Black Mage Equipment Set Guide by Mindi

=Introductions=

This guide is created by Mindi from Cerberus Server and is currently under construction.

I wanted to add this guide giveing a overview of what Itemsets a BLM 75 can and should have since this doesnt really exist so far. Following this will involve massive use of macros to gearswitch (and this is how BLM should be^^). I somehow allways get angry when i see BLM dont idle in Refresh gear or not even bothering to cast SS in MND gear (or to even cast SS...) This isnt the ultimate gear, this is mainly what i use. There are still lots of improvements to make.

I hope this guide is a inspiration to get your BLM sets together. You can look into Black Mage Equipment Guide by Eclipstic for gear listed by slot.

Standing Gear
This set is very important in my eyes. This gear you wear, when you wont do anything. So when you Idle, run around, waiting for recast, going afk to pee and forget to /heal (:P i guess you know what i mean).

When ever you dont cast magic, you dont need gear that improves your magic. Clear logic. You wont need MAB or INT in this set. You should equip it allways after cast. Main focus on your Standding set should be:
 * Autorefresh Item
 * Haveing Some form of autorefresh is allways good, not much to talk about it.


 * Damage taken- gear (atleast Earth Staff/Terra's Staff)
 * Many BLm have a extra oshit-macro. I just have the gear in my standing set^^ If you get hit, you take less dmg. Thats it! Who need a super geared, death BLM?! Noone. Even a Earth Staff alone gives you Physical dmg taken -20%. Together with SS Blink and Phalanx this make you survive much longer if stuff is hitting you.


 * MP
 * Its allways nice to put some more MP in your Standing set then in your Normal nuke set. You might say "eh?! why that?! i loose them anyways when i Nuke!" But you should see those mp not as lost when equiping nuke set.. you should see them as "bonus mp" to cast buffs like Blink, Phalanx, Protect, Stoneskin and so on or Cure. You mainly only reach those maximum mp after resting or ideling long time. In both cases you most likly need to rebuff yourself anyways. With extra mp on your Idle set you will have "full nuke mp" after buffs^^


 * Movement Speed+
 * Hard to obtain, but if you are lucky to have Herald's Gaiters this is the set where you put them into use!

Since i said i want to show you what i use, here is my Standing Gear:

















This set provides a good survivability for me. The latent of the earring triggers when HP ≤ 25% which will lead into 50% physical dmg reduction. Often saved my life since i finally got one, even when it seems useless for most. I have enough mp to cast Phalanx/Blink and such. Could toss more MP into it, but wont have any more need for it.

Enhancing Magic Set
This set dont have much use, its only for Phalanx. BLM has a max Enhancing Magic Skill 200 which would be Phalanx(18).

You can reach Phalanx(20) by equiping this:







Igqira Huaraches once were really rare, but since the Shell needed for it can drop in Campaign battle they pop more and more in AH. This piece is mainly for the Dark Magic, but hey, once you have them you can use them on this setaswell to maximise your Phalanx. You can reach Phalanx(19) with

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Stoneskin Set
As noted above, BLM have a 200 natural enhancing Magic skill at cap. To maximise your Stoneskin dmg absorbed(350) a BLM need 114 MND total. This is for all races fairly easy to reach. When choosing your SS gear you should try to not loose too many mp while casting it over your standing gear. (and even more:dont have less mp then your nukegear!) Try to reach 114 MND on every /subjob

Not really much to tell about this set... beside: Get it! There isn't just one way of doing it. Depending on race and gear selection you can equip more Fastcast/Haste gear for it.

Here's mine(Sadly Mithra so need lot of MND ><):















Redingote augmented with fastcast/macc. Many use Kirin's Pole for SS, i sold mine cause i didnt needed it anymore and cause of Inventory >< As you maybe allready can see... i have LOTS of gear for BLM.

Sorcerer's Ring latent trigger gear


To trigger the latent you need to have HP < 75% and TP < 100%. This is based on your maximum HP but couning HP+ and HP- gear. Can read more about it on Sorcerer's Ring and it's talk page. So unequip all your gear, equip all stuff where you get HP+ or - which you would wear while nukeing, then calculate your <75% hp based on this HP. (One example is Penitent's Rope, its -20HP.)

For me haveing 4/5 Zenith gear its totally easy to get the latent work. I will list what comes in my Mind what BLM can use cut there Hp to trigger the latent effect. I know many new BLM have problems finding gear for it, so i hope this will help.