Blue Mage: Best thread ever

[Moochi]

i figured out how to make Imps drop their horn

i grabbed a dagger, and went out as war/thf (helping my friend learn Frenetic Rip)

sneak attacK + evisceration popped his horn every single time, we did it about 7 times, with 100% efficiency

so either multi-hit WS's that crit at least once causes it, or sneak attack+ws does it

I can confirm this works. Tried with Sneak Attack + Vorpal Blade and it did wonders. Thanks alot Reality, this helped alot. 8)

EDIT: Ok now it doesn't work. Worked first time then I tried 2 more times and it did nothing.

[Tahngarthor]

Hey Bulk, think we could get a SS of what the various BLU Job Specific Meripos are?

They dont exist ye (for any of the new jobs)t. You dont have to be any particular job to look at the job specific merits. You can be warrior and look at the summoner merits (you just cant put points in them).

[JoOeetheplatypuS]

Hey Bulk, think we could get a SS of what the various BLU Job Specific Meripos are?

They dont exist ye (for any of the new jobs)t. You dont have to be any particular job to look at the job specific merits. You can be warrior and look at the summoner merits (you just cant put points in them).

Blue Magic merits exist though :wink:

[Reality]

i figured out how to make Imps drop their horn

i grabbed a dagger, and went out as war/thf (helping my friend learn Frenetic Rip)

sneak attacK + evisceration popped his horn every single time, we did it about 7 times, with 100% efficiency

so either multi-hit WS's that crit at least once causes it, or sneak attack+ws does it

I can confirm this works. Tried with Sneak Attack + Vorpal Blade and it did wonders. Thanks alot Reality, this helped alot. 8)

EDIT: Ok now it doesn't work. Worked first time then I tried 2 more times and it did nothing.

for what it's worth, it only works when there are two or more people in your party, and the one who's using SA+WS doesn't have hate (meaning it doesn't work if you just walk up to an Imp from behind, and open up with engage > SA+WS, it has to be mid-battle)

[Lockecole]

Perhaps do it WHILE he's using his horn, i.e. when he's using one of his two other TP moves?

I dunno, probably wrong, just an idea.

[Machazareel]

I can see the train of thought there, but one obvious problem would be that one of those TP moves renders you unable to ws

[Lockecole]

I can see the train of thought there, but one obvious problem would be that one of those TP moves renders you unable to ws

Yeah I was thinking of that, but Im more inclined to think its a crit, or a hard hit that knocks it out of their hands, kinda like Chiggers dying instantly from crits. Seems to be an underlying similarity between alot of the special mob behavior in the expansion.

[Reality]

Perhaps do it WHILE he's using his horn, i.e. when he's using one of his two other TP moves?

I dunno, probably wrong, just an idea.

nah, i for sure remember doing it while he wasn't in the middle of casting any spells or in the middle of doing his other 2 TP moves

[Razz]

I got diamond hide, enervation etc but one move which is pissing me off is Hysterical barrage, I'm having the same problem as Reality when it comes to forcing them to put their weapon away. I tried using chain affinity+physical spell behind it so that it would act as a WS, and it worked like a charm, the Lamia removed it's sword and did hysterical barrage, but I didn't learn it.

Tried it again, and again with no success. double you tee ef, I don't understand ToAU mobs :3

Question to the higher levelled BLUs: Does Enervation last as long as frightful roar or does it wear off quickly like when trolls do it on players?

[bulk]

evervation sucks imo, it always wears off before you could even cast a spell with it on. on tiamat today i was able to land frightful roar around 90% of the time and it seemed to up not only sams dmg but our avatars were doing alot more 1k+ then usual. could just be unrelated but something to look at next time battosi or someone else fights timmy

[Battosi]

Im testing blue/blm on gods atm and its total trash. I have like +60 INT all HQ stave. Im using magic attk bonus spell and I have corsair rolls magic acc/magic attk bonus. I'm being resisted to hell and can't break 100dmg. Maybe its better on low content but high end /blm seems to suck. Bulk you can try and tell me if you get different results. I even did Azure+elemental seal + 1000 needles. Got resisted lol.

[sekaran]

Resist rates on Gods is usually horrible for everything. :\

[Tilo]

k I haven't read a lot of this thread because it is massive, but I just found out from a friend of a friend that SA+Head Butt is 100% stunning Kirin and consistently doing 179 dmg. He was a THF/BLU too.

[Battosi]

Ya sekaran but blms can do nice damage pretty easily. If we can't come close to blms I don't think its worth it.

[Demetrios]

how's physical damage on gods?

[Battosi]

Hmm I didn't get to test Demetrios, but I suspect its ALOT better the magical dmg. You could probably do some nice numbers with SA and one of the final 4 WS's(Vertical cleave,Disseverment,Ram Charge, Cannonball)

[Delekii]

Ya sekaran but blms can do nice damage pretty easily. If we can't come close to blms I don't think its worth it.

Wait for gear and merits in blue magic - a blm with no +elemental skill and no merits would do jack shit on pretty much all gods too, without a little luck.

[Lordwafik]

Chainspell Headbutt, the new chainspell stun.

[bulk]

ya im having shitty luck too, at tiamat i was /whm but i got double etudes on every stat and tried 1000 needles each time never landed. with mnd etudes i landed chaotic eye easily, and i landed one voracious trunk (which didnt steal mighty strikes). but i tried light of penance, feather tickle, enervation, and jettatura and never landed one the entire fight, i was casting those every time i sat for mp so prob 15+ resists on each spell. INT etude and Mag attack trait got me a 165 eyes on me and a 70ish dmg maelstrom lol thats about it. I also put on my acc gear and was able to do 30-100 dmg on the physical spells but nothing worth doing in a normal fight.

most worthwhile thing i could do was diamondhide my party so they didnt have to waste time casting normal ss. absorbs enough to make landing and firaga3 do 0 dmg and overwrites itself so its decent to use and your smns dont have to waste a bp doing earthenward or anything. and healing breeze was decent cure but wouldnt reccomend using it that much it draws alot of aggro.

[JoOeetheplatypuS]

Im testing blue/blm on gods atm and its total trash. I have like +60 INT all HQ stave. Im using magic attk bonus spell and I have corsair rolls magic acc/magic attk bonus. I'm being resisted to hell and can't break 100dmg. Maybe its better on low content but high end /blm seems to suck. Bulk you can try and tell me if you get different results. I even did Azure+elemental seal + 1000 needles. Got resisted lol.

...blu/thf will be so much better for versatility (hello easy SCs) and solid damage. Barring HNMs with phys dam down -%.