Quote Originally Posted by ty_taurus View Post
As someone who's played every final fantasy, I have to say Black Mages that offer any sort of support are by far the outliers in the series. FFI had Boost, yeah, but that's kind of it. I wouldn't really call Steiner's magic sword a form of Vivi's Support, more just exactly that, a combo attack. Black Mages have had debuffs that could be considered utility like sleep and slow, but those were pretty rarely effective and largely inferior to just blasting enemies with your most powerful spells.
I'm with you there.... I've played all of them and am having a hard time thinking of what dedicated black mages offered support, and the best I could come up with was Lulu's reflex and focus skills. So if anything I could see black mages getting something like focus for the whole party since it would still be a largely selfish skill. It might buff paladin, healers, and ninjas if used at the right time, but unless you're running two casters, that's about it.