I would tie it for best guide because we all know Pint's "guide" was definitely what a new player would need to be good at maining black mage
@Bryan-uq4jg2 жыл бұрын
Seal 🦭 of approval 🙆♀️
@Dio____Brando2 жыл бұрын
@@EksuPlosion so i dont need to put fire 1 and ice 1 in my skill bar?
@zensei76852 жыл бұрын
@@Dio____Brando well they both turn into paradox so you’ll need at least one of those to use paradox
@phif37912 жыл бұрын
You answered every single question I had about the job, and even questions I didn't have. Thank you so much, this guide is very clear and valuable :)
@bmrizzo12 жыл бұрын
This presentation and clarity should be the standard for all guides, Thank you for all the work you do for the BLM community!
@phaeaz86302 жыл бұрын
This is literally dropped from heaven. I have been struggling for a few days to wrap my head around blm after taking a break from blue dps and I needed something to explain how the rotation was supposed to work. This is perfect, keep up the good work!
@geltric47792 жыл бұрын
I would consider myself an intermediate black mage in the very best of cases but the things you've introduced to me in this video might very well be what pushes me up a tier. This is amazing stuff and the sheer volume of tricks to optimize your damage is mind blowing.
@Kazenjiii2 жыл бұрын
You truly do deserve so much more recognition by the community not only for your content but the quality of your content, please keep it up!
@tokiri56802 жыл бұрын
actual most competent BLM EW guide I found so far. 10/10, would have being a 11/10 if you showed the paradox despair only rotation :^)
@floofzykitty50722 жыл бұрын
He probably didn't show it because there is no way it doesn't get nerfed in this coming week's balance patch. It is too mobile and does too much DPS for it not to get nerfed.
@tokiri56802 жыл бұрын
@@floofzykitty5072 not really sure, bcz I think Paradox is intentionally designed to almost do as much dps as a fire 4. if they change smth its probably that despair uses at least one umbral ice stock, so it would force to let the person use a bliz 4 to get the stacks back.
@floofzykitty50722 жыл бұрын
@@tokiri5680 the problem with that design is that it means you have no reason to use Fire IV and it also eliminate BLMs main weakness (having little mobility). The paradox + despair only rotation literally undermines BLMs identity.
@N7Crow2 жыл бұрын
@@floofzykitty5072 he probably didn't show it because it's hot garbage. it does worse dps than standard while being harder to do
@EksuPlosion2 жыл бұрын
@@N7Crow Pretty much this, it performs around 3% worse than the standard rotation (the 99% parse everyone is throwing around is super carried by absurd crit rates - put those crit rates on a BLM playing normally and it would be like a Rank 1) and I'm not expecting it to stick around (SE will probably change Despair so it consumed umbral hearts, which would kill that playstyle without affecting other BLM play)
@61Checker2 жыл бұрын
Best video about this job I have ever seen, give it some love!
@VoxsPats2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the in-depth explanations My friends got me into FFXIV a month ago and threw a BLM class boost at me I've been floundering for the past week trying to find videos and explanations of what I should do but this video helped so much!! With raid mechanic practice and your detailed rotation explanations, my dps literally doubled You're OP, man
@VoxsPats2 жыл бұрын
@Lil' Ari BLM is difficult because of the casting, sure- but if you save your CDs for moments where you know you'll be moving, it really isn't difficult! Plus, I'm normally not interested in stories. Content-wise, there are so many things that are available but not required and I've been having the time of my life for the past month! My raid leader has tasked me to go CRIT BLM and every kaboom i do gives me the tinglies, it's really good fun ^^
@lt20642 жыл бұрын
This guide is bloody amazing. Well paced, not skipping the important details. Bravo!
@Don_DeMarco2 жыл бұрын
Your guide is amazing!! I can't even imagine how much time it must have taken, going through all of the trial and error, to figure this out.
@TraceurRoy2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the best guide for a BLM, you did an amazing job, so well explained and easy to digest! I appreciate so much this quality content. You really help me to improve as a better player overall, I'll be watching your streams, now is the time to practice professor! :D
@sergel022 жыл бұрын
I don’t even play BLM since I found it too complicated but you broke things down so well I want to try it again!
@PhantomWK2 жыл бұрын
This was an incredibly helpful guide. Thank you so much, I can't wait to put this all into practice. The intricacies of this class make it the most fun dps imo.
@raarasunai48968 ай бұрын
Before watching this video, I would have called anyone who thought black mage was fun a bit loony. After watching and applying a lot of what I saw in this video, yeah, I have to agree! It’s always fun when you see the rest of the team who surpassed you in enmity during their opener burst fall behind you for the rest of the fight ^_^
@LavaFountain2 жыл бұрын
As perfect a guide as can be, truly amazing, very well made friend, I'm very impressed with how much simpler you make this information to take in, please keep up the good work! You've more than earned a new sub.
@metaknightmare12342 жыл бұрын
This is a really good video! I've been playing black mage for a few years now and this video would've been great for all of my questions back when I started, so I'm sure this will be great for people who are looking to get into it. I've also been curious about more in-depth optimization like transpose lines and such, and so having that section on the end really helps people like me out too! So there's something useful in this for basically everyone I think.
@Alu4042 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Here we go. Thank you, captain.
@chrisanderson78202 жыл бұрын
OK wow, this is the best laid out and organised rotation guide I have seen. This should be the gold standard as to how rotation guides are done.
@alfawarrior32 жыл бұрын
absolutely amazing guide. I want to get into DPSing more after being a tank main since HW and always enjoyed BLM, so this was really helpful for me. lots of useful information and heaps of stuff i didn't know/consider when i started playing it.
@KnmL272 жыл бұрын
Great guide and nicely edited too. Great job!
@wormcityy2 жыл бұрын
i've come back to this video what feels like hundreds of times since it was uploaded. ty for making such a well put together guide!
@OneFiveYankee4 ай бұрын
Two years later and as a newbie black mage this is still the best guide I've come across.
@nonottim2 жыл бұрын
Just starting BLM and I usually don't play casters in mmos. Trying to wrap my head around the rotation and when to use or not use abilities has been somewhat difficult but is starting to make more sense the more I play. Appreciate the effort in providing information! Will definitely be used going forward! :)
@AWentworthP2 жыл бұрын
Wow this video is incredible. So much information laid out so clearly. Will deff need to re-watch!
@Noel_Tamura2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this video. I recently started playing blm and it’s super fun, although I’m currently quite bad at it but I’ll practice and try to use your tips
@ryanrushford7918 Жыл бұрын
Your BLM guide helped me so much. I hadn’t played BLM since HW and because it changed so much I felt nervous about playing it again in EW. The quality and information in your guide is second to none which made it much easier to understand. I’m a main healer but find myself playing BLM in place of most DPS jobs if I ever decide to switch things around. Thank you! ❤
@frustratedlemur8 ай бұрын
I come to this video so much it’s ridiculous. I always play summoner but today I’m deciding to do blm for the challenge. Thank you for the years of experience in one video.
@raarasunai48968 ай бұрын
This guide was SUPER helpful! For some reason, before I watched this, my brain just could not compute how much I was losing to clipping by weaving oGCDs just anywhere. When I applied what you showed here, weaving only after an Instant Cast or a fast casting Fire 3/Blizzard 3, my gameplay improved drastically!!
@KamikazeReilly2 жыл бұрын
Hey Eksu, I just started raiding with blm in endwalker (ex summoner main here) and just looked at the best logs from blm and found yours there. And know I realized that you make youtube videos from blm also. Dude this is helping me so much! thank you!
@flockthehawk88332 жыл бұрын
Even as an experienced blm player i'm glad to have watched this video. Haven't given a lot of thought about the 2 target optimization of high fire 2 or foul over xeno for thing like hyd ex. Amazing work!
@EksuPlosion2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@haydn93152 жыл бұрын
Great video, really well thought out and answered everything anyone could ever ask about BLM. Extra points for excellent reasoning behind subtle rotation decisions too.
@Terribly_Grimm2 жыл бұрын
This is a very well presented guide, a lot of new players are going to benefit from this
@hotcoffee79332 жыл бұрын
Outstanding presentation! Very clean, clear, and well organized. I gratefully subbed your channel.
@unixtreme2 жыл бұрын
Amazing guide, I just got my BLM to 90 and I'm terrible so I've re-watched parts of this a million times already.
@cryw1092 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this guide! It honestly really helped me learn more about weaving windows, and your explanation about the advantages of the Fire 3 opener finally helped me understand the advantages of it over the Blizzard 3 opener I've been using. I'm about to hit level cap with Black Mage, and I'm definitely going to try and keep these lessons in mind!
@chronicfistagon79442 жыл бұрын
Black Mage has been my ride or die for years, I've mostly just been winging it by knowing how everything works by default and have been doing just fine, but every now and then I think to myself, "what are the big dicc black mages doing these days?" and this guide 'spells ' it out better than anything else out there. Big kudos and thanks, might try some of these spicy tricks out soon myself.
@asatowolfe2 жыл бұрын
I've been listening to this on repeat at my job for nearly five hours. I know exactly what the video is going to say for each segment before it's even said now. Hopefully the fundamentals will have sunken in when I finally get around to practicing tonight. Thanks for the great guide.
@jericho49552 жыл бұрын
thank you eksu, now I will enjoy randomly seeing you every now and again more since you've helped me once again
@shinkamui2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this eksu! I started playing last tier and this job just snatched my heart. Played it the entire tier. Improving feels so good, and in no small way thanks to your guides, techniques and advices. I admire your commitment and passion for the job! Happy new year! may 2022 bring the hottest of fire IVs
@IchiroSuzuki97 Жыл бұрын
This guide literally saved my blm gameplay. I used to constantly struggle playing the job outside of ARR thank you! It’s all clicking
@Ixia.2 жыл бұрын
This has to be the best job guide I've ever seen. I send this to anyone that even whispers the words "black mage'!
@Mysterious7152 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this guide. Had been questioning myself for a long time on different playstyles such as transpose usage for quite some time, but it made more sense for EW since it'll be the most up to content. This is a all-in-one video from beginners to experienced players alike, worthy of watching and revisiting later.
@floofzykitty50722 жыл бұрын
keep in mind the "cursed transpose rotation" (the one that does not use Fire IV at all) will likely get mega nerfed the upcoming balance patch as it parses higher than "regular" rotations and is clearly unintended
@Mysterious7152 жыл бұрын
@@floofzykitty5072 so it is really a thing. A friend told me thought she was crazy haha. I just hope it doesn't gut BLM normal rotations completely
@floofzykitty50722 жыл бұрын
@@Mysterious715 Yep, and not only does it at least match or do higher DPS, but because it uses a huge amount of instant cast spells it is actually more mobile too
@Highonwater3X2 жыл бұрын
@@floofzykitty5072 What does the cursed transpose rotation look like? I tried googling but couldn't find any posts about it. EDIT - just realized he talked about it in the video. Ignore me lol
@floofzykitty50722 жыл бұрын
@@Highonwater3X one thing to note though is that on a target dummy it has less DPS, I believe it largely parses higher due to it being less demanding once you learn it. The Savage world first clear I believe was done with a BLM that used standard rotation.
@mewple2 жыл бұрын
I've been studying the best blm rotations through fflogs and they do a triple despair opener. I've been using it myself lately and it really does help set up your dps for the rest of the fight.
@edocantona31952 жыл бұрын
Do you have a link to these fflogs? Trying to show a friend!
@mewple2 жыл бұрын
@@edocantona3195 not at the moment but if you go to fflogs main page they were listed as the top dps innthe raid section. Idk if they still are or not.
@TheKsingh19902 жыл бұрын
Dude you did a phenomenal job with this guide as well and breaking down the class as a whole. Thank you for taking time out of your personal day to make this guide. I feel a lot more confident with the class and can’t wait to apply all this information to my gameplay.
@Kyrmana2 ай бұрын
Your voice is very soothing along with the bgm. I had a great time listening even though I'm a baby mage and this is kinda outdated now 😌
@aelam022 жыл бұрын
Best, most thorough black mage guide out there. Great job on this video and I look forward to seeing future videos. Every black mage player should sub to this channel.
@Fliksterr2 жыл бұрын
Haven't seen your channel before, but from your name alone I can tell that you are perfectly qualified to make a good BLM guide. 🤯
@gracefullynadine8642 жыл бұрын
Been maining black mage for 8 years, about to do savage content for the first time in my life and I'm a bit embarrassed about how much of this I didn't know. Thank you, this is going to be so helpful while I prepare for 6.05!
@kisavalkyrie2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. I could never wrap my head around weaving and had so much trouble with weaving (doesn't help that I am on a console and can only be on PC for limited amount of time) but this made it so much easier to understand. Thank you so much!
@Nathanlsf2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this guide, as a black mage main, you helped me gather more information on my rotation, I am now able to weave in Xeno/SCT3 after doing 4 fire4 and a paradox
@pasu79392 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for the guild. This is sooo useful and helped me a lot during my journey. I've watched this over and over again and everytime i learn something new and understand more from this video. Thanks for the effort ☺️.
@florentminguet2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, i have seen a lot of guides and its by far the best and most complete. Your videos helped me going from blue to purple/orange logs :-) Hope you’ll get a lot of recognition for this.
@laranjo59992 жыл бұрын
My BLM is lvl 33. This all sounds like gibberish to me. But I can 100% appreciate how well made this video was. Everything is immaculately organized with timestamps, the pacing is amazing and it's perfectly concise. If I SE ever fixed syncing (which breaks the fun out of most rotations), this video might be the thing to push me into leveling my BLM. 10/10 would recommend this video
@xeno9422 жыл бұрын
This is a really well made guide. Equally good for a fresh level 90 as it is for someone who parses. Great job!
@slickdarula12 жыл бұрын
Very nice guide. I thought I was going to have some questions, but honestly, I have none. Great Job!
@XChocoxHolic2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! Hands down the best Endwalker blm guide I’ve been able to find anywhere! FFXIV is the first mmo I’ve gotten seriously into and your explanations are really easy for me to follow!
@brett99952 жыл бұрын
This is one hell of a guide. Thank you so much from a BLM returning to FFXIV for endwalker!
@ereshkigal39242 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much ! You have done an exemplary, detailed and very detailed job that has allowed me to better understand the Dark Mage. It's a very difficult job to play and it's full of subtlety ;) Keep going!
@anonuser48062 жыл бұрын
With how good the video and overall explanation of the concepts presented by you was, you just earned yourself a new subscriber. Thank you for the amazing guide, and keep up the great work.
@neotrash2862 жыл бұрын
i just became a black mage main for my static and this video is a godsent. I am loving blm so much and having to actually study and be educated and well versed on so many in- game functions to be any effective on blm makes the class so endearing. Happy I found your channel and im sure your making lots of newcomer blms very glad they found your channel.
@kabukiforever2 жыл бұрын
So happy you made a video i watch your streams and your helping get the best EXPLOSIONS
@Lyrayfait2 жыл бұрын
Endwalker add some crazy opener, that's a great video. I didn't think they were that many option besides standard rotation. Keep up the good work man
@Prateek_Rawat2 жыл бұрын
Thanks a bunch man. This is the most helpful video on BLM ever.. Just started FFXIV and playing BLM for 1st time. This will be my go to guide. ☺️. Keep up the good work. 👍
@UmaruPoi2 жыл бұрын
This is the best guide for black mage, I share this video to all my friend to see how black mage works, not a ICE mage anymore.
@StoneSpartan472 жыл бұрын
I was waiting patiently for your wisdom on the BLM lvl 90 Life. Thank you!
@CentiZen2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, this was the video I've been hoping to find for months. There's lots of BLM info out there but what I was really looking for was someone who wouldn't just throw a bunch of rotations at us, but explain why each spell is the best choice at that moment. I've been holding my static back with some low DPS and this video highlighted a lot of things I can be doing better.
@TaruTV2 жыл бұрын
Really nice guide man, taking some notes for the future.
@Guy-92 жыл бұрын
I'm glad I actually know almost all of this. xiv analysis is new to me though so that was a very nice thing to pick up here.
@ShowMeYaMovez2 жыл бұрын
Figured if I wanted to learn Black Mage, I'd look up a guide from the goat himself. Thanks for making this
@dambros2 жыл бұрын
This is amazing.I have been considering picking up a selfish dps class to take a break from healer mentality and even though I can't understand most of what is displayed, it was enough to give me some directions!
@johnvisorde61372 жыл бұрын
I came back for this expansion and wanted to try BLM. Great video! You just got my sub!
@abdulazizalbelushi70052 жыл бұрын
Such an amazing explanation really appreciated for not talking so fast like few KZbinrs out there. Have you ever considered trying to level up other jobs make guide for them this masterpiece? Thank you so much once again for this awesome guide.
@AzarathRathen2 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately I'm a console player, so I can't use some of these tips, including parsing or some sort of damage calculator, but I recently began questioning my rotation because of the threat count along the party list. As a BLM main since Realm Reborn, I've always been 2 or 3 on the threat list and recently I noticed I've been far lower. I'm glad to see my basic rotation was being done correctly, but my opener was in big trouble according to this video. So thanks for pushing me to better my BLM! I know other factors matter of course. Gear and some fights are less forgiving for BLM, but I knew I needed to improve somewhere, and now I have the tools to do just that. I don't do savage, but I do do extremes, and Zodiark was actually the one that was causing me to question things since you basically have to run all the way up to the corner before planting your ley lines, but I'm hoping the opener will give me enough time after using triplecast to do just that. Anyway, just thinking out loud. Thanks again for making the video! It was a huge help!
@Raynexification2 жыл бұрын
This actually really helped me understand the job better, so good!
@Searievolk002 жыл бұрын
You make Megumin very proud! This is the best video for EW I found on youtube. So much important if not the most important information. Thank you for the time and the quality you put in this. Keep up the amazing work and the great streaming content!
@dragonhearthx83692 жыл бұрын
As black mage just clicked for me, this video is somewhat helpful. It started to go over my head near the end but it was helpful.
@isabellep34442 жыл бұрын
This is such a wonderfully concise and comprehensive video! Thank you so much for making this ^.^
@satyrka2 жыл бұрын
hey explo, I just want to tell you, how awesome progress you did from your 1st video ever till now. keep going bro. i hope once you will get more attention, coz you deserve it.
@stephenkirvan9839 Жыл бұрын
This video showed me how little I knew. Thanks for doing this guide!
@AzothBLM7 ай бұрын
two years later and still the best source for BLM!
@nickahn70542 жыл бұрын
What an amazing comprehensive video about Endwalker black mage. You sir get a thumbs up and a subscribe!
@juan_andrs2 жыл бұрын
somehow decided to run all EW EX trials with my BLM and this guide, well this is it baby! Thanks!
@BrohunGaming2 жыл бұрын
i dont think i will exaggerate when i say - this might very well be the best class guide i have ever seen. 10/10, amazing content. thank you!
@andyb84032 жыл бұрын
I feel like I just took a college course in black mage. now I need to study. still trying to learn all of the ins and outs of black mage & this helps a lot. thanks!
@Xarius2 жыл бұрын
Never have I ever listened in class more than right now. Currently trying my hardest to get better DPS during the Extremes, and really needed these for Pandae savage passes, thank you for this guide! Edit : Came across my own comment a year later to try to go for the advanced rotations, but now I can say; got ex4 & 5 down, all the second tier's drops I needed and got very close to my first purple in p8sp1 thanks to you! I will wait a bit before going in Ultimates though 😅
@joshuarobinson16892 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this deep dive into the job. I feel much better equipped to play blm now!
@alloounou69002 жыл бұрын
I was going to look at other black mage guides and decide on one to watch, but your name is literally the happy black mage noise.
@tomkirkland36762 жыл бұрын
Very well made guide. Thank you!
@MoRanes2 жыл бұрын
Incredible guide. Thank you so much for making this!!
@Ed-eq3co2 жыл бұрын
God-like guide and well made. Thanks for all the hard work that went into this.
@TheStrategist202 жыл бұрын
Really helpful video, and explained a lot topics. I would be curious to see also some resources for beginner black mages, the basics, or maybe one more focused on specific encounters. What I'm seeing right now, as a completely newbie BLM, is managing the rotation completely fine on a dummy, but with major issues as soon as movement is involved.
@EksuPlosion2 жыл бұрын
I will be making blm specific encounter guides/tips videos for the Savage fights coming up :)
@vajra68882 жыл бұрын
This video is super helpful! I want to try and learn the job properly so I will be referring to this a lot!
@MT-so2mk2 жыл бұрын
This isn't a Black Mage guide. This is a fucking Black Mage PhD guide. Cheers dude!
@francisco25962 жыл бұрын
Great video, more informative and thorough than any other that I have seen! Only thing I would change is audio, a bit too low in my opinion.
@EksuPlosion2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback - I'll try and make it louder for next time. I actually decreased the levels on some of the recording because I thought it was too loud! Maybe my ears suck LOL
@phantomblkstar29232 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this guide i love BLM and after stopped playing ffxiv for a while its good to know how to properly use BLM i was already using some of this guide but i had to reevaluate my stats they were so low so my damage wasn't that great.
@jonessabal81902 жыл бұрын
Wow. This is amazing. Thank you so much for this, senpai.
@WH40KHero2 жыл бұрын
Blackmage is the class for big brain wizards There is so much depth, so much variety in the rotation And all depends on the situation which you can and must adapt to on the fly if it is required truly, it is the most demanding DPS class in the game
@razzr952 жыл бұрын
This guide is insane and so are you!
@happyestus66882 жыл бұрын
I love your content! By far the least fluff-filled guide I've ever seen (aside from your hat