The Beast Within -- A Guide To Blue Mage

Playing with the BLU spreadsheet a bit today, some quick numbers:

-Tizona/Almace and Almace/Sequence are incredibly close with AM3 up on both. Almace actually comes out slightly ahead on the spreadsheet right now, but Tizona's superior WS frequency and higher average WS damage offers the possibility of more and bigger skillchains.

-AM3 Tizona/Almace vs AM1 Almace/Sequence favors Tizona by about 3%, but if you incorporate the rebuilding phase for AM3 then DPS is roughly comparable before taking skillchains into account.

-Offhand Sequence only beats a very well augmented Colada by about 1%. TP Bonus not working in the offhand is really quite unfortunate, and it's otherwise ill suited to the offhand position.

-Sequence/Colada is about 3% ahead of Colada/Colada for CDC spam, and more than 10% behind Tizona/Almace. Sequence/Almace is ~7% behind Tizona/Almace. This is before considering aftermath and Radiance/Umbra skillchains. While TPB+500 provides a substantial boost to Savage Blade and Expiacion, you're still stuck using Requiescat at least once if you want to utilize the aftermath. If you're solo then you're either looking at using it again (ex Savage->Expi/CDC->Req->Req) to close Umbra or using CA Thrashing Assault en route to Radiance (Req->Savage->Thrashing->CDC), both of which are substantial losses. Even with a very strong Requiescat set (STR/att/TA Herc, HQ Carmine body, etc), I'm struggling to envision this as a net gain under perfect conditions, let alone if anything messes up the skillchain. Thrashing Assault also increases the risk of dropping the skillchain prematurely since it returns no TP and incurs an extra second of forced inaction. The situations in which mainhand Sequence is the best mainhand for a BLU strike me as very few and far between at best, even in party situations. Trying to take full advantage of the aftermath and our better weaponskills at the same time is simply too awkward to realize its full potential.

It does. Regen potency gear (Taeon/Telchine augments, Bolelabunga) also affects Regeneration.

Would there be any type of reason or use for Regen Spells on Blue Mage though? Since we can just pretty much heal ourselves to full HP? Making Regeneration Magics possibly pointless waste of BLU Points?

There's a minimum number of steps required depending on the aftermath level, and closing the skillchain consumes the aftermath.

https://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Aeonic_Aftermath

It's pretty MP efficient and costs less set points than a proper cure spell, so if you don't need Magic Fruit or White Wind then it's not a bad choice for some low maintenance healing. Full regen+3 Telchine gives 40 HP/tic on Regeneration, that's 70 HP/tic total with Mighty Guard up as well.

No, stuff that's specified to be for enhancing magic doesn't work for us. As far as its usefulness- if I decide to fit it in (not hard as it's only 2 points), I like to use it with Trust healers when soloing and before large pulls that can potentially kill me.

Personally I don't have the inventory space for +regen potency gear but I might change my mind on that once they give us more space.

Nice Augments!

I am hoping for Refresh +2 on Hands for most than anything. u.u

Off-topic & on topic at the same time. (xD)

I know this Link works for BLU spells for the old spells.

http://www.skot23.com/blue/BLUMain.html

I think I got this from you, Night.

Is there any updated list for the new spells in the past 4yrs? I had come back recently, I've yet to find something in depth like this for the new spells.

Please & thank you. =)

http://184.154.208.218/~tforum/blu/BLUMain.html

Has p.much all except the dual elemental/Vagary/Mighty Guard spells.

Yeah that link is ooooooooold and I don't think was ever a primary link for hunting grounds? The one Jim posted is more up to date. Yorcia Alluvion is the best way to get the new elemental spells and Palling Salvo (can also get Tempestuous Upheaval there), Saurian Slide is easy to get in Marjami, MG is obviously best learned from Shinryu. Vagary NM spells, duh, gotta do Vagary.

I noticed he doesn't list a camp for Atramentous Libations; the easiest one I know of (albeit a bit of a hike) is D-7 on map 1 in Outer Ra'kaznar. The Dullahans there are DC to an i119 character iirc. Alternatively, you might learn it from any of the various events that feature Dullahan NMs.

Don't recall which ones cast which, but each will cast two of these spells.

Anvil Lightning, Blinding Fulgor, Entomb, Searing Tempest, Scouring Spate, Silent Storm, Spectral Floe, Tenebral Crush; all from dual-elementals in Alluvion Yorcia. Don't recall which ones cast which, but each will cast two of these spells.

Palling Salvo is from Fluturini, and Tempest Upheaval is from Twitheryn; also from Alluvion Yorcia.

Cesspool is from Rancibus, Cruel Joke is from Palloritus, Tearing Gust is from Putraxia; all from Vagary zones.

Mighty Guard is from Shinryu.

Glutinous Dart is from Velkk in Marjami.

This page could be of some assistance regarding the elemental spells: http://www.ffxiah.com/forum/topic/46862/best-spot-to-get-the-new-dual-elemental-spells/

- Byrgens are always up in both Ra'Kaznar zones (albeit very deep in). They can also spawn near the Skirmish entrance in Yorcia during earth weather.
- Ungeweders can spawn in Marjami and Sih, but I don't know where. I believe there's a spawn north of bivouac 2 in Ceizak, around some bees and sheep.
- Baelfyrs can only appear in Yahse and Moh Gates. Not sure where in either, as fire weather is rare. Vagary might be your best bet for those spells.
- Gelfyrsts can appear in Sih Gates, Hennetiel, Woh Gates, and Kamihr. I know in Hennetiel they can spawn during rain on the secret beach (south of bivouac 2, past the orobons).

Byrgen: Earth/Dark - Entomb/Tenebral Crush
Ungeweder - Wind/Thunder - Silent Storm/Anvil Lightning
Gefyrst - Water/Ice - Scouring Spate/Spectral Floe
Baelfyr - Fire/Light - Searing Tempest/Blinding Fulgor

I found it was rather easy to learn the dual elemental spells from Vagary's Duskbrood Gate, they are guaranteed to pop and no skirmish timer/marchland to worry about (not that its a huge deal).

How does one get the +DMG Augments on the Skirmish Weapons.

You have to do Skirmish to get those initial augments?

All I can figure out, is how to add the stats like acc, attack, DA, etc.