Level 100 Black Mage | FFXIV

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[@Larryzaur]

edit: OH MY GOD IT'S ALREADY OUTDATED 12 HOURSL ATER

[@kevinwilson5283]

Yoshi p heard you talking shit

[@DP-fq7iy]

owned

[@ZiriO]

YOSHI-P SENSED IT

[@manizard2472]

Guess you gotta make the video again 😅

[@LuceDGooseVT]

"Bakool Jar Jar Binks" WOW that's cursed-

[@vfaulkon]

'Weesa Jar Jar Binks!' NO

[@JoekerGX]

I'm almost afraid to look if there is fan art of this already...

[@Rukdug]

Weesa not part ah dere bombad "family". Weesa bleeessad siblings.

[@lievaordiea389]

it do be true tho :P i honestly called him it during thee msq XD

[@DavidCruickshank]

@@lievaordiea389 Me too lol

[@VesperOfRoses]

I love how Larryzaur just casually started being an FFXIV youtuber again with no announcement or explanation, he's just here making new videos again.

[@Chrisderderderder]

8 month hiatus for 3 videos in less them 1 month is fucking christmash or something😢🎉❤

[@hjt091]

"We can eat our egis and become them" Scholar: laughs in Dissipation and Seraphism

[@ifrite3]

wish we could primalize our selves but that's as close as we're gonna get i suppose

[@grizzlybear6377]

It'd be cool if we could merge with our faeries and turn into Oberon or Titania.

[@SfiaPirion]

Hello Mr Larryzaur thank you for this Black Magician video. If patch notes are kind maybe I can stop eating paint and throwing crayons again.

[@Larryzaur]

1000 potency flare star :) that should do it

[@Unyubaby]

@@Larryzaur Honestly yes. Would make it feel like a better payoff.

[@CleopatraKing]

​@@Unyubabyand astral hearts staying when u swap to ice phase And mp tick returning And ice paradox And revert the changes to thunder But manafont is p good now

[@ZenthonPrime]

​@@LarryzaurYou're probably joking but 800-900p Flare Star would legitimately fix a lot of the job's problems lol Mostly because that's the breakpoint where you can do single target Flare

[@Nimoot]

I am awaiting with baited breath for those patch notes ... I Do Not Want To Prog As Pictomancer ... 😕

[@retroredmour6623]

A regular larry video? IN THIS ECONOMY???

[@Bydnelg]

That ending theme was a wave or hype nostalgia. Glad to have you back.

[@Tensard]

"Warrior's a whole party," Truer words have never been said.

[@SquabsMcGee]

I miss her Larryzaur... I miss my ice paradox...

[@Larryzaur]

😢 me too, me too

[@DarknessReborn50]

@@Larryzaur this didnt age well lol

[@royox]

@@DarknessReborn50 this didn't even had time to age xD

[@mirageowl]

the guy just said we are sponsored by: MY OWN GAME

[@lucavs3933]

we are so backk

[@terr0byte661]

we are so blackk get it? black mage? haha

[@romarikanugames]

Having Larry back is the best thing that Dawntrail has brought us.

[@supersaiyandoyle1]

As a BLM main, I feel the suffering

[@foop87]

They gotta do something man, it feels like complete ass now (not to mention I’m putting in 5x the effort to get bad dps)

[@Castersvarog]

@@foop87wouldn’t even take much tbh, revert Thunder to work like it did before, have more ways to get to Flare star instead of just Fire 4, and re-add the big mama Ice phase tics alongside the ice spell restoring. That’s the bare minimum they should do. And fix AOE, High Fire 2 is only a gain on _14_ enemies. *Fourteen*

[@MrMasterBoop]

​@@CastersvarogIt just needs a major dmg buff tbh, pict has more utility, more DMG and more mobility... How is this fair

[@cameronwilsey9334]

​@@Castersvarog I've been doing the same aoe rotation from Endwalker with Flare Star added at the end since Flare counts as three Fire IVs for Flare Star.

[@RangerRobin0404]

Heya buddy! I've got this lovely paintbrush right here for you. Go nuts. :)

[@KZorander]

"Look at all this vegetation." I think you meant SUCH VEGETATION. THIS WAS NOT MY INTENTION.

[@melissagodwin1594]

👏🏼

[@ItsZorroDood]

I read that High Fire is now only worth to use at 14+ targets, and it's the silliest BLM thing I have ever heard.

[@AmellsGrace]

5real tho?

[@KaedysKor]

So, ISH. Once you hit 100, the optimal AoE rotation is High Fire II (to enter Astral Fire) -> Flare x2 -> Flare Star. Prior to getting Flare Star, you still use High Fire II twice after entering Astral Fire before going into Flare. There's no upper breakpoint for that Flare Star rotation, though. I just mathed out the potencies up to a million targets, and using High Fire II for more than just entering Astral Fire is a loss even at that number of targets. And that sorta makes sense. High Fire II deals 180p per target in Astral Fire 3, so 60p per target per second spent casting it. The Flare Star rotation above, going immediately into Flare after entering Astral Fire, is 76.4p per target per second spent casting at 3 target, and still 62.7p per at _a million targets,_ so there's no possible way High Fire II can be a gain as a result.

[@dennysar]

I did MSQ as BLM for the first time after doing it as healer until now. I don't regret it, though I do feel DT BLM is clunkier than EW. In the end, I simply love BLM.

[@GarnetDust24]

SAME 🔥

[@redgeoblaze3752]

I'm exact same. I still like Black Mage (and played healer until Dawntrail) but it just feels wrong. especially in extreme.

[@alexanderwilliams799]

Feels like a shell of EW BLM. Will not be going back to BLM after this. :( feels bad.

[@AcraViolet]

Somehow they made it both easier to play (ty manafont) and more punishing at the same time. Never change, ffxiv balance.

[@Sheat101]

I have used BLM to clear MSQ from ARR to DT and I have never felt more neutered now than before. Manafont changes are great, but I cannot fathom how it was rolled out in its current state. PCT overtuning aside, BLM is just so weird to play now.

[@Unyubaby]

Can confirm, Larry's game is really cute you should definitely try it out.

[@iaxacs3801]

New Black Mage in any given moment: "It's so over, We're so back!"

[@ruukutia]

still thinking about sitting in call the other day and you just going "hey mel? why are you leveling black mage?" with the tone of a broken man

[@Larryzaur]

I’m still so broken!!!

[@moondexar]

Ohhh that outro music takes me back to when you got me into the game. I was telling some friends who'd started in Shadowbringers/Endwalker how your "Basically" series really got me into the game, and they didn't get a lot of the jokes since the game had changed so drastically since then. I'm so happy you're back and looking forward to more.

[@freya2431]

When people said Dawntrail was Stormblood 2 I didn't expect that to mean consistent Larry videos again

[@spacecat278]

This video just encapsulates the entire inner monologue of a black mage player lol

[@AMNElement]

I think this is the fastest a Larry video has become out of date

[@DirectorHatman]

Paradox can only be used in fire is the paradox!

[@DieKao]

This annoys me so much. Wtf did Paradox do, mechanically, in ice? Except make the ice phase longer? Why do you want a longer Ice Phase? It's meaningless. Also Paradox is instant in fire phase and you also get Firestarter procs. Fuck me it really seems like players who played BLM before casually are ok with the changes, while all the autists just screech about completely useless shit like ice phase paradox and non-standard openers, fucking server tick mana regen and using transpose for something other than keeping your umbral shit up. I am so done with the low iq takes on this.

[@Zarr]

You can Despair before Flare Star to refresh AF

[@timon9193]

Yuppp thats how i do it. Put 2nd flare star after despair very end

[@gwynmorris5763]

Or use paradox to refresh astral fire and give you an instacast fire 3.

[@YellOhPanda]

Pretty sure that’s a dps lost to do fire3

[@fishbread9208]

If it lines up after a despair, I do all of my Xeno's + Amp if I have it, saving firestarter to refresh fire before using Flare Star

[@fishbread9208]

@@YellOhPanda fire 3 still serves a purpose, movement and astral fire refresh

[@KatyWhitekavkj]

I missed you Larryzaur! So great to see you back :D you're one of the first people whose videos I watched when I started playing the game back in Shadowbringers and you totally made me cackle ^_^ you haven't lost your touch!

[@shizucheese]

Larry I know you've probably been getting this a lot but as someone who's been watching your content since like back in Heavensward it feels so good to have you back. Thanks for the video and all the laughs over the years.

[@notGeist]

"I read that entirely wrong" me every time in that dungeon against that boss. My brain aint able to parse that information while also pressing 15 million buttons.

[@asdmmb654321]

Larry is cooking FF14 is healing🙏

[@jangetta]

Back in Black, Not gonna sack, I cannot get my mana server ticks back. Lightning Loose, From double use, That lets me put up my big dot I've been using Umbral Soul For icy mana regen roles, Forget the flare, cause I got big goals Leylines Lost before my eyes Standing in Aoes, and not running wild

[@1Shayz1]

I'm genuinely glad you are uploading again. There has been so much drama in the community that the silly content is very much appreciated

[@FalcomTreya]

yo larry this is the first time i saw your game ever and i think it looks really cool! gonna wishlist and look out for when it drops

[@kainnex1187]

Oh man, I am so happy that we be getting so many Larryzaur vids.

[@BurnByMoonlight]

3:31 silly Larry, Black Mages haven’t had ruin since cross class skills left, it’s Summoners and Scholars that use Ruin for DPS.

[@DBurner9]

I miss old thundercloud procs already. They made black mage very fun at 50. :(

[@Alexalibur13]

Thundercloud was the best designed dot in the game. It did so much for BLM: A dot, an instant cast for movement a high damage nuke, and a weaving window. I miss it. Nowadays weaving thunderhead early feels so bad.

[@Ryuujiin]

"I'm sure the healer..." OH?!? "...will let me do it." aww

[@ramza285]

I came here for the Bakool Jar Jar Binks joke. My day is complete! Thanks, Larry! Glad to see you back on FFXIV grind!

[@coreywong6229]

Meesa edge lord with eldest son issues. Yousa gonna get screwed somehow warrior of light.

[@ladydragonmon]

I can't tell you how much I've missed your particular flare on XIV videos Larry. We're happy to have you as long as you have time! Can't wait for your game either. :)

[@RendMaim]

thank you for teaching me about explorer mode i had no idea

[@agriasbelle]

Not Only Nine prologue played and wishlisted. Good prologue. Looking forward to the whole game.

[@Larryzaur]

I'm glad you liked it!!

[@cordrac]

to compensate for damage calculations, black mage will now get a High Thunder Mode where they get a big beard and cast move movement-friendly spells. Please look forward to it

[@Wiwii1999]

it's good to see you back, Larry ;) Hope you and your wifie enjoy Dawntrail !!

[@tyhjyys]

i will always love the fantasy of black mage and the idea of a slow casting turret mage but i blow so hard at this job. it was rough enough re-learning the job every 6-10 levels but with the update i kind of have to do it again lmaoooo. and then learn level 100 blm on top of it. something about this job stinks really bad and i think i'm finally content with it not being for me at all 😁 edit: also crazy to see so much larry videos. watched em a ton around sb when i started 🤍

[@OfficialDjTalksick]

I recommend going for spell speed as a black mage it feels and hit much better when you can cast as fast you need to move for mechanics

[@SH1NK1R01]

Picto is now the slow casting turret mage. BLM actually has the second most mobility amongst the casters. And their casts are only of average length now. It’s a crisis of identity now. Not sure what they want to do with it anymore.

[@tyhjyys]

@@SH1NK1R01 rough. it seriously sucks to see so many people upset with their job. still haven't got around to picto because the aesthetic doesn't really do it for me but i can get past that any day if it's fun and put together well. i mean to me, as a relatively casual player, red mage has always seemed like the go-to caster since it's unique to final fantasy and remains consistent across level ranges. black mage just kind of seems like a pick for masochists i guess? 😂

[@CasualCap]

Wooo Not Only Nine mention! Let's goooo 🎉

[@Arcano_doce]

I haven't played the game since around mid endwalker (and even then I only got to SB msq wise, I was taking my time enjoy the content of each expansion before moving to the next one), and I just wanted to provide that context to the following fact exposition: Man did I love this video! I hardly understand what it means to black mage, but I just loved the sense of "hi I'm just sharing as I enjoy leveling BLM and not taking it too seriously"... Truly to have a video that's just about someone having a good time is such wonderful content. Thanks Larryzaur!

[@MinotoPPT2]

HECK YEA IT’S BLACK MAGE LARRY VIDEO TIME!!! HEALERS WILL ADJUST!!

[@BadaBadger]

We've done it! We've returned to Transpose in the rotation!

[@adriancruz8633]

It's nice to see you again Larry!

[@MrsMuffies]

It's so relatable to remember about aetherial manipulation and the ley lines teleport somewhere in the second half of the first boss 😂

[@IVKastr]

That outro music! MY HEART! Good to see you, Larry ♥

[@OkamiUmbraXIV]

Everytime i see a new video here keeps making my days and me more motivated in ff

[@gravyjones2206]

To see that I'm not the only one calling him Jar Jar Binks, gives me peace 😂

[@marcoklepsky]

20 MINUTE LARRY VIDEO *AND* SAVAGE TOMORROW?? THIS IS THE BEST WEEK EVER black mage is what i went through MSQ on this time, first expansion i didn't through on summoner.... it was definitely something getting used to, new thunder and new ice, etc. but manafont is almost definitely one of the best feeling buttons in the game right now

[@voxinsox6450]

The last three weeks have shown me just how much I missed Larry videos. I hope you do this for every Job you level in DT

[@surpassinspilvf]

Mad lad comes out of retirement, 3 videos in a month. That brings a smile to me and my titan potato plushies face

[@dustinhatfield8373]

My man you being back instantly makes dawntrail my favorite expansion

[@E-L337]

I know this is outdated as of this morning, but here's a quick thing that'll help the new rotation make a lot more sense: Blizzard 3 or High Blizzard II is free to cast, and grants you full Umbral Hearts. Follow that up with Umbral Soul or a nice Blizzard 4/Freeze for AOE to get yourself full MP and Umbral Souls, and you're right back into fire. Toss in a cheeky Thunder if you want. Transpose is now your oh shit I need to keep moving button. Flip over, Thunder, dodge mechanics. It's not great DPS but it's better than no DPS! Two ice spells for all the fire magic in the world is an easy trade. Oh yeah, and Flare grants 3 charges of Astral Flare... It's so different but god, it's so freakin' rewarding to take on the Arcadion bosses with the new kit.

[@IosLocarth]

Oh I didn't know you could sleep the tortoise. I do happen to have it on my bar as Red Mage because I was doing some Bozja shenanigans

[@ryou63]

OMG, this made my day XD I missed these videos ^^

[@KnightOfCarim2]

Despair refreshes, so you supposed to do flare star after despair not before.

[@RevoltIsTaken]

Larry coming back wasn't on my DT bingo card but this is the best timeline

[@LinRinku]

Oh man. I haven't heard that outro song in a long time. Welcome back, Larryzaur 🎉

[@dweeborea]

Mannnn there was something so nice about hearing your old outro music for the first time in ages...! Also thank you BLM is a class I seem to get endlessly frustrated with while playing but you saying "ooohh I'm a bad bad black mage" has made me think to change my mentality. Instead of getting mad I'm just gonna go "ooooh bad bad black mage" whenever I make a mistake or miss a proc from now on god bless you JHGXDFG

[@Raansu]

"Why are you leaving my ley lines!?!?" I felt that lol.

[@rathgames]

Welcome back king enjoy your new mana tick

[@DacianGradaMusic]

I was a big Black Mage fan before and DT didn't change it for me. I just suffer because Picto is waaaay overpowered right now, but I'm believing in YoshiP to make things right... Eventually.

[@Anon1496]

I stopped playing after the end of 6.0 but I'm so HYPED for these Larry videos!!!

[@edn01987]

That ending sequence hit home its good to have you back

[@ChefHorizon]

Hearing that outro again has me feeling feelings.

[@mis_fyth]

Larry, just casually dropping that he's back at the end of the video makes me so happy. I'm so glad that he's back. Larry, you've been missed.

[@princer6664]

I can't believe it, there are 3 videos in a row from Larry about FFXIV this month. I think something bad is going to happen in the world. It was supposed to take a year between each video.

[@danii5630]

MOOOOOORRREE VIDEOS yessssss

[@joshd4340]

Larryzaur, idk if you remember me but i was the dorky fan you met at a drawfee once in NYC. I just wanna say ty for getting me into FF14. I have my own FC now where i teach players how to play and Im getting into current savages tomorrow. Glad to see you making content for ff14 again.

[@Abruptkos]

:O The videos.........are back!

[@riku575]

flare star literally looks like badass Yshtola moment and I love it

[@Queen_Zora]

10:44 I love high dps, greedy BLMs when I run healer. I will toss a shield on you, I will bene/essential you, I will give you regens. Whatever it takes to keep you up as you explode the boss/mobs. If your lay lines are down you’re a higher priority to the tank to me. Get those sweet, sweet deeps my friends lol

[@GavinAstraWolf]

You've accurately captured what its like to level Black Mage in Dawntrail

[@Recusey]

For 1v1 targets, flare star naturally falls in line with the cooldown of swiftcast. For AoE trash pulls, triplecast your 2 regular flares, 3rd cast being flare star.

[@The_Remage]

I'm not 100 yet, but are the potencies worth it to cast it instead of just another flare?

[@Recusey]

@@The_Remage from memory, i don't think this costs MP, so it's essentially a free skill that you build into.

[@The_Remage]

@@Recusey I see, cheers! I hope they buff the job overall, though, seeing picto's performance

[@gavinerickson9392]

Final Fantasy 16 really raised the bar on what summoner should be.

[@TheTech1337]

Personally I would put Flarestar right after Despair because it refreshes astral fire that way you dont have to worry about astral fire running out.

[@Archimedys]

"how adorable! KILL HIM" relatable, honestly.

[@SamthePlayer]

I missed ya man. So glad you're back.

[@AmellsGrace]

Fun fact! You can also sleep the thing in sirensong sea that uses seductive scream!

[@marikosagarisarchives3281]

I feel I'm very lonely in this, but I've never learned to skip ice phase back then as BLM, or I did, but it was more for the funnies and never legit plays. I've always did ice phase BLM or the "intended" rotation So this "new" BLM to me plays the EXACT same as how I used to and is even better/smoother than how I used to play, so to me, BLM is sitting super comfy :)

[@hydragoon513]

Likewise, as someone that always played the "intended" way it feels so nice. I wish they didn't remove ice paradox or axe the extra damage on thundercloud, but fire phase is so comfy now and feels more flexible than ever with the instant fire paradox

[@marikosagarisarchives3281]

@@hydragoon513 the insta fire paradox is just a free firestarter or swift fire1 where I'm used to use those. So its great :D

[@devxved]

If you guys played how it was intended, then you should still be mad about not having ice paradox, and losing the thunder procs, they took our thunder damage from us. Revolt brethren!

[@maracaegrizzley8734]

This is why Pictomancer is my Magic DPS of choice right now. I'll level the others and probably keep up with the Red Mage weapons as best as I can for when a group needs the Rez Mage, but damn, I'm enjoying flinging paint everywhere.

[@kingtarquin6595]

It's like riding a bike, grandpa! Chicken nuggest!

[@VanyxXIII]

larry so alpha he sponsors himself

[@hershyisses]

As a fellow *sad face* smn main, I am so glad to see you returning to making videos!

[@Sachigorogoro]

omg so that's where you've been. gonna check that game. Also welcome back.

[@HayTatsuko]

Lush Vegetation -- was totally their intention. That lv. 91 Duty is so much fun. First time I went in there, our WHM wailed upon seeing the first boss, "WHY IS IT FRIEND-SHAPED?!" And on the second, "OH NO!! ANOTHER ONE?!" But.. uh, not for the final boss, Not at all.

[@phaton89]

When the world needed him most, he put down his summoner dong and came black to us.

[@TheImaggine]

larry, you're keeping scathe in your hotbar. You don't know it but scathe has a hidden passive that if you have it on your hotbar, you're likely to get hit even harderer and all your casts WILL 100% fail on impact and all aoes will land on your ley lines.

[@Larryzaur]

GOOD, I WELCOME THE CHALLENGE

[@DactylBomb]

So glad to see you back, love the vids you make. Been looking forward to seeing the return. 🎉🎊

[@Wingedarc]

I love seeing more videos from you, they are always great to watch!

[@zackaerith1872]

Larry!! You back as a regular ! How I miss it!

[@mudkipman98]

Larry is coming back to content creation?! WE ARE SO BACK also very much looking forward to Not Only 9!

[@rainichan]

"i'm used to a mana tick, i don't know how to do this anymore..." yeah that sounds right. i keep messing it up and 10 years of mana ticks is hard to unlearn. thunder too is just weird and i hate it. but man, the comments in the Vanguard dungeon is true. like, i don't feel good playing BLM anymore, which makes me upset because i've been playing it since 2014 on my main (secondary main is SMN but she was my main for a long time) and it's much too rigid and frustrating to play right now. this video resonates hard with me lol. thank you, Larry, for saying what everyone's thinking haha.

[@TrTai]

As a BLM that got it to 100 then swapped over to PCT, man it's so sad how bad it feels now. I keep trying but being so restricted and hard punished for ANYTHING that breaks the standard line is really rough, the 100 ability just cements it unless you get lucky and can swift case a flare to prep it on a short line, but even that's rough. I also don't think some of the fights were tested with casters in mind, but might also just be a skill issue that I'll figure out when my casters are done.

[@Grimnoire]

Bro its objectively worse, it does shit damage compared to picto, picto is out dpsing every caster

[@gwynmorris5763]

You 2 just aren't very good obviously. I'm out damaging PCT with no problem. It's so easy to get flare star and use it, I have no idea what's confusing you.

[@TrTai]

@@gwynmorris5763 man those PCTs aren't very good then. I'm out of practice but, It's not confusing it's just strict and weak by potency

[@siosilvar]

@@gwynmorris5763 PCT is packing more rDPS than half the melees, so... no, you're not. And who mentioned being confused? The standard rotation is better now (so long as you never make any mistakes), but nonstandard lines are just dead.

[@devxved]

​@@gwynmorris5763we could care less what youre doing in normal content with people that dont know how to play optimally, black mage potencies are obviously low

[@KnoxxFi]

so happy to see consistent larry videos after so long! :)