Come back to prove that magic beats machinery in 3.2? Thanks for checking out out 3.2 BLM BiS! If it was a little unclear to anyone last time – it’s damn certain NOW: Spell Speed is king. Shoutout to our BLM Bazu Zhilei.
Quicknotes: SS is the undoubted emperor of stats for Black Mages – if you disagree, this is not the BiS for you.
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3.2 Black Mage Best-in-Slot
| BLM | BLM BiS | Meld 1 | Meld 2 | Acc | SS | Crit | Det |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weapon | Midan Metal Rod | CRIT V | CRIT V | - | 123 | 24 | 83 |
| Offhand | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Helm | Midan Horn of Casting | ACC V | ACC V | 24 | 69 | 48 | - |
| Body | Midan Coat of Casting | SS V | SS V | - | 102 | 112 | - |
| Hand | Augmented Hailstorm Gloves of Casting | SS V | SS V | 69 | 24 | 48 | - |
| Belt | Midan Belt of Casting | SS V | - | - | 48 | - | 49 |
| Legs | Augmented Hailstorm Bottoms of Casting | ACC V | ACC V | 24 | 112 | - | 75 |
| Boots | Augmented Hailstorm Boots of Casting | SS V | SS IV | - | 69 | 69 | - |
| Neck | Augmented Primal Choker of Casting | SS V | - | 51 | 12 | - | 34 |
| Earring | Augmented Primal Earrings of Casting | SS V | - | - | 48 | - | 49 |
| Wrist | Midan Bracelets of Casting | ACC V | - | 12 | 51 | - | 34 |
| Ring | Midan Ring of Casting | SS V | - | 51 | 12 | - | 34 |
| Ring | Augmented Primal Ring of Casting | ACC V | - | 12 | 51 | 36 | - |
| Food | Marron Glace | - | - | 11 | 37 | - | - |
| Stats | Totals from gear | 254 | 758 | 337 | 358 | ||
| Grand total | 608 | 1112 | 691 | 576 |
BLM BiS Discussion
1100+ Spell Speed – I can end the discussion with that.
So why not crit? So here’s how it works SS works better the more of it you have – hands down. In an extreme example, you only need a few points of SS to decrease cast time from 0.2 to 0.1 – that’s a 100% DPS increase (in this unrealistic but easy to understand scenario).
But crit works better when stacked, too? Yes it does, but not as good as SS with for BLM – since they have an infinite resource it’s all about getting as many fire cycles as you can in a fight or phase, NOT about getting the most damage per skill you do.
SS also increases your safety by a large margin – a stat that CRIT simply cannot emulate in any way shape or form. KEEPING your ENO, squeezing MORE from LEYLINES, moving out of danger AoE faster – there’s countless immeasurable bonuses SS grants to any BLM.
As for the gear there’s very little to discuss in this patch. Does it have SS? Wear it. None? Accuracy. It was a brainless process to reach this point.
Accuracy Cap? You need 6x ACC V’s to cap – 7 without food.
Creme Brulee vs Marron Glace? Is honestly a non-issue. You have to meld an extra ACCV to cover for the loss of Marron Glace. It’s maybe… MAYBE better by around 0.0004%. maybe. But the cost? Secretly, many of us care about how expensive Creme Brulee can be :)
At this point I’m just reaching into the void for more discussion points. Unupgraded Ring, while tempting – is likely a DPS loss. but again, if you’re an SS freak go for it… it’s another “Decimal” change, man.
BLM Lore Tomestone Buy Order
The lore tomestone spending order is to get BiS fastest:
- Weapon: is priority but you may not have the hypercharged tome. Just go down the list for a bit while you wait.
- Legs: By order of Midan depth
- Gloves (Need accuracy?) Boots (Has better DPS).
- Ring > Choker (Accuracy) > Earring (DPS).
ANYTHING ELSE IS OPTIONAL: left-side fillers should be prioritized (Chest, Head, Belt) then Bracelet, Ring (230).
USING UP PAGES AND MIDAS NORMAL PARTS
Click on the expandables below to see how you should spend pages, and which Midas Normal parts to get first –
Click the above!!!
BLM Crafted Gear Viability
To be updated later on to make all other BiS pages. 90% of info you’re here for is here already anyways.
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With 1000+ SS I hope it also increases the speed in which you acquire your Black Mage BiS in 3.2! GL with it!
If SS is to be prioritized, why not have 2 primal rings of casting? 1 Augmented, and 1 regular. Then you’d have 97 SS from your two rings combined (+51 i240 ring, +46 i230 ring) instead of the 63 SS you have listed here. Just wondering if the 51 ACC is that important. Or at least as important as maximizing SS.
This is an option, though it isn’t always a “welcomed” one. The unaugmented ring trick is OKAY. I tackle great pains before recommending it on these posts, though. Would you like to hear ’em? haha
Howdy! Do you plan to update this, taking into account the gear for 3.3, or is this BiS still relevant for the new patch? Thanks in advance!
The only possible change 3.3 can have is the relic weapon. It is better than Midan but not by a huge margin. Some could argue that it’s not that significant or may not even be an upgrade at all.
Will update the BiS’s
Awesome! Thanks so much for the reply! :D
Where is a good place to get quicktongue v materia? The market board never has any of the quicktongue’s.
If you use HQ Apple Strudel as your food again, you can replace one of those ACC V materia Melds with a Crit V
Summoner BiS Mahkio-san <3
Error: There is no Goetia Neckband of Casting. (Clicking on it takes you to Gordian Neckband of Casting).
Right! Typo fixed, – but the xivdb tooltips don’t seem to be working… lemme see what’s up with this.
If you are going for a huge amount of Spell Speed the better weapon choice would be Lilith Rod Zeta with Spell Speed on it.
unless I misunderstand what you’re referring to. dread and zeta weapons have the same spell speed.
Your BLM General Guide & FAQ links here as well, is that intentional?
Not intended! Thanks for the heads up.
Happy to help!
There’s a mistake, casting gloves drop from t12 not t10
In ring section there’s the Diamond Earrings in the accuracy fillers ಠ_ಠ
melded :), though use the i110’s now