The Beast Within -- A Guide To Blue Mage

The cap on resist! traits + gear seems to be +90.


It might, but keep in mind some death/terror effects seem to ignore resist trait checks. I think an easy way to test resist all on death would be pup on golden-tongued culberry (spams death on pets), optic fiber 1+2, resister 1+2, 2 water maneuver + 1 light should put automaton at +90 resist all.


It would depend on what you are doing and gear options in other slots. Tenacity/resist all only seem to work on stuff that has corresponding trait/gears, so it isn't going to help you resist stat downs or other obscure effects. It is also always a flat % on a separate check(like parrying vs evasion), which is significantly less valuable if the competing meva could push you towards capped evade rate.

For example, let's say you are sitting on 80% chance to evade amnesia from meva/fire resist, and 30% chance to resist! from trait and resist+ gear; you would have a combined 86% total chance to avoid amnesia since they are checked separately. If you added 38 meva you would be sitting at 99%+ evade rate from meva alone, but if you added +6 resist all trait instead, it would only push you from 86% combined chance to 87.2%.

On the other hand if you can't get a decent evade rate from meva, but could stack a significant amount of resist x/resist all, than that would be the way to go.

Sounds like a lot of testing is needed X.x

Does M Eva resist cap?

so with sequence/coldada you need 69 stp total accounting for a normal ws set and 3 hits of cdc landing 174tp return (safe enough). With 90stp you shave off another hit and need 8 instead of 9 melee swings :D

Pretty dang easy since we got, 30 stp from t5 trait(-5 per lv), leaving 39/60 to be had.
sequence - 10
colada- 2+ stp aug
ginsen - 3
lissome - 4
cessance/telos - 3/5
petrov ring - 5
samnuha legs - 7

right there is 39, and to get the other 21 isnt to hard either if you really wanted it.

7dw belt - 4 stp
adhemar hands- 6 stp
ambuscade back - 10 stp
Herc vest - 8 stp
assuring you get 5 stp on colada

ideally you would just get a 5 stp colada, dw7 belt4, adehmar hands and ambuscade back and not waste the herc vest slott for stp. But to me this seems to be giving up way to much in my book anyhow for what takes you from 9 to 8 hits.

Never really looked into it before, but def worth considering stp values on blu instead of randomly tossing it on like I have done in the past haha!

oh and for those wondering, going to tan+1 is identical to the above, its literally 10 stp less (the value of sequence)

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I don't see a reason to test that really. I mean you could on one of those campaign fort NMs that enfeebles a lot (Ahriman or who was it again...?) But resist rates get so high (in PvP at least) that who cares?

If one wanted to test the effectiveness of int and and vs magic evasion and had help. There's the PLD fomor wave 2 in Vagary, be that's some work.

-Poopy Spicy

The reason would be to determine how you mix M Eva gear and Resist! gear.

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Blue mages suck and you should all feel bad for playing that horrid job!

It turns out the recast for Occultation is 90 seconds (bg-wiki listed 76). The minimum amount of required Fast Cast on paper remains unchanged. If you read the page on recast, you'll see that sometimes machine error plays a role in these equations. The testing I did over the weekend indicated that 90 seconds recast with capped haste is a case where this happens and you only need 21 fast cast instead. I'll double check tonight and update the set accordingly.

Me too...that would be awesome!

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Greetings fellow BLUs!

I have come to love this job but was wondering...

1. Is Tizona truly worth the investment? I understand that the MP recovery offers tremendous utility and AM3 is always excellent when it can be maintained, but do those factors outweigh the substantial base damage boost of a Tanmogayi +1 with ample multi hit gear?

2. And furthermore, if I went with Tizona, would I want to stick to the Tanmogayi until I AG it?

I understand that Almace trumps Tizona in specific circumstances, but I am currently not planning to do any more VW for a while, and respectfully request counsel solely on the Tizona vs. Tanmogayi comparison.

Thanks!!

Tizona is a very large boost over Tanmogayi. One of the best aspects of the weapon is how it functions with CDC. It allows you a lot more freedom to focus on crit rate and crit damage because of the high multi-attack offered by the weapon itself. While you regularly gear for crit damage regardless of weapon, Tizona allows for a significantly higher WS average because you are barely sacrificing multi-attack. Yes, you do sacrifice base damage, but the significantly lower delay on Tizona more than makes up for it.

119 Tizona, if I remember correctly, is very slightly ahead of a Tanmogayi +1 mainhand. However, it offers drastically less accuracy, so I do not particularly recommend it. Tizona needs the AG to truly shina, as is the unfortunate truth behind pretty much all RMEAs at the moment.

If you do ever change your mind, Almace is an absolute juggernaut. You will find no better off-hand no matter how hard you try. There are also select instances where AM3 Almace beats AM3 Tizona, namely when you are not consistently closing SCs.

What gearing options are you talking about? I feel like you should be gearing for crit damage regardless of what weapon you're using.

I did say in my post that you should be gearing for crit damage regardless of weapon. I meant that the high amount of multi-attack offered by the weapon allows for higher CDC damage. Re-reading the post I can see that I worded what I meant poorly.

AM3 Almace will outperform AM3 Tizona if you're not consistently closing the SCs or if whatever you're fighting takes reduced SC damage. I generally only use Tizona these days for solo DD fights or times where I need the MP restoral. It's still an excellent weapon, but the OTD on Almace is ridiculous.

Last few places I find myself using Tizona are 3-boxing Vagary, VD Leviathan and, if I go BLU, melee Teles.

Mind sharing your setup and Strat for tri-boxing Vagery.

Yes, maintaining AM3 on Almace will lead to superior damage when not discussing solo SCs.

Yes, you can SC with either, but Tizona has a pretty sizable lead in WS frequency over Almace, whereas Almace has a far superior TP phase. That's what I mean by Tizona having superior results. And yes, the higher WS spike damage will also factor into this, as well.

Tizona gets a lot of its power through the damage and frequency of CDC usage, where Almace has the undeniably best TP phase damage while also having high, but not as high, CDC numbers.

Don't wanna make too long a post so I'll summarize.

All zones I use BLU GEO WHM. Amchuchu/Qultada/King of Hearts for trusts.

Amorph zone: Should hopefully be self-explanatory. AoE spell cleave waves as they pop. I set Spectral Floe, Anvil Lightning and Tenebral Crush as my 3 magic spells for this zone. Vex/Malaise on Acuex NM. Req > CDC and burst Blizzard 5/4 on GEO and BA Spectral Floe. Should die in 2 volleys of bursts from the GEO. Bring Slime boss to a corner and have all against the wall to avoid knockback from Cytokinesis. Frailty/Wilt for bubbles on this one. Keep boss Sudden Lunged as often as you can and freely spam CDC. Spectral Floe when too many adds are out will 1-shot them all. Alternatively you can just auto-attack it to death for a more safer, but longer kill. Vex/Frailty for boss. Kill it 'til it dies. Carcharian Verve is very important for this zone. Takes maybe 25 minutes on average.

Fomor zone: First wave, Malaise/Refresh bubbles are my preferred. Aoe spell cleave 'til they all die. I use Anvil Lightning, Silent Storm and Searing Tempest. Second wave, AoE spell cleave the Corse and work on the Dullahan. Vex/Frailty/Entrust Malaise for Dullahan. Self SC with CDC and burst Fire when able. 3rd wave with NM Fomors, Wilt/Frailty. Sudden Lunge and tag mobs with your GEO on each mob to start. In order: PLD > BLM > MNK, GEO > SAM or RNG > SAM or RNG, BST > WAR > RUN, NIN > DRK (watch for Dread Spikes) > DRG. Boss, AoE Cleave the lesser NMs. Should die in 1 BA Anvil Lightning. Vex/Frailty for boss. Takes about 12 minutes.

Ele Zone: Run and kill stuff. I take out the Thunder, Light and Dark elementals so Light SCs don't heal him and he doesn't cast Death. Haven't timed this since I do it the least. Should be about 15 minutes, though.

Perfidien: Fast Blade > True Strike (WHM) > Fast Blade > True Strike (GEO) for the 4-step, or do both the 4 and 6-step at the same time using the below SC. Other 2 pop requirements should be easy to figure out. Vex/Frailty and kill it 'til it dies.

Plouton: Fast Blade > Burning Blade > Fast Blade > True Strike (WHM) > Fast Blade > True Strike (GEO) for the 6-step. Again, other pop requirements you'll just have to find what works best for you. Vex/Frailty again, but Plouton has a mechanic where he'll take extremely reduced damage to 2 of 3 damage types at some points. Bring normal swords for Slashing, Clubs for Blunt and Vampirisms for Piercing and switch as needed. Kill it 'til it dies.

If you have any further questions, PM me.

How did you validate this? 11 base damage + 50 DEX will surely add to CDC, unless you're considering offhanding Almace. If that's the case you would need to consider weaponskill damage with Almace/something else.

Again, I'm doing a really poor job explaining myself, I'm sorry.

When I'm comparing the weapons, I'm assuming optimal offhands for both. So, Tizona/Almace and Almace/Sequence. I really should have clarified, I apologize. Long day and I'm being exceptionally scatter-brained.

If we're solely considering only one RMEA for BLU, Almace wins, hands down. Tizona really needs that Almace offhand.

What kind of gear set up should I have for Blank Gaze? Currently trying with a MACC set and I'm getting resisted on Belphegor.

Perhaps a stupid question, but is he facing you?

I'm standing inside/behind my tank trust.

mine was landing fine with this ghetto *** setup

ammo="Mavi Tathlum",
head="Jhakri coronal +1",neck="Eddy necklace",ear1="Psystorm earring",ear2="Lifestorm earring",
body="Jhakri robe +1",hands="Jhakri cuffs +1",ring1="Perception ring",ring2="Sangoma ring",
back="Cornflower cape",waist="Ovate rope",legs="Jhakri slops +1",feet="Jhakri pigaches +1"