Seeing Red - A Complete Red Mage Guide

[Sephorai]

I have a rough estimate what it will be. It's tricky cause it's proc based. And will also depend on party openers as well for when the optimal time to use Embolden will be. My static will test this as soon as possible and I will place a full opener into the guide.

Would you mind sharing that estimate so I can try it too c:

[Garotte14]

Would you mind sharing that estimate so I can try it too c:

Understand this is completely arbitrary atm and incredibly difficult to gauge mana building because of procs, but assuming Trick Attack will be around 11s, it will look something like this:

Precast Acceleration
Jolt II - 3 Black Mana/3 White Mana
Verthunder - 14/3
Verfire - 21/3
Veraero - 21/14
Impact - 25/18
Veraero - 25/29
Potion + Embolden
Jolt II - 28/32
Fleche
Verthunder - 39/32
Contre Sixte
Impact - 43/36
Veraero - 43/47
Manafication
Corps-a-corps > Riposte > Zwerchhau > Redoublement > Displacement > Verflare

This is without any Ready procs except for the first which is guaranteed from "Acceleration." With Ready Procs, you'll be able to do Manafication and melee combo a few GCDs earlier.

The most important aspects of the opener will be to cast your potion before Embolden, and then weave both Fleche and Contre Sixte in the first 4 seconds of Embolden so they are getting the full 10% buff + potion buff. And you'll want Embolden being cast around the same time as Trick Attack if you have a ninja. Without a Ninja, you could do it sooner. Again, this is all speculation and I won't know until my static can thoroughly test this.