BLM: Endgame guide and rotations

[bardaboo]

For AoE rotations, I personally use one from another BLM Rotation thread that I'm having trouble finding but its basically this:

Fire 3 > Fire 2 ... (until around 1000 mp) > Flare > [Transpose > wait 2 seconds after first mp tick > Flare > Fire 2 > Flare >] repeat .

Ok. Doesn't flare not only use all your mp but put you into astral fire? So how can you follow up flare with a fire 2? Also. Instead of waiting 2 seconds why not cast a blizzard or something.

[glen7187]

Ok. Doesn't flare not only use all your mp but put you into astral fire? So how can you follow up flare with a fire 2? Also. Instead of waiting 2 seconds why not cast a blizzard or something.

What happens is, after you Transpose you are in UI1, after 1 tick of MP, you want to wait 2 seconds then start casting Flare. The reason is because when your Flare casts, you lose all your MP but the MP tick comes in right after (which is why you need to wait 2 seconds after the first MP tick and you don't cast anything while you wait) giving you around 1100 MP after casting Flare. That allows you to follow up with a Fire 2 (leaving you with just under 300 MP) and then another Flare after, then Transpose again.

The 2 second wait is to make your Flare cast line up with the MP ticks, so that Flare you wouldn't want to Swiftcast. The other Flares you can Swiftcast. What I will sometimes do if I have Raging Strikes up is I'll do:

Fire 3 > Fire 2 until around 1000 MP > Raging Strikes > Flare > Convert > Swiftcast > Flare > [Transpose > wait 2 seconds after MP tick > Flare > Fire 2 > Flare >] repeat

absolutely melts mobs...