6.0 Red Mage speculation

[Hikelos]

And another thing. Where are our water and ice spells? Lore wise we seek balance but water and ice spells we dont got. I thought the calamity that created red mages in the first place was due to an overabundance of water aether.

Fleche and Contre-Sixte are Ice spells, as they're obviously ice swords (by the way, they use the same model as the makeshift aether sword that Alisae uses towards the end of Heavensward)
Embolden and Manafication are Water spells, you can see waves of water similar to Assize's especially on Embolden, and water orbs floating around you on Manafication.
Vercure is Earth+Water aspected, as most heals are, if memory serves right.
It makes sense for Ice spells to be the Off-GCD quick burst spells, and for Water spells to be centered around buffing.
I see people asking where the ice and water spells are quite often and idk how people don't see them?

Why would anybody want to bring a Red Mage without their unique utility of Verraise?

Even without Verraise, RDM is currently only second to DNC in terms of raidwide buffs because of Embolden, on the condition that every other DPS is physical, and to a lesser degree that the tanks are a GNB and a WAR who only do Physical damage.
It's still your low-output high-support DPS, and Verraise only cripples it (and makes content less fun by letting you avoid learning mechanics entirely in casual content).
Little trivia about Embolden btw, Fleche and Contre-Sixte count as Physical Ranged damage, so Embolden does not actually buff 2 of your strongest spells. Very cool.