Freeze - Why Isn't It More Complimentary To Flare?

[Waliel]

I think you could easily buff Freeze to 200 or even 250 potency without anyone caring.

Sadly you'd also have to buff Flare hugely just to give it a reason to be used in single-target again.

Both of these abilities seem like they were left behind, in a dark, dark corner.

Flare has it's place in on of the the openers.

Is it really better to cast Blizzard 3 (3.5 second of cast, 240 potency on one enemy) on an AoE situation with, say, 4 or more mobs, when you can use Freeze (3 seconds cast time, 100 potency total for each mob)?

I feel like the difference in potency can be great on really big pulls, but I haven't tested myself.

It's not worth it to cast any ice spells in AoE situation. Transpose - F3 - F2 - F2 - Flare - Transpose - F3 - etc. is the way to go. Doing that falls perfectly in sync with mana ticks and you never have to wait for them after the first Transpose, if you know what you're doing.

[Fevelle]

It's not worth it to cast any ice spells in AoE situation. Transpose - F3 - F2 - F2 - Flare - Transpose - F3 - etc. is the way to go. Doing that falls perfectly in sync with mana ticks and you never have to wait for them after the first Transpose, if you know what you're doing.

One tic from Umbral Ice 1 after Transpose will never fill the MP, not even enough for one Fire II, not even 2 tics...

[Waliel]

One tic from Umbral Ice 1 after Transpose will never fill the MP, not even enough for one Fire II, not even 2 tics...

You get two tics worth of UI1 with that and it's enough to do F3 F2 F2 Flare. That has been the case and the AoE rotation since the start of 2.0, not counting the "Flare only" one. RIP.

Try it out sometime.

[Fevelle]

You get two tics worth of UI1 with that and it's enough to do F3 F2 F2 Flare. That has been the case and the AoE rotation since the start of 2.0, not counting the "Flare only" one. RIP.

Try it out sometime.

Yep, you're right. It's been months since I last played BLM so I didn't remember the MP costs very well.