Mighty Guard, the defensive spell that does all of your defensive buffs partywide in one action.
White Wind, the party heal based on current HP that rounds out the kit.
Aqua Rake/Lung/Breath, the usually early game aoe water spell that's stupidly good when you first get access to it.
Level 5 Death, the gimmicky spell that selectively trivializes certain enemies, but whose real purpose is to give you a random instant game over because everyone is probably at the same level which just happened to be a multiple of 5.
Bad Breath and Explode are more memes than actually useful so I'm not including them here. The most iconic thing about them is that they're their respective monsters' most iconic attacks as opposed to something you regularly utilize as a blue mage.
Most iconic BLU spell in the series?
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10-22-2019, 09:06 AMAtmaweapon510Most iconic BLU spell in the series?
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10-22-2019, 09:10 AMEnla
Quina's Frog Drop from 9, because it's hard not to be iconic when you have to sell your soul in a mini game to make it effective.
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10-22-2019, 09:13 AMTheMightyMollusk
In this game in particular? Thousand Needles.
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10-22-2019, 12:02 PMJiltanith
I was very fond of Magic Hammer. Stealing a good chunk of MP from the opponent, frequently leaving them unable to cast spells, while filling up your own caster. It was pretty much my opening move with Aeris.
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10-22-2019, 12:08 PMKageTokage
I'm hoping Magic Hammer gets implemented as an OGCD interrupt ability in 5.1, since Flying Sardine's GCD restriction can make it a touch problematic to use at times.
The four spells the TC mentioned seem the most "iconic" in that they've appeared with literally every incarnation of the class to date, though. -
10-22-2019, 02:37 PMBerteaux_BraumegainI'm sorry, what? Bad Breath is obscenely helpful. I remember soloing the Gold Saucer Battle Square in VII with Enemy Skill Materia because Bad Breath completely shuts down Tonberries by putting them to sleep.Quote:
Originally Posted by Atmaweapon510
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10-22-2019, 02:40 PMKageTokage
Bad Breath is kinda like Level 5 Death in that the situations where it does work can trivialize encounters.
It's also one of the debatably "broken" BLU skills in XIV for the fact that its damage debuff works on everything and can be maintained indefinitely. -
10-22-2019, 02:59 PMBerteaux_BraumegainWould make sense. There are enemies that use Magic Hammer in XIV.Quote:
Originally Posted by KageTokage
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10-22-2019, 05:35 PMCrushnight
hmm other blue spells, well there is matra magic and the lv spells not just lv 5 death but lv 4 holy/lv 3 flare but nothing in ffxiv uses them(except lv 5 death) atm so not happening, blue also used aero spells(I even joked with my friends that Sophia would give BLU Aero III just to spite WHM), Roulette is used a lot but useless in MMO setting, which just leaves magic hammer as a staple.
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10-23-2019, 12:58 AMBrightshadow
Goblin Punch
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10-23-2019, 01:59 AMUrsa_Vonfiebryd
Auto Life. If we're going to talk about broken spells, thats the one. Also I would like chocobuckle. Because its cute (and causes confusion).
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10-23-2019, 02:32 AMTennotsukai
My favorite implementation of blu is in ffxi. Even though I think Mighty Guard is amazing in that version, I never felt better when obtaining and casting a spell till I received Disseverment. Good damage, skillchain property, and a fantastic poison before the level cap went up.
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10-23-2019, 02:41 AMCaptainLagbeard
Personally, my vote goes for White Wind.
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10-23-2019, 04:24 AMRyuDragnier
Trine. Too bad they can't add that due to Savage mode Kefka having it...unless we're able to learn it from a Totem like White Wind.
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10-23-2019, 04:31 AMCrushnightor when they increase Blu's lv again next yearQuote:
Originally Posted by RyuDragnier
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10-23-2019, 08:13 AMEspritduo
????. Everybody loves ????.
(also known as Pumpkin Head and Revenge)
Seriously, it would be totally broken in this game assuming you could spam it over and over. Wait until your 50k HP pool drops to about 10k, then spam 40k damage hits over and over! -
10-23-2019, 08:25 AMCrushnightIMO this is what blood drain should've done except heal you for the dmg difference not so spammable but absolutely great when taking heavy hits a lot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Espritduo