Favorite Blue Mage spell sets

[Yvonne]

I think most blues have their own preferences of spell sets, whether it's soloing or for ball builds. For me, I usually do the following.

My Imp solo w/45:

Actinic Burst
Plasma Charge
Disseverment
Frenetic Rip
Zephyr Mantle
Firespit
Head Butt
Bludgeon
Frightful Roar
Refueling
Hysteric Barrage
Magic Fruit

My Cannonball build w/45:

Plasma Charge
Self-Destruct
Fightful Roar
Firespit
Zephr Mantle
Vertical Cleave
Saline Coat
1000 Needles
Bomb Toss
Cannonball
Cocoon
Heat Breath
Pinecone Bomb
Uppercut

I'm pretty sure some of you guys have your own favorite builds. Any other BLUs wanna share theirs?

[Cream Soda]

On mnk/blu in ballista, I like the following build
Wild oats (Wipes seigan third eye in 1 shot, .5 sec cast)
Queasyshroom (Long range, wipes utsu single shot)
Claw Cyclone (VIT+ + dmg to counterstance mnk)
Pollen + Wild carrot (Cures + resist sleep)
Sheep song + Healing breeze (Cures + auto regen)
Sprout smack (Pretty dependable slow)
Head Butt (The stun never lands but the knock back interrupts spells and items anyways)
Cocoon (Puts my defense build pre food/tect to 500+)

[Suiram]

Probably my "Favorite" build for stuff like Assaults, Nyzul, or if I'm entering into something like Missions that I'm not sure about and just setting generic BLU spells is (grouped by job trait where applicable, or how I group them in my mind otherwise):
Actinic Burst + Frightful Roar + Self-Destruct
Chaotic Eye + Zephyr Mantle
Frenetic Rip + Disseverment
Sickle Slash + Tail Slap
Head Butt + Refueling + Magic Fruit
Exuviation + Blank Gaze
Regurgitation + Cocoon

I have other specific sets I use that vary either slightly or considerably from the above one for Salvage (start, middle, and boss), Tanking, Holding mobs in Einherjar, Ashu Talif, Merits, Campaign and other stuff, but I didn't want to make this post super-long (although I'm happy to list one of those if asked). The above more or less my default set though.

[Caiti]

for cannonall i have been doing:

bludgeon
pinecone bomb
uppercut
cannonball
disseverment
blast bomb
bomb toss
self destruct
firespit
heat breath
frightful roar
cocoon
plasma charge
spiral spin

usually when i need to do a full cannonball setup i don't need to worry about setting a cure spell etc, i do however like to have auto-refresh trait set. i'm opened to any suggestions

edit: also, i would love to hear from other people what their setup looks like for salvage

[whoami]

lets see my cannonball set up:
fire spit+ zephyr mantle (7)
self destruct+frightful roar+plasma charge (11)
cannonball (3)
uppercut (3)
magic fruit (3)
1000 needles (5)
saline coat+grand slam (5)
heat breath (4)
cocoon (1)
magnetic cloud or diamond hide (3)

Mind you i'm taru (5/5 str) so im biased toward balance str and vit. Some personal testing i've done has me beliving that for non ca spells your better off stacking str over secondary mods and stack them both on ca (used VC multiple times under different sets multiples times on same gods) My cannonball set up is above average put me with (before food and buffs and /thf):
59+61/63 str (charkam for nation control)
57+22 vit
about 318ish def

[Dammerung]

Standard-ish..

Head Butt
Frenetic Rip
Disseverment
Vertical Cleave
Self-Destruct
Firespit
Heat Breath/MP Drainkiss
Refueling
Frightful Roar
Plasma Charge
Magic Fruit
Exuvation
Zephyr Mantle
Regurgitation/Coccoon

[Kkel]

I always equip:

Head Butt
Frenetic Rip
Disseverment
Refueling
Healing Breeze
Sheep Song
Actinic Burst
Plasma Charge

Typically followed by:

Magic Fruit
Regurgitation
Blank Gaze

Then usually add as needed for what i'm doing. I.E. If i'm by myself, i'll use Metallic Body but if i have other people with me i'll add Diamondhide. For Dynamis i don't use Physical Magic, so i'll have things like Sound Blast, Frightful Roar, Temporal Shift, etc etc equipped.

[Suiram]

I think it's interesting to note the slight variations in what we each pick for our default (non-cannonball) sets. I think I might drop Zephyr Mantle and Cocoon and put in Firespit for my own after the Cat2 update tomorrow, at least for Nyzul so I have more then Regurgitation for Spec. Enemies Ebony Pudding or Custard leaders.

To answer the earlier person's salvage question, at the start I set what I listed above, minus Sickle Slash, Tail Slap, and Blank Gaze, plus Asuran Claws and Enervation (for Counter) and Cannonball (for the occasional quick pull). After I get prae, opac, dupli and virga cells I switch out the Counter spells and Cocoon and set Store TP again. Then for bosses, since I usually help healing, I reset the list and set support spells like Healing Breeze which I think I've outlined in another thread somewhere.

[whoami]

For salvage i set (my default for /nin also):
disservement
frenetic rip
head butt
uppercut
firespit
chaotic eye
magic fruit
cocoon
frightful roar
actentic burst
plasma charge
heat breath
diamond hide or metalic body at this point and w/e i think is usefull if there's room. Of course i change it up for /thf or if theres a special consideration (like healing on MB for zhalom remnants) on the floor before i need that set up before zoning.

[rath]

Cannonball build
Plasma charge
uppercut
heat breath
bomb toss
pinecone bomb
cannonball
cocoon
blastbomb
magnetite cloud
Claw cyclone
sandspin
self-destruct
firespit
bludgeon
sandspray
spiral spin
vertical cleave

Casual build
Plasma charge
actinic burst
uppercut
vertical cleave
headbutt
frenetic rip
disseverment
saline coat
refueling
heat breath
temporal shift
magic fruit
regurgitation
pinecone bomb

[Krazy]

Just listing my campaign setup since it's all I do anymore.

Head Butt
Sickle Slash
Tail Slap
Refueling
Chaotic Eye
Zephyr Mantle
MP Drainkiss
Blank Gaze
Frenetic Rip
Disseverment
Plasma Charge
Actinic Burst
Magic Fruit



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