An Idiot's Guide to BLACK MAGE | FFXIV Dawntrail



[7.1] Ohhh boy Black Mage time! If this was DT Release, I would’ve told you that this job sucks, however, it got a lot of changes that have made the job 10x better. It’s actually super fun to play now and I really enjoy it.

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Timestamps:
0:00 – Intro
0:26 – Fire and Ice Phases
2:37 – Thunder and Thunderhead
2:52 – Blizzard 4 and Fire 4
3:28 – Despair
3:44 – Paradox
4:06 – Flare Star
4:23 – Manafont
4:42 – Core Rotation Loop
6:10 – Foul and Xenoglossy
7:31 – Ley Lines and Triplecast
8:22 – Other Abilities
9:20 – Outro

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20 thoughts on “An Idiot's Guide to BLACK MAGE | FFXIV Dawntrail”

  1. Love the guide!

    I started with BLM 2 weeks before dawn trail launched, so right as I hit 50 and got used to my rotations and movement tech, it got destroyed. Oh, my first love, how you have fallen

    So anyways I'm a red mage main now

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  2. For anyone who still might struggle with fitting everything under fire phase, I would recommend trying to increase your spell speed with materia melds or different gear pieces. Black Mage is a job that scales pretty well with spell speed, and faster cast can make the job more comfortable for learning and executing the rotation. Just note the faster your cast/recast times, the less time you have to move when using instant spells or your instant abilities.

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  3. BLM is my worst job. I was surprised I enjoyed leveling it up in DT from 90-100, however this video also made me realize (again) how garbage my rotation in the job is. 🤣 BUT I did get some good tips from this! Thanks for the video!

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  4. small fun trick you can do is that if you have lets say 3 seconds left on ur timer and u started a fire 4 cast that (combined with animation) would take too long for you to get ur paradox out, you can slidecast it and press paradox. the ability itself wont hit earlier but the animation will start earlier and it will let you get the timer refresh a tiny bit quicker than without it 🙂 saved me some very crucial rotations

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  5. Umbral Soul dropping down to level 35 has been a delight. To just immediately swap to it after a fight to not only fully recover MP but to also be ready for the next fight with a full stack of ice and the timer frozen in place. That and the part of how the gauge would still tick for you is an additional bonus to enjoy.

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  6. Cheeky title aside this is a fantastic guide
    I appreciate how instead of looking at all the skills from 1-100 you go across the levels giving context to the play style instead of just listing off skills as you level. Thank you for the great video!

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