New BLM guide?

Hello,

I wanna start BLM to go with my WHM
- how would you recommend investing points?
- what cross abilities (pug and archer) are useful?
- any good practice/tips you have?

Thanks :)

Full int, and then piety is what I go for, you may want some bit to increase hp since we're weak noodles

Second wind to heal, quelling strike, chameleon, Featherfoot

And blow stuffs up :P. lightning main single damage dealer, fire is aoe, blizzard is for debuffs

Thunder Thundara Thunder Thunder Thundara Thunder Thundara Thunder Thunder Thundara Thunder Thundara Thunder Thunder Thundara Thunder Thundara Thunder Thunder Thundara Thunder Thundara Thunder Thunder Thundara Thunder Thundara Thunder Thunder Thundara Thunder Thundara Thunder Thunder Thundara Thunder Thundara Thunder Thunder Thundara

need a Lv 42 Archer technique? must be a joke lol I was sooooo not interested by Archer (maybe just for Bard skills) and now need to level up 42 to be a nice BLM? :( not nice SE!

Need no, but you will be gimping damage so you don't pull hate

what about decoy?the description seems like its a pretty nice skill

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Originally Posted by urtv

what about decoy?the description seems like its a pretty nice skill

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That's the 5th skill I use, but I think the 5th skill is flexible

What about gear? Its been a few patches since I have seen any serous discussion on BLM/THM gear. I am currently working on trying to maximize damage for garuda so anything someone could recommend outside of a garuda weapon would be very helpful to me.

Unless you really need mostly AoE damage, the strategy is still to stack INT then just enough m.acc to not miss, perhaps getting the m.acc via food if you really want to maximize INT. You get most of your damage through Thundara combos.

Something like two zircon rings, felt hat of INT with double III or IV INT meld, lightning brand with double INT meld would be a good core.

I have been told a lot of different numbers to shoot for with regards to unbuffed macc. what would you recommend?

Eh. I'm no expert tbh. I sit at 478 and am satisfied with my hit rate, even on Ifrit. I haven't been using food, so if you use food you can drop that down by 30 or so. In my case that'd be replacing my Coral Rings with Zircon Rings + Button Mushroom Saute or Buttons-in-a-Blanket.

Can anyone else confirm those numbers? Ifrit seems like he is a lot easier to hit than Garuda.

i can hit ifrit with 430-435 m.acc without food

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Originally Posted by urtv

i can hit ifrit with 430-435 m.acc without food

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Not very reliably I bet, through all my tests and builds I've used you need at least 460 macc to get a good resist rate.

This is just what i use.

I found the magic number to be 444 m.acc unbuffed. I use m.atk food on Ifrit and m.acc food on Garuda. This has served me well but IMO there is no reason to over stack M.acc.

For Gear i wear;

Double Meld INT Felt Hat / Double Meld Int Electrum Scepter (If the Int value from the materia doesn't add up over 30 then its not a good double meld IMO don't settle for less)

Double Meld -Emnity Belt (doesn't really matter what belt they all suck)

Double Meld Piety Felt Bliaud (Their is debate if Sleep is affected by this stat, but i figured why not try)

Double Meld Int/Mnd Woolen Tights ( aim for +12 or higher on each )

Double Meld M.atk Mahogany Pattens (Haven't bought yet, i won't settle for less than +20 m.atk)

+1 Zircon Rings / +1 Zircon Bracelets / + Spinel Choker / Mage Earrings

Aubriest's Allegory Shield

AF BLM GLoves

Now this is my starting point. This has giving me 444 m.acc / 360+INT / 500+ m.atk ... from here i will start replacing these pieces with triple melds.

Also for my baseline stats i stacked full INT / full MND. Why because you squeeze out 5.5 m.acc from that 22 MND and i can meld extra Piety to my chest. As for HP. You are a BLM, i haven't had a problem with my HP levels yet, don't get hit. Use Sanguire Rite to mitigate dmg when you do have to get hit. Also Nercogensis/second wind to get it back up quickly as well.

If you really are worried about M.acc still. I carry 2 coral rings +1 just in case.

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Now this is my starting point. This has giving me 444 m.acc / 560+INT / 500+ m.atk ...

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You are not getting those numbers in all three categories at one time. Sure maxing each one out with different gear, but short of triple melding and even then its a stretch to reach that 'starting point'. A full double meld INT set (Wep/Hat/Legs) with rings just breaks 400 INT so not sure how you are getting 560.

I'd Seriously love to see the gear of a BLM who can hit 500+int. With a full double meld set you are looking at 400ish INT.

Anyway the highest evasive mob in game right now is Garuda which you will need 530 macc buffed to get close to 0 resist.

For Ifrit/Chimera you will need around 470.

For gear on garuda

Double meld hat: 35int 7matk
Garuda van: 30int 25macc
Militia robe: 15int
Melded Woolen tights: 14int
AF boots: 9int
Mage's halfgloves: 9matk 9macc
Mage's ropebelt 2macc
x2 int rings/int braclet/mage's earring/mages choker- 40int 5matk 15macc

Unbuffed this gives me 399int 479matk 456 macc. buffed I have 406int 527macc and 490matk.

Edit: To hit 500int you would need Triple melds in hat/weapon/legs.

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You are not getting those numbers in all three categories at one time. Sure maxing each one out with different gear, but short of triple melding and even then its a stretch to reach that 'starting point'. A full double meld INT set (Wep/Hat/Legs) with rings just breaks 400 INT so not sure how you are getting 560.

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Because i blackout when typing and was trying to type 360 lol. Sorry my bad, i edited my post.

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Originally Posted by Xianghua

I'd Seriously love to see the gear of a BLM who can hit 500+int. With a full double meld set you are looking at 400ish INT.

Anyway the highest evasive mob in game right now is Garuda which you will need 530 macc buffed to get close to 0 resist.

For Ifrit/Chimera you will need around 470.

For gear on garuda

Double meld hat: 35int 7matk
Garuda van: 30int 25macc
Militia robe: 15int
Melded Woolen tights: 14int
AF boots: 9int
Mage's halfgloves: 9matk 9macc
Mage's ropebelt 2macc
x2 int rings/int braclet/mage's earring/mages choker- 40int 5matk 15macc

Unbuffed this gives me 399int 479matk 456 macc. buffed I have 406int 527macc and 490matk.

Edit: To hit 500int you would need Quad melds in hat/weapon/legs.

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Again think about what i typed you would have figured out that it was a typo that i fixed lol

Also with m.acc food and a Bard i am i fine on Garuda. Also i play with a Bard friend so i have that luxury. To hit the m.acc cap need for Garuda

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Again think about what i typed you would have figured out that it was a typo that i fixed lol

Also with m.acc food and a Bard i am i fine on Garuda. Also i play with a Bard friend so i have that luxury. To hit the m.acc cap need for Garuda

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I figured it was a Typo which is why I didn't call you out. I just stated what was right so if you didn't come back to correct it people wouldn't see wrong info and take it as truth. This is the XIV forums after all.

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Originally Posted by Xianghua

I'd Seriously love to see the gear of a BLM who can hit 500+int. With a full double meld set you are looking at 400ish INT.

Anyway the highest evasive mob in game right now is Garuda which you will need 530 macc buffed to get close to 0 resist.

For Ifrit/Chimera you will need around 470.

For gear on garuda

Double meld hat: 35int 7matk
Garuda van: 30int 25macc
Militia robe: 15int
Melded Woolen tights: 14int
AF boots: 9int
Mage's halfgloves: 9matk 9macc
Mage's ropebelt 2macc
x2 int rings/int braclet/mage's earring/mages choker- 40int 5matk 15macc

Unbuffed this gives me 399int 479matk 456 macc. buffed I have 406int 527macc and 490matk.

Edit: To hit 500int you would need Quad melds in hat/weapon/legs.

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with your gear,you can do it with triple meld using +20 int
hat will gain 25 int
boots will gain 46 int
change weapon to astrolabe and you will gain 55 int losing 25 m.acc
change chest to storm sergeant's bliaud and you will lose 7 int but gain 10 m.acc

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Originally Posted by urtv

with your gear,you can do it with triple meld using +20 int
hat will gain 25 int
boots will gain 46 int
change weapon to astrolabe and you will gain 55 int losing 25 m.acc
change chest to storm sergeant's bliaud and you will lose 7 int but gain 10 m.acc

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Please explain to me how to get 46int on boots? and why would i gimp myself going thm to use astrolabe.
To hit 500 with triple melds you would need to use max T4s on weapons/legs and hat. On blm you need at least 1 quad meld to do so.

meant legs,not boots.kept forgetting legs has less int from materia.still would get 16 int with max

it was only a theoretical 500 int set