Blue Mage: Are you kidding me!?

[Kalise]

2.Bristle

Wut?

Why Bristle?

Bristle is pointless, because spending a GCD to deal 150% damage on your next GCD is objectively inferior to spending 2 GCD's dealing 100% damage.

(Unless of course it affects Primal skills in which case Mountain Buster/Static Strike with their 310 potency means that Bristle is a 155 potency GCD which is, sadly, superior to every option BLU has for filling their GCD's due to 130 being the highest damaging GCD skill...)

[ReiMakoto]

Wut?

Why Bristle?

Bristle is pointless, because spending a GCD to deal 150% damage on your next GCD is objectively inferior to spending 2 GCD's dealing 100% damage.

(Unless of course it affects Primal skills in which case Mountain Buster/Static Strike with their 310 potency means that Bristle is a 155 potency GCD which is, sadly, superior to every option BLU has for filling their GCD's due to 130 being the highest damaging GCD skill...)

Because Bristle plus song of torment is a dps gain over casting 2 130 potency skills, song of torment is 300 potency, so buffing it with bristle makes it 450 potency across the dot duration, hence a dps gain.

Edit for more detail in case some people need it spelled out: casting 2 130 gcds= 260 potency, casting a 130 potency gcd then song of torment (300 pot)= 430 potency. Casting Bristle then song of torment= 450 potency, 20 potency gained, which adds up to more because of BLU buff windows (Peculiar light+ Off Guard)

Edit 2 because I guess I'm a bristle Evangelist: Downtime exists in nearly all fights, in that downtime, you can cast bristle, thats just free damage.

[Kabooa]

Because Bristle plus song of torment is a dps gain over casting 2 130 potency skills, song of torment is 300 potency, so buffing it with bristle makes it 450 potency across the dot duration, hence a dps gain.

Edit for more detail in case some people need it spelled out: casting 2 130 gcds= 260 potency, casting a 130 potency gcd then song of torment (300 pot)= 430 potency. Casting Bristle then song of torment= 450 potency, 20 potency gained, which adds up to more because of BLU buff windows (Peculiar light+ Off Guard)

Edit 2 because I guess I'm a bristle Evangelist: Downtime exists in nearly all fights, in that downtime, you can cast bristle, thats just free damage.

Bristle is also the only spell you can cast to use an OGCD without clipping while losing no potency compared to another 130 cast.