Thread: Patch 4.0 BLM Quick Reference Handbook

Originally Posted by Psycofang

Coulda sworn i saw in the all jobs tool tops umbral heart uses up 2 UH when flare us used to decrease the mp by 60% on one tool top and 30% on another tool tip.

I don't know, I'm only going by the tooltips from the media tour which states word by word: Reduces MP required to cast Flare by one-third while under the effect of Umbral Heart. Casting Flare completely removes the Umbral Heart status.

Nowhere does it say you can stack it (wouldn't that mean using Flare with 3 stacks would reduce MP cost by 3/3 making it cost no mana ) Also nowhere does it state that you need more than 1 stack to cast Flare, so I am assuming that regardless how many stacks you have it will remove ALL of them and reduce the mp-cost by 1/3 which makes casting Flare when you have 1/3 stacks the most optimal.

As for Fire2, the potency was nerfed from 100 to 80 yes, but that doesn't mean its no longer worth casting in an aoe situation. Keep in mind that F2 has no drop off regardless of target count. Alternatively if you just do not want to use F2 i guess it would still be better to then cast 2 Fire4 on one or two of the targets and then flare rather than Flare with 3 umbral hearts.