Help me understand t10 a bit

[Eidolon]

edit--just noticed the other replies not to use transpose, how does that work, i have always understood transpose as a way of regenerating your MP quickly

Transpose is only to be used if you can not Blizzard III. Transpose basically takes your full stacks of Astral Fire, and turns them into a single stack of Umbral Ice. While it will start giving you MP back, it won't do it nearly as fast as a full stack of Umbral Ice will.

Transpose is ONLY to be used when you know your stacks will wear off (Think Nael jumping for double dives, and you're in astral Fire.) or when you dont' have the MP to Blizzard III (Which should never happen but CAN happen if you mismanage your MP) Edit-in: Or if you're triple flare rotation for an AoE pull.

This is why, as we said, ending with swift cast + Flare -> Convert -> Fire I -> Blizzard III will substantially help your DPS. NEVER Transpose if you dont' have to. That is a HUGE dps loss.

[Kyomagi]

wow thanks for everyone helping fix my blm >.< i have gone this whole time not really knowing i was doing wrong. someone in my FC (previous, not current) gave me that rotation and i ran with it

I should have looked up blm rotation while i was looking at the nin rot

[Eidolon]

wow thanks for everyone helping fix my blm >.< i have gone this whole time not really knowing i was doing wrong. someone in my FC (previous, not current) gave me that rotation and i ran with it

I should have looked up blm rotation while i was looking at the nin rot

would you like to meet up on Hyperion sometime and take a look at it? I won't be able to show you a rotation unless you want to come to balmung and watch, but we could try and see how your other aspects go together if you like. Sometimes one on one time on a dummy can be helpful.

[Sessurea]

Actually there is a time to transpose in 1v1. When you went into umbral ice and you have fire proc, transpose to astral fire I before using the firestarter proc. Better to use that proc in AF1 rather than UI III.

Make sure you have full MP before you finish casting fire III. If you wont have full mp, You can use this time to throw a bliz I while you wait for full MP. VERY important to cast fire III with full MP. U don't wanna lose a fire 1 cast.

Do you always have the MP to cast thunder II after casting bliz III? it may be worth adding a point or 2 to piety to reach that ideal level.

Think I emptied my limited supply of blm tips in these posts, I only played it for mythflox mule lmao. Good luck with learning more and T10.

[Eidolon]

Actually there is a time to transpose in 1v1. When you went into umbral ice and you have fire proc, transpose to astral fire I before using the firestarter proc.

Mm. True, that happens if you manage to get a firestarter proc off your last Fire I cast before Blizzard III Thanks for the reminder.

Do you always have the MP to cast thunder II after casting bliz III? it may be worth adding a point or 2 to piety to reach that ideal level.

This is why it's Blizzard III -> Blizzard I -> Thunder II. If you get lucky with your trick and get it in time to get it for Thunder II, you risk casting Fire III and having lower MP. Padding a Blizzard I there is almost-always garunteed and gives you gap to get MP back for Thunder II.

[Kyomagi]

would you like to meet up on Hyperion sometime and take a look at it? I won't be able to show you a rotation unless you want to come to balmung and watch, but we could try and see how your other aspects go together if you like. Sometimes one on one time on a dummy can be helpful.

That would be helpful >.< Im gonna try it when i get home on the test dummy at my FC house

[ExKage]

I know that some BLM have a hard time switching things up and getting used to it. As a SCH in Keeper of the Lake I helped with a BLM who was using Fire III spam until OoMP and then Blizz III spam to full and then Fire III again. Another recommendation outside of working on this rotation is making sure you move the least amount of time as possible. As BLM in FCOB working on T13 (6% why), the only times I move in T10 are when A) Wild Charge, B) I have no heat lightning debuff and need to soak, and c) moving into the middle to deal with Adds.

Typically if I can't switch to Umbra III and I can't swift or proc any casts while moving, I will scathe or transpose into Umbra I. This way when I can cast I will be ready with mostly full MP in Astral phase.

[Kaze3434]

28% the last time he hit enrage. we had lvl 3 limit break but did not use it. think melee might have just died

and problem found. it was mentioned before but ST dps need to be much higher. from the looks of it, its either slow thru out the fight, or slow after adds.

[PArcher]

It's good you've found your DPS issue, op, but don't forget to look at everyone else as well. 28% at enrage with almost no deaths isn't caused by 1 person at your gear level, it's caused by multiple people doing poorly. (I'm actually shocked you could hit enrage at that % with so few deaths at this point...)

Get your group together and work on rotations and learning how to deal with mechanics

[Canadane]

Wait nope, I just can't read.