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    Frizze Steeleblaze
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    Lamia
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    Black Mage Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by Mhaeric View Post
    Openers are not my forte, you'll have to ask others for that.
    All of the above sounds dead on. Ill take a stab at openers. Your opener should be a little flexible, as some fights will have different phases and demands. The more that you know about the fight youre about to start, the more specific your opener can be.

    Boss fight, slow build, starting from scratch(no carryover buffs, all abilities available)
    Diversion - Thunder 3 - Swift - Blizzard 3 - Enochian - Ley Lines - Blizzard 4 - Fire 3 - Triple - Fire 4x3 - Sharp - Fire 1 - F4x3 - Fire 3 proc - Convert - F4 - B3

    Boss fight, fast build, starting from scratch
    Swift - T3 - Diversion - Sharp - F1 - Eno - F3 proc - Ley - Triple - F4x3 etc

    The first is general and works most of the time. You get your full burn going in 4 GCDs with all relevant buffs up(and hate down). The second would be an example of a variation for a boss fight where its going to go invincible and you need to front-load more, as youre going full speed in only 2 GCDs(that may not seem like much of a difference, but 2 more F4s before you lose target can help sometimes).

    You can use a simpler opener on most AoE pulls. Something like T4(possibly cast while the tank is gathering mobs to get extra ticks/fish for thundercloud procs) B3 B4 F3 go. Keep in mind that in dungeons you can keep Eno up between pulls by using transpose every 10 or so seconds, so your 2nd(and later) fights will often have Foul available earlier in your rotation. As long as you dont think youll draw aggro(or are ready to dump via lucid) feel free to use any carry-over Fouls early in the rotation so you can continue earning them. This is where knowing your fight and knowing your abilities lets you be a little flexible to get the best results. Good luck!

    Edit for below: Yes, thats exactly what i meant. I wasnt in game and got the name a little wrong. Fixed now.
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    Last edited by Frizze; 04-24-2018 at 10:28 PM. Reason: oops