Their single-target rotation is a static priority system that runs on the same 2-minute long cycle all throughout. Summoner is the only DPS “pet” class in the game, featuring different Egi such as Ifrit, Garuda, Titan in their attacks. Aspiring Black Mages start their journey as Thaumaturges in Ul’dah. However, good Black Mage players can be quite amazing to watch, eeking out each possible second they can spend casting. This provides quite a challenge, especially to newer players. They will need to learn the “safe spots” to stand in and place their Ley Lines on as mechanics are happening. This means that players looking to play Black Mage well at higher-end content need a considerable amount of fight knowledge. Ley Lines creates an AoE that reduces the Black Mage’s spell cast time, recast time, and auto-attack delay by 15% for 30 seconds. Their cast-times are long and heavily rely on good Ley Lines usage to maximize their potential. However, Black Mage’s difficulty lies in its lack of mobility. They also have a straightforward rotation on paper, featuring a mana-spending Fire phase, and mana-regenerating Ice phase. Similar to Samurai, they are also a “selfish” DPS, providing no additional utility to the rest of the party. That tradition continues on in FFXIV, with Black Mage going toe-to-toe with Samurai for the highest DPS potential in the game. Black Mageīlack Mages have served as Final Fantasy‘s big-damage dealing glass cannons since its inception. Aspiring Red Mages need the Stormblood expansion, and any other job at least at level 50 to unlock it in Ul’dah. This potent ability gave rise to their nickname, “Rez Mage.” Dualcast allows Red Mages to resurrect allies with Verraise without cast time, making them an invaluable asset in progression parties. Additionally, they have the Dualcast trait, allowing them to cast spells without cast time when it procs. This straightforward rotation flows well and is easy to understand, making them quite easy to pick up and play for newcomers. Then, spending this mana on the melee combo. Once their Balance Gauge is filled with at least 80 black and white mana, their melee combo becomes enchanted – dealing bonus damage.īasically, Red Mage is all about watching procs and making sure you have an equal amount of white and black mana. This balancing act is quite intuitive and augmented by some RNG procs that allow Red Mages to cast a higher-level black or white magic spell. There are also certain spells that create both types of mana. Meanwhile, White mana is gained by casting spells like aero. Black mana is gained by casting spells such as Fire or Thunder. In FFXIV, they have a Balance Gauge, which they need to fill by accumulating black and white mana. The Red Mage, which was added with the Stormblood expansion, can cast both black and white magic. Two of them, the Red Mage and the Summoner, are also the only jobs that aren’t healers that have resurrection spells. Their DPS potential is slightly offset by the difficulty of playing jobs that have multiple channeled spells, forcing players to stay still until the cast is over to deal damage. All three are viable DPS options for any party and play quite distinctly from one another.
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The Final Fantasy series has quite a few staple caster archetypes – the three available in FFXIV are all series mainstays.
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