Quote Originally Posted by RiversideGuy View Post
One current concern is that I do seem to get a lot of 30-38 dungeons in my duty roulette. Pretty much sidelines B3. For AOE I can use Freeze, BUT I thought to use B2 to regain MP... BUT I may be crazy, but it seems to NOT hit my MP bar much at all. It's odd because the graphic effect seems to center around me rather than mobs at range I have targeted. MIght it not be better to ditch B2 entirely and put a Manafont in there (I style my bars with a series of ST, space then a series of AOE).
Freeze is superior to Blizzard II in every way. Blizzard II is a point blank AoE (centered on you) and you are probably not standing in the middle of a pack of mobs that will also be using their own AoEs. Freeze instantly puts you at max stacks and does more damage than Blizzard II. You can completely ignore Blizzard II at any level that Freeze is available.

Your MP refresh rate is based on how many stacks of Umbral Ice you have (see UI/AF breakdown several posts previous). You only get stacks if your spell hits something, and a spell that generates a single stack will just set you to 0 stacks if you have any stacks of the opposite element, so switch elements with a Tier III spell (Fire III / Blizzard III / Freeze) before using a lower spell.