Black Mage Sanctuary - A Guide to DPS

[Lavitz_]

What are the best melds? I almost started with CRT V's but then remembered that DET IV's were crap, so went

DET V X 2 -> CRT IV X 3

Crit V, Det V, Det V, Crit IV, Crit IV if you can afford to meld V on the third slot. But is it worth spending millions for an extra 3 crit? Probably not. What you have is good.

[Maero]

Well depends what server you are on, V Materia fluctuates on Leviathan but i got a CritV for a little over 400K the other day but it can go up to 800K. Also to note you get a weekly V Materia of your choice from weekly VA and while not guaranteed on the outcome you can transmute 5 IV materias in hopes of getting the what you need.
So far i have only got 1 Savage AimV out of many attempts, lol
Mixing in Crit and Det like Lavitz mentioned is your best bet.

[Garotte14]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...C8EiyGLI/edit#

Shameless bump. This has been very valuable for learning the class.

Thanks. I really appreciate it.

[Maero]

Also @ Kidbrawl, like mentioned you have way too much acc, only around 600 is needed and your Spell speed is far too low, myself i have over 1000 SS.
SS>Crit>Det

[thorgal]

If you're talking crosshotbar for controller:

Left Trigger: Up-Enochian, Right-Blizzard IV, Down-Blizzard, Left-Ley Lines, Triangle-Sprint, Circle-Flare, X-Swiftcast, Square-Raging Strikes.

Right Trigger: Up-Sharpcast, Right-Thunder, Down-Transpose, Left-Blizzard III, Triangle-Fire IV, Circle-Fire III, X-Fire, Square-Fire II.

Second set is pretty much the same Right Trigger, but left Trigger I have Virus, E4E, Potion, Lethargy, Quelling, etc. I keep my main attacks on the Right trigger so I can switch to Set two to use and oGCD and then start on new cast, then switch back to Set 1 during that cast.

Expanded Hotber: Up-Manawall, Right-Apocatastasis, Down-Manaward, Left-Convert, Triangle-Scathe, Circle-Thunder III (For Procs), X-Face Target Macro, Square-Aetherial Maniuplation. These are all my most frequent oGCDs and like access to them as quickly as possible.

BLM is the only Job I have to 60 where I absolutely did not run out of hotbar room. I have so few slots that need to be filled that I actually have B2 and Freeze on my bars.
Set 1: the default I see


Set 4: extended - left side is L2>R2, right side is R2>L2


Set 2: I tab to this via just tapping R1 while my weapon is out. R1 cycles me through 1 and 2 with weapon out, and no others.


Basic reasoning: As with all my Jobs, I keep my main offensive skills on face buttons and all my most important buffs on Set 1 d-pad. Utility/defense stuff is always L2>R2 d-pad, and I kept Ice AoE on the ice side and Fire AoE on the fire side (with a few key skills doubled to make sure I can hit them from anywhere).

My Set 2 is generally "shit I never use" - as such Surecast, Physick, and Sleep found a home. <3

thank you both !

[Blitz_Striker]

Hello

Can i ask whats the current BiS with melds for Blm as of now?
Lately people prefer spell speed now right?

[MagiusNecros]

Quick question. For the new current Hard Mode dungeon could you bypass the Blind from Mana Pots with Hawk's Eye? Please and thank you.

[Bahd_Monkey]

I was wondering about BiS too. What gear sets would you recommend using 220 - 230 gear, and only using guaranteed melds? This would be with the goal of getting into Midas Savage, and upgrading to 240 gear. (I don't mind buying some crafted gear. I just don't want to blow millions on pieces that will be obsolete soon)
Thanks!

[KidBrawl]

Before I replaced my Esoteric top with my Lore top, my SS was 905 but my crit was seriously low (like around 500). All of the crit melds I have boosted my crit to 600+

[Garotte14]

Hello

Can i ask whats the current BiS with melds for Blm as of now?
Lately people prefer spell speed now right?

It's hard to say definitively what's BIS as that can change from fight to fight. Not to mention that we don't yet have accurate stats weights yet. But if I had to give a rough guess, I'd say: SS-0.23, Crit-0.20, Det-0.18. I have no proof of that, that's my best estimation. Either way I have this as my current BiS.

http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/T4W9

Quick question. For the new current Hard Mode dungeon could you bypass the Blind from Mana Pots with Hawk's Eye? Please and thank you.

Just turn around when they cast it. I wouldn't cross class a skill that would only slightly raise your acc for one attack on one pull in one dungeon.

I was wondering about BiS too. What gear sets would you recommend using 220 - 230 gear, and only using guaranteed melds? This would be with the goal of getting into Midas Savage, and upgrading to 240 gear. (I don't mind buying some crafted gear. I just don't want to blow millions on pieces that will be obsolete soon)
Thanks!

This is a tough question. If your goal is to get a sorta BiS with 220-230 gear without overmelds, I can't tell you off the top of my head, but Lore Pants are BIS, so buy those. I would say the crafted bracket and one crafted ring are also really great. Crafted belt is also nice, but the Crafted Chest is the best chest you get until A8S. Since it'd be awhile for that, I recommend pentamelding the chest piece at least. This is my current set. No luck yet with any drops in savage.

http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/TH4A