Black Mage Sanctuary - A Guide to DPS

[Aikaal]

Yeah Female Au Ra seem to have better PIE than male's. I wish males PIE wasn't so low, because I would MUCH rather play Au Ra for looks. XD I like elezen too though so it isn't so bad.

Wait wat? The sex of your race does not influence your stats :[

[Greyfrost]

Hello, just started playing as a BLM recently, haven't reached the new skills yet. I've been reading your guide Aikaal, and it helps a lot, for example, I've been using swiftcast on fire III as opener to shorten the time spent by ~3 seconds to get astral III, and that will change when I have flare.

My question after reading your guide on the rotation part is, is it still better to use fire IV on enochian rather than *hope you get lucky* fire I with firestarter proc? And use blizz IV to refresh the duration in-between and fill MP. Or do I keep using tier IV spells while on enochian and only use the lesser to refresh astral/umbral like stated?

Thank you.

[drmambo1999]

Wait wat? The sex of your race does not influence your stats :[

When I looked at the stat charts it showed male and female as having seperate stats, But only for Ah Ra for some reason. The page could be wrong though.

[drmambo1999]

When I looked at the stat charts it showed male and female as having separate stats, But only for Ah Ra for some reason. The page could be wrong though.

Cant edit cause on phone. XD im just dumb and misunderstood the 2nd race type for gender because they used a female picture. XD. Lol need to sleep.

[waifugenerator]

Aikaal, is there a minimum spellspeed for your rotation? I'm at around 640 right now and there's not really any wiggle room. I'm also having trouble understanding when to use Thunder/Thundercloud

[Teeratong]

guys how about ACC in A1-3
how many?

[Waliel]

My question after reading your guide on the rotation part is, is it still better to use fire IV on enochian rather than *hope you get lucky* fire I with firestarter proc? And use blizz IV to refresh the duration in-between and fill MP. Or do I keep using tier IV spells while on enochian and only use the lesser to refresh astral/umbral like stated?

Thank you.

Your goal is to get the maximum number of F4 casts inside each rotation, which would be four in normal circumstances. 2xF4 - F1 - 2xF4 is the normal rotation you should keep in mind while practicing. It's also possible to do F4 - F1 - 3xF4, if needed. The knowledge when to use all those small variations or when to cut or not to cut your rotation short comes with practice and experience.

This got me thinking, though. Firestarter proc under AF3 and Eno is 181,44 PPS and F4 is 176,4. In the few situations when you have FS up but not the time to use it before Eno refresh, would it be worth it to use FS instead of F4?

Aikaal, is there a minimum spellspeed for your rotation? I'm at around 640 right now and there's not really any wiggle room. I'm also having trouble understanding when to use Thunder/Thundercloud

There isn't one, but the combination of maintaining two independent timers makes it very strict by nature. Extra SS will help for sure, but you're gonna need a ton of it to fit in anything extra.

TC in ice would be the best scenario, but you can swap one F4 out for one, if the dot doesn't get clipped too much.

guys how about ACC in A1-3
how many?

About 500(?) for 1 and 2, and 530 for 3. It's quite low.

[AkkoAihara]

a1s no misses with 496 acc
a2s no misses with 510 acc
a3s <wip>

[OneWingedSora]

A3S is 530.

[Aikaal]

Hello, just started playing as a BLM recently, haven't reached the new skills yet. I've been reading your guide Aikaal, and it helps a lot, for example, I've been using swiftcast on fire III as opener to shorten the time spent by ~3 seconds to get astral III, and that will change when I have flare.

My question after reading your guide on the rotation part is, is it still better to use fire IV on enochian rather than *hope you get lucky* fire I with firestarter proc? And use blizz IV to refresh the duration in-between and fill MP. Or do I keep using tier IV spells while on enochian and only use the lesser to refresh astral/umbral like stated?

Thank you.

Fire IV is always better than the hope of getting a proc. There is also an update for the Swiftcast. You can use it for the first F3 but it's not required.

Aikaal, is there a minimum spellspeed for your rotation? I'm at around 640 right now and there's not really any wiggle room. I'm also having trouble understanding when to use Thunder/Thundercloud

There is not but you'll have issue if you have latency.