1 or proc if available>Blizzard 4

For AOE I used Sharp Cast>Fire 3>Enochian>Ley Lines>fire 2>fire 2>flare>convert>swift cast >Flare>transpose>Blizzard 4>fire 3>fire2>Flare and so on

There are probably better pre 60 rotations out there, but that's what I did.

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Originally Posted by coldheart21

My BLM is only leave 36 right now but do you no longer use Transpose at higher levels?

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You use it to recover from Flare. In my level 50 rotation I used it to switch to AF after mp recovery if I had a hanging Firestarter proc.

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Originally Posted by coldheart21

My BLM is only leave 36 right now but do you no longer use Transpose at higher levels?

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The person above me explained but I want to expand upon it. You use transpose in 2 situations:

Fire3>Fire2>Fire2>Fire2> FLARE > Transpose.
Fire3>Fire1spam>Blizzard 3 but you have a firestarter procc. Instead of using the firestarter procc in umbral ice you can transpose into astral fire and proceed to use your firestarter procc for bonus damage.

Okay, so given all these suggestions, here is the rotation I came up with: Leylines>Surecast>Light 3>Swiftcast>Fire 4>RagingS>Fire 1 (repeat till low on MP)>Blizz 3
(Oh, and of course, anytime a Lightning or Fire proc pops up, I use it)
Any thoughts, or tweaks I should do? I also throw in a Swiftcast + Flare + Convert on dungeon bosses sometimes

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Originally Posted by Jacosta

Okay, so given all these suggestions, here is the rotation I came up with: Leylines>Surecast>Light 3>Swiftcast>Fire 4>RagingS>Fire 1 (repeat till low on MP)>Blizz 3
(Oh, and of course, anytime a Lightning or Fire proc pops up, I use it)
Any thoughts, or tweaks I should do? I also throw in a Swiftcast + Flare + Convert on dungeon bosses sometimes

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You are heading in the right direction for sure, but I would suggest lightning 1 after sharp cast to shave off some time as you only really want it for the thunder cloud proc for lightning 3.

Also if you are going to swift cast fire 3 I almost wanna recommend you put raging strikes before that. ( I might be over looking something there though)

As far as the flare>convert>swift cast>Flare goes, I usually only use that on trash pulls, but if the boss is close to dead I don't see why not.

EDIT: Also I usually use ley lines after thunder 1.

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Originally Posted by drmambo1999

You are heading in the right direction for sure, but I would suggest lightning 1 after sharp cast to shave off some time as you only really want it for the thunder cloud proc for lightning 3.

Also if you are going to swift cast fire 3 I almost wanna recommend you put raging strikes before that. ( I might be over looking something there though)

As far as the flare>convert>swift cast>Flare goes, I usually only use that on trash pulls, but if the boss is close to dead I don't see why not.

EDIT: Also I usually use ley lines after thunder 1.

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Ahh I wondered why most people still relied on Thunder 1. I'll fix that. As far as Raging Strikes going before F3, I've seen most put it before F1... Is there a particular reason to favor one way over the other?

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Originally Posted by Jacosta

Ahh I wondered why most people still relied on Thunder 1. I'll fix that. As far as Raging Strikes going before F3, I've seen most put it before F1... Is there a particular reason to favor one way over the other?

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Usually I would place raging strikes before fire 1. It was the swift cast that threw me off. Since you aren't in umbral ice when you use it I was thinking that Raging strikes could add just a bit more damage to fire 3 without wasting too much time on it as you are using swift cast, but as I said I am unsure about that and can easily be overlooking something with the numbers. ^^;

I would avoid Swiftcasting in general while Ley Lines is up just because of the way the time tends to work out there. Besides, holding Swiftcast for emergency Blizzard 4s is usually more helpful especially in movement heavy fights.

I like Raging Strikes after Fire 3 just because Fire 3 takes a long time to cast... that's a lot of wasted Raging Strikes time for not a lot of extra damage since at that point you don't have AF3 active. If Enochian is cooperating, I do like to Convert while under Raging Strikes to keep my fire phase going a little longer.. but not if it means losing Enochian to do it.