Black Mage Sanctuary - A Guide to DPS

[KidBrawl]

Recently I have my BLM at i220 as shown here

13 IV crit, 3 IV SS. So, I did A5S with another BLM. I think it was i218 cause they had a crafted top, midan pants, lore head/boot piece and lore ring. The rest mixed between craft and Midan, all melded. Their stats were 805 crit and 915 SS. This BLM's DPS was better than mine only using a 2.0 rotation on the double Faust and using the fire 1+sharp opener on hummelfaust. My opener on double was sharp->hardcast T3 in countdown -> dot other Faust with proc -> swift blizzard 3 -> normal enochian rotation no big CDs until hummelfaust. Now, I recently changed this rotation a little and put enochian before the hardcast T3 and swift Fire 3 for a little more burst on the Faust and the enochian resets as hummelfaust lands. But this BLM out DPS me by 150-250 every time. Just how?

[Cnidarian]

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I'm not an expert as a BLM as I just changed over to it from being a WHM main, but ilvl doesn't mean a whole lot if your stat optimization is off. In your case, I see you having a lot of accuracy and determination that would be better off as SS and Crit.

[Garotte14]

13 IV crit, 3 IV SS. So, I did A5S with another BLM. I think it was i218 cause they had a crafted top, midan pants, lore head/boot piece and lore ring. The rest mixed between craft and Midan, all melded. Their stats were 805 crit and 915 SS. This BLM's DPS was better than mine only using a 2.0 rotation on the double Faust and using the fire 1+sharp opener on hummelfaust. My opener on double was sharp->hardcast T3 in countdown -> dot other Faust with proc -> swift blizzard 3 -> normal enochian rotation no big CDs until hummelfaust. Now, I recently changed this rotation a little and put enochian before the hardcast T3 and swift Fire 3 for a little more burst on the Faust and the enochian resets as hummelfaust lands. But this BLM out DPS me by 150-250 every time. Just how?

You have way too much accuracy. 100+ over accuracy needed in A8S. Biggest problem is the Chest piece. All of them are bad except for the A8S Chest and the Crafted one. Crafted chest is best option until you can get the Midan chest. And you also have to think about your party and party composistion. Assuming Everyone is using their big buffs as soon as Hummelfaust drops. Personally, I double dot the Fausts and just 2.0 rotation them. TC procs usually keep my dps high. Then I standard Sharp > F1 on Hummelfaust. I end at 1800+ at i218. I'm i221 now so we'll see how tomorrow goes, but your main issue is gear set. You need more Crit and SS and a whole lot less acc.