Magic Based Pit Fighting Info

[recuperi]

Well, I had a weird thing happen pertaining to that. I started off with a normal war/blm weapon, and gave him pld main, war sub, and white magic scrolls. In the first fight I put him in, his only 2 spells used were stone and dia. Stone obviously shouldn't be usable with just white magic scrolls, so I'm not quite sure how the spellcasting works here

[Ahnuld]

I turned my Couerl into a BLM main with BLM scrolls but it didn't cast any magic in her first battle. I was told I need an MP Soul Plate for it to do so.

[Evedgebah]

My DRK Mimic casts spells every battle w/o needing MP plates. I don't recall ever being able to Aspir them successfully, so they don't have innate MP.

[Zacas1]

has anyone at all found a mob with main job RDM you can use for the pit? asked in other thread but it seems to have gotten overlooked

I just got a War Wyvern from Mamool Besieged a bit ago that was RDM with no sub >.>

[Ahnuld]

My DRK Mimic casts spells every battle w/o needing MP plates. I don't recall ever being able to Aspir them successfully, so they don't have innate MP.

Okay scratch that "Needing MP plate" thing I was told, that's completely false. My couerl casted Water in it's second match as a BLM but didn't use any TP skills.

[Evedgebah]

Mimics can be WHM mains! Also: Has anyone been able to find a mob with WHM main built in?

[Kyreth]

I have a WAR/PLD Golem- do I need to give it White Magic Scrolls to allow it to cast?

[Falconblade]

From what I see, You only need scrolls to make them cast magic that is unnatural to them.
Say, Undead BLM will probably only cast Dark based and Ice Based spells. If you put on BLM scrolls, you basically open them up to spells unnatural to them, like Blaze Spikes/Shock Spikes.

[Braxis]

Don't know if this has been answered yet but I was wondering if anyone had some experience with this...

I have a Level 5 rdm/war crab I got off a crab nm. I've only seen it fight once so far but it didn't use any spells during the fight.

Now the nm was a rdm and had full rdm spell access and everything, but since it's a crab and they don't naturally have rdm spells does that mean I have to give it the right scroll plates to get it to do anything?

I'd keep watching it fight to see if it casts on it's own, but the wait in between fights doesn't make for speedy testing.

[Sho]

Pushing this info to teh top D:

Anyone know a good monster to start off with for a BLM?

[Thistle]

Anyone know a good monster to start off with for a BLM?

Worms are naturally BLMs, so if you went with one you wouldn't have to waste FP/plate slot to change it.

No clue how they are otherwise.

[Talint]

Out of sheer amusement and nothing more, I've been trying to get a mob that is BRD main. I know Puks start out as BRD main, but considering the amount of greater birds (Rocs) that sing spells, I thought for sure that some of them would be BRD main.

Took some snaps of Simurgh a few days ago, but it turned out to be WAR/BRD.

Was wondering if anyone else has tried Roc (probably WHM/BRD), or the greater birds in Limbus. Or if anyone else knows any mobs that start out as BRD main.

[Priran]

don't bother, BRD blows in Pankration. Anything not 5 levels under your mob will own it completely.

[evilpaul]

How about mobs that are NIN main?

[Thistle]

How about mobs that are NIN main?

I love fighting those. Yes, please spam cast and trigger my sneak attacks! Most of the time they cast just elemental stuff, very rarely have I seen one putting shadows up or debuffing.

[Priran]

How about mobs that are NIN main?

like the guy above said, NIN mobs tend to cast elemental nukes and trigger sneak attack every 5 seconds. However, most NIN rocs I've seen are actually very good, casting mainly debuffs and Utsu: Ichi, and I've lost to a roc that was at like 3% because it cast Utsu: Ni at the last second.

[Yomjo]

From what I see, You only need scrolls to make them cast magic that is unnatural to them.
Say, Undead BLM will probably only cast Dark based and Ice Based spells. If you put on BLM scrolls, you basically open them up to spells unnatural to them, like Blaze Spikes/Shock Spikes.

My BLM skeleton is only 10 right now and it has cast Water, stone, aero so far. I'm hoping it casts more powerful agas and drain and such as it levels though. I really don't wanna waste 17 fp on a scrolls plate when it should know the spells.

[Halion]

Pushing this info to teh top D:

Anyone know a good monster to start off with for a BLM?

The best BLMs I have seen are Couerl and Eft, I don't think Eft can start out as BLM but it is possible Coeurl can in Wild Wild Whiskers BC60, that mob casts stonegas and burst right?

[Khamsin]

has anyone at all found a mob with main job RDM you can use for the pit? asked in other thread but it seems to have gotten overlooked

I just got a War Wyvern from Mamool Besieged a bit ago that was RDM with no sub >.>

Weapons can start as WAR or RDM, I believe.

[Priran]

Pushing this info to teh top D:

Anyone know a good monster to start off with for a BLM?

The best BLMs I have seen are Couerl and Eft, I don't think Eft can start out as BLM but it is possible Coeurl can in Wild Wild Whiskers BC60, that mob casts stonegas and burst right?

Maybe the Eft in Like the Wind starts as a BLM? Also, Mimics can be pretty good BLMs.