The Beast Within -- A Guide To Blue Mage

<dd>
<slot01>delta thrust</slot01>
<slot02>barbed crescent</slot02>
<slot03>thrashing assault</slot03>
<slot04>heavy strike</slot04>
<slot05>empty thrash</slot05>
<slot06>paralyzing triad</slot06>
<slot07>sinker drill</slot07>
<slot08>erratic flutter</slot08>
<slot09>fantod</slot09>
<slot10>sudden lunge</slot10>
<slot11>diffusion ray</slot11>
<slot12>nat. meditation</slot12>
<slot13>magic fruit</slot13>
<slot14>barrier tusk</slot14>
<slot16>searing tempest</slot16>
<slot17>tenebral crush</slot17>
<slot18>glutinous dart</slot18>
<slot19>frenetic rip</slot19>
<slot20>vanity dive</slot20>
</dd>

<hybrid>
<slot01>delta thrust</slot01>
<slot02>barbed crescent</slot02>
<slot03>thrashing assault</slot03>
<slot04>heavy strike</slot04>
<slot05>empty thrash</slot05>
<slot06>paralyzing triad</slot06>
<slot07>sinker drill</slot07>
<slot08>erratic flutter</slot08>
<slot09>fantod</slot09>
<slot10>sudden lunge</slot10>
<slot11>nat. meditation</slot11>
<slot12>subduction</slot12>
<slot13>battery charge</slot13>
<slot14>magic fruit</slot14>
<slot15>dream flower</slot15>
<slot16>glutinous dart</slot16>
<slot17>barrier tusk</slot17>
<slot18>tenebral crush</slot18>
<slot19>diffusion ray</slot19>
<slot20>sound blast</slot20>
</hybrid>


im not sure if hese are super up todate but should work for you.
DD is fully DD focussed where as hybridg tries to keep a bit of utility and crow control around

So i did some quick and dirty testin and hare right outside of sandy

Entomb with relic +4 = 19050
Entomb with Emp+ +3 = 18697

So this is worstcase for emp+3 since we dont benefit at all from the macc
the spell that gets the most benefits from relic +4 due to strong Vit mod

The difference is 1.9%

i think just for the added defense alone ill stick wit emp+3
Instead im making a Vit nuke cape for entomb to make up for the loss.

i also makes me reconsider using gelatious ring (15vit) vs the standard nukes ring with 16 int and >11 macc

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The above test was in standar nuke set. no entomb specific ring or neck

changing neck and ring gives entomb 19458
more than making up for the loss of max dmg in pants.

entomb neck only upgrade is 19381

For fun an giigles i bought the cape with wind elemental MAB to test on subduction vs Intbased ambuscade nuke cape.

I didn't note it down but the dmg was lower so I tossed it again

I'll drop some info with Vit nuking cape for entomb once I get one

doing my "I miss playing FFXI BLU" post, cause FFXIV BLU is hot trash. Is this guide still accurate?

The original writer of this guide is no longer with us, so the guide has not been updated in some time.

Sharing some more entomb testing. after bulding a Vit nuke cape in spambuscade. tested against lvl rabbit outside of sandy

Std 18673
Std 18673

Quanpur 19357
Quanpur 19357

Quanpur & Gel 19428
Quanpur & Gel 19428

Luhlaza Legs +4 19050
Luhlaza Legs +4 19050

LL+4 & Quanpur 19748
LL+4 & Quanpur 19748

LL+4 & Quanpur & gel 19796
LL+4 & Quanpur & gel 19796


Vit cape 18839
Vit cape 18839

Vit cape & Quanpur 19529
Vit cape & Quanpur 35936 (proc?)
Vit cape & Quanpur 19529

Vit cape & Quan & gel 19605
Vit cape & Quan & gel 19605

vit cape & LL +4 9606 (resist?)
vit cape & LL +4 19218
vit cape & LL +4 19218

Vit cape & Quan & LL+4 19921
Vit cape & Quan & LL+4 36972 (Proc?)
Vit cape & Quan & LL+4 20255 (Proc?)
Vit cape & Quan & LL+4 19921

Vit & Quan & gel & LL+4 20334 (Proc?)
Vit & Quan & gel & LL+4 19999
Vit & Quan & gel & LL+4 19999



Base/Standard nuke sets is this:

main="Ice Brand",
sub="Bunzi's Rod",
ammo="Ghastly Tathlum +1",
head="Hashishin Kavuk +3",
body="Hashishin Mintan +3",
hands="Hashi. Bazu. +3",
legs="Hashishin Tayt +3",
feet="Hashi. Basmak +3",
neck="Sibyl Scarf",
waist="Orpheus's Sash",
left_ear="Regal Earring",
right_ear="Friomisi Earring",
left_ring="Metamorph ring +1",
right_ring="Medada's Ring",
back={ name="Rosmerta's Cape", augments={'INT+20','Mag. Acc+20 /Mag. Dmg.+20','INT+10','"Mag.Atk.Bns."+10','Spell interruption rate down-10%',}},

no belt as i didnt want to deal with distance based modifiers


Observations
- LL+4 pants are still the high raw dmg for entombe.
- gel ring becomes pretty close to just inventory -1
- Vit cape beats gel ring (Surprise...)
- quanpur neck is pretty awesome

my take away
- im dropping gelantious ring +1 from the entomb set and for the added macc on our bases nuke ring and to recover 1 inventory slots to make up for the vit cape
- im keeping my emp+3 pants for the added mac over the LL+4 pants
getting the emp proc and the lowered resits is probably more worth it

enjoy the game

The 36k numbers are +3 set proc and the 20k numbers are the relic leg proc.

Magic Critical Hit Rate is really disappointing.