Black Mage Sanctuary - A Guide to DPS

[frostfirefawcett]

BLM is really good in A9S and A10S, I've only done a few pulls of A11S so I can't comment on that or A12S.

I think SMN is still better on A9S. You can pretty much solo most of the adds and keep the melee on boss. Also, your DoTs will continue ticking full potency for mini. Though with more gear as always, BLM will really shine because you would probably end up skipping those minis anyway. A10 is pretty much equal for both jobs, I THINK(haven't tested yet, will test next week) you DoT the vulnerability up adds and bane them of to the boss which would actually be crazy good. But again, with more gear people will easily skip that part(already almost skipped it in not even full crafted and no Sophia weapons). A11S on the other hand, is absolutely cancerous on BLM. I have took it in a few runs then I switched to SMN after 4 pulls or so, there's actually no scenario ever where a BLM should be beating or close to SMN on A11S assuming equal level. Though I think with more gear it will be okay to have 1/2 stacks so you can turret alot more than you can now.

I think SMN on A11S saved us alot of time for the kill to be honest, especially considering how greedy I can be on BLM ;_;