Black Mage Sanctuary - A Guide to DPS

[GospelVhae]

How do you deal with foul in AF with sharpcast opener?

[soslinky]

How do you deal with foul in AF with sharpcast opener?

3 things I usually do when faced with that scenario:
1. Force the Foul in AF and use swiftcast on B3 to keep enochian.
2. Sacrifice an F4 for Foul to keep enochian.
3. Use sharpcast on F1 for an F3P at the end of AF thus allowing you to F3P>Foul>B3.

Which of those 3 I would use depends on my CDs and Foul respawn timer. I do have to ask though, are you getting better DPS results with the sharpcast opener versus the b3 one? Top DPS BLMs are dishing out 4000+ on Susano using B3 opener. It's functionally smoother in the long run too given the Foul respawn timing being in UI.

[GospelVhae]

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I haven't tested sharpcast opener extensively so I can't compare between the two openers but Hearts opener is just really smooth in terms of foul placement. The things you mentioned are not really appealing to me as sharp/switft/triple should be really used, IMO, as utilities for movement

[soslinky]

I haven't tested sharpcast opener extensively so I can't compare between the two openers but Hearts opener is just really smooth in terms of foul placement. The things you mentioned are not really appealing to me as sharp/switft/triple should be really used, IMO, as utilities for movement

Swift/Sharp does indeed provide great utility against necessary movement but, after sufficient experience in a fight, proper positioning will lead you to being able to dodge mechanics without sacrificing a Swift/Sharp for movement. The moment you succeed in using that Swift/Sharp for straight-up damage instead of keeping it on off-cooldown is a very satisfying feeling. BLM is one of those classes that is heavily rewarded for those tiny tweaks in positioning and I highly advise you take advantage of that.

[GospelVhae]

Good reminder of prepositioning

Thanks for the reminder. I do preposition if I know the ins and outs of a fight but I'm just really having a hard time with BLM into Stormblood in general.

[Uriel_Kross]

Thanks for the reminder. I do preposition if I know the ins and outs of a fight but I'm just really having a hard time with BLM into Stormblood in general.

I don't play black mage but my wife has been playing it since the release of HW, I am browsing this forum page trying to get rotation ideas to help her because since the release of SB she has been struggling as well. glad to see that its not just her(as bad as that is to say) from what i can tell it looks like a large portion of the BLM rotation is still under investigation, still what is currently the most accepted rotation for black mage?

[GospelVhae]

I don't play black mage but my wife has been playing it since the release of HW, I am browsing this forum page trying to get rotation ideas to help her because since the release of SB she has been struggling as well. glad to see that its not just her(as bad as that is to say) from what i can tell it looks like a large portion of the BLM rotation is still under investigation, still what is currently the most accepted rotation for black mage?

For the opener, there's the Umbral Hearts opener and the opener we had back in HW. I will probably recommend the HW opener as that is what's comfortable for her I assume (and more potency per second), just tell her to do the 5-6 Fire4s like back then in HW after doing Blizzard4s.