Blue Mage: Best thread ever

[kenshyn]

Sharing from alla:

You guys mind inserting the actual <wait #s> in the list so that I can duplicate faster w/o having to waste 2hrs on trying to get that part right? I appreciate it. Good job guys!!!! Cant wait to try this on some NM that I can solo.

I Manually use Azore Lore then hit my macros:

Macro 1
/ma "Vertical Cleave" <t> <wait5>
/ma "Sub-Zero Smash" <t> <wait7>
/ma "Disseverment" <t> <wait6>
/ma "Goblin Rush" <t> <wait6>
/ma "Bentic Typhoon" <t> <wait1>
/echo Start Next Line!!

Macro 2
/ja "Chain Affinity" <me> <wait1>
/ja "Efflux" <me> <wait1>
/ma "Quadratic Continuum" <t>

Tips:

- Revitalizer will allow you to do 2 Azure Lore back to back
- Frantics Drinks + Frantics Powders will buy you 2 mins of invincibility, and additional Mins for each pt member with a Frantics Powder.
- Fighting NM next to ISL chests will enable you to restore you 2HR ability. (use /item macro)

It takes about ~35 seconds to complete the chain. There is not much a monster can do within 30 seconds but you still want to watch for things like Paralyze, Sleep, Silence, Terror, Stun, Knock Back, Blind, Flash, Shadows/Blink, Magic/Physical barrier, High-Evasion etc. Obviously NMs that cast magic would be a nightmare, or NMs that recover HP when attacked under certain conditions.... like Glavoid >.>

[sm]Edited, Jul 13th 2011 6:17am by GagBag [/sm]

[Byrthnoth]

Have you guys tested to see if spells during Azure Lore get the damage bonuses normally granted by the Affinity JAs?

[Yugl]

People were reporting that you do not get the bonuses aside from skillchain properties.

[TheDirtyHobo]

Just a suggestion, but if you're going to use Vertical and Benthic for a longer SC, I'd do Benthic to start. Partially because the fact it's AoE and seems to have (from my eyeball parsing, at least) lower acc than normal single-hit spells, so missing mid-chain is much more devastating than missing the first hit, and partially because the defense down is pretty nice and would be worth having for all the other spells.

[Sylvrdragon]

Have you guys tested to see if spells during Azure Lore get the damage bonuses normally granted by the Affinity JAs?

I didn't OFFICIALLY test it, but with Enchainment 5/5, the difference between my CA and non-CA spells is generally pretty obvious (usually double or more under CA if I don't miss hits), and it definitely didn't appear to be giving me any CA-level spells.

[Arkabix]

I didn't OFFICIALLY test it, but with Enchainment 5/5, the difference between my CA and non-CA spells is generally pretty obvious (usually double or more under CA if I don't miss hits), and it definitely didn't appear to be giving me any CA-level spells.

Not so sound like a broken record and I'm thinking the answer is almost certainly no but what about WotG earring's TP Bonus?

[dasva]

Just a suggestion, but if you're going to use Vertical and Benthic for a longer SC, I'd do Benthic to start. Partially because the fact it's AoE and seems to have (from my eyeball parsing, at least) lower acc than normal single-hit spells, so missing mid-chain is much more devastating than missing the first hit, and partially because the defense down is pretty nice and would be worth having for all the other spells.

Vertical cleave (the other gravitation spell) is just as bad. Plus I'd rather ensure the def down is on at the end then the begining since it sometimes wears quickly on nms.

[Yugl]

Vertical Cleave is not as bad as Benthic Typhoon in terms of ACC. While both are single hits, I think most BLU can agree that Benthic suffers from some form of accuracy reduction.

[dasva]

I would agree benthic seems to have some acc reduction. I would also say vertical cleave does as well. I used to play around with it all the time. While most blus were doing savage blade disservement all the time I'd do expicion VC just cause I like pretty darkness. It certainly missed more than other single target spells I used

[jimbobsonofgod]

I would agree benthic seems to have some acc reduction. I would also say vertical cleave does as well. I used to play around with it all the time. While most blus were doing savage blade disservement all the time I'd do expicion VC just cause I like pretty darkness. It certainly missed more than other single target spells I used

Yeah back when tizona had a use I did Expiacion / VC and I do agree that VC acc does blow.

[Ranth]

I'ver burnt 90 trophies today on Mederi Feet - got:
- 1/90 Blue Magic+ (+2 - yay)
- 3/90 STR+5
- 0/90 STR+6
- 2/90 STR+4
- other was crap - with "MP recovered while healing +1~2" being the most common

Has anyone ever even gotten one with both STR+6 and Blue Magic Skill+2 on it? I've been in here for over two hours now trading in trophies and I've only gotten +1 Blue Magic Skill on one. I have gotten three STR+6 though. Kind of irritating.

[kenshyn]

Has anyone ever even gotten one with both STR+6 and Blue Magic Skill+2 on it? I've been in here for over two hours now trading in trophies and I've only gotten +1 Blue Magic Skill on one. I have gotten three STR+6 though. Kind of irritating.

damn i did 30 and only got +4 str trash ><;;

[Kyte]

30 is nothing.

[Ranth]

Got one with STR+5 Light -4 Darkness +4. If only it was Blue Magic Skill.. still can't seem to get even one with +2 on it. Anyway, if it pushes me to 421 skill (new damage tier) would this be better to use over +6 STR feet or am I wasting my time?

[jimbobsonofgod]

I got one with 6 str and +1 HMP so I Know dual stat is possible. as for 6 str +2 blu I`ve never seen it or even seen a screen of it.

[Nightfyre]

iirc there's a screenshot in either this thread or the augments thread from a couple weeks after Heroes came out that has both str+ and skill+

[dasva]

Also for dex/agi modded spells W feet are nice. Skill is the HQ forced stat

[Valisk]

Not so sound like a broken record and I'm thinking the answer is almost certainly no but what about WotG earring's TP Bonus?

Speaking of WotG earring, is Moonshade earring with +25 TP Bonus essentially 2.5 additional enchainment merits that are present at all times? Would this beat a +2/3/4 STR earring? Lots of our spells are "Damage varies with TP."

[kenshyn]

30 is nothing.

Lol it was hard enough just to do 30 I been capped seems like forever it is mind numbing exchanging them and wasting abyssea time I really wish they park one or two guys at the maw for stuff like that instead of having to burn time....

[Prothescar]

Speaking of WotG earring, is Moonshade earring with +25 TP Bonus essentially 2.5 additional enchainment merits that are present at all times? Would this beat a +2/3/4 STR earring? Lots of our spells are "Damage varies with TP."

Moonshade Earring does not affect blue magic.