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Want to know how to play the Black Mage job inFinal Fantasy 14?
The Black Mage isa magical ranged DPS joband is often compared to a stationary cannon.
It’s your job toget in position and continually blast enemies with high damage-dealing spells.
Becoming A Black Mage
There are two ways of becoming a Black Mage.
There are a bunch of quests for the Black Mage which unlock various rewards and important abilities.
Thetable below shows the level you get the quests, and what you get from completing them.
As you level up,you’ll gain access to Thunder spells.
These are usually damaging over time (DoTs) spells that you could weave into your rotation.
The number at the topindicates the duration left on Astral Fire/Umbral Ice.
The Elemental Gauge also tells you how some other things as you increase in power.
The bottom-left section tells you how many umbral hearts are available, which are unlocked at level 58.
An Umbral Heartcompletely nullifies the increased mana cost of Fire spells while Astral Fire is active.
You finish with Despair for massive damage but at a very high mana cost.
You finish with your best AoE fire damage spells -High Fire II and Flare.
We’ll put the rotation down below.
Your off GCD actions allow you to maximize your DPS.
Weave in your single-target damage over time near the start and at the end of the rotation.
Triplecast
60.0
Lasts for 15 seconds and causes your next three abilities to have no cast time.
By level 66 you’ll get a second charge of this ability.
Swiftcast
Your next spell iscast immediately.
Guarantees that the next Scathe, Fire, Paradox, or Thunder deliver their additional effects (FirestarterorThundercloud).
Transpose
5.0
Swap anAstral Fire for an Umbral Ice, or anUmbral Ice for an Astral Fire.
Amplifier
Grants a charge of Polyglot.
you might only use this while under the effects of Astral Fire or Umbral Ice.
Thunder III
2.5
This is your highest damage-over-time spell.It lasts for 30 seconds.
Thunder IV
This is your highest damage over time AoE spell.
It deals the same damage as Thunder III but has a much lower duration of 18 seconds.
Defensive Utilities:
180.0
Restores30 percentof your maximum Mana.
Manaward
Creates a barrierworth 30 percentof your max Health Pool.
Aetherial Manipulation
10.0
Rush to the target party member’s location.
Here’s a look at the most popular Black Mage set (focusing on high spell speed).
Materia is a very important part of gearing for high-end content across the board.
We have aguide covering everything you should probably know about Materiato fully optimize your performance.
Overall, it depends entirely upon what gear you’re using.
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