I'm blackmage 30, but I need to know about SC and magic bursFollow

I have not been in a party yet, but at level 30, what is the best thing to do in a party? I read about the SC, then using Blizzard, but I am not sure if it depends on the day, for the spell used, or what the mob is weak to..and how do I know what spell to cast off, after the sC, to do a magic burst? Do I just stand back and nuke, or throw off dia, and blind, nuke some, then wait, for SC? I mean what is the best way to do things in a party, and how do I know what spell to use to do a magic burst, after the sC? I am confused..

And THAT'S how it'd look 20 levels later. Some things never change, they just grow a higher tier =P.

It's possible :p

Skillchains dont require certain days of the week that's just a bonus.

A skillchain would work like this.


Melee job 1 uses tachi enpi.

after the animation is done.

Melee job 2 uses Viper Bite.

A Skill chain called distortion would occur which "creates" water and ice elements.

Now If you were to cast a water or ice spell at the right time, your spell would have additional dmg onto it's normal spell dmg.

There are 3 levels or skillchains.

Level one skillchains have one elemental property. Fast Blade to Red Lotus blade creates Liquification. A fire based skillchain. So any Fire based spell would do extra dmg.

Level two skillchains have two elemtal properties. Red Lotus blade followed by Combo would create Fusion. Fusion is a light and fire based skillchain. So Any Light and Fire based spells will have extra dmg tacked on to them.

Level 3 skillchains have 4 elemental properties and there are only 2 types of level 3 skillchains. One is light and the other is drk. Light for example has thunder wind, fire and light elements. So using any of those 4 will create extra magic dmg for those elements. Darkness has Ice, earth, water and dark.

It doesnt matter the day of the week that you use skillchains. The biggest thing is which weapon skill combinations can you combine to get what element.

Yes using a water skillcain on thunders day can give you resist and using water skillchains can give you a boost on waters day, but it doesnt mean you cant do them on that day.

The bigger thing to worry about for example is using a water skillchain on a water based mob since you can cure it or get a major resist.

The biggest thing not being mentioned here is that you will actually need to be in a party where the DD's set up a skillchain. The only reason I ever learned to do this was because I partied with my LS mates a lot while leveling blm and they would work through who does what before the fighting begins. Now~a~days everyone is in GoV parties and it is just a free for all and there is no strategy involved prior to killing.

At 90/95, I typically only MB off of those who self skillchain and call it in party. My BF and his brother both self sc quite regularly, so when I'm not healing, I can reliably MB on both light and dark.