Blue Mage: Best thread ever

**Ophannus** · 2012-08-07 19:16

I'm not trying to cap acc by any means on BLU. I'm merely saying that when I throw on every phys acc gear piece I own and use Stalwarts+Aggressor, I still miss every single Bilgestorm I cast 0/9 on landing it in Provenance fights.

**Alistaire** · 2012-08-08 15:35

Originally Posted by Xilk

Keep a lot of refresh gear on while engaged.
heavy strike and delta thrust are nice mp efficient damage spells. acc penalty on heavy strike shouldn't be much of a problem on ep's.
I've not really gone on my blu though, so these are just ideas from me.

Also having a few pro-ethers on you can be a good thing, and they're dirt cheap now due to vw.

**Xilk** · 2012-08-10 14:04

Originally Posted by Alistaire

Also having a few pro-ethers on you can be a good thing, and they're dirt cheap now due to vw.

maybe aspir samba depending on what you are fighting?
crabs
weapons
hippo? (not sure if normal hippo have any, falcorr has 35 mp for who knows what reason)
diremite? (again not sure, but LDL was a drk type w/ no spells)
beastmen
worms

**Alistaire** · 2012-08-11 04:11

Originally Posted by Xilk

maybe aspir samba depending on what you are fighting?
crabs
weapons
hippo? (not sure if normal hippo have any, falcorr has 35 mp for who knows what reason)
diremite? (again not sure, but LDL was a drk type w/ no spells)
beastmen
worms

None of these are mutually exclusive with having a few items that cost 1k each on hand just in case.

**Neisan** · 2012-08-11 10:48

If you need more mp for some reason I would say use items and stick to haste samba.

**Septimus** · 2012-08-11 14:51

Originally Posted by Xilk

maybe aspir samba depending on what you are fighting?
crabs
weapons
hippo? (not sure if normal hippo have any, falcorr has 35 mp for who knows what reason)
diremite? (again not sure, but LDL was a drk type w/ no spells)
beastmen
worms

If I remember correctly, Weapons in Dynamis - Qufim do not have MP to Aspir. Which is very odd.

But really, keeping a few meds on you is a good thing.

**Fereydoon** · 2012-08-11 15:05

Originally Posted by Septimus

If I remember correctly, Weapons in Dynamis - Qufim do not have MP to Aspir. Which is very odd.

But really, keeping a few meds on you is a good thing.

Are they the Warrior variant? IIRC don't weapons usually come in WAR and RDM varieties?

**Septimus** · 2012-08-11 15:16

Originally Posted by Fereydoon

Are they the Warrior variant? IIRC don't weapons usually come in WAR and RDM varieties?

I believe that they are Warrior types, but generally speaking all Weapons have MP regardless of job.

**Ophannus** · 2012-08-11 18:04

Any tips on fighting an Ochain/Aegis PLD/RDM as BLU in pvp? It's hard getting around Fealty, apparently Osmosis can steal it and you can dispel it with Geist Wall but you're more likely to dispel a dummy buff like Bar/Shell/Prot/Regen etc than Fealty. Generally Shield Bash does 300+ and DE+Holy II does 1.2k which kills me outright, trying to find a way to survive 60 seconds until Fealty falls. Maybe shadows/Saline Coat/Magic Barrier and kite till I can Absolute Terror him? If I can land absolute terror, I basically win cuz that shit lasts a good 20 seconds, plenty of time to kill with Heavy Strike/Delta/Quadratic from behind. Breath spells perhaps, since those bypass aegis?

**Kyte** · 2012-08-11 18:25

If the wiki page is to be believed, Fealty can't block Terror.

**dasva** · 2012-08-11 18:32

Wait are you saying that you can shield block physical spells? Didn't notice but don't get to pvp much. Also even it you can no need to get behind him if he's terrored and could still probably zerg thru an aegis do magic against the ochain. Yes breath dmg gets around mdt not sure if it's gimped in there. Theres always /rdm. The extra phalanx shell stoneskin fast cast mdb dispel would help some

**Yugl** · 2012-08-11 18:50

Can block and nullify the additional effect of physical blue magic spells. If you have him terrored, just physical him. Breath and magic damage is a waste within Ballista because of the cast time and MP cost.

**dasva** · 2012-08-11 19:19

Hmmm what about Requiescat?

**Yugl** · 2012-08-11 19:25

Never tested, but I'm expecting Requiescat to be blocked as well.

**Ophannus** · 2012-08-11 20:52

Fealty definitely blocks terror, but I what I was saying is, is there a strategy to survive for 60 seconds until fealty wears off wherein I'll be able to land terror?

**dasva** · 2012-08-11 20:55

Start at range with something like blast/pinecone bomb. If he fealties run out the timer if not procede to own assuming the bind/sleep landed

**Yugl** · 2012-08-11 21:03

If you use minor MDT gear (Rings+Shell II+Twilight Torque+Earring), you should be able to hit ~34% MDT. That reduces DE Holy to 792 DMG. With Magic Barrier, about 400 DMG. Shield bash should never land if you kite while his fealty is up. Once fealty is down, proceed with normal tactic.

**Ophannus** · 2012-08-11 22:04

Problem is:

1) /sprint

2) Autoattack range/ws range is enhanced in ballista to make it easier to damage running opponents.

**Yugl** · 2012-08-11 23:15

You can sprint, so that won't matter. If you have shadows in addition to what I mentioned, you shouldn't be taking much damage. If they try to diaga, use the cast time to get a lead.

**dasva** · 2012-08-12 00:57

Except your stated problem isn't dieing from ws/melee it's from short term dmg of bash and holy. Are you saying there melee dmg is messing you up to?

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