Black Mage Dps Rotation Guide! in 90 Seconds!

[MykeMana]

Flare is only the tiniest fraction better than Fire I from a raw DPS standpoint, and if you count the Firestarter proc chance Fire I is technically better for DPS. Flare should only be used with Swiftcast against a single target, plain and simple.

Fire I IS technically better. This replaces Blizzard III, Fire I is still your main go to DPS skill. You can't cast Fire I with 300 MP, so use it for Flare instead (2x in this rotation, 1 swiftcasted). You'll have to wait 2 server proc for full MP regen on Blizz III, 3 server proc for this rotation while doing Thunder II -> Scathe on both and casting Fire III midway on regen.

As for the pots... It's expensive lol.

[Sleigh]

Fire I IS technically better. This replaces Blizzard III, Fire I is still your main go to DPS skill. You can't cast Fire I with 300 MP, so use it for Flare instead (2x in this rotation, 1 swiftcasted). You'll have to wait 2 server proc for full MP regen on Blizz III, 3 server proc for this rotation while doing Thunder II -> Scathe on both and casting Fire III midway on regen.

As for the pots... It's expensive lol.

What about using your Convert on 2X Fire I + Blizzard III (which gives you not only no true downtime but also gives you the 2-for-1 AH3 + UI3 Fire III and Fire I after) instead of Fire I + Flare + Transpose delay into low DPS? It's what I do.

Swiftcast Flare may have a place in optimal rotations, when combined with Convert, but I can't say I see Flare -> Transpose ever trumping a Blizzard III rotation. Blizzard III gets you back to your highest DPS phase quickest, to throw that away would be a huge DPS loss.