An Idiot's Guide to BLACK MAGE | FFXIV Dawntrail

[@MegastarXIV]

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[@mxm6]

Cheeky title aside this is a fantastic guide I appreciate how instead of looking at all the skills from 1-100 you go across the levels giving context to the play style instead of just listing off skills as you level. Thank you for the great video!

[@DrunkenEros]

Soooo glad they gave ice phase paradox back

[@DevilSeiji]

I 100% thought they had removed the fire one xD

[@mas8705]

Umbral Soul dropping down to level 35 has been a delight. To just immediately swap to it after a fight to not only fully recover MP but to also be ready for the next fight with a full stack of ice and the timer frozen in place. That and the part of how the gauge would still tick for you is an additional bonus to enjoy.

[@heemovancleef5268]

Honesstly you have the best guides out there for ff14 . You make evreything so clear. I appreciate it as a new player

[@kowaikaiju]

Thank you for this video, it really did help me get a consistent rotation down.

[@acgearsandarms1343]

Thanks for the video being concise and to the point. I’ve been relying on Transpose the wrong way all this time. Not a Black Mage main but I play it on occasion so I don’t get rusty on it.

[@blueberrybells]

thank you so much for this guide, you're the best!

[@hjordan2814]

I basically only use Scathe when I'm burning through a lower dungeon unsync'd (quite handy for Light farming). Good guide!

[@danbagon924]

For anyone who still might struggle with fitting everything under fire phase, I would recommend trying to increase your spell speed with materia melds or different gear pieces. Black Mage is a job that scales pretty well with spell speed, and faster cast can make the job more comfortable for learning and executing the rotation. Just note the faster your cast/recast times, the less time you have to move when using instant spells or your instant abilities.

[@PandoraSoldier2024]

Awesome video. I have so much trouble playing black mage, although I love the idea and power fantasy of the job.

[@Mary667]

I've been complaining all day about not understanding BLM, I just hit lvl 60 this afternoon and this guide arrived at the absolute most perfect time! :'D

[@jamesc9142]

FACTS. And just as I was getting used to my sub-optimal rotation prior to this video & still in Heavensward 🤣

[@Mary667]

@@jamesc9142 Hahaha oh dear :'D

[@derginadaydream]

healers adjust (also that glam is absolutely SLAYING)

[@ianhenderson1872]

Helpful thank you

[@vaerlebox3127]

small fun trick you can do is that if you have lets say 3 seconds left on ur timer and u started a fire 4 cast that (combined with animation) would take too long for you to get ur paradox out, you can slidecast it and press paradox. the ability itself wont hit earlier but the animation will start earlier and it will let you get the timer refresh a tiny bit quicker than without it :) saved me some very crucial rotations

[@eddyhighwind6852]

My favorite dps job ❤️‍🔥

[@ayobsea427]

omg i was looking for a guide vid and found yours uploaded 1 hour ago

[@reloadpsi]

Scathe is excellent in leveling roulette when the tank just sprints from wall to wall. And yes, that's pretty niche.

[@uberspider1384]

Love the guide! I started with BLM 2 weeks before dawn trail launched, so right as I hit 50 and got used to my rotations and movement tech, it got destroyed. Oh, my first love, how you have fallen So anyways I'm a red mage main now

[@uberspider1384]

One week back to playing black mage and 30 levels more, I'm actually really enjoying it and the minute changes to my rotation have kept me on top of team damage pretty consistently

[@KeavyGoesLive]

As a professional idiot, I can assure you this video was made for me. Thank you, now I can start living my best Black Mage life in FFXIV

[@dingo.p]

As a professional idiot, I'm still working hard to understand this guide xD

[@DeviousOni]

BLM is my worst job. I was surprised I enjoyed leveling it up in DT from 90-100, however this video also made me realize (again) how garbage my rotation in the job is. 🤣 BUT I did get some good tips from this! Thanks for the video!

[@infernodergo2527]

Hold on but don't you get a thunderhead after switching phases? Wouldn't you want to always just use thunderhead after each phase change?

[@Lanceleoghauni]

the initial hit is very weak. You lose DPS over another, better spell if you refresh thunder too early. Since everything is on the GCD it matters a lot more than jobs that just weave it in as an OGCD.

[@Mewwykat]

Your video editing is nice! What's the app or software that you use?

[@OWA777]

i miss the passive mana regen but i guess it made ice spells kinda in the kit still felt it was a more fun playstyle

[@tatlxtael2303]

wait does despair give astral hearts???

[@adamrussell9573]

No, only flare does. It's meant to just give you a flarestar finisher in aoe situations, but despair giving soul stacks would be redundant since you cap on gauge naturally by the time you use despair in standard rotation

[@kurufeemo8076]

I mean BLM nDPS has been the highest in patch 7.1 so far. And rDPS is still basically a bit lower than pictomancer. Im sure black mage will get more love when the expansion progresses along side with inevitable picto nerfs that are to come in 7.2 / 7.3

[@raarasunai4896]

I am personally a fan of ice opener. I know it’s not the highest DPS, but it’s more comfortable, and I’m not parser.

[@roga5326]

I also practice the Ice Opener, often using Triplecast to put in Blizz III, High Thunder (Instant cast), Blizz IV then move straight to Fire III

[@IaconDawnshire]

I'll stick with RDM & PCT. I'm too stupid for BLM

[@Songfulfire]

I'm still not 100% on thunderhead, I miss thunder procs. It's still a pretty good job to play though.

[@vaerlebox3127]

yea, it happens that you miss out on some dot refreshes or similar. since unlike with other jobs you cant just be like "oh dot? sure" since your entire rotation is timer based and often times you are already out of time if you want to finish ur fire 4s before the timer runs out. i personally like to push the timer very low before refreshing (1 sec or less) so that i have extra time whenever i need to get the dot out

[@tangofoxtrot40]

Wait so who’s the hardest hitting job now

[@adamrussell9573]

In terms of raw *unbuffed* damage, it's still technically black mage. However, we measure damage in terms of contribution via rDPS (which is your unbuffed dps + the damage you give to others via buffs you give them), so pictomancer beats black mage out. Additionally, since pictomancer has such high burst damage specifically, it feeds the rest of the party's rDPS way more than black mage does, which relies mostly on sustained damage.

[@rikiautv6320]

I dont understand Flare Star.. Its just the same dmg as f4 basically..? So..? Uhm..

[@b1ngnx33]

Easy rotation……shows 20 skills ……. NOPE!!!!!