Black Mage Dps Rotation Guide! in 90 Seconds!

[AsheliaDalmasca]

In actual practice, unless you have to move, no one ever casts Fire III as their second spell once they start their Fire spam.

Fire III to get into AF3 -> Fire (triggers proc)-> Fire -> Firestarter Fire III -> Fire etc.

The method most BLMs use of not interrupting their current Fire spell to use a Firestarter proc ensures you're always going to have 2 Fire I's for every Firestarter Fire III.

Yeah I agree, there is a huge diffrence between raw parsed dps and the reality of a boss fight.

[AsheliaDalmasca]

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[Arale]

Uh, no you don't. That's impossible, actually, as Fire 3 hits ~47% harder than Fire 1. Not using Firestarter as soon as you get it just makes you a shitty player, sorry.

I thought it was a dps loss to wait and see if you get it or not? I always use it on the Fire after it procs rather then waiting to see if it procced. Is it better to Fire > pause to see if you get proc> Fire?

[AsheliaDalmasca]

I thought it was a dps loss to wait and see if you get it or not? I always use it on the Fire after it procs rather then waiting to see if it procced. Is it better to Fire > pause to see if you get proc> Fire?

If you pause you really can only do it for about half a second. I prefer just to continue the fire chain though.

[PessimiStick]

I thought it was a dps loss to wait and see if you get it or not? I always use it on the Fire after it procs rather then waiting to see if it procced. Is it better to Fire > pause to see if you get proc> Fire?

"As soon as you get it" as in "after your current cast finishes". The person I was responding to was holding it until he was in UI3, because he's dumb.

[Arale]

"As soon as you get it" as in "after your current cast finishes". The person I was responding to was holding it until he was in UI3, because he's dumb.

Ohh okay. I simply used it on my next cast, because when I was new someone yelled at me politely to cast it when available rather then wait for the proc after each cast.

[AsheliaDalmasca]

Ohh okay. I simply used it on my next cast, because when I was new someone yelled at me politely to cast it when available rather then wait for the proc after each cast.

Yeah wait till after for sure

[AsheliaDalmasca]

Except that it's not, of course. Fire's cast time is exactly 1 GCD. Using Firestarter costs exactly 1 GCD. 1 + 1 + 1 = 3.

Edit: No one waits to see if it procs, you just use it as soon as you can. There's always a 40% chance you'll burn a proc on the Fire 1 you cast before the previous lands and activates FS.

Everything he said is pretty much accruate.

[Taemek]

I thought it was a dps loss to wait and see if you get it or not? I always use it on the Fire after it procs rather then waiting to see if it procced. Is it better to Fire > pause to see if you get proc> Fire?

Don't wait for it, simply keep casting Fire I, if you see the proc, jump to interrupt Fire I and while you are in the air of jump graphic cast Firestarter proc. Jumping interrupts Fire I and you can still cast Fire III while in mid air without it being interrupted. As soon as you hit the ground, spam Fire I again. You've have literally lost no time by doing this.

Waiting is a DPS loss. Reacting to Firestarter by interrupting Fire I to get off Fire III for free is not a DPS loss if done correctly.