Set It And Forget It - A BLU Spellset GuideFollow

Great guide, but just a note that NOT every mob in campaign as MP.

Nevertheless, MP drainkiss is a highly essentially spell because most of them have MP and usually they are not very resistant to it.

Bump just so I can find it easier.

Wow.

Posting in here so I can find this easier - thinking of taking BLU past 37 now (leveled it for DRG sub) and I'll certainly be referring to this!^^

Sol will get around to it when he wants to. Patience, young Padawan.

Edited, Aug 9th 2009 3:21am by Lucinus

Mommy dearest, this useful thing is way too far from the first page.

It actually is the first link in the third sticky down on the BLU page, but still, it's nice to have at the top for people who don't know to look there.

Also, i suggest adding to the OP's post in the "Sea" section... there is now NO excuse for a Lv75 Blue Mage to NOT have Sea magic, CoP can now be solo'd all the way to Airship/Tenzen and even then you only need a handful of people to get that done.

There is no excuse, get CoP done by the time you get to Lv70+

FTFFY.

I solo'd up to Ultima(Omega solo'd, died to Ultima at 1%) and this was in nothing but oldschool rare/ex gear at 80. No Perle because I didn't know anything about Aby. So I would REALLY hope anyone decent could solo this stuff at 90.


As for the rest? This is one of the main bookmarks for me. Friend is just now leveling BLU and I find myself here all over again to guide him :)

Here's what I'm currently using:

Vanity Dive + Disseverment (7 points, Accuracy Trait) - I'm too old fashioned to give these up and they're not bad damage spells while waiting on my other spells to cool down.
Winds of Promy + Actinic Burst (9 points, Auto Refresh) - Awesome utility spells and gives me more MP while I'm idling in my TP gear. To me, this is a no brainer. Also, it relieves my DB'd WHM from having to worry about erasing the tank.
Sudden Lunge (4 points) - The new head butt.
Quadratic Continuum + Delta Thrust (6 points, Dual Wield) - I'm usually /NIN, /DNC, or /THF, so this rarely is necessary for me (when I /THF), but the spells are just that nice. Delta Thrust in Dynamis is just wicked while waiting to proc. And what more needs to be said about QC?
Goblin Rush + Benthic Typhoon (7 points, Skillchain Bonus) - A nice bonus for SC'ing and useful spells all around.
Magic Barrier + Metallic Body (4 points, Max MP boost) - I'm the go to anti-Magic tank and I like to have Magic Barrier up whether I'm tanking or not if I know I'm going to take a lot of magic damage. These allows me to stand on the front line a lot more often. The extra 10 mp is crappy, but meh - it's got a place.
White Wind (5 points) - This spell is just that awesome.
Dream Flower (3 points, Magic Attack Bonus) - AoE sleep and half of MAB. I always have this ready to go. I usually get it off before those bored BLMs remember they're crowd control, too.

This leaves me with 15 points.

If I'm not planning on needing something else, I set:

Vertical Cleave + Sub Zero Smash (7 points, 2 hour self sc set) - Totally in there because I occasionally like to nuke sh*t for fun. If I didn't use them in a Self Skill Chain, I wouldn't set them. These are usually the first to go when I want to proc yellow in Abyssea.


Then, depending on what I'm doing, I set the following:
EXP mode: Heavy Strike + Empty Thrash (5 points, Double Attack)

Charged Whisker AoE farming mode: Charged Whisker (4 points), Memento Mori (4 points), Sound Blast (1 point), Whirl of Rage (2 points) and Cocoon (1 point) for a total of 12. I don't take my 2 hour spells when I do this. The last spell is usually a +INT spell, but it varies. Sometimes I try to fit in Thermal Pulse, as well.

Yellow Proc: 12 points (no 2 hour spells from above) used for the days that I need. I always change after the last mob of a day dies and I don't engage again until I get my spells back.

If I still happen to have 3 points left over, I also set Head Butt. Being able to alternate Sudden Lunge and Head Butt has been awesome the few times I've done it.

Atma of the Apocalypse (Auto RR3, Insta-cast 10%, triple attack+15%)
Atma of the Razed Ruins (DEX+50, Crit dmg+30%, crit hit rate+30%)
Atma of the Minikin Monstrosity (INT+50, Refresh 10MP/tick, Enmity-20)

are the 3 people usually use
Almace wielders usually change the MM atma to either Gnarled Horn, Alpha and Omega, or Sanguine Scythe (since there's Heavy Strike now). Almace wielders usually focus on sword damage and only occasionally cast spell when CA/Efflux is up.

You've got to see CDC in action. You won't need parse data to see the differences. It's far from "subtle" like if you cast physical spell in Mavi Mintan +1/+2 instead of Magus Jubbah/+1.

Before Almace, 2k vorpal was "nice spike", after Almace, 3k CDC is "wow.. that's bad". Not to mention 30~40% ODD to keep sword DoT up there.

If you're fighting NMs in abby, and going all out for dmg and not doing any defensive moves(not casting blink or shadows or cures etc), melee atma setup with no MM also wins for none CDC user IMO. Vorpal is easily 2.5k+(sometimes 3.5k+ with temps/food/buff) with /WAR, and each crit-hit is 150~250 dmg. With new triple attack job trait to increase DPS, it's way more efficient to focus on melee DPS to deal dmg on NMs since many spell suffers from lv correction and takes time to cast(while you cast spells you're not doing dmg etc). The amount of time you stop and cast one spell(that's not HS or no Efflux/CA) you can probably attack 3 ~5 times and deal more dmg. You can still toss a dmg spell like Heavy strike or Efflux QC to deal high spike dmg, and still not running out of MP. Any BLU (with or without CDC) in Abby should always focus on melee dmg first while fighting higher lv NM and only use high spike spells when HS/Efflux recast time up IMO.