[GlennXI]

[sea]Welcome to the Blue Mage Endgame guide[/sea]
Every day more people are reaching higher levels on their blu, yet not much is known of the capabilities it can offer to endgame events. Due to the blu community's demand to know more about endgame Blue Mage, the following is a list of what is most effective on ground HNMs, Sky, Sea, etc.
Feel free to contribute on your findings here if it isn't on the list.
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[blue]CA[/blue]= Chain Affinity
[blue]BA[/blue]= Burst Affinity
[blue]AL[/blue]= Azure Lore
[blue]SA[/blue]= Sneak Attack
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[red]Kings[/red]

[orange]Adamantoise/Aspidochelone:[/orange]
Can be dispeled with Geist wall (no issues with thf sub)


100TP+CA+SA+ vertical cleave. (Better off with self SC distortion)

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[orange]Behemoth/King Behemoth:[/orange]
Behemoth:
100TP+ CA+SA+ vertical cleave


0TP+CA+SA+ Cannonball


King Behemoth:
100TP+ CA+SA+ vertical cleave

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[orange]Fafnir/Nidhogg:[/orange]
Help keep its TP down to avoid wing spams. (blm sub/int gear)


Another move to keep its TP down. (blm sub/int gear)


AF head & AF body + CA+ Frenetic Rip


Reduce Nidhogg's TP.


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[red]Wyrms[/red]

[orange]Tiamat:[/orange]
0TP CA+SA+AL+ Cannonball


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[orange]Jormungand:[/orange]
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[orange]Vrtra:[/orange]
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[orange]Ouryu:[/orange]
Stacking int and mnd needed for this spell to land


20+ Enervations, mostly resisted, landed ones gave def down and none mag def down.


Can be blinded, need int/mnd setup


Can assist mages on silencing adds


0TP+ CA+ SA + Cannonball (with pro4, phalanx2, cocoon, fishmithkabob, STR & VIT spells equipped)
Average dmg ranges from 400-600


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[red]Missions & Quests[/red]

[orange]Bahamut:[/orange]
100TP+ CA+SA+ vertical cleave


Defense and Magic defense down


Headbutt stun works (no sneak attack needed)


CA+SA+0 TP Cannonball.


Slightly reduces its magic resistance and magic strenght.

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[red]Sky[/red]

[orange]Kirin:[/orange]
CA+SA+AL+Cannonball (average no TP cannonballs range 380-650 dmg)


Sneak Attack+ headbutt stuns Kirin (good for stonega4)

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[orange]Genbu:[/orange]
CA+SA Vertical Cleave


Headbutt stun works.

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[orange]Seiryu:[/orange]
CA+SA Vertical Cleave

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[orange]Suzaku:[/orange]
CA+SA Vertical Cleave


Can be stunned.


Can be silenced, aprox 2min duration.


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[orange]Byakko:[/orange]
headbutt stuns Byakko(some resists)/ (SA+headbutt for a sure stun)


CA+SA Vertical Cleave


CA+SA Cannonball

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[red]Sea[/red]
Jailers:
[orange]Jailer of Faith:[/orange]
MP drain kiss is effective on it


CA+SA Vertical Cleave

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[orange]Jailer of Justice:[/orange]
Reduce its defense with Frightful roar.


Absorb its buffs.


CA+SA Vertical Cleave

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[orange]Jailer of Hope:[/orange]

Heatbreath works


Can be blinded.


Its evasion reduced.


Breath attacks work.


Evervation's def down and magic def down works.



Frightful Roar also works.

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[orange]Jailer of Love:[/orange]
BA + Heatbreath


Elemental Seal + 1000 Needles


Enervation works.



Reduce its TP.



Frightful Roar Def down lands.


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[red]Limbus[/red]

[orange]Proto Omega:[/orange]
The two strongest spells against it/ can be spammed with nin sub.
http://i2.photobucke...roomegafren.jpg

http://i2.photobucke...roomegadisv.jpg

0TP CA+SA Cannonball (cocoon,pro2, no food)
http://i2.photobucke...acballomega.jpg

It can be flashed.
http://www.neko-sent...ages/omega1.jpg

SA+ vertical cleave.
http://www.neko-sent...ages/omega2.jpg

Headbutt stun effect lands.
http://www.neko-sent...ages/omega3.jpg

Its TP can be reduced.
http://www.neko-sent...ages/omega4.jpg
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[orange]Proto Ultima:[/orange]
Heat Breath works well on it.
http://i2.photobucke...ultimaheatb.jpg
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[red]Dynamis[/red]

Main cities:
[orange]Windurst:[/orange]
Temporal Shift is a reliable aoe stun
http://i2.photobucke...hifdynamobs.jpg

Chaotic eye helps silencing mage types
http://i2.photobucke...oeyedynamob.jpg

Reliable evasion down debuff
http://i2.photobucke...nfradynamob.jpg

Effective and strong magic attack/ also Aoe
http://i2.photobucke...eatbdynamob.jpg

Enervation defense and magic defense down rarely gets resisted
http://i2.photobucke...ervdynamobs.jpg

Delay enemy TP moves
http://i2.photobucke...eatherticle.jpg
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[orange]Jeuno:[/orange]
CA+SA+ cannonball
http://i2.photobucke...lennxi/dyn3.jpg

On statues
http://www.neko-sent...images/dyn1.jpg

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[orange]Bastok:[/orange]
Able to silence magic casters.
http://i2.photobucke...xi/dynbasCE.jpg

Slow them down and lower their evasion.
http://i2.photobucke...nbasEvadown.jpg
http://i2.photobucke...dynbasFhold.jpg

Reduce enemy TP.
http://i2.photobucke...nbasFeather.jpg
http://i2.photobucke.../dynbasLofP.jpg

Decrease enemy defense.
http://i2.photobucke...xi/dynbasFR.jpg

Dispel buffs from enemy.
http://i2.photobucke...ynbasGeistw.jpg

Breath damage is rarely resisted at full HP.
http://i2.photobucke...nbasHbreath.jpg

Stun targets.
http://i2.photobucke.../dynbasJeta.jpg
http://i2.photobucke...dynbasTempS.jpg

Blind targets (front cast)
http://i2.photobucke...dynbasSandS.jpg

Absorb MP from targets.
http://i2.photobucke...basMPdrain1.jpg
http://i2.photobucke...basMPdrain2.jpg

Steal a target's attribute.
http://i2.photobucke...xi/dynbasVT.jpg

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[orange]Sandoria:[/orange]

Slow multiple targets, very reliable
http://i2.photobucke...ysandfihold.jpg

Dispel groups of mobs. Landed every time.
http://i2.photobucke...dysandgeist.jpg

Rarely resisted Heat breath
http://i2.photobucke...dysandheatb.jpg

Like Chaotic Eye, Light of Penance is a gaze attack, enemy must face you for it to work.
excellent for those grapplers
http://i2.photobucke...sandpenance.jpg

AoE stun works
http://i2.photobucke...ndtempshift.jpg

Lullaby works
http://i2.photobucke.../dysandyawn.jpg

CA+SA under 100% Tp Verticle Cleave
http://www.neko-sent...images/dyn5.jpg

MP drain range from 100-130, hecteyes have drain resistance.
http://www.neko-sent...images/dyn7.jpg

Voracious trunk lands on mobs
http://www.neko-sent...images/dyn9.jpg

SA+ Vertical Cleave
http://i2.photobucke...xi/dysandvc.jpg

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Northlands:
[orange]Beaudecine:[/orange]
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[orange]Xarcabard:[/orange]

Headbutt lands on demons & NMs
http://i2.photobucke...archeadbutt.jpg

Help melee with Infrasonics
http://i2.photobucke...cinfrasonic.jpg

Feather Tickle is good here, lands on normal demons and the NMs
http://i2.photobucke...cnmticklen1.jpg
http://i2.photobucke...cnmticklen2.jpg

Build TP & pick on weak ones like drk, rng, smn, brd, whm, SA+CA
http://i2.photobucke...xi/dyxarcvc.jpg

Reduce target's defense with Frightful roar.
http://www.neko-sent...mages/dyn11.jpg


Enervation lands on Dynamis Lord
http://img156.images.../8882/dl0eo.jpg

100TP+CA+SA+ Cannonball
http://i2.photobucke...nxi/dlordcb.jpg
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[red]KS 99[/red]

[orange]Chlevnik:[/orange]
Voracious Trunk works
http://i2.photobucke.../chlevnikvt.jpg

Average vertical cleaves with 0 tp & SA+CA range from 580-900.
Following is 102TP + SA+CA+ vertical cleave.
http://i2.photobucke.../chlevnikvc.jpg

Its mostly manaburned, enervation helps here
http://i2.photobucke...levnikenerv.jpg

More bigger numbers for the blms
http://i2.photobucke...clevintdown.jpg

1000 needles works.
http://img237.images...8030/y1kkq2.png

0 tp & CA+SA Cannonballs range from 400-900 dmg
http://i2.photobucke...i/ks99cannb.jpg

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[red]Other NMs[/red]

[orange]BombQueen:[/orange]
Best handling adds, hysterric barrage+ disseverment= dead bomb prince.
Build TP on bomb prince to SA+CA+Cannonball Bomb Queen.
http://i2.photobucke...qcannonball.jpg

Either debuff helps, mag def down for blms/ def down for melee
http://i2.photobucke...nxi/bqenerv.jpg
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[orange]King Vinegarroon:[/orange]
Can be stunned with headbutt.
http://www.neko-sent...images/vine.jpg
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[orange]Cerberus:[/orange]
Dispel its potent spikes with Geist wall.
http://www.neko-sent...mages/cerb1.jpg

Bad Breath lands on it.
http://i2.photobucke...nnxi/bbcerb.jpg

Enervation lands 7 of 10 attempts.
http://i2.photobucke...i/cerbenerv.jpg

Wild Oats Vit down wears off after 50-60 seconds.
http://i2.photobucke...i/cerbwoats.jpg
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[orange]Hydra:[/orange]
100TP+CA+SA+ Vertical Cleave
http://i2.photobucke...nxi/hydravc.jpg
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[orange]Za'Da Adamantking:[/orange]
Headbutt stuns 80% of the time
http://i2.photobucke...adaheadbutt.jpg

Temporal Shift also lands often
http://i2.photobucke...datempshift.jpg
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[Kobiko]

Lowing + Aspid = w0000t! Good job Glenn.

[driderk]

Thanks for sharing your experiences with us, makes me want to quit waiting on AF and leave lvl 52 behind.

[skywarp]

Are those veritcals with SA?

[Itchy]

Good info, I'm tired of hearing BLU is useless in my LS and want to get more reasons why I could use it effectively instead of being stuck as my BLM everywhere.

[Ayrlyn]

Yea my linkshell is the same way , myself 68 blu and the other two 75 blu's in the ls and constanly being told that blue mage are useless in exp ( despite me doing more damage then most melee's) and endgame. Good to see that blu/thf can do damage and land magic defense down on bahuamat since his def and resists are so high. At first I was one of those that thought blu sucked but then I tried it. Blue mage is now my favorite out of my 6 75 jobs and I hope they enhance endgame usefullness in addition to the ones youve posted.

[Marleau]

THats the thing... I tried as 72 on Genbu.... God was I disappointed...

Self-Light chain missed off the mark. After I used Savage Blade > Cannonball, the Cannonball completely missed.
Hysteric Barrage landed for 6 points of damage.
Frightful Roar resisted 4 times.
Frenetic Rip landed for 8 points of damage.
Enervation was resisted 3 times.
Tried Lowing twice and Genbu resisted.
Head Butt however landed, several times. The Stun effect seemed to have worked rather nicely.

So what did I do? I was the Diamondhide whore for the paladins. -.- go figure. While the paladin was kiting I didn't seem to get hate at all off Magic Fruit, which is rather interesting also, but it seemed to do rather well there. -.- it was only a first try. Not to mention that but I also wasnt 75 so I'd probably best try again at 75.

[Pii]

here's another. Nice pics^^

[Gulkeeva]

here's some





These were done pretty much under 50% tp if not near 0% TP using no 2 hour, kinda wish took pic of voracious trunk, was stealing haste, shell, protect, utsumei off mobs.

[kenshyn]

Marleau against Genbus defense and insane vit I expect those results actually Genbu humbles virtually all melee attacks I see many many peeps doing 0 the goose egg. Now what I have noticed is as Blu/thf with tons of acc my resists are virtually nonexistent and I have actually never seen a CA+SA+Death Scissors completely resisted against aura statutes last night I was actually hitting CA+SA+DS for 250+ at 0 tp it was fun I couldn't even touch then otherwise since I didn't eat food and was only 65 still shows some light on what it takes for us to do well against higher end mobs.

Genbu and Byakko both can be pains Byakkos eva and Genbus defense can easily humble anyone not geared for those fights. I have so many hours logged against the sky gods for the past 2 years almost every weekend ><;;

[sigpimud]

A 75 Blu in our LS said sticking Feather Tickle well on Fafnir.

[kenshyn]

Could everyone add in some details especially what sub you were using. Any special unque gear and stats and food. This will help to see the true nature of effects on spells. Our subs do add in more than what people think from my pov.

[ShinBismark]

lol i posted some kirin pics, but its like no one reads that post >.>

[kenshyn]

Yes we all read the cannonball post we just want more more more we do not want to be turned into a one trick pony like other classes have been .

[Yokai]

badass! thanks Glenn

[Marleau]

I subbed nin for those fights....

I also kinda expected Genbu to take that kinda damage, but why all the resists on debuffs?

I didnt do too bad on Olla Grande or Zippy though...

[kenshyn]

Hmmm. I would figure it would be based on his level and eva:
From somepage:
Genbu [NM]
Level: 88-90
Zone: Ru'Aun Gardens
Job: Paladin
Family: Adamantoise
Crystal: Earth
Weak to: Ice

Being ur 72 vs a 88-90 mob I could see resist issues if your not decked out in ++++acc I think as a blu we might have to go a bit overboard against some mobs unless SA is used which seems to ensure a hit reguardless of eva or level difference.

[GlennXI]

My Ls got nidhogg yesterday and i tried pretty much everything and couldnt land anything, I tried all the hard hitting moves (subbing whm) forget about thf sub on this one lol nobody would risk to sneak attack it and make it flail.
I tried voracious trunk, feather tickle, pretty much everthing that isnt Aoe and all got resisted... that was with acc, str setup, maybe int/mnd gear should be used for him.
After that my ls did 2 kirins and indeed cannonball works very well. Subbed thf, put all my str/vit spells on, protect4, cocoon, ate a fish kabob, then SA+CA+AL cannonball with 184TP did awesome dmg, after that average cannonballs without tp did from 380-650 dmg. Wild Oats landed (never got to see message of Vit down wore), Blast bomb binded it some times (starting to think there are some glitches since no message of xxx is bound/ no longer bound showed up)
Lastly SA+ headbutt stuns kirin (good for stonega4)
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[kenshyn]

Interesting I wonder if /blm would have been better against the Ndog? I swear when I subbed /whm I seemed weaker on the attack spells maybe we are like wyvern that our subs effect our actual casting resist rates not just from the stats change and passive traits. Ie sub /whm now your a protective support blu - sub melee Physical attacker blu - sub blm Magical blu. Still interesting findings none the least. How much acc did you add vs ndog?

[Ahourn]

now im curious, i havent tested it although i should.
but what if just maybe the ACC bonus from /rng could help us?
i mean after all we as blu get what most people see as a useless job trait (rapid shot)
would the bonus even be enough at 37 to help?