[BLM Suggestion] Raise spell using Foul stack.

[GunksFoy]

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I agree merging it with Foul is dumb. But generally, yes, min maxing sub stats is worth very little. My point was that Scathe is awful in any situation. Even when the boss jumps, I doubt you would even notice a difference in your dps from 1 fight where you did it to another where you didn't. A single crit causes more fluctuation in your DPS than a single Scathe. At the end of the day, Scathe needs a rework. It could be completely removed and not impact Black Mage dps even a little bit.

Someone made a good case for Scathe being used against low level mobs for quick kills, which is valid enough, but taking the extra time to stop and cast a spell, which is only slower because of the stopping bit, isn't going to slow you down much.

[Zerathor]

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you know all those times you finish a cast on a mob that needs to die and after your f4 it just has about 1% left? like maybe airplanes in o7s, or the ghost on o5s. it works as a quick slap to finish the job instantly when you know you otherwise would have needed to spent time casting, or use a cd.

[Kabooa]

you know all those times you finish a cast on a mob that needs to die and after your f4 it just has about 1% left? like maybe airplanes in o7s, or the ghost on o5s. it works as a quick slap to finish the job instantly when you know you otherwise would have needed to spent time casting, or use a cd.

GCD''s a GCD. By the time you register you can scathe this, you're going to finish that Fire X.