Adloquium: How Does It Work?

[NarikoStar]

Lulunami and Kirol have probably defined it best.

The one thing I will say is as you near your SCH gear best in slot you should be right around 4k MP when full party buff + food which makes it much easier to "use" Adloquium and as your crit rate nears the 17~22% range it becomes much more efficient to use. So while I agree with Kirol as it being not so efficient because of its MP costs, once your gear scales closer to properly itemized iLvl90 the spell's efficiency becomes much more useful and you'll probably find yourself being able to use it much more freely than before.


While this isn't exactly related to the direct question but related more towards the topic itself. Some things I've found useful but annoying with the effect of galvanize and adloquium to watch out for:

Higher casts of Adloquium cannot be overwritten while the previous-galvanize effect buff is still on for criticals.
This problem doesn't really occur with regular non-crit adlo's since they usually fall off in any end game situation before the next cast but for critical hit adloquium it can be more troublesome if a situation like this arises:

>> You cast adloquium on tank for a critical of 1500HP. ((Tank now has a 3,000 dmg shield)
>> Ifrit uses incinerate for 2,700HP.
>> You cast aldoquium on tank for a non-critical of 730HP. ((Galvanize has no effect))

Because the galvanize buff is still on the tank registered as a crit shield of x2. Even though the shield has been broken and only has about 300HP left on it, the non-crit aldo which provides a sheild of 730HP does not take effect. I've always stacked crit on my SCH but this particular fight is really the only time I find this build can actually somewhat-hurt you. I still don't think I'd give it up the build because preventing the stacks a majority of the time is still quite beneficial. Especially when a WHM and you are working in tangents on fights like Ifrit EX where he can sometimes do x3 back to back incinerates which CAN be avoided with some savy time casting maneuvering but because of this mechanic makes it troublesome to deal with at times if your first adlo is a crit, but your second one isn't.

So in a short, and additional tip: Watch out for your critical's, because you might end up wasting an Adlo if you decide to cast back to back and have a Crit then a Non-crit.