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Community Rune Fencer Guide
From FFXI Wiki
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General Information
- Part of a duo of Advanced Jobs, released with the expansion, Seekers of Adoulin.
- One of the two standard tank jobs in the game, along side Paladin.
- Possesses the highest native Magic Defense Bonus job trait.
- Requires a bit more work to get off the ground but effort put is very rewarding.
Forum Discussion
Feel free to ask questions about Rune Fencer or the guide in the Forum Discussion.
Latest Updates
Hey, Brahms here (Brahmsz)! This Community Guide is the next one up for updates on my to-do list. As is usually the case, I have less time than I wish I did but will be slowly adding and editing things as I can and go along. --Brahmsz (talk) 17:49, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
Roles
- Hybrid Tank with emphasis on magic damage mitigation.
- Essentially, the magic damage equivalent to Paladin.
- Keeps the monster's attention away from the other front-line and back-line players/characters by maintaining high levels of Enmity.
Food & Medicines
Food
Recomended:
- HP+100, STR/VIT+5, DEF+10% (Max. 170), Mag. Def. Bonus+5, Mag. Eva.+10% (Max. 50), Resist Slow+10.
- Best defensive food there is. Combines HP, Defense, Magic Defense & Magic Evasion all in one.
- Purchased from the Auction House. Crafted only.
- HP+11% (Max. 150), VIT/MND+7, Acc.+11% (80), Def.+11% (120), Enm.+4.
- Comparable to Miso Ramen in HP and Defense; exchanges Magic Defense & Magic Evasion for Accuracy & Enmity+.
- Purchased from the Auction House. Crafted only.
Alternatives:
- DEX+2, VIT+4, INT+1, Acc./R. Acc+5, Evasion+5, DEF+15% (Max. 180), Resist Sleep+3, HHP+2, HMP+1.
- Black Curry Buns have 10 more defense than Miso Ramen, but lacks the other benefits. The good thing is Black Curry Buns are a fraction of the price of Miso (market depending).
- Purchased from the Curio Moogle for 4,000 gil, 48,000 a stack.
- HP/MP+20, DEX/AGI/CHR+4, VIT+6, DEF+25% (Max. 150), HHP/MP+1.
- Relic of its time. There is no reason to use this anymore, but if you are at lower level it will provide better defense than most of the above foods.
- Purchased from the Curio Moogle for 4,000 gil, 48,000 a stack.
- STR/VIT+5 INT-2 Att./R.Att+25%, DEF+25% (Max. 100).
- Honorable mention. The Attack & Defense parameters aren't as high but definitely worth keeping in mind.
- Purchased from Curio Moogle for 3,000 gil, 36,000 gil a stack.
Medicines
Antidote: Cures Poison.
Echo Drops: Cures Silence.
Holy Water: Cures Curse, Bane, and Doom (Sometimes).
Remedy: Cures most status effects covered by -na line. (Virus/Plague and Curses/Doom not included)
Panacea: Cures most status effects curable by Erase.
Vile Elixir: Emergency heal (50% HP).
Vile Elixir +1: Emergency heal (FULL HP).
Antacid: Clears current food status.
Reraiser
Hi-Reraiser
Instant Reraise
Instant Reraise III
Support Jobs
- Support jobs or "Sub Jobs" can range and see variable use dependent on situation. Rune Fencer has a standard three support jobs: Blue Mage, Dark Knight, and Samurai. With special mention for Scholar, and Ninja.
- All five support jobs have their situational niches, and should be used accordingly. The higher end / more challenging content will most likely lean towards the use of BLU and SCH.
- However, as Power Creep continues with newer & stronger armor sets (but more specifically Master Level increases), sub choice may simply become a matter of preference.
- For the sake of thoroughness, please see below for a variety of support jobs and reasons advocating for their use.
- One of the most physically solid support jobs Rune can utilize. Blue Mage offers strong physical defense through the spell Cocoon as well as an array of enmity generating spells to keep the monster(s) focused on you.
- Spells are set up within a point system customized to the players particular needs for Job Traits and utility purposes alike.
- Spells & Traits: Please reference Notes on /BLU section below.
- The first of two aggressive support job options. Dark Knight offers physical attack augmenting abilities and traits as well as high enmity abilities and spells. Dark Knight sacrifices defense for offense, but with the direction that gear and Master Levels are going, lapses in defensive layers are becoming less of a concern.
- Abilities: Last Resort, Souleater, Arcane Circle.
- Spells: Stun, Poisonga.
- Traits: Attack Bonus II, Smite II, Damage Limit+ II, Stalwart Soul I.
- Master Levels
- Attack Bonus III (ML5)
- Smite III (ML30)
- Damage Limit+ III (ML30)
- Consume Mana (ML30)
- The second aggressive support job option. Samurai has lower physical attack but offers TP augmenting traits and abilities to keep offensive pressure on as an attacker.
- Abilities: Hasso, Meditate, Seigan + Third Eye, Warding Circle
- Traits: Store TP II, Zanshin II, Resist Blind III
- Master Levels
- With the introduction of Sortie, Scholar has gained popularity as a versatile support job. Aurorastorm helps maximize Cure potency, and Scholar's ability to expand single-target spells into AOE spells is invaluable.
- Abilities: Light Arts, Dark Arts, Sublimation
- Light Arts - Increases your current Skill level for Healing, Enfeebling, and Enhancing to B+ rank. Reduces MP costs, casting and recast time for White magic. Increases MP costs, casting and recast time for Black magic.
- Stratagems: Addendum: White, Penury, Celerity, Accession
- Dark Arts - Increases your current skill level for Enfeebling, Elemental, and Dark Magic to B+. Reduces MP costs, casting and recast time for Black Magic. Increases MP costs, casting and recast time for White Magic.
- Stratagems: Addendum: Black Manifestation
- Light Arts - Increases your current Skill level for Healing, Enfeebling, and Enhancing to B+ rank. Reduces MP costs, casting and recast time for White magic. Increases MP costs, casting and recast time for Black magic.
- Traits: Resist Silence II, Max MP Boost, Conserve MP
- Enhancing Magic: Storm Spells
- Master Levels
- Third Stratagem: ML5
- Clear Mind III: ML5
- Rapture (ML30)
- Ninja has become an extremely niche support job for Rune Fencer. Use of Ninja as a support jobs is highly specific fights where physical attacks are extremely dangerous to the player. Lack of skill in Ninjutsu makes most spells outside of Utsusemi Ichi & Ni ineffective in endgame content.
- Traits: Dual Wield III, Subtle Blow III
- Buffing Ninjutsu: Tonko: Ichi/Ni, Utsusemi: Ichi/Ni
Tanking: Mitigation & Enmity
- A Rune Fencer's job of tanking can be split into two [simplified] schools of thought: 1) Mitigating incoming damage and negative status effects through defensive measures; and 2) Maintaining a high(er) level of enmity over other party and/or alliance members. Please see below.
Layering Defenses
- Ah Defense. As mentioned above, the key to mitigating damage and negative statuses is through layering defenses against them.
- On the physical side for Rune Fencer, it starts with the most basic of stats of Vitality and Physical Defense. Further enhanced by stats such as Physical Damage Taken -% (PDT-%) gear and its more advanced form Damage Taken -% (DT-%) gear. Rune Fencer also specializes in Parrying which completely negates damage when facing an attacking monster while engaged. There are various spells and abilities which augment physical defenses such as Protect, Phalanx, and Battuta.
- On the magical side for Rune Fencer, it starts with the the stats of Intelligence, Mind, Magic Defense and Magic Evasion. Further enhanced by magic damage taken -% (MDT-%) gear and its more advanced form Damage Taken -% gear (which covers bother Physical and Magical damage, but also the less often seen Breathe damage). There are various spells and abilities which augment magical defenses such as Shell (which is itself a form of MDT-%) and One For All for example.
Enmity
- Enmity itself can be divided into two specific measurable types: Cumulative Enmity and Volatile Enmity.
- Cumulative Enmity is largely static and typically builds slower than its counterpart. Cumulative Enmity is reduced by outside actions such as taking damage and getting debuffed (negative status effects).
- Volatile Enmity is more fluid in that it builds quickly--typically (but not always) at a rate of three times that of Cumulative Enmity. Volatile Enmity however, natively reduces overtime. Approximately 60 Volatile Enmity per second.
- Please see Enmity Table section below for the measurable caps on both types of enmity.
- Enmity in general can be split across three categories: Curing, Damage, and Actions. The first two are fairly self-explanatory but here is a direct link for further explanation: Damage and Cure Enmity Gain. Please see below for Actions.
- Virtually every player action in the game generates enmity. Although most don't do much, "enmity actions" would be actions with notable enmity value(s) attached. (Such as Flash or Provoke)
- Enmity also has a general range limit. Which should be kept in mind for tanking purposes, such as when kiting a mob.
- The maximum range for registering a Spell or Ability's Enmity with/against a given foe is 25 yalms.
Enmity Table
- As per the Enmity page:
- The cap enmity is 60,000 total (30,000 each of Cumulative (CE) and Volatile Enmity (VE)).
- If multiple players have enmity on a monster (on the hate list), the monster will target the player on the hate list with the highest combined enmity values.
- In the case of multiple players having identical enmity values (being at enmity cap for example), a monster will target the player that acted most recently.
| Rune Fencer Enmity Table | ||
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| Ability | Cumulative Enmity Value | Volatile Enmity Value |
| Elemental Sforzo | 1,800 CE | 7,200 VE |
| Rune Enchantments | 0 CE | 0 VE |
| Vallation | 450 CE | 900 VE |
| Swordplay | 160 CE | 320 VE |
| Swipe & Lunge | Damage Based | Damage Based |
| Pflug | 450 CE | 900 VE |
| Valiance | 450 CE (per party member) | 900 VE (per party member) |
| Embolden | 160 CE | 320 VE |
| Vivacious Pulse | No Posted Value | No Posted Value |
| Gambit | 640 CE | 1,280 VE |
| Rayke | 640 CE | 1,260 VE |
| Battuta | 450 CE | 900 VE |
| Liement | 450 CE1 | 900 VE1 |
| One for All | 160 CE (per party member) | 320 VE (per party member) |
| Odyllic Subterfuge | 1 CE | 318 VE |
| Spell | Cumulative Enmity Value | Volatile Enmity Value |
| Flash | 180 CE | 1,280 VE |
| Foil | 320 CE | 880 VE |
- With Rune Fencer's Ergon Weapon Epeolatry equipped, Liement's effect is augmented to an Area of Effect of 10 yalms. The Enmity Values are multiplied per party member hit with the effect.
Notes on Tanking /BLU
Blue Mage as a sub (or support job) has been very effective for quite some time now. "/BLU" provides a number of benefits both directly and indirectly to help bolster the player's defenses and Enmity gain & retention. Those familiar with setting their Blue Magic spell list may already know this but it's worth mentioning that you only are able to set 14 spells or a total of 30 points (whichever comes first) as a Level 49 /BLU. With Master Levels allowing access to Blue Magic spells from Levels 50~59, at Master level 10, those caps increase to 16 spells and 35 set points, respectively.
See below for a list of spells to think about setting:
- Non-Mastered
- Direct Uses
- Cocoon: Increases Physical Defense rating by 50%.
- Bomb Toss and Cursed Sphere are both Medium Range (13.5 Yalm distance) spells for multi-target Area of Effect pulls (7 Yalm Radius).
- An example of where this is useful would be for Dynamis Divergence Wave 3 fetter pulls.
- Blank Gaze: Single-target Enmity spell.
- Jettatura: Front conal Enmity Spell (9 Yalm range, 30~45° cone).
- Caster-Focused Area of Effect Enmity Spells: As the bullet point indicates, /BLU has a variety of AoE spells focused around the caster which can be used to either tag a group of mobs or bolster the Enmity already established on a group of enemies.
- Sheep Song, Stinking Gas, Soporific, and Geist Wall.
- Please Note: There is a 15 target maximum initial Enmity establishing limit. So for example, if there is a group of 20 monsters and you cast an AoE Enmity spell covering all 20, only 15 will add you to their Enmity List. Anything past that limit has to be either tagged individually one at a time or AoE'd outside of that initial 15 targets.
- Direct Uses
- Job Traits
- Job Traits
- Stat Gains
Yes, stat gains. Even with the amount of stats given by Item Level equipment, you still will have some spell slots left over to add additional stats according to your own personal preferences. In this case, listing spells which add a few extra points of HP as it's objectively the most reasonable gain one can get out of the list and may push you over a HP threshold:- Wild Oats HP+10, Feather Storm HP+5, Screwdriver HP+10, Healing Breeze HP+10, Sheep Song HP+5, Helldive HP+5, Wild Carrot HP+5
- Wild Oats HP+10, Feather Storm HP+5, Screwdriver HP+10, Healing Breeze HP+10, Sheep Song HP+5, Helldive HP+5, Wild Carrot HP+5
- Stat Gains
- Master Level 5+:
- Direct Uses
- Caster-Focused Area of Effect Enmity Spells:
- Cold Wave: Becomes an additional option in your rotation after ML 15 and even has a minor added benefit of applying a Frost DoT.
- Caster-Focused Area of Effect Enmity Spells:
- Job Traits
- Stat Gains
- Radiant Breath HP+5
- Direct Uses
/BLU Enmity Table
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| Spell | Cumulative Enmity Value | Volatile Enmity Value |
| Blank Gaze | 320 CE | 320 VE |
| Jettatura | 180 CE | 1,020 VE |
| Sheep Song | 320 CE | 320 VE |
| Stinking Gas | 320 CE | 320 VE |
| Geist Wall | 320 CE | 320 VE |
| Soporific | 320 CE | 320 VE |
| Cold Wave ML15 |
320 CE | 320 VE |
Picking your Spells
Brahmsz (talk): This is more of a personal notation, but your set list of spells while limited in capacity by sub is a still a matter of personal preference. All the spells listed here should have their respective links but in an abundance of caution for those who will likely skip over these sorts of things here's some tips:
- MP Cost, Casting time, Casting & AoE Range, and Stat Gains (HP) are all considerations for what spells you choose.
- Personally, I lean more into a spell set that favors HP gains to push my HP cap over a given threshold, for example.
- As such, I avoid Soporific & Geist Wall as they both have HP-10, for example.
- Of the 4 non-Master Level AoE spells available, Sheep Song has the lowest MP Cost (22MP), followed in order by Soporific (24MP), Stinking Gas (44MP), and Geist Wall (46MP).
- Stinking Gas has the longest casting time at 4 seconds compared to 3 seconds for the others.
- Geist Wall has the shortest recast time (30 sec), followed by Stinking Gas (37s), Sheep Song (60s), and Soporific (90s).
- Stinking Gas has the longest casting time at 4 seconds compared to 3 seconds for the others.
- Cursed Sphere has a lower MP Cost (32v42), Cast Time (3v4), and Recast (20v25) over Bomb Toss while having the same Casting & AoE Range.
- Personally, I lean more into a spell set that favors HP gains to push my HP cap over a given threshold, for example.
- MP Cost, Casting time, Casting & AoE Range, and Stat Gains (HP) are all considerations for what spells you choose.
Job Traits and Abilities
Merits
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| Name | Description | Level | Notes |
| Rune Enhancement Effect | Increase potency of runes harbored by 2 points. | 5/5 | This is nice, and provides up to 10 magic evasion per rune. Only alternative would be Pflug. |
| Vallation Effect | Add elemental damage reduction to Vallation and Valiance of 1 point per rune. | 5/5 | Not optional. Increases the elemental damage reduction of the JAs from 15% to 20% per rune. This is not counted as MDT and is multiplicative with and thus passes the MDT cap for those elements though. This is similar to Barrier Tusk, and the potency over DT cap. Given that you may AoE this to your party. This is a crucial category for fulfilling your role as a magic reduction tank. |
| Lunge Effect | Increase the accuracy of Lunge/Swipe by 3 per rune. | 0/5 | Hey look ma', garbage! |
| Pflug Effect | Enhance the likelihood of resisting opposing rune elements by 1% | 0/5 | If it weren't for the fact that resistance is halved against NMs (so +2% at 5/5, woah!) and the Runeist's Bottes +3 needing to be equipped while the ability is on, then this would be a nicer option. The best way to use this would be against an enemy like Arebati V15. Where Amnesia and Encumbrance, which are both fire based enfeebles, are plaguing your existence, but are a different element than the runes you need to run to not get destroyed by Blizzard VI and ice based TP moves. You may use Unda x3 and Pflug then go back to Ignis runes and evade some of the Amnesia and Encumbrance. However, you are probably much better off just running a barfire/baramnesia to combat those effects (despite the dispelling..) and running 3 ignis full time to nerf any damage and hate loss. So, lets go Rune Enhancement 5/5. This is not bad, but its "so SE". |
| Gambit Recast | Shorten recast time by 10 seconds. | 0/5 | No. |
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| Name | Description | Level | Notes |
| Battuta | Parry +4% per level. We don't care about counter-spike damage. | 4/5 or 5/5 | Inquartata is your best way of mitigating physical damage for overall tanking. Battuta not only protects you from hordes of well positioned foes spitting on your face, but also allows you to situationally take risks in the name of DPS by more safely wearing offensive sets while gaining TP from Tactical Parry and going shall we say, apeshit. Such a situation is most common in something like Ambuscade, but it sure feels good. |
| Rayke | Expends runes to reduce the resistance (SDT) of a target. | 1/5 | This is something which I historically had at 5/5 when BLM MBing was the way many moons ago. It also helps dramatically with SC damage, and landing debuffs (see SDT page and resistance tiers) despite its short duration of 33-45 seconds. Rayke also works as a last resort for grabbing enmity after a hate reset. This ability is one of the best magical niches RUN can fulfil. Use it after throwing on Gambit as it lasts twice as long (like this should!). |
| Inspiration | Grants a Fast Cast effect to Vallation and Valiance, 10% per level. | 4/5 or 5/5 | This may sound underwhelming at first, but a Paladin would give their left ovary to have this. The real benefit isn't obvious at first to some, but being able to reduce your FC by 60% (with Futhark Trousers) allows for more DT, Enmity, HP, and survivability. Dying midcast is probably going to be your most likely event over time, and this helps prevent that. Properly gearing around this is critical in being all the RUN you can be. Alternatively, if you needed points, RUN gets enough FC (~70% out of 80% cap) to run this at 1/5. This 10%/tier FC bonus also applies to your party during Valiance, so be the guy. |
| Sleight of Sword | Grants a "Subtle Blow" effect during Swordplay. | 0/5 | This is really only useful for niche situations such as Sealed Fate strategies, but it does have a use. |
Equipment Sets
Sets by Brahmsz
Preliminary Information
- Inputting base HP values of each race for reference herein. Non-mastered; 15/15 HP Merits assumed.
- Tarutaru: 2,043 HP
- Mithra: 2,073 HP
- Hume: 2,073 HP
- Elvaan: 2,113 HP
- Galka: 2,173 HP
- Master Level HP per Level: +7.
- Support Job Level increase (per 5 Master Levels) not factored into this.
- Notable Master Level HP Values:
- ML15. HP +105
- ML29. HP +203
- ML36. HP +252 HP
- ML43. HP +301 HP
- ML50. HP +350 HP
Tanking Sets
Foreword
- When it comes to Rune Fencer, it's a difficult task for me to tell people "Where to start". As content has been introduced over the years and as The Meta™ has changed, so have entry sets.
- What I can advocate for, and still stick to however, is that Rune Fencer's Artifact, Relic, and Empyrean armors remain at the core of their sets (from Entry Level to High-End). So collect those first and foremost!
- Some accessory examples to consider (if you don't have them of course) are Defending Ring, Loricate Torque, Odnowa Earring & Tuisto Earring, and Staunch Tathlum for defensive purposes.
Entry Tanking Sets
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Intermediate Tanking Sets
Stuff
High-End Tanking Sets
- Please Note:
- I've changed over Defending Ring to Murky Ring.
- Personally, I use Vocane Ring +1 as well as Ragelise's Ring, and officially retired my Defending Ring in 2024. This is by no means a choice I would ask anyone else to make. For the sake of transparency, I wanted to make sure I included that information.
- Additionally, I don't use Gelatinous Ring +1 either...
- My approach has always been to cap (or at least get as close as possible to capping) the Damage Taken-% stat. I'm not a fan of the "You only need MDT-21%" approach to gearing.
- As always: "Your Mileage May Vary" & "Sh*t's Situational."
- I've changed over Defending Ring to Murky Ring.
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Magic Casting Sets
Fast Cast
- Pretty self-explanatory but general equipment sets to reduce spell casting & spell recast times.
- That said, please keep in mind:
- Rune Fencer's access to FC is, and can be, augmented by the merited trait Inspiration. Inspiration grants +10% fast cast per merit while the effect of Vallation / Valiance.1. Inspiration can take significant pressure off the need to gear towards capping Fast Cast2.
- The natural Fast Cast+ (FC) gear cap is 80%.
- Recast reduction is half of the cast time reduction, rounded down to the nearest whole percentage.
- Thus, FC's maximum contribution to recast reduction is 40%3.
- Recast reduction is half of the cast time reduction, rounded down to the nearest whole percentage.
- Potentially granting up to +50% FC for the player while under the effect of Vallation / Valiance.
- That said, Inspiration is dispelable (or cancelable by the player). Which means there is still a need for a back-up capped Fast Cast set.
- Inspiration's recast reduction effect can exceed the normal 40% cap, by up to +25% (merit dependent). This can not bypass the global recast reduction cap.
- I won't be listing equipment sets here as the number of variations based on Inspiration merits alone would be a difficult task. What I can do is list examples of gear with the highest amount of FC per slot along an upgrade path to help players build their sets around. Not an exhaustive list, just suggested pieces to keep in mind on the journey.
- Head: Rune. Bandeau +1 (10%) > Rune. Bandeau +3 (14%)
- Neck: Voltsurge Torque (4%) / Orunmila's Torque (5%)
- Body: Vrikodara Jupon (5%) > Dread Jupon (7%) / Taeon Tabard (4% + ~5% Augment) > Erilaz Surcoat +2 (10%) > Erilaz Surcoat +3 (13%)
- Hand: Leyline Gloves (5% + ~3% Augment) / Agwu's Gages (6%)
- Ring: Kishar Ring (4%)
- Back: Ogma's Cape (10% Augment)
- Legs: Ayanmo Cosciales (3%) > Aya. Cosciales +2 (6%) > Agwu's Slops (7%)
- Feet: Carmine Greaves (7%) > Carmine Greaves +1 (8%)
"Spell Interruption Rate Down"
- Spell Interruption Rate Down, or "SIRD" equipment reduces the likelihood of a player's spell casting being interrupted by a physical attack. Specifically for situations you want to make certain a spell finishes casting
- It is possible to reach -100% Spell Interruption Rate though gear or a combination of gear and merits.
- Due to how Spell Interruption Rate is calculated, the player must have a total of -102% Spell Interruption Rate Down.
- As mentioned, Spell Interruption Rate can also be increased by merits.
- Each increase to this merit category will grant the player a global -2% Spell Interruption chance, up to a total of -10%.
- Fully upgraded SIRD merits costs 15 merit points (1>2>3>4>5).
- Each increase to this merit category will grant the player a global -2% Spell Interruption chance, up to a total of -10%.
WIP:
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Endgame Tanking Sets By Kingkitt
Last updated January 2022 by Kingkitt.
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Sets by Epic
Last updated June 2024 by Epicgalka. These are the sets I most commonly use
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Misc. Sets
Please feel free to add sets where gaps exist in the existing community guide.
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Enmity alternatives by slot:
- Weapon: Aettir is a good alternative for a newer Rune Fencer or where you want more magic evasion.
- Grip: Balarama Grip for HP and still +3 enmity, Refined Grip +1 for more defensive stats, Utu Grip for pure HP and more damage.
- Ammo: Sapience Orb for fast cast for a tiny recast reduction, Iron Gobbet for -crit rate.
- Head: No good enmity+ swaps, but could replace with tanky pieces such as Futhark Bandeau +1 or better for a new player, or Nyame Helm for more established players.
- Body: Adamantite Armor is a great swap if you're lacking defense elsewhere, Passion Jacket is slightly better magic defense than Emet Harness +1 while still maintaining Enmity+.
- Hands: Futhark Mitons +3 or Futhark Mitons +4 are both decent enmity+ pieces that have overall better defensive stats than Kurys Gloves.
- Legs: The second, third and arguably the fourth best options are the +2, +1 and NQ empyrean leg pieces, Zoar Subligar +1 is ok in a pinch but try to work towards the Emyprean gear here.
- Feet: Similar to the legs, there aren't really any great competitors to the empyrean JSE for this slot. Use the NQ/+1 if you're starting out, but it should be your second upgrade after the legs when possible.
- Neck: Unmoving Collar +1 R15 is a good option to keep HP high, Warder's Charm is good if you're looking for magic absorb during cast, Futhark Torque +1 or Futhark Torque +2 for a well rounded option of HP, M.Eva and Enmity all together.
- Earrings: Replace one with Odnowa Earring +1 or Tuisto Earring for more HP, Friomisi Earring for a tiny bit of enmity if you lack the two options, Pluto's Pearl if you can find someone to craft one for you.
- Rings: Provocare Ring, Pernicious Ring or Begrudging Ring all have equivalent enmity+ but are lacking the HP of the shown options. Alternatively, rings can be used as DT sources to allow you to use more aggressive other pieces.
- Waist: Goading Belt is a great alternative if you need more haste+% to help cap your recast timers. Kasiri Belt is also a good HP+ swap with some haste+% but less than Goading. Defensively, Plat. Mog. Belt can be a big chunk of HP to prevent other drops, and Engraved Belt is wonderful as always for general magic evasion.
Utility Sets
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- Alternatives Taeon+3 until dark matter Herc
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