Am I doing something wrong as BLM?

[Orophin]

To be fair, Ultima and Leviathan aren't really the best fights for BLM due to the amount of damage downtime and movement required in them. Something like Caduceus in T1 would be a good metric since it's single target only and the only time you have to move is when the panels light up or if you get goo spit at you.

[Kenji1134]

The issue is that in the current metagame, outside of speed-running brayflox, which already means its trivial content, how often do you have situations that call for aoe?

Every single boss in the game DEMANDS ST dps... but few, very few endgame situations, where things really matter, require aoe.

[skaterger]

To be fair, Ultima and Leviathan aren't really the best fights for BLM due to the amount of damage downtime and movement required in them. Something like Caduceus in T1 would be a good metric since it's single target only and the only time you have to move is when the panels light up or if you get goo spit at you.

The sad thing is that blm still scraps the bottom of the barrel for Caduceus.

[Shadowzanon]

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Pretty much this but ill add some more. If its the case you dip to low on mana when casting bliz 3, follow up with bliz 1 before casting t1 or t2 be aware just how much mana you will have left after you're last fire 1. Many blm make the huge mistake of dipping to low on mana then actually waiting for mana to come back to cast t2 you should never be waiting for mana. Mana potions are also used for situations like this. If you ended up with less than 200 mana before casting Bliz 3, use a pot to recover instead of waiting for mana to cast another spell.

You should never be saving raging strikes ever, pop it on cd and if its the case its used when new adds spawn, use quelling strikes together with it.

[NyneAlexander]

Just like how those 3 jobs don't come close to BLM's number in groups of 5 mobs or more? Makes sense....

outside of speed runs, and T4, when is this even an issue?