How to gear BLM best

[Yukonjack]

Hello -

I see lots of good reccomendations here, but do any of you know of a guide that shows the very best gear for BLM is money is NOT a hinderance? I am about to gear mine up and have been unable to find a detailed guide on optimal gear. Thanks in advance!

[Meatdawg]

Just curious how you got to these stats for you blm. You have to have triple melded brand (with at least 2x meld int) or Garuda's Van, and triple int hat, would be my guess? Thanks.

At the time I had a triple melded Electrum Scepter with 48 int, but I have since sold that and just use a Garuda's Van. My int is not that high anymore and is down to around 350 with 481 mag acc.

[Gukie]

w/o magic accuracy -
you'll get resisted - and do less then half the damage for twice as long of a wait.
w/o potency - your thunder and thudaga will be weaker.
w/o int- your thundara will be weaker.

now ask yourself this question what do you prefer?

[Luxanna]

w/o magic accuracy -
you'll get resisted - and do less then half the damage for twice as long of a wait.
w/o potency - your thunder and thudaga will be weaker.
w/o int- your thundara will be weaker.

now ask yourself this question what do you prefer?

Thunder and Thundara depends on INT
Thundaga and everything else depends on Magic Potency

[Asiaine]

Thunder and Thundara depends on INT
Thundaga and everything else depends on Magic Potency

Thunder damage is based on a combination of Magic Attack Potency and Intelligence, with Magic Attack Potency being the major contributor (on a 1 to 1 comparisson). I.e.: 15 Magic Attack Potency did more to increase damage than 15 Intelligence.

I have done some research into this but I am not publishing any results as I expect it all to change at 2.0 where I will re-investigate.

Gukie is most closest with his summary.


Back on topic: I do not know of any guide, and the optimal outfit may vary depending on your grand company and if you wish to get Darklight gear or not. I recommend you find which skill/stat you want to focus on and then research what is best available to fulfill that need.

My biggest recommendation right now is to NOT invest heavily into weapons: New ones come out too quickly to warrant the investment (unless you are overflowing with hundreds of millions of gil and have absolutely nothing else to do with it).

[tymora]

BlueGartr has an extensive breakdown on their forums.

[Alzelia]

I've been on a melding spree lately, but I can't decide what body piece I'm going to make for BLM, any suggestions?

[Asiaine]

I've been on a melding spree lately, but I can't decide what body piece I'm going to make for BLM, any suggestions?

The downside of crafted body for BLM is that the materia that is most beneficial is Piety, which is not really beneficial. (It boosts enfeebling, but that is not extremely helpful right now). Of course you can add HP/MP/DEF, but those usually do not contribute enough to be considered very important, even at double meld. Maybe if you were shooting for 3x or 4x on Tier IV it might make enough of a difference.

That being said, the 'popular' choice for crafted body is the Felt Bliaud (INT +5, MIND +5, Magic Accuracy +5/+6), and available in an assortment of colours. Another close option is of course the Coliseum Shawl (INT +4, MIND +4, Magic Accuracy +5). SLIGHTLY less stats (and slightly less cloth), but it is meldable.

[Husband]

or I use

Storm Sergeant's Bliaud 5000 Storm Seals

INT+8 MND+8 Magic Accuracy+10

[Lacavi]

I can't decide between the Mage's Choker or the Spinel, as it is, I'm capped on accuracy, sitting on 383 Int, but only 470 MATT. Since I'm capped on ACC, though, I use crown cakes instead of blankets, and if I switched out the choker I'd probably have to eat blankets instead. /boggle.