Quote Originally Posted by Burningskull View Post
Slidecasting doesn't always work depending on latency, lag or any other problem that might occur. But yes I do try to do it. Just often the boss will do a AoE RIGHT AS I START CASTING lol.
Step 1: Get gear that naturally has spell speed, or failing that, meld spell speed on your gear. BLM scales very well with spell speed, and having too low an amount of it is a miserable experience imo. A good starting point would be about 1100-1300ish spell speed.

Step 2: Utterly abuse your movement tools. You have 2 charges of Triplecast, 2 charges of Sharpcast to force a Thundercloud or Firestarter proc, Amplifier to generate a stack of Xenoglossy, Swiftcast, and Paradox is instantcast during your ice phase. Use instantcasts to weave your abilities so you don't clip your GCDs. Ley Lines increase the speed at which you cast, Aetherial Manipulation to move to another party member, whether it be to a safe zone or a stack marker, and Between The Lines to return to your Ley Lines. Also abuse Surecast to prevent knockbacks from interrupting your cast and Manaward to nullify damage if you know a hit won't kill you.

Step 3: Know the Fight. This one's a bit tricky if you're going into a fight blind and don't learn quickly. Figure out which spots don't tend to get aoes dropped on them, get used to dodging aoes by a fraction of a hair, find that one pixel perfect spot between the multiple aoes that just spawned in your general area. And no matter what, always practice your ABC's. Show those aoes (and your stressed out healer lol) who's boss.