Hi,

I'm relatively new to BLM and I'm still working on the rotation, but I have a sincere question:

What is the purpose of Umbral Soul?

Before I had it, I thought we could use it outside battle to charge Umbral hearts and such - like monk - to get an upstart, but we can't.

If I'm in a aoe situation, I'd rather use Freeze to get one umbral heart and then fire III > double Flare (or 3 or 4...). If we got more umbral hearts, it would be consumed by Flare the same way...

In a sigle target situation, I could just use Blizzard IV to get all three hearts at once and then get back to fire...

I can just imagine it serves as a weave during an Ice phase, but I can't fit it in my rotation. Can Anyone help me figure this out?