Community Black Mage Guide

"Blow shit up."

General Information

Roles

Black Mage is a dynamic job which can make it daunting to play to its fullest. Which it arguably needs to in order to justify its position in a party. Seeing how BLM isn't the only magic game in town. With jobs like SCH putting out superior support while also packing nukes or a job like COR or RNG staying out of range and dropping powerful magical weapon skills. While otherwise still being able to engage in TP/WS burn melee DD party setups. Couple this with the general mechanics learning curve to the job as fine tuning damage varies across all foes rather than mindlessly meleeing it in the face dead. With the fact that BLM, while no longer critically dependent on needing all the support in the world, is dependent on magic bursts to do real damage. Despite the general ignorance or disregard of skill chains or not interrupting them as you furiously try to burst your balls off.
All creating a perfect storm for what is wrongly considered a job in the worst position in this game. Rather than the challenging, but uniquely rewarding and fun job it is. That is right, Black Mage is more than niche, and far from a bad job. You will get out of it what you put into it, and hopefully this guide allows the community the direction it so desperately needs.

Black Mage should be expected to:

• Deal elemental damage
  • Switching between bursting or free nuking sets.
  • Know the elemental weaknesses of the foe.
  • Magic Burst, whether solo or coordinating with a group.
  • Understanding the gist of magic accuracy and magic damage, detailed in a section below.

• Support
  • Elemental Debuffs and Impact are powerful
  • You can and should cure. Which means gearing for it.
  • Crowd control with Sleepga, Bind, Stun, and Breakga.
    • /SCH provides the potential for Dispelga as well.

• Be frontline or backline
  • BLM can and should WS to SC in various situations.
  • BLM has Mana Wall, and can use it well.
  • BLM has the ability to generate TP without meleeing via Occult Acumen
  • BLM has access to AoE WSs and Spells.
  • It is often not appropriate to run just because you have hate.

• Have robust equipment sets
  • This is not a job to be lackadaisical with. Play something else then.
  • Inventory is a problem if you play other jobs. See Inventory 201 for tips.

Abilities and Traits

Job Traits
Lvl.	Name
10, 30, 50, 70, 84, 91	Magic Attack Bonus
15, 30, 45, 60, 75	Clear Mind
20, 76, 86	Conserve MP
45, 58, 71, 84, 97	Mag. Burst Bonus
50, 60, 70, 80, 90	Elemental Celerity
85, 95	Occult Acumen

Job Ability
Lvl.	Name	Noteworthy Equipment
1	Manafont	Sorcerer's Coat +2
15	Elemental Seal	Laevateinn (Level 75)
76	Mana Wall	Goetia Sabots +2 | Taranus's Cape
85	Cascade
87	Enmity Douse
95	Manawell
96	Subtle Sorcery

Merits

Merit Points
Name	Description	Level	Notes
Group 1
Elemental Seal Recast	Shorten recast time by 20 seconds.	0/5	No.
Fire Magic Potency	Increase the potency of Fire spells by 2.	X/5
Ice Magic Potency	Increase the potency of Ice spells by 2.	X/5	5/5 this unless you are targeting a specific NM weakness.
Wind Magic Potency	Increase the potency of Wind spells by 2.	X/5
Earth Magic Potency	Increase the potency of Earth spells by 2.	X/5
Lightning Magic Potency	Increase the potency of Lightning spells by 2.	X/5	5/5 this unless you are targeting a specific NM weakness.
Water Magic Potency	Increase the potency of Water spells by 2.	X/5
Group 2
Ancient Magic Magic Attack Bonus	Increase Ancient Magic magic attack damage by 3.	0/5
Ancient Magic Magic Burst Damage	Increase Ancient Magic magic burst damage by 3%.	0/5
Elemental Magic Magic Accuracy	Increase Elemental Magic Accuracy by 5.	0/5	You could make a case for this situationally, but it should be very niche.
Elemental Magic Debuff Duration	Increase Elemental Magic debuff duration by 12 seconds.	5/5	See next note.
Elemental Magic Debuff Effect	Increase Elemental Magic debuff potency by 2 and damage over time by 1.	5/5	Increasing the chance of Burn sending you to the next INT tier makes this the most important merit category.
Aspir Absorption Amount	Increase the amount of MP absorbed by Aspir by 4%.	0/5	It be nice, but oh well.

Support Jobs

White Mage An important sub for not only the White Mage line of spells, especially the eventual Curaga III at ML10, but for Weapon Skills. As this is generally the preferred sub for gaining access to Earth Crusher and Cataclysm. Otherwise, /WHM gives access to the same enfeebles as /RDM, sans Gravity with more party support. In the form of Barspells, Cuaraga, Haste, -na spells, etc.   Red Mage A handy support job for Haste, Flurry, Refresh, Barspells, Silence, Paralyze, Slow, Gravity, Convert, and extra Fast Cast. Red Mage as a support job feels like a middle ground between the offerings of White Mage and Scholar. However, Convert and Refresh are overshadowed by Dark Arts, Parsimony, and Sublimation of /SCH. Meaning you generally would sub this if you needed the remaining tools it offers over you other subs.   Scholar Arguably the most useful support job overall for Black Mage. Especially when you hit ML5. Parsimony allows for greater MP management, Alacrity allows for more rapid -ja accumulation or recast spells such as Death or Comet for targets weak to our limited dark nukes, Manifestation allows for the rare, but funky Dispelga and Aspirgas, and Ebullience brings bigger nukes if all else isn't needed. All that and a bag of Grimore chips. As Dark Arts reduces the cost of, casting time, and recast time of your nukes. It also will improve your C+ Enfeebling Skill to a B+. On the flip side Light Arts provides a healing skill you actually need. Meaning you stand a better chance at removing Doom with Cursna. More powerful cures aren't a terrible thing either. You don't always have a SCH with you as well which means casting storms on yourself and others, such as a COR, is valuable.   Samurai While not everyone's first thought as a support job. /SAM is situationally a very useful one. BLM can and should step up to weapon skill and open or close SCs when appropriate. However, it also can close them with itself whether it is with Occult Acumen or via meleeing. This is especially fun with AM3 on Laevateinn where you can three step your own Light or Dark SCs thanks to Hasso. While it may seem counter intuitive to cast with Hasso on given the 50% penalty to casting and recasting. You are only likely getting one burst off anyway without a quick magic proc, and Elemental Celerity helps you to counter the penalty with a desisted Hasso Fast Cast set leveraging it.

Understanding Magic

Magic Accuracy

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Writeup by User:Spicyryan.

• Outside of minor edits please use the discussion page for the guide to discuss any major edits or corrections.

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When it comes to being a BLM it is more an exercise in what you know about the foe and what you know about mechanics than just going boom-booms. It is easier for a DD to flub their way through than for you to. So let's go over the rigamarole so that we might all suck less.

While melee combat skills provide a corresponding boost to accuracy and attack at a rate of less than 1:1. Magic skill+ are a 1:1 skill to accuracy gain, but provide no extra attack.

To determine your magic accuracy total. Add up your elemental skill, magic accuracy skill, magic accuracy+, merits, gifts, food, buffs, debuffs, and then factor in dINT. Which is in the section below.

• A Mastered BLM with a Master Level of 0 will sit at 512 before any equipment or dINT.

• Adding an Mpaca's Staff R0 would add 40 Magic Accuracy and 255 skill for 807.

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Your hit rate is simply your magic accuracy against the magic evasion of your foe. Magical hit rate caps at 95%. Meaning 5% of the time a player will otherwise be resisted.

• If your magic hit rate is 50% or more then magic accuracy +1 is equivalent to hit rate +1%.
• If your magic hit rate is less than 50% then magic accuracy +1 is equivalent to hit rate +0.5%.
  • Any Magic accuracy that raises you to the 50% mark then returns to being 1:1.
    • E.g. Your hit rate is 40% and you gain 40 magic accuracy. Your hit rate becomes 60%.

However, the magic evasion of the foe is not actually simple. It is a factor of the foe's magic evasion stat, dINT, the resistance tier of the corresponding element of the foe, and level correction where applicable.

• Thus, there is no single magic accuracy number to cap hit rate for a foe as there would be a physical accuracy.

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INT also plays a role in the magic accuracy of all nukes and INT based enfeebles. The magic accuracy bonus of INT depends on two things:

1. dINT, the difference of INT between caster and foe.
2. Magic Hit Rate, which we covered, but factors in here.

dINT and Magic Accuracy+
dINT	<-70	-70 ~ -31	-30 ~ -11	-10 ~ +10	+11 ~ +30	+31 ~ +70	>+70
MAcc+ Per INT	0	0.25	0.5	1	0.5	0.25	0
Range Total	+0	+10	+10	+20	+10	+10	+0
MAcc+ Total	+0	+0-10	+10-20	+20-40	+40-50	+50-60	+60

So, INT has a sweet spot from -10 to +10, but also a no-no spot, and that spot is 70+. Which by that age you don't expect much anyway.

• Ba-dum-tss

Now, once your INT has become magic accuracy it affects your magic hit rate in the same way as above. For example:

Your magic hit rate is 65%.

• dINT is +30, and you gain 19 INT.

• Your hit rate is now 69%. Nice.

• dINT is -38 and you gain 19 INT.

• Your hit rate is now 72%.

Your magic hit rate is 45%.

• dINT is -50 and you gain 20 INT.

• Your hit rate is now 47%.

• dINT is -10 and you gain 20 INT.

• Your hit rate is now 60%.

Random Examples of Endgame INT
Foe	Level	Job	INT
Ongo V0	134	RUN?	345
Ongo V20	134	RUN?	425
Apex Soldier Lugcrawler	136	WAR	261
Apex Blazer Elytra	136	PLD	241
Apex Helm Elytra	138	PLD	251
Apex Soldier Lugcrawler	136	WAR	261
Apex Rumble Lugcrawler	138	WAR	284
Apex Soldier Lugcrawler	136	WAR	261
Locus Wivre	136	WAR	256
Apex Water Ele	133	BLM	354
Locus Colibri	135	RDM	340
Triboulex	145	DRK/BLM	504
Apex Archaic Cogs	147	RNG	390
Mireu	150	WAR?	474

WAR (Crawler above) is the most common job in the game, and it is the second lower tier of INT, where PLD (Beetle above) is the lowest ranking of INT.
This should probably have a table on the INT page, but for now I will just write it here from highest to lowest.

1. BLM
2. SMN
3. DRK, COR, SCH, THF, RDM
4. BRD, BLU, NIN, RUN
5. BST, PUP, RNG, SAM, WHM
6. DNC, DRG, WAR
7. MNK, PLD

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The Resistance of a foe is the final and most important piece of the puzzle. Not only for magic accuracy, but for damage. Though we will only cover the accuracy portion of that here, just like with INT.

Low Resistance Resistance Ranks High Resistance
150%	130%	115%	100%	85%	70%	60%	50%	40%	30%	25%	20%	15%	10%	5%

First, let me just summarize the resist page here in terms of accuracy. Foes have individual resistances to all elements, and these values are tiered out in the table above. A neutral resistance tier is 100%, where as weakness would be anything above that, and vice versa for resitance.
Any foe with a resistance status of 50% forces a resist. Resists will be either a 1/2 (-50%), 1/4 (-75%), or 1/8th (-87.5%). So a Skeleton for example, has a dark resistance tier of 50%. This means any dark based spell which lands is not going to either be full damage or full duration.

Now, there are two things players can do to change the resistance, Rayke and Skillchains.

• Rayke reduces the resistance tier to the corresponding element by a tier per rune.

• E.g. a foe has a 30% resistance tier to an element, and three runes of that element are Rayked. The reistance tier is now 60% for the duration of Rayke, which is a big deal.

• Skillchains will temporarily lower the resistance tier of the damage of the skillchain by one tier for the window of it.

• Magic bursting also adds a speculated +100 accuracy to a spell.
• See the Resist#Modifying Resistance Rank for more explanation on how a SC damage type is determined.

• It is the lowest resistance tier, but this can change depending on other steps involved.

This becomes very applicable with NMs, which can tend to have different resistance values from ordinary foes of the same family or even other NMs. For example, no tier 3 Odyssey NM in Sheol Gaol has a weakness above 30% unless their aura is on which then changes it to 100% iirc. With their neutral elements being 25% and their opposing element at the lowest 5% tier.
This means if you fight a foe like Ongo then the magic defense down from Vidohunir will not land outside of when the aura is on. Same for defense down effect from a weapon skill against Xevioso. In fact to finish that thought, they will only really stand a chance to land against Mboze unless Rayke is used.

Further, as a BLM you can uniquely bypass some of the hindrance of Resist tiers while under Subtle Sorcery. It will bypass the forced resists from a tier 50% or less, but will not solve the next component of elemental resistance tiers.

Second, the remaining factor to resistance to account for is the magic accuracy requirements imposed by resistance tiers. Which is not actually on the wiki currently. Not because I am some rumored gate keeper, but because neither I nor anyone else have gotten around to it, and it involves deciphering Japanese testing through google Translate. Not the easiest for sure, but what is clear is that as resistance tiers go lower and resistance to an element goes higher. It imposes a greater magic accuracy requirement to cap hit rate.

• Here is the testing I am referring to, and one which corroborates the INT magic accuracy/Ongo testing from Lutes blog cited at the bottom references on both of those pages.

• The red text is confirmed, and the black is theorized.
• This testing lines up with the observable effective magic accuracy required for Ongo, 1,365.

• Since you are magic bursting, yes, the resistance rank changes from 30% to 40% for the burst window, and changes the accuracy required to 1,222 before counting the +100 from bursting.

• Accuracy requirements jump steeply below the 30% tier. The table lacks it for Ongo, but I can make an educated guess based on the data there. Which means you need an effective magic accuracy of ~1,710 to land Burn on Ongo, given it's 25% tier to fire.

Now the testing doesn't go past the 20% tier, but it doesn't need to with how steep it gets. So when it comes to nuking, SC dmg, or enfeebling any iLvl foe around the lowest tiers, forget about it unless you throw the kitchen sink at the foe. Which generally isn't practical.

Fortunately, there is a lower magic accuracy requirement for the higher resistance tiers. Let's tie this together with a practical example using a level 139 Apex Draugar. Which has a resistance tiers of 130%, 70%, and 50%. Spells would cap hit rate at the following:

• 1,102
• 1,204
• 1,295

• Due to the forced resist, if you casted sleep. Then you will either not land the spell or it will land for a reduced time.

What is cool about all of this this is that outside of anything that lowers your macc or boosts the magic evasion of the foe, you can better figure out or fine tune a set to cap hit rate.

Estimated Magic Accuracy Requirements
Level	30%	40%	50%	60%	70%	85%	100%	115%	130%	150%
124	1,005	892	831	814	778	756	755	753	736	729
125	1,041	925	862	843	828	784	779	775	758	750
126	1,078	958	893	872	852	812	804	797	780	772
127	1,114	991	924	901	863	840	829	818	801	793
128	1,154	1,024	955	930	891	868	854	840	823	814
129	1,185	1,057	986	959	920	896	879	862	844	835
130	1,219	1,090	1,017	988	948	924	904	883	869	856
131	1,257	1,123	1,048	1,017	977	952	928	905	889	878
132	1,293	1,156	1,079	1,046	1,005	980	953	926	911	899
133	1,329	1,189	1,110	1,075	1,034	1,008	978	948	933	920
134	1,365	1,222	1,141	1,104	1,060	1,036	1,003	970	955	941
135	1,402	1,255	1,172	1,133	1,089	1,064	1,028	991	977	962
136	1,438	1,288	1,203	1,162	1,118	1,092	1,052	1,013	999	984
137	1,475	1,321	1,234	1,191	1,147	1,120	1,077	1,034	1,021	1,005
138	1,510	1,354	1,265	1,220	1,175	1,148	1,102	1,056	1,043	1,026
139	1,547	1,387	1,296	1,249	1,204	1,176	1,127	1,078	1,065	1,047
140	1,582	1,420	1,327	1,278	1,232	1,204	1,152	1,099	1,087	1,068
141	1,618	1,453	1,358	1,307	1,260	1,232	1,176	1,121	1,109	1,090
142	1,654	1,486	1,389	1,336	1,288	1,260	1,201	1,142	1,131	1,111
143	1,690	1,519	1,420	1,365	1,317	1,288	1,226	1,164	1,153	1,132
144	1,726	1,552	1,451	1,394	1,345	1,316	1,251	1,186	1,175	1,153
145	1,762	1,585	1,482	1,423	1,374	1,344	1,276	1,207	1,197	1,174
146	1,798	1,618	1,513	1,452	1,402	1,372	1,300	1,229	1,219	1,196
147	1,834	1,651	1,544	1,481	1,430	1,400	1,325	1,250	1,241	1,217
148	1,870	1,684	1,575	1,510	1,459	1,428	1,350	1,272	1,263	1,238
149	1,906	1,717	1,606	1,539	1,487	1,456	1,375	1,294	1,285	1,259
150	1,943	1,750	1,637	1,568	1,515	1,484	1,400	1,315	1,307	1,280

• Values in the table are based off of: [1].
  • Resistance Ranks are linear per level while the various ranks for that level are exponential increases as resistance increases.
  • While working to extrapolate the table further from the source material. I noticed errors and questioned some results. Thus comes in my friend, Fox. Of which this final table is credited to.
    • There was not enough data collected for the 20% and 25% ranks, but it is safe to say the curve gets steep.
    • Keep in mind, the table is estimated values built off of another table of very well estimated values. Expect that you may possibly be off by ~10 magic accuracy at a given time.

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Practical implications of the write up:

• Gear enfeebles like sleep or break with a focus in magic accuracy and enfeebling skill.
• Magic Hit Rate caps at 95%, and a miss is simply a reist, which has various values.
• The value of macc from INT depends on dINT. It can be as large as +1 or as low as +0.
• Resistance Ranks aka Resistance Tiers can dramatically impact magic accuracy.

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Corresponding pages:

• Magic Accuracy
• Magic Hit Rate
• INT
• Resist

Equipment

Weapons

Eminent Staff	It's a staff.
Keraunos INT +17 MAB/MAcc +20	If you happened to have this for some reason as a new BLM then it is cheap enough to augment and use until the next weapon.
Lathi C) INT MAB and MAcc +15	Solid weapon to bring you into the realm of endgame.
Marin Staff +1 R15) INT/MND +10 Acc/MAcc +40 MAB +40	When you augment this weapon you may replace your Lathi to the dustbin of history. If you aren't facing accuracy issues then this is your nuking weapon of choice short of an Ultimate Weapon.
Mpaca's Staff R30) Acc/MAcc +15 MAB +30 INT +5	You gain some MP and FC as well as 12-27 MAcc, INT, and MB II at the cost of no less than 13 MAB at max rank. Which most people won't obtain anyway, which is what you are here to read about. Given that most of the time you are MBing on BLM anyway then it isn't as big of a hit. It is a better death staff than Marin +1 anyway. So what I am getting at is to carry both staves as an endgame BLM and to augment this weapon to max level if you don't wish to pursue Laevateinn and Opashoro. To answer your real question though. I proport using Myrkrr and being a more opportunistic and aggressive BLM over a little extra damage from Bunzi Rod/Ammurapi (unless using AF body +3). What does the later mean? Well, I rather nuke my balls off whenever I can without walling myself, use meds if needed instead of eternally, and reliably be fresher in combat without resorting to the AF body (a bigger hit to damage than Bunzi/Amm gains). So if you lack any special weapon, and can at least get some level of clears. Use Marin +1 for most average bursting, and use this for Death and Sortie basement NMs/idle if you weapon swap.
Hvergelmir R15) DMG: +10 "Myrkr" potency +10% MP +30	Fun weapon for serious BLMs. It can be used for the fast cast on any job attached to it if you want to swap weapons. However, its real draw besides the Myrkr potential is that it lets you really make the most of Death. So when you love the job, and want to go to town on Aminon or any death burst with the swapping of weapons. Then behold, now you are become the fastest of recasts upon Death.
Khatvanga R15) DMG: +8 "Shattersoul: damage +10% Acc/MAcc +30	Most people don't seem to see the value in this staff because it doesn't sport "big dick damage" for nukes on it. Which, is fine because it is nice to have a piece that works for something else for a change. Khatvanga excels for BLMs using Occult Acumen to AoE burn with Earth Crusher and Cataclysm or just working to close a SC without access to Laevateinn AM3. You simply won't run out of TP for MP or damage when you use Khatvanga. Sometimes opportunity is all you need, and with that comes damage potential. When I take BLM to Divergence Sandy/Jeuno or some other AoE burn function like Omen or CP parties I bust this weapon out. TP Bonus for those WSs on top of the TP return for another one after bursting it makes this an exciting weapon despite the lack of magical offense.
Laevateinn (Level 119 III) R15) DMG: +26 Vidohunir: Damage +15% Acc/MAcc +30	Most people would immediately conclude to the cutting of corners at the mere thought of a magical weapon. Especially with one aftermath, and the ability to attack 2-3 times. However they be ignorant to the delightfully dark ways that are the blackest of mages. Laev is absolutely worth it for more than just the technicalities. Of which it sports the greatest magic accuracy. Which does matter. See that section above and go count. It only gets better from there is you use Occult Acumen and a Chrysopoeia Torque (drains a little TP for refresh to take you down from 3k TP) to throw out AM2s for MAB values above the power of any other weapon. From there it is a battle of INT tiers with Opashoro. Outside of that, something that no other weapon can do is grant you the ability to attack 2-3 times. Which if you love playing on BLM, and especially if you sub SAM for Hasso. Then you can create your own multistep SC bursts. Fuck yeah. Even without sub SAM, coordinating with your party to continue a fusion SC to light with a boosted Vidohunir, etc or to open or close with your COR as you split up in Sortie to obtain KIs. Then this weapon just does it so long as you use it.
Opashoro	Get-a-grinding. Given how absolutely and insultingly bad a weapon like the Prime Katana is (relatively the same power as using the relic katana, lol wtf) we are fortunate to have such a powerhouse. It likely suits most people more than Laevateinn as long as they can account for the magic accuracy deficit. Just blow shit up.

Free Nuke Sets

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For free nuking, the three stats to focus on initially are Intelligence (INT), Magic Attack Bonus (MAB) and Magic Accuracy (M.Acc).
A higher dINT value, when your INT is in tiers (+50, +100, +200, etc) above the mob's INT, results in a stronger spell. While a higher MAB results in a better MAB/MDB ratio compared to your target.

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New Player Free Nuke Sets

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Reddit Tier BLM Eminent Staff Elementa Grip Witchstone Mallquis Chapeau +1 Jhakri Robe +1 Jhakri Cuffs +1 Jhakri Slops +1 Jhakri Pigaches +1 Sorcerer's Stole Barkaro. Earring Friomisi Earring Acumen Ring Jhakri Ring Salire Belt Toro Cape Notes: "I am beating all FF games, and was wondering..."

Endgame Free Nuke Sets

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Free Nuke HQ   Macc +727 MAB +383 INT +363 MDmg +397 Marin Staff +1 MAB +40, Macc +40, INT/MND +10 Enki Strap Sroda Tathlum Wicce Petasos +3 Wicce Coat +3 Wicce Gloves +3 Wicce Chausses +3 Wicce Sabots +3 Src. Stole +2 INT +16, MB Dmg +10%, MB Acc +25 Malignance Earring Regal Earring Metamor. Ring +1 INT +10, Macc +10 Freke Ring Acuity Belt +1 INT +10, Macc +15 Taranus's Cape INT +30, Macc +20, MAB +10 Notes: Use the Elemental Obi with applicable weather. Laevateinn R15 if yah got it.

Magic Burst Sets

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Magic Burst Damage and the Merit category for AM2 bonus caps at 40%. The Magic Burst Bonus trait, Job Point category, Gifts, and Magic Burst Bonus II are not subject to this cap.

A set really depends upon the stats of your target. However, these are generic one-size-fits-all approaches.

• In all sets below, use Laevateinn if you have it.

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Endgame Magic Burst Sets

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Always use the Elemental Obi with applicable weather.

• Lower Tier: Not pictured, use Jhakri or ideally Amalric and Shiva Rings until whatever Low Tier things you can work towards.
• Low Tier: Marin Staff +1 R15, Agwu's R0, Amalric +1, Ea NQ, +1 Neck, Empy +2 Relic +3, Artifact +3, Unity R15, Malignance Earring
• Mid Tier: Agwu's R15, Ea +1, +2 Neck, Freke Ring, Regal Earring, Wicce Earring +1
• High Tier: Laev R15, Agwu's R25, Empy +3

Even though the stats on Bunzi's/Shield are a bit higher, they aren't if you have no MP because you can't Myrkr. This is why they are only used in an AF+3 Coat set. Which no, does not surpass using that combo over a better body with a "weaker" weapon.

• AF Body is for when MP is low and in danger of running out or when nuking under pressure with Mana Wall on, and is not as the default damage option.
  • Create a toggle or another set, you will (should) be swapping in and out of it.

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Low Tier   Macc +578 Marin Staff +1 MAB +40, Macc +40, INT/MND +10 Enki Strap Ghastly Tathlum +1 INT +5, MDmg +10 Ea Hat Ea Houppelande Amalric Gages +1 INT +12, MAB/Macc +20 Wicce Chausses +2 Arch. Sabots +3 Src. Stole +1 INT +12, MB Dmg +8%, MB Acc +20 Malignance Earring Barkaro. Earring Metamor. Ring +1 INT +10, Macc +10 Shiva Ring +1 Acuity Belt +1 INT +10, Macc +15 Taranus's Cape INT +30, Macc +20, MAB +10 Notes: Arch. Tonban +3 paired with Arch. Gloves +3 if you lack Wicce Chausses +2. Accuracy Swaps at this point are first Arch. Gloves +3 of Amalric and then Arch. Petasos +3. With a Crepe then you should be able to make these swaps and keep Acumen over Focus. Check that Magic Accuracy Table, and do your basic math of adding shit up. Yes, you can beat Ongo with this set. Ongo is easy to nuke if SCs get made and you burst reliably. Set caps Macc for Bursting against V20 Ongo for a Mastered ML0 BLM without food or buffs when MBing. So eat a Snow Cone Mid Tier   Macc +574 Marin Staff +1 MAB +40, Macc +40, INT/MND +10 Enki Strap Ghastly Tathlum +1 INT +5, MDmg +10 Ea Hat +1 Ea Houppe. +1 Amalric Gages +1 INT +12, MAB/Macc +20 Arch. Tonban +3 Agwu's Pigaches MAB +15 Src. Stole +2 INT +16, MB Dmg +10%, MB Acc +25 Malignance Earring Regal Earring Metamor. Ring +1 INT +10, Macc +10 Freke Ring Acuity Belt +1 INT +10, Macc +15 Taranus's Cape INT +30, Macc +20, MAB +10 Notes: Agwu's Gages at R21+ High Tier   Macc +730 Laevateinn (Level 119 III) Macc +30 Enki Strap Ghastly Tathlum +1 INT +5, MDmg +10 Ea Hat +1 Wicce Coat +3 Agwu's Gages MAB +23, Macc +10, MB II +5% Wicce Chausses +3 Agwu's Pigaches MAB +23, Macc +10 Src. Stole +2 INT +16, MB Dmg +10%, MB Acc +25 Malignance Earring Regal Earring Metamor. Ring +1 INT +10, Macc +10 Freke Ring Acuity Belt +1 INT +10, Macc +15 Taranus's Cape INT +30, Macc +20, MAB +10 Notes: Wicce Sabots +3 if your Agwu's are not R25

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Low Tier Coat Burst   Macc +686 Bunzi's Rod Ammurapi Shield Ghastly Tathlum +1 INT +5, MDmg +10 Ea Hat Spaekona's Coat +3 Amalric Gages +1 INT +12, MAB/Macc +20 Wicce Chausses +2 Arch. Sabots +3 Src. Stole +1 INT +12, MB Dmg +8%, MB Acc +20 Malignance Earring Barkaro. Earring Metamor. Ring +1 INT +10, Macc +10 Shiva Ring +1 Acuity Belt +1 INT +10, Macc +15 Taranus's Cape INT +30, Macc +20, MAB +10 Notes: If you do not have the club and shield then use Marin +1 R15 with the Arch. Gloves +3 and Arch. Petasos +3 before Wicce +2 Petasos. This is required because the club makes up for the MB+ from losing body, and otherwise your hands have to. With the Relic +3 hands here you would still use Relic Legs +3 if you lack Empyrean Legs +2. Mid Tier Coat Burst   Macc +687 Bunzi's Rod Ammurapi Shield Ghastly Tathlum +1 INT +5, MDmg +10 Ea Hat +1 Spaekona's Coat +3 Amalric Gages +1 INT +12, MAB/Macc +20 Arch. Tonban +3 Agwu's Pigaches MAB +15 Src. Stole +2 INT +16, MB Dmg +10%, MB Acc +25 Malignance Earring Regal Earring Metamor. Ring +1 INT +10, Macc +10 Freke Ring Acuity Belt +1 INT +10, Macc +15 Taranus's Cape INT +30, Macc +20, MAB +10 Notes: Agwu's Gages at R21+ High Tier Coat Burst   Macc +736 Laevateinn (Level 119 III) Macc +30 Enki Strap Ghastly Tathlum +1 INT +5, MDmg +10 Ea Hat +1 Spaekona's Coat +3 Agwu's Gages MAB +23, Macc +10, MB II +5% Wicce Chausses +3 Agwu's Pigaches MAB +23, Macc +10 Src. Stole +2 INT +16, MB Dmg +10%, MB Acc +25 Malignance Earring Regal Earring Metamor. Ring +1 INT +10, Macc +10 Freke Ring Acuity Belt +1 INT +10, Macc +15 Taranus's Cape INT +30, Macc +20, MAB +10 Notes: No changes of note

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Accuracy Burst   Macc +786 Laevateinn (Level 119 III) Macc +30 Enki Strap Ghastly Tathlum +1 INT +5, MDmg +10 Wicce Petasos +3 Wicce Coat +3 Agwu's Gages MAB +23, Macc +10, MB II +5% Wicce Chausses +3 Wicce Sabots +3 Src. Stole +2 INT +16, MB Dmg +10%, MB Acc +25 Malignance Earring Regal Earring Metamor. Ring +1 INT +10, Macc +10 Freke Ring Acuity Belt +1 INT +10, Macc +15 Taranus's Cape INT +30, Macc +20, MAB +10 Notes: The next step is to use Magic Accuracy+ merits with Arch. Gloves +3. More Accuracy Burst   Macc +825 Laevateinn (Level 119 III) Macc +30 Khonsu Pemphredo Tathlum Wicce Petasos +3 Wicce Coat +3 Arch. Gloves +3 Wicce Chausses +3 Wicce Sabots +3 Src. Stole +2 INT +16, MB Dmg +10%, MB Acc +25 Malignance Earring Regal Earring Metamor. Ring +1 INT +10, Macc +10 Freke Ring Acuity Belt +1 INT +10, Macc +15 Taranus's Cape INT +30, Macc +20, MAB +10 Notes: Ideally change to magic accuracy merits and use the Arch. Gloves +3. Even More Accuracy Burst   Macc +854 Laevateinn (Level 119 III) Macc +30 Khonsu Pemphredo Tathlum Wicce Petasos +3 Wicce Coat +3 Wicce Gloves +3 Wicce Chausses +3 Spae. Sabots +3 Src. Stole +2 INT +16, MB Dmg +10%, MB Acc +25 Malignance Earring Regal Earring Metamor. Ring +1 INT +10, Macc +10 Stikini Ring +1 Acuity Belt +1 INT +10, Macc +15 Taranus's Cape INT +30, Macc +20, MAB +10 Notes: The next step is to use Spae. Gloves +3. Last step is to use the Spaekona's Coat +3. Final step is to just warp yourself out. Mid Tier Accuracy Burst   Macc +734 Marin Staff +1 MAB +40, Macc +40, INT/MND +10 Khonsu Pemphredo Tathlum Wicce Petasos +2 Ea Houppe. +1 Arch. Gloves +3 Arch. Tonban +3 Arch. Sabots +3 Src. Stole +2 INT +16, MB Dmg +10%, MB Acc +25 Malignance Earring Regal Earring Metamor. Ring +1 INT +10, Macc +10 Freke Ring Acuity Belt +1 INT +10, Macc +15 Taranus's Cape INT +30, Macc +20, MAB +10 Notes: Should cap your accuracy while bursting any Sortie 145 E,F,G,H NMs. Overshoots E a bit unless you burst other elements on it than stone. Velner Tier Accuracy Burst   Macc +734 Marin Staff +1 MAB +40, Macc +40, INT/MND +10 Khonsu Ghastly Tathlum +1 INT +5, MDmg +10 Wicce Petasos +2 Wicce Coat +2 Agwu's Gages MAB +23, Macc +10, MB II +5% Wicce Chausses +2 Agwu's Pigaches MAB +23, Macc +10 Src. Stole +2 INT +16, MB Dmg +10%, MB Acc +25 Malignance Earring Regal Earring Metamor. Ring +1 INT +10, Macc +10 Stikini Ring +1 Acuity Belt +1 INT +10, Macc +15 Taranus's Cape INT +30, Macc +20, MAB +10 Notes: Same accuracy as the last mid set, but now you have R25 Agwu's and still no Wicce +3. This is a niche sorta set, for bursting level 145 content at 60% resistance rank. This is bursting Sortie G at it's worst, but you need no Indi-Focus as long as you eat a Tropical Crepe. Velner is a Twitch streamer who likes to pet cats while wiping to Sortie.

Defense Is Offense

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Manawall Magic Burst   Macc +739 Marin Staff +1 MAB +40, Macc +40, INT/MND +10 Khonsu Ghastly Tathlum +1 INT +5, MDmg +10 Wicce Petasos +3 Spaekona's Coat +3 Agwu's Gages MAB +23, Macc +10, MB II +5% Agwu's Slops DT -9% Wicce Sabots +3 Src. Stole +2 INT +15, MB Dmg +10%, MB Acc +25 Malignance Earring Regal Earring Freke Ring Defending Ring Acuity Belt +1 INT +10, Macc +15 Taranus's Cape INT +30, Macc +20, MAB +10, DT -5% DT Magic Burst   Macc +721 Marin Staff +1 Macc +721 Khonsu Ghastly Tathlum +1 INT +5, MDmg +10 Wicce Petasos +3 Ea Houppe. +1 Agwu's Gages MAB +23, Macc +10, MB II +5% Agwu's Slops DT -9% Wicce Sabots +3 Src. Stole +2 INT +15, MB Dmg +10%, MB Acc +25 Malignance Earring Regal Earring Freke Ring Defending Ring Acuity Belt +1 INT +10, Macc +15 Taranus's Cape INT +30, Macc +20, MAB +10, DT -5% DT Magic Accuracy Burst   Macc +802 Mpaca's Staff MAB +25, Macc +10 Khonsu Pemphredo Tathlum Wicce Petasos +3 Wicce Coat +3 Wicce Gloves +3 Wicce Chausses +3 Wicce Sabots +3 Src. Stole +2 INT +15, MB Dmg +10%, MB Acc +25 Malignance Earring Regal Earring Metamor. Ring +1 INT +10, Macc +10 Defending Ring Acuity Belt +1 INT +10, Macc +15 Taranus's Cape INT +30, Macc +20, MAB +10, DT -5%

Death Sets

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Sets do not count the MP of the staff or grip in totals, but magic accuracy is counted from staff and grip.

Death Idle   MP +1,087 PDT -44% MDT -37% Ghastly Tathlum +1 Wicce Petasos +3 Ros. Jaseran +1 DT -5% Nyame Gauntlets Amalric Slops +1 MP +80 Wicce Sabots +3 Sanctity Necklace Nehalennia Earring Etiolation Earring Mephitas's Ring Mephitas's Ring +1 Shinjutsu-no-Obi +1 FC +5% Taranus's Cape MP +80, Macc +20, FC +10%, PDT-10% Fast Cast Death   MP +1,058 FC +60% Sapience Orb Amalric Coif +1 MP+ 80 Ros. Jaseran +1 Agwu's Gages MAB+, Macc +10 Psycloth Lappas MP +80, FC +7% Amalric Nails +1 MP +80 Orunmila's Torque Loquac. Earring Etiolation Earring Mephitas's Ring Mephitas's Ring +1 Shinjutsu-no-Obi +1 FC +5% Taranus's Cape MP +80, Macc +20, FC +10% Notes: This should give you some MP wiggle room. Free Death   MP +1,090 MAcc +430 Hvergelmir (Level 119 III) MP +30 Niobid Strap Ghastly Tathlum +1 Pixie Hairpin +1 Amalric Doublet +1 MP +80, Macc +20 Amalric Gages +1 MP +80, Macc +20 Amalric Slops +1 MP +80, Macc +20 Amalric Nails +1 MP +80, Macc +20 Sanctity Necklace Barkaro. Earring Etiolation Earring Mephitas's Ring +1 Archon Ring Shinjutsu-no-Obi +1 FC +5% Taranus's Cape MP +80, Macc +20, FC +10% Notes: Use the Elemental Obi with applicable weather. Free Death Faster Recast   MP +922 Macc +482 Hvergelmir (Level 119 III) MP +30 Niobid Strap Ghastly Tathlum +1 Pixie Hairpin +1 Ros. Jaseran +1 Macc +45 Agwu's Gages MAB+, Macc +10 Agwu's Slops MAB+, Macc +10 Amalric Nails +1 MP +80, Macc +20 Sanctity Necklace Barkaro. Earring Etiolation Earring Mephitas's Ring +1 Archon Ring Shinjutsu-no-Obi +1 FC +5% Taranus's Cape MP +80, Macc +20, FC +10% Notes: Use the Elemental Obi with applicable weather. Free Death Magic Accuracy   MP +927 MAcc +714 Hvergelmir (Level 119 III) MP +30 Niobid Strap Ghastly Tathlum +1 Amalric Coif +1 MP +80, Macc +20 Wicce Coat +3 Spae. Gloves +3 Spae. Tonban +3 Wicce Sabots +3 Sanctity Necklace Barkaro. Earring Regal Earring Mephitas's Ring +1 Archon Ring Acuity Belt +1 INT +10, MAcc +15 Taranus's Cape MP +80, Macc +20, FC +10% Notes: Use the Elemental Obi with applicable weather. Death Magic Burst   MP +885 MAcc +569 Hvergelmir (Level 119 III) MP +30 Niobid Strap Ghastly Tathlum +1 Pixie Hairpin +1 Wicce Coat +3 Agwu's Gages MAB+, Macc +10 Wicce Chausses +3 Amalric Nails +1 MP +80, Macc +20 Src. Stole +2 INT +16, MB Dmg +10%, MB Acc +25 Barkaro. Earring Etiolation Earring Mephitas's Ring +1 Archon Ring Acuity Belt +1 INT +10, MAcc +15 Taranus's Cape MP +80, Macc +20, FC +10% Notes: Mpaca's Staff if no Empyrean. Use the Elemental Obi with applicable weather. Death MB Magic Accuracy   MP +796 Macc +755 Hvergelmir (Level 119 III) MP +30 Khonsu Ghastly Tathlum +1 Amalric Coif +1 MP +80, Macc +20 Wicce Coat +3 Spae. Gloves +3 Wicce Chausses +3 Spae. Sabots +3 Src. Stole +2 INT +16, MB Dmg +10%, MB Acc +25 Barkaro. Earring Regal Earring Metamor. Ring +1 INT +10, Macc +10 Archon Ring Acuity Belt +1 INT +10, MAcc +15 Taranus's Cape MP +80, Macc +20, FC +10% Notes: Mpaca's Staff if no Empyrean. Use the Elemental Obi with applicable weather.

Misc. Sets

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Idle   HP +317 MP +563 PDT -50% MDT -36% Staunch Tathlum +1 Nyame Helm Shamash Robe Nyame Gauntlets Agwu's Slops DT -9% Nyame Sollerets Yngvi Choker Lugalbanda Earring Etiolation Earring Shadow Ring Mephitas's Ring +1 Carrier's Sash Taranus's Cape MP +80, FC +10%, PDT -10% Notes: Your MB sets are only going to be around no more than +300 HP total. Your Idle MP should reflect your FC set, if possible. Fast Cast Elemental   FC +42% MP +573 Impatiens Amalric Coif +1 MP+ 80 Dalmatica +1 FC +6% QC +3% Nyame Gauntlets Agwu's Slops Nyame Sollerets Orunmila's Torque Loquac. Earring Malignance Earring Lebeche Ring Defending Ring Witful Belt Taranus's Cape FC +10%, MP+80 Notes: 38% Elemental Celerity. Fast Cast   FC +80% MP +402 Impatiens Merlinic Hood FC +7% Merlinic Jubbah FC +7% Merlinic Dastanas FC +7% Agwu's Slops Merlinic Crackows FC +7% Orunmila's Torque Loquac. Earring Malignance Earring Lebeche Ring Kishar Ring Witful Belt Taranus's Cape FC +10%, MP+80 Notes: If you drop quick cast or have a weatherspoon then you can make a whole different set! Thats right, you! Alternatively, if you choose a Medada's Ring, but not a Weatherspoon, as I did. Then you can use Dalmatica +1 again to recap Quick Cast like a boss. Occult Acumen Khatvanga Bloodrain Strap Seraphic Ampulla Merlinic Hood MAcc/MAB+, OA+11 Spaekona's Coat +3 Merlinic Dastanas OA +11 Perdition Slops Merlinic Crackows OA +11 Combatant's Torque Dedition Earring Crep. Earring Chirich Ring +1 Crepuscular Ring Oneiros Rope Taranus's Cape INT, MACC/MAB, STP Notes: You may use a different staff if gaining SAM roll. Lazy alternative head: Mall. Chapeau +2. Enfeebling Magic Contemplator +1 Macc +70, Skill +20 Khonsu Pemphredo Tathlum Cohort Cloak +1 INT/MND +20, Macc +100 Regal Cuffs Spae. Tonban +3 Spae. Sabots +3 Src. Stole +2 Malignance Earring Regal Earring Kishar Ring Metamor. Ring +1 INT/MND +10, Macc +10 Acuity Belt +1 INT +10, Macc +15 Aurist's Cape +1 INT/MND +25, Macc +25 SIR Enfeeble   107% SIR Staunch Tathlum +1 Agwu's Cap Ros. Jaseran +1 Stat +10, MAcc +45, DT -5% Regal Cuffs Psycloth Lappas B) MAcc +10, SIR 15% Amalric Nails +1 Src. Stole +2 Malignance Earring Crep. Earring Kishar Ring Freke Ring Rumination Sash Aurist's Cape +1 INT/MND +25, Macc +25 Notes: For when you are—under pressure. Requires SIR merits. Elemental Debuffs Pemphredo Tathlum Wicce Petasos +3 Spaekona's Coat +3 Spae. Gloves +3 Arch. Tonban +3 Arch. Sabots +3 Src. Stole +2 Malignance Earring Regal Earring Stikini Ring +1 Metamor. Ring +1 INT/MND +10, Macc +10 Acuity Belt +1 INT +10, Macc +15 Aurist's Cape +1 INT/MND +25, Macc +25 Impact Pemphredo Tathlum Twilight Cloak Spae. Gloves +3 Wicce Chausses +3 Spae. Sabots +3 Src. Stole +2 Malignance Earring Regal Earring Stikini Ring +1 Metamor. Ring +1 INT/MND +10, Macc +10 Acuity Belt +1 INT +10, Macc +15 Aurist's Cape +1 INT/MND +25, Macc +25 Drain/Aspir Rubicundity Ammurapi Shield Pemphredo Tathlum Merlinic Hood Drain/Aspir Potency Merlinic Jubbah Drain/Aspir Potency Merlinic Dastanas Drain/Aspir Potency Spae. Tonban +3 Agwu's Pigaches Erra Pendant Hirudinea Earring Regal Earring Evanescence Ring Archon Ring Fucho-no-Obi Aurist's Cape +1 INT/MND +25, Macc +25 Melee Khatvanga Acc +30 Bloodrain Strap Amar Cluster Nyame Helm Atk +30, WSD +10%, DA +4% Nyame Mail Atk +30, WSD +12%, DA +5% Gazu Bracelet +1 Acc +50, Haste +10%, Stats +10 Nyame Flanchard Atk +30, WSD +11%, DA +5% Nyame Sollerets Atk +30, WSD +10%, DA +4% Combatant's Torque Telos Earring Mache Earring +1 Chirich Ring +1 Chirich Ring +1 Olseni Belt Taranus's Cape DEX +20, Acc +30, Atk +20, STP +10, PDT -10% Notes: Essentially just something to allow you to gain extra TP between Occult Acumen casts. Defending Ring might as well be used to cap DT. Don't be a liability. Cures   Cure Potency +50% Healing Skill +100 Conserve MP +44 Enmity -16 PDT -45% MDT -26% Raetic Rod +1 Genmei Shield Staunch Tathlum +1 Vanya Hood B) Healing Skill +20, MDT -3% Shamash Robe Wicce Gloves +2 Vanya Slops B) Healing Skill +20, MDT -3% Vanya Clogs B) Healing Skill +20, MDT -3% Incanter's Torque Mendi. Earring Meili Earring Menelaus's Ring Mephitas's Ring +1 Conserve MP +15 Luminary Sash Taranus's Cape MND +30, Cure Potency +10%, PDT -10% Notes: Tries to cover all the bases of Power, DT, Conserve MP, and Enmity. Cures Without Weapon   Cure Potency +50% Healing Skill +80 Conserve MP +23 Enmity -0 PDT -48% MDT -35% Staunch Tathlum +1 Vanya Hood B) Healing Skill +20, MDT -3% Vrikodara Jupon Wicce Gloves +2 Gyve Trousers Vanya Clogs B) Healing Skill +20, MDT -3% Incanter's Torque Mendi. Earring Meili Earring Menelaus's Ring Defending Ring Luminary Sash Taranus's Cape MND +30, Cure Potency +10%, PDT -10%

Weapon Skill Sets

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Myrkr   MP +1219 TP Bonus 250(+5%mp) Psilomene Amalric Coif +1 Path A or B Amalric Doublet +1 Path A, B or D Spae. Gloves +3 Amalric Slops +1 Path A, B or D Psycloth Boots Path A Dualism Collar +1 Etiolation Earring Moonshade Earring TP Bonus 250 Sangoma Ring Mephitas's Ring +1 Shinjutsu-no-Obi +1 Bane Cape Notes: Influx Earring does give 5 more MP, at the cost of 55hp. No thanks. I'm sure there are better options, so please update where possible.

Gearswaps

• Spicyryan's BLM lua