The Ultimate Black Mage Resources with Damage Calculator

[Sanguisio]

That's good to know and I'm filled with joy you got that comment of your chest.

[Cynfael]

That's good to know and I'm filled with joy you got that comment of your chest.

...oookay. *walks away slowly and avoids eye contact with the strange person*

[StouterTaru]

My main use of Scathe is at the end of trash pulls (usually Blizzard III > Scathe), or when I get a slow first tick of MP under UI.

[Skeith-Adeline]

Yes it isnt as straightforward as F3 F1 spam B3 rinse and repeat, and fights require you to time things right but it really isnt as bad as some of you make out to be. And from what -i've seen, some of the whiners use scathe (because their mobility skills were non-existent) in AF, which is kinda joke when you consider the preaching they do on here.

So let me guess, you just stand there and look pretty dodging EarthShakers? Also, have you even tried to comprehend why the topic was brought up?

[Aikaal]

I think it's Midgardsormr lol

It's... harder on melees than BLMs :\ T11 is content raid if you remove echo.

[alphamax112]

You will like to use Scathe when you get 2nd Earthshaker and your manawall was used on 1st, swiftcasted 1st fire, no fire proc and no thunder proc after that.

[Maero]

Ikr, and stating that scathe is a dps loss, then you people as skeith mentioned can just look pretty dodging and do 0 damage, lol
For the most part many of us are not conveying that blm is hard, no job in this game truly is., it is not at all what was meant..
And based on certain posts my comment still stands, some of you are absolutely clueless and seems have very little experience as blm

[Sanguisio]

So let me guess, you just stand there and look pretty dodging EarthShakers? Also, have you even tried to comprehend why the topic was brought up?

On Earthshakers I will get in position asap, manawall on the way
Cast next spell before puddle, dodge sc spell, dodge and then cast next spell as soon as out of puddle, It works out better.

And honey......I look pretty regardless what I'm doing

[Sanguisio]

I'm not saying dont use scathe ever ever ever, but limit its use to absolute minimum.

[OneWingedSora]

On Earthshakers I will get in position asap, manawall on the way
Cast next spell before puddle, dodge sc spell, dodge and then cast next spell as soon as out of puddle, It works out better.

And honey......I look pretty regardless what I'm doing

You are assuming Swiftcast is always up. What if you already used it on a previous Earthshaker or during Mega Flare ?

Personally I have 692 SSPD and Selene up during last phase most of the time, but not all people have that luxury. In which case, Scathe isn't a DPS loss, just make sure to go into UI3 before using it. You almost always have time to switch from AF3 to UI3 before any mechanic.