User:Chizel/Sandbox GobbieRDM

Goblin RDM by Ametrina (Bahamut)

Introduction

The aim of this space is to provide a means for information access for new and aspiring Red Mages, and a place the entirety of the witching community can come together to fine tune our craft. It is not meant to be canonical in nature, nor a shopping list of BiS items, but will introduce players to some of the options and paths available to them. From there, your witchcraft knows no bounds. I would caution you, taking on the role as a Warlock amongst your peers will have you power-crazed and thirsting for more. But if manipulating power is what you desire, you've come to the proper place... right this way, friends.

Under Construction Notes

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General Information

"It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question and he'll look for his own answers." - Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

Roles & Functions

Expand Roles & Functions
Communicator	Whether you communicate to your party or your party communicates to you through /party chat macros or Discord voice chat, it makes no matter. At some point you or your party members will need to communicate in one way or another. It could be to let the CORs know that Dia III has been applied, that the Tank's Phalanx timer is getting low and now's a good time to reapply some buffs, or working hand-in-hand with the Tank on a Circle pull in Dynamis Wave 3 so that you can time your silence to land as those nasty RDM, BLU mobs are spooling up ugly debuffs. If you're the quiet type, /party chat macros are fine, just don't get too carried away with the <calls>. If you enjoy talking with others and making yourself heard, chances are you're going to have to at some point try to elbow your way into the conversation just for a quick update. Get used to it though, it's a busy job, and letting people know what's going on, what they need, and what you need are critical for success.
Enfeebler/Crowd-Controller	This is probably where the divergence is among Red Mages. In content where you're expected to buff, crowd control, debuff, and there are a prevalence of DPS jobs, suiting up /NIN or /DNC isn't always the wisest thing to do. Now if you can perform ALL of your primary duties (buffing, debuffing, crowd control) and the DPS is being rather lackadaisical, by all means whip out that Naegling or Crocea Mors and get busy! But early on in your path, you'll find that by the time you've completed your primary duties it's time for another round of them altogether. It's not usually until later on, when you've sorted out your Enhancing/Enfeebling duration that you'll start having time to melee, but even then you'll be limited in that capacity outside of solo or low-man content.
Enhancer	RDM shines in functions both on the back line and front lines. The following roles are more of prioritizations than they are specifications, meaning that even though you'll primarily be supporting one class you're not off the hook for supporting in other ways: Tank Support - Largely you'll be casting Phalanx on your tank(s). They should have or be working on a Phalanx set of their own, so you'll want to communicate with them regularly about their buff duration and reapply it as necessary. It's 2024, Discord voice chat has been around for about as long as the dinosaurs have been dead. Talk to your tank(s). In Dynamis - Divergence you'll also work with the tank(s) on pulls so that you can be ready for any crowd control needs and more importantly, silence duties. Those Su5 BLU and RDMs in Wave III can be a total pain in the neck. Mage Support - Here, your primary responsibilities will be target control and critical debuffs for nuking strategies. Applying Gravity to slow the target's movement speed can lessen the danger for any mages that happen to get the target's attention too much over your tank(s). Frazzle III caps at -130 Magic Evasion which is a pretty huge benefit to preventing elemental resists. Also, it cannot be stated clearly enough how powerful Refresh III is at full potency & duration. Lastly (and we'll dive more into this later), you have the highest chance for Immunobreak in the game, you'll learn to use this to your party's advantage when it comes to immensely helpful debuffs like Elegy. DPS Support - This is not Red Mage as a DPS, but rather as support for. Haste II coming in at ~30% magic haste allows BRD to make some adjustments to their songs and get more punch or square up missing/needed defenses. Honor March at +2 and up, as well as Victory March even at +0 cap magic haste. So that's one less March needed. Refresh III for those utilizing the Schere Earring makes for some significant improvements to enmity management. Throwing out Phalanx II all around is a vast improvement to damage mitigation as well. The list goes on and on and on.
Healer/Healing Support	You're no Musa Regen V Scholar, nor are you Oprah Winfrey with your status ailment heals like Yagrush White Mages typically are, but you've got some tools available to you. Backup Healing Support - Using the SCH support job should be king here, but at non-mastery or lower master levels, WHM would be the right call. RDM gets a natural C- in Healing Magic but /SCH under Light Arts brings a RDM's Healing Skill to a B+. That's pretty big considering things like Cursna very much have a healing magic skill component to ensuring a higher success rate for removing status ailments like Doom. You're no WHM but more Cursna's going out is never a bad thing. Primary Healing Support - Main healing on RDM is not a ton of fun, admittedly, but it's definitely not impossible. Conserving your MP will be crucial as well as maximizing what you can do with single target cures. Quick Magic and the Quick Magic category can significantly boost your MP management on top of Conserve MP.
Nuker	Feel the struggle. I'm not kidding. Black Mage's Magic Attack Bonus trait is ~43% higher than a Red Mage's. Their Magic Burst Bonus trait is ~86% higher, Magic Attack Bonus gifts are ~77% higher, and Master Level 0 with 16 in Elemental Magic Skill puts RDM at 394 vs. BLM's 512. Where RDM tends to shine is shifting the Magic Damage ΔINT table on Tier II and Tier III nukes. Specifically speaking, in any scenario that you'll be "nuking with purpose" there'll likely be a BLM there nuking with you. They get big help with Burn bonuses from their JSE but you also get Gain-INT which can further widen the ΔINT gap. Utilizing SCH as a support job also gives you access to Dark Arts which will raise your Elemental Magic Skill to 404 and in later master levels grant you access to stratagems like "Ebullience". The job shares a lot of accessories with BLM so it's not difficult to find equipment for nuking, but don't go in expecting to nuke as hard as a Black Mage. Admittedly, though, it is a lot of fun.
Combat Mage	If you came here looking to sharpen your Savage Blade, the wreckage of many a young mage hath been laid out before you whom traveled down this wreckless path. Yet, it is knowledge you seek, and I cannot deny you it. For knowledge is the bathing trickle of reflected sunlight off of the moon's surface, it's beauty is widely known but behind it the dawn will rise and a new world with it. Since you insist... Strength, Attack, and WSD are the things you seek. Now go, before I turn you into a frog or a newt.. Don't worry, you'll get better. Seriously though, melee or combat RDM is a special critter. If you're responsible for crowd-control and critical debuffs, just chill. You'll get your shot. Seriously, the number of things outside of group content and even in group content you can solo are just silly. This aspect typically is still a bit of an alternative magic damage dealer, as you get access to some insane buffs to Enspell & Elemental Weapon Skill damage through Crocea Mors or the cheaper yet completely viable Vitiation Sword. When you can't reign supreme over the land of Elemental Weapon Skill damage, you'll always have Naegling to fall back on. Being able to give yourself 16 unique beneficial buffs already loads you up with a +16% boost to Attack during Weapon Skills, so in conditions where you are underbuffed or attack starved, and/or an Elemental Weapon Skill isn't viable, this becomes a fool-proof choice for melee/combat Red Mage. Not completely beholden to swords, you also have access to goofy and not completely invalid choices in Karambit, Ullr, as well as some pretty decent clubs, and some really strong daggers like Gleti's Knife, Mpu Gandring (Level 119 III), and the situationally useful Mandau (Level 119 III).

Abilities and Traits

ExpandJob Traits
Lvl.	Name	Notes
10 30 50 70 81	Resist Petrify (10%) Resist Petrify II (15%) Resist Petrify III (20%) Resist Petrify IV (25%) Resist Petrify V (30%)	Gives you slight resistance against petrification. Starting at 10% and increasing 5% per tier to a maximum of 30% at level 81.
15 35 55 76 89 150 JP Gift 500 JP Gift 1125 JP Gift 2000 JP Gift	Fast Cast (10%) Fast Cast II (15%) Fast Cast III (20%) Fast Cast IV (25%) Fast Cast V (30%) Fast Cast VI (32%) Fast Cast VII (34%) Fast Cast VIII (36%) Fast Cast IX (38%)	Quickens spellcasting. Starting at 5% and capping out at 38% at 2000 Job Points applied. Enhances "Fast Cast" effect +11~16% "Fast Cast" +12~15% Right Ear: "Fast Cast" +7~9% "Fast Cast" +10~20% depending on the quality of the JSE weapon.
20 40 86	Magic Attack Bonus (20%) Magic Attack Bonus II (24%) Magic Attack Bonus III (28%)	Improves power of magic spells.
25 45 96	Magic Defense Bonus (10%) Magic Defense Bonus II (12%) Magic Defense Bonus III (14%)	Improves defense against magic spells.
26	Tranquil Heart	Reduces enmity gain when casting healing magic.
31 53 75	Clear Mind Clear Mind II Clear Mind III	Raises amount of MP recovered while resting.
60	Damage Limit+ I (+26/256, ~0.1)	Grants a bonus to maximum physical damage. NOTE: this does not directly increase your actual physical damage but instead raises your pDIF cap.
85 95	Magic Burst Bonus I (+5%) Magic Burst Bonus II (+7%)	Improves magic burst damage. Starting at 5% at level 85 and raising to 7% at level 95.
87 97	Shield Mastery I (+10 TP) Shield Mastery II (+20 TP)	Grants bonus TP when blocking an attack with a shield. Also prevents spell interruption. Starting at +10 TP/blocked attack and capping at +20 TP/blocked attack.

ExpandJob Ability
Lvl.	Name	Notes
1	Chainspell	Allows rapid spellcasting. : Enhances "Chainspell" effect. Adds 20 seconds to the duration of Chainspell.
40	Convert	Swaps current HP with MP. Augments Convert - Restores 50% of the player's Maximum HP at the time of activation. Job Points: Convert Effect - Restores between 1~20% of the player's Maximum HP at the time of activation and is additive with Murgleis.
50	Composure	Increases accuracy and lengthens recast time. Enhancement effects gained through white and black magic you cast on yourself last longer. Increases the damage of enspells for the duration. , , , , Set: Augments Composure effect. Causes enhancing magic and enfeebling magic spells to have increased duration based on 2 or more pieces being equipped at the time of casting (+10~50% duration bonus), and does not affect enhancing spells cast on yourself.
83	Saboteur	Spells you cast gain enhanced magic accuracy, and if they are enfeeblement magic, their effect and duration will be enhanced. Saboteur +11~14
95	Spontaneity	Reduces casting time for the next magic spell the target casts.
96	Stymie	Greatly increases the accuracy of the next enfeebling magic spell.

Merit & Job Points Progression

ExpandMerit Point Recommendations
Group 1
	Description	Notes
Convert Recast	Shorten recast time by 20 seconds.	There's so much refresh available in this game and potency gear for your own casting of the spell it's generally not worth it to put any points into this. 0/0
Fire Magic Accuracy	Increase the accuracy of Fire spells by 3.	If you're a Sortie nuker, this isn't a bad choice. You'll be casting a lot of fire on ya' boys: Skomora and Triboulex. Can also increase the chance of landing Addle and Addle II. Sortie Nuke Strategies: 5/5 Other Content: 0/5
Ice Magic Accuracy	Increase the accuracy of Ice spells by 3.	If you're a dedicated Dynamis - Divergence support, meriting this increases the chance of landing spells like Bind, Paralyze II and Distract III. Primary Enfeebler: 5/5 - Personally, Distract is important enough to warrant this category 5/5 always. Enhancing/Healing Style RDM: Player Choice 0~5/5
Wind Magic Accuracy	Increase the accuracy of Wind spells by 3.	If you're a dedicated Debuffer, meriting this increases the chance of landing Silence and Gravity II. Primary Enfeebler: 5/5 Other Playstyles: User Choice 0~5/5
Earth Magic Accuracy	Increase the accuracy of Earth spells by 3.	If you're a dedicated Debuffer, meriting this increases the chance of landing Slow II and Break. Not to mention there is a fair amount of Stone nuking in the "meta" these days, so this could be helpful vs. Ongo's giant squawk-box in Odyssey. Sortie Nuke Strategies: 5/5 Other Content: 0/5
Lightning Magic Accuracy	Increase the accuracy of Lightning spells by 3.	Sorry nukers. Gone is the way of the storm, new is the way of stone and flame. But what about Stun?! Stun has an SE-confirmed +200 Magic Accuracy. I can't recommend any points in this category, but it doesn't mean you don't have to! 0/5
Water Magic Accuracy	Increase the accuracy of Water spells by 3.	Poison and Poisonga aren't generally something you want to land when performing crowd-control (let's be real, it's going to land anyway with or without points in this category.) And Water nuking isn't really done. Just like the drink, 0 points for creativity. Great surface tension, though! 0/5
Group 2
Enfeebling Magic Duration	Increases enfeebling magic duration by 6 seconds.	Prior to making progress through Odyssey NMs, I'd recommend more or all of these points be placed into the Magic Accuracy merit category instead. New RDM: 0/5 Progress on Odyssey NMs: 5/5
Magic Accuracy	Increases magic accuracy by 5.	For newer RDMs I'd recommend maximizing this category starting out, once you've obtained and upgraded your Lethargy Armor Set to +2 (primarily the body and hands) and acquired some key Relic pieces like Vitiation Chapeau +1 and Vitiation Boots +1 you can begin considering swapping to Enfeebling Magic Duration merits. New RDM: 5/5 Enfeebling JSE +1 or greater: 0/5
Enhancing Magic Duration	Increases enhancing magic duration by 6.	Being a realist, most of your party's buffs are going to be done around a 10 minute window with the Corsair's rolls and the Bard's Nightingale & Troubadour recast timers. Utilizing the Composure set bonus on the Lethargy Armor Set alone is going to put you in a good spot to meet that standard. 0/5
Immunobreak Chance	Increases chance of immunobreak occurring by 3%.	There are melee/enspell style Red Mages out there, and I'm not about to deny them their fun. But for content-oriented RDMs, this is your bread and butter and I cannot recommend maximizing this category strong enough. We'll take a surface level dive into Immunobreak later. Content-oriented RDMs: 5/5
En-spell Damage	Increases damage of Enspell effect by 3, and Enspell II effect by 6.	If you are a solo style Red Mage, points in this category will moderately increase your en-spell damage (up to +20 for Tier I enspells and up to +35 for Tier IIs when you use the Viti. Tights (109) or better. But if you're a content-oriented RDM, please consider one of the several other options available. Solo RDMs: 5/5
Accuracy	Increases accuracy by 5.	You'll get a whopping 25 accuracy out of this category. There is plenty of accuracy available to you as you progress into harder and higher tier content. 10/10 do not recommend. 0/5

ExpandJob Point Progression
Priority		Notes
1	Magic Accuracy Bonus Increases Magic Accuracy. Magic Accuracy +1 per JP for a total of +20 Magic Accuracy at 20/20.	Almost a "no-brainer." Increasing our Magic Accuracy helps us land spells, to improve and grow at this job, landing crucial debuffs is paramount.
2	Saboteur Effect Increases enfeebling magic accuracy while under the effects of Saboteur. Enfeebling Magic Accuracy +2 per JP for a total of +40 Enfeebling Magic Accuracy at 20/20.	Compounded interest, baby! Further increasing our Enfeebling Magic Accuracy under Saboteur to land critical debuffs will have us crippling NMs and trash mobs like seasoned witches in no time at all.
3	Enfeebling Magic Duration Increases enfeebling magic effect duration. Enfeebling Magic Duration +1 second per JP for a total of +20 seconds base duration to enfeebling spells at 20/20.	This should round off our enfeebling category for now, and RDMs should be set to start working on Enhancing Duration for a while.
4	Enhancing Magic Duration Increases enhancing magic effect duration. Enhancing Magic Duration +1 second per JP for a total of +20 seconds base duration to enhancing spells at 20/20.	After making sure our opponents are sufficiently crippled, we want to look at increasing the duration of our enhancing spells. The big ones for RDM are going to be Phalanx and Phalanx II, Haste II, Flurry II, Refresh II and later Refresh III, as well as more RDM specific self-buffs like Gain Spells and Enspells. Not limited to these, all duration bonuses apply to any specific enhancing magic whether from Red Mage main job or chosen sub-jobs.
5	Stymie Effect Increases the effect duration of enfeebling magic spells while under the effects of Stymie. Enfeebling Magic Duration +1 second per JP for a total of +20 seconds base duration to enfeebling spells at 20/20.	The capstone of our major roles as enfeebler/enhancer, this category should have developing Red Mages ready to try their craft in content with higher difficulty. (i.e. Divergence Wave III, Sortie NMs, and Odyssey NMs provided they have also been working through JSE progression.
6	Quick Magic Effect Reduces MP consumption while under the effects of Quick Magic. Reduces MP consumption by 2% per JP for a total of 40% MP consumed reduction at 20/20.	Quick Magic is an interesting function. It has a 10% activation rate cap, but having your MP spent cost 40% less and getting an instant recast sounds like my idea of a good time. Otherwise, you still need 2100 JP to master, so here we go!
Player Choice 7~10	Magic Atk. Bonus Enhances Magic Attack Bonus. Enhances Magic Attack Bonus by 1 per JP for a total of +20 MAB at 20/20.	Nuking is another realm of Red Mage that has long been in the tool-kit of the class through out the entire Final Fantasy series, albeit not one of the stronger facets of the job. Such is the case with FFXI RDM, we will never be a Black Mage in our ability to nuke, but we certainly can put some numbers down. Onward, to 2100 JP and mastery!
Player Choice 7~10	Composure Effect Increases physical accuracy while under the effects of Composure. Increases physical accuracy by 1 per JP for a total of +20 Accuracy at 20/20.	Now that our casting/crowd-control/crippling responsibilities are out of the way, it's time to pull out that blade! Melee/Solo RDMs out there may choose to maximize this category before a lot of the others and would be right to do so. Composure enhances a RDM's accuracy to begin with but also triples the base damage of enspells while active. Being able to physically strike our targets is the only way to ensure those enspell effects are in fact deadly, so any bonus to our physical accuracy is a nice addition.
Player Choice 7~10	Convert Effect Reduces the amount of HP consumed when using Convert. Reduce the amount of HP consumed by 1% per JP for a total of 20% HP Restored at 20/20.	Congratulations! We've now reached the point (those of us without the coveted Murgleis) where we can prevent "Koru-Moruing" ourselves with some unnecessary mid-battle convert deaths! Onward to mastery!
Player Choice 7~10	Chainspell Effect Increases elemental magic damage while under the effects of Chainspell. Increase elemental magic damage by 2 per JP for a total of +40 Magic Damage at 20/20.	This is actually somewhat good for the nuker-style RDMs because Chainspell allows you to 0 our cast time and recast time, and magic damage significantly boosts lower tier elemental magic damage more than higher tiers. So 1~2 times per Sortie Nuke run, we can Chainspell low tier spam on bosses. Which ever path you have chosen, congrats! You are now a "Master Warlock!"

Support Jobs

Throughout the Final Fantasy series Red Mage has been referred to as Jack of all trades, and Master of none. I feel that never is that more-so the case than in Final Fantasy XI simply with the amount the main job can do already. Throughout your adventures and career as a practiced Warlock, you will find that several, not a few, Support Jobs will slide your tool-kit in directions toward being Jack of all trades, and Master of a few. The expandable job cards below will talk in more detail about some support job selections and go into what they bring to the table and how they are typically utilized.

Magic Support Jobs

Expand Scholar

The content-aligned Red Mage's go-to choice for support job. Scholar brings a lot to the table. Light Arts confers a bonus to Divine, Healing, white magic based Enfeebling, and Enhancing Magic with a 10% casting time and recast reduction, a 10% MP cost reduction, as well as raising the aforementioned skills to B+ main job level. Dark Arts confers a similar bonus to Dark Magic, Elemental Magic, and black magic based Enfeebling. Both arts penalize their counterpart with an increase to cast and recast reduction time and MP cost by 20%. Neither penalty is detrimental to a Red Mage's performance except where critical healing or optimized nuking may be preferential. A Red Mage with Manifestation → Break is a force to be reckoned with in Dynamis, while a Red Mage operating in Light Arts is a very handy back up to a main healer and oftentimes can simply replace one depending on the nature and difficulty of the content. Recommendation: HIGH Abilities: Light Arts: Penury, Addendum: White, Celerity, Accession Dark Arts: Parsimony, Alacrity, Addendum: Black, Manifestation Traits: Resist Silence II Conserve MP I Max MP Boost I Tranquil Heart II Spells: Tier I Helix Spells Tier I Storm Spells Klimaform Addendum: White Spells: Poisona Paralyna Blindna Silena Cursna Reraise Erase Viruna Master Level Abilities Stratagem Count: 3 (Master Level 5) Rapture (Master Level 30) Ebullience (Master Level 30) Master Level Traits None Available Master Level Spells Addendum: White - Stona (Master Level 5) Regen III (Master Level 50)

Expand White Mage

Early on, as you discover all the finer trappings of the Red Mage class, utilizing White Mage as your support job can bolster your ability to main heal lower tier content in your progression. A lot of the mid-level progression is open to full alliances, so throwing a bunch of TP feed at mobs and NMs isn't typically a good idea. It's here that you can get a better feel for status healing with the -na line of Healing Magic and learning to watch your buff duration timers and when to re-apply them. At more advanced master levels other support jobs may take the lead in their utility, but if you support your group from the backline, White Mage is never a bad choice for a support job. Especially with higher tier access to curaga spells. Recommendation: MEDIUM (For starting/non-mastered Red Mages: HIGH) Abilities: Divine Seal Traits: Magic Defense Bonus II Auto Regen I Spells: All AoE Barspells except Baramnesra Protectra III Shellra II Poisona Paralyna Blindna Silena Cursna Reraise Erase Viruna Stona Curaga, Curaga II Single Target/AoE Banish Spells up to Tier II Master Level Abilities None Available Master Level Traits Divine Veil (Master Level 5) Magic Defense Bonus III (Master Level 5) Divine Benison (Master Level 5) Master Level Spells Holy (Master Level 5) Curaga III (Master Level 10) Recall Spells (Master Level 20) Auspice (Master Level 30) Reraise II (Master Level 35)

Expand Black Mage

Black Mage as a support job has some pretty specific use cases and should be made available as content progression occurs. Chainspelling stuns on our ole' boy Zerde is a common use of RDM/BLM as well as another amorph fight in Peach Power. I would recommend unlocking and leveling this as a useful support job, but it may not be a primary option for newer, unmastered RDMs. Advancing into master levels can make this sub compete with /SCH in the crowd control department with access to Sleepga II. Recommendation: HIGH Abilities: Elemental Seal Traits: Conserve MP Spells: All Elemental Debuffs Warp, Warp II Escape Sleepga Stonega, Stonega II Waterga, Waterga II Aeroga, Aeroga II Firaga Blizzaga Thundaga Poisonga Tractor Master Level Abilities None Available Master Level Traits Elemental Celerity I (Master Level 5) Master Level Spells Freeze (Master Level 5) Tornado (Master Level 15) Firaga II (Master Level 20) Quake (Master Level 25) Retrace (Master Level 30) Sleepga II, Burst (Master Level 35) Blizzaga II (Master Level 40) Flood (Master Level 45)

Physical Support Jobs

Expand Ninja

The primary use of /NIN is going to be for its Dual Wield trait. With Haste II in your pocket, and Gear Haste capped at 25%, it will take a DW of +31 to reach the standard Delay Reduction of 68.75%. (For Gear Info users, and typical FFXI Enjoyers, that will translate as the 10-bit value 704/1024.) If you cap your Magic Haste at 43.75%, then you only need +11 DW to cap your Attack Speed. Adding DW beyond that will diminish TP returns. Dual Wield is typically utilized when a RDM wants to melee utilizing their powerful Enspell bonuses and gear to do a significant amount of magic-based "white damage". Another major benefit to the support job is through the use of shadows to mitigate certain types of damage while soloing. Utsusemi shadows do a far better job at mitigating damage than Blink Shadows because the proc rate of Blink is not 100% and any AoE damage will strip the blink shadows entirely. The types of damage mitigation that occur through use of Utsusemi shadows are as follows: Single Target Physical (Multi-hit physical attacks that exceed the number of shadows held will clear them and any hits beyond the remaining count will still do damage.) AoE Physical (Typically removes 2~3 shadows. There are some physical moves that will clear 3 shadows such as "Spike Flail.") Single Target Magical Breath Damage will ignore shadows but not remove them. (I'm looking at you Zisurru.) Lastly, and specific to RDM cases, sometimes where the melee benefits of /NIN are limited or non-existent, there exists the ability to Dual Wield for achieving higher Magic Accuracy options in the off-hand slot than can be gained through the use of a Shield or a Staff & Grip. Typically these situations are for simply testing purposes or scenarios where critical debuffs are necessary and not so much for the melee aspect. Recommendation: HIGH Abilities: None available. Traits: Stealth Resist Bind II Dual Wield III Subtle Blow III Max HP Boost II Spells: Utsusemi: Ichi, Ni Tonko: Ichi, Ni Monomi: Ichi Kurayami: Ichi, Ni Hojo: Ichi, Ni Dokumori: Ichi Jubaku: Ichi Katon: Ichi, Ni Suiton: Ichi, Ni Raiton: Ichi, Ni Doton: Ichi, Ni Huton: Ichi, Ni Hyoton: Ichi, Ni Master Level Abilities None available. Master Level Traits Resist Bind III Master Level Spells None available.

Expand Dancer

Do a little dance! The other side of Dual Wield, /DNC allows a RDM to utilize a main and off-hand weapon still, albeit to a lower effect. With Haste II in your pocket, now you must have +41 in DW to reach that coveted number of 704/1024 Delay Reduction. Aha! But you have another tool in your bag! Haste Samba which will grant you and your engaged party members +5% Job Ability Haste and allow you to meet the same Delay Reduction with just +35 DW gear. Top off your Magic Haste and you're good to go at +21 DW without Haste Samba and +9 DW with it. Like /NIN, the Dual Wield property is primarily used as a means of attacking with two weapons imbued with powerful Enspells. Also like /NIN dual wielding offers RDMs the opportunity to equip something with a more significant amount of Magic Accuracy in the off-hand. But the real target of /DNC are the job abilities: Spectral Jig for itemless/MP-free sneak and invisible buffs. Nice if you need to apply them in a place where magic-aggro is a problem, but keep in mind that your own sneak/invisible last approximately 379 years and they only get longer as you progress. Just remember to cancel both sneak and invisible before reapplying Spectral or it will have no effect. Healing Waltz as a means of removing crippling status effects like Silence or Paralyze from yourself or other party members. Steps like Quickstep to lower a target's Evasion, Box Step for Defense, and Stutter Step for Magic Evasion. Chocobo Jig for a +20% boost to Movement Speed. Recommendation: MEDIUM Abilities: Sambas: Drain Samba, Aspir Samba, Drain Samba II, Haste Samba Steps: Quickstep, Box Step, Stutter Step Waltzes: Curing Waltz, Divine Waltz, Curing Waltz II, Healing Waltz, Curing Waltz III Jigs: Spectral Jig Flourishes I: Animated Flourish, Desperate Flourish, Violent Flourish Flourishes II: Reverse Flourish Traits: Evasion Bonus II Resist Slow I Dual Wield II Subtle Blow I Accuracy Bonus I Skillchain Bonus I Spells: None available. Master Level Abilities Contradance, Building Flourish (Master Level 5) Chocobo Jig (Master Level 30) Master Level Traits Resist Slow II (Master Level 30) Skillchain Bonus II (Master Level 45) Master Level Spells None available.

Specific Use Cases

Expand Dark Knight

Utilizing the tool-kit available to /DRK isn't nearly as much about maximizing the group damage output as it is controlling the opponent's damage output. Still a mystery to the player-base as to whether Absorb-TP scales or is limited by Dark Magic Skill, and after many attempts by SE to retrospectively nerf the spell, it is still one of the best methods by which to control TP accumulation and Regain on some NMs that will flatten you without so much as a sympathetic glance in the rear-view mirror. It is one of a handful of methods classified as Meta in some higher end content. I presume at some point in your enthralled warlock lives, you'll stumble across needing this tool-kit. Recommendation: HIGH Abilities: Arcane Circle Last Resort Weapon Bash Souleater Traits: Attack Bonus II Desperate Blows III Smite II Resist Paralyze II Damage Limit+ II Arcana Killer Occult Acumen I Stalwart Soul I Spells: Drain Aspir Poisonga Access to all Absorb spells except Absorb-ACC & Absorb-Attri Stun Master Level Abilities Consume Mana Master Level Traits Attack Bonus III, Resist Paralyze III (Master Level 5) Smite III, Damage Limit+ III (Master Level 30) Occult Acumen II (Master Level 45) Master Level Spells None worth listing as they exist already on RDM as Main Job

Expand Rune Fencer

The large benefit to this support job is the sheer amount of Elemental Magic damage mitigation and enmity generating tools available that only serve to amplify what you can naturally do on Red Mage. Primarily, this will be used in back-up, solo, or niche tanking situations. Access to the Tenacity, Inquartata traits, and RUN JAs will make a decent impact defensively for both yourself and any party members around you. Recommendation: MEDIUM Abilities: Rune Enchantment Vallation Swordplay Swipe Lunge Pflug Traits: Tenacity Auto Regen Tactical Parry Max HP Boost II Inquartata II Spells: Spell Stuff Master Level Abilities Valiance (Master Level 5) Master Level Traits Accuracy Bonus I (Master Level 5) Master Level Spells Foil (Master Level 45)

Equipment Progression

I know a lot of what's found hereafter will be basically "shopping list" material for the vast majority of players. However, if you're intent on making the most of your time as a Red Mage in FFXI, be sure to expand some of the notes in each set and read through the provided context and section introductions. Hopefully they'll provide some insight and useful information as you progress as a RDM!

The intent behind the progression sets (i.e. Beginner → Mid-Tier → High-Tier) is to show character/job progression through certain stages or levels of "Content." (Indicated by the "top caption" of each equipment set that falls under those 3 categories.)

Beginner

Post-Rhapsodies of Vana'diel
Players at this level of progress should be close to, if not completely done, with the entire RoV storyline. To be completely honest, this is the real work on Red Mage. A lot of this content will 100% carry over into the next stages of progress.
Some ideal content & gear progression:

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• Domain Invasion
  You should be intimately familiar with DI by now, hopefully you've acquired the items necessary to flesh out your RDM a bit more, but here's a list of noteworthy items you can focus on:

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• Ambuscade Gear
  Work towards obtaining the NQ armor sets if you don't have a small group of friends to gather Gallantry with, otherwise use the Ambuscade Chit +1 items to grab the +1 variants of Ambuscade Gear.

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• Unity Base Items
  Level 119~128 mostly, but there'll be one or two items from the 135 tier that you'll want to try and grab early on. Work toward upgrading these to their +1 variants by trading them and 50 of the Unity NM's material items to any of the Unity NPCs in the 3 starting nations at a cost of 10,000 Unity Accolades per weapon, armor piece, or accessory. The sheer number of items to upgrade and the associated cost in Accolades can bite into newer players' means of obtaining quick & easy gil through Sparks & Accolades, so be sure to try and farm up as many of the upgrade materials from the NMs as you can. You will likely get lucky on several of them and obtain the +1 variants right from the coffer. Efforts are doubled during Unity Wanted Campaigns, so be on the lookout for those events. This list is comprehensive but not exhaustive, there are a lot more items you may find yourself wanting as you develop your RDM, and they are noteworthy even if out of the scope of this guide.

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• Vagary
  The wonderful thing about Vagary is that if you can put together a group of motivated and capable players, you all can set a weekly Content → Vagary RoE objective and earn extra upgrade materials simply for clearing the NMs! Three weekly objectives is likely more than enough to acquire the materials you need for upgrading JSE.
  Alternative Battlefields were added that will allow solo players the ability to unlock access to the Empyrean Armor Reforging process. These alternative battlefields come with no additional drops or rewards from the NMs within, so for any upgrade materials like Etched Memories and NM specific upgrade drops you'll either have to spend hard-earned gil or brave the eerie depths of Ra'Kaznar afterall!

ExpandVagary Rewards
Accessories & Armor	JSE Upgrade Materials	JSE Upgrade Currency
Etiolation Earring Befouled Crown Rumination Sash	Defiant Sweat x1 Dark Matter x1 Macuil Horn x1 Tartarian Chain x1 Plovid Effluvium x1	Codex of Etchings Etched Memories

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• Delve
  Like Vagary, this content requires a minimum of 3 people in a party to enter, but there are a number of items and upgrade materials that can be grabbed from doing this content. Additionally, as you do this content you'll be rewarded with Mweya Plasm which can be used to purchase rewards from NMs you have cleared or stored up and used for Rune Fencer and/or Geomancer Ergon Weapon forging.

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• Reforged JSE
  Work on getting your JSE armor sets to their +1 variants.
  • Atrophy Armor Set → Atrophy Armor +1 Set
  • Vitiation Armor Set → Viti. Armor +1 Set
  • Leth. Armor Set → Leth. Armor +1 Set

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• BEGIN! Omen
  With your Artifact JSE reforged to Item Level 119, maybe even a little bit before then if you have a group to run with, now is the time to start getting to know the ropes in Omen. Upon entry for the first time you gain access to your
  Atrophy Armor Set +2, and soon thereafter you'll gain access to your +3 Artifact JSE after defeating either 100 foes in Omen or one of the Glassy (Empty) mid-bosses. You'll need heaps and heaps of P. RDM Cards anyway, so get in as often as you can!

• BEGIN! Dynamis - Divergence
  Same goes for having reforged your Relic JSE to Item Level 119, it's a great time to start getting into Dynamis - Divergence or "Dynamis-D" as it's popularly called. You'll often play a pivotal role in Dynamis-D as a RDM with having the longest duration Phalanx available most times, you'll be tasked with sticking with the Tank on your runs and taking care of priority debuffs like Silence on the magic casting foes, Addle on the NIN and BST targets, and Distract on the THFs, MNKs, and DNC foes. If these are your first experiences with this content, do NOT hesitate to ask questions! Any group worth their weight in gold is going to be as informative and helpful to you as possible. GOOD Red Mages are hard to come by! On first entry, you'll gain access to Vitiation Armor Set +2. Like Omen before this, you'll swiftly gain access to your +3 Relic JSE after killing either 100 trash mobs, or the Statue mid-boss looming over Wave 1.

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Special Note on Spending: in no way is this an attempt to redirect how players spend their hard-earned gil, but I feel so very often the advice of the more established players gets washed in a mix of "... just buy X item to be good," and "... save your gil for your AF, Relic, Empyrean upgrades." For me personally, I like to suggest players follow per slot spending limits for the purpose of saving for item progression.

• Try to stick to a 1,000,000 gil/equipment slot limit for this tier of progression. This should give you enough overhead to complete your 119 JSE equipment, pick up a few of the more pricey NQ crafted items, and even throw a little extra Unity augmenting materials at any +1 items you might currently have.

Mid-Tier

Omen/Dynamis Progression
Players should typically be involved with groups that regularly attend Omen and farm both Wave I & Wave II (Divergence) at this stage in their development.

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• Ambuscade Gear
  By now, you should be working toward or close to finished upgrading your armor sets to their +2 variants.
  • Continue working on your never-ending list of Ambuscade Capes, hoarding up as many of the cape augmenting materials as you can each month.

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• Unity Rewards

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• Omen
  You should be familiar with this content by now but this stage of progression will focus mainly around completing this content and gearing up for harder challenges yet to come. This content can vary in difficulty from soloable "card/detritus" farming to Caturae NM battles. Teaming up with a group up to ~18 people strong is possible, but not required at all, even for the Caturae NM battles in many cases.

ExpandOmen Rewards
Midboss Accessories	Caturae NM Gear	JSE Upgrade Materials
Anu Torque Sherida Earring Enki Strap Erra Pendant Kishar Ring	Ammurapi Shield Ilabrat Ring Regal Cuffs Regal Earring Regal Gem	P. RDM Card x25 Kei's Scale x5

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• Delve
  Continue participating in this content. It will always be a fairly decent source of additional income long after you've acquired the upgrade materials you need.

ExpandDelve Rewards
JSE Upgrade Materials
Gabbrath Horn x3 Yggdreant Bole x3 Bztavian Stinger x3 Waktza Rostrum x3 Rockfin Tooth x3

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• Dynamis - Divergence
  You should be somewhat familiar with this content by now. Entry into each zone will gain you access to Relic JSE +2. Defeating 100+ squadron foes in Wave 1 of the corresponding zone, or defeating the Mid-Boss Statue will grant you access to Relic JSE +3.

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• BEGIN! Odyssey
  • Sheol A, B, C
    • Lustreless Scales: Used to Augment Level 119~122 Unity Gear.
    • Lustreless Hides: Used to Augment Level 125~128 Unity Gear.
    • Lustreless Wings: Used to Augment Level 135~145 Unity Gear.
  • Sheol: Gaol
    Consider starting up or joining a group of players at similar points in progression as yourself. Start tackling some of the Gaol NMs. Even at Vengeance 1 these NMs are not terribly hard with some thoughtful organization and party composition planning. I would not recommend Vengeance 0 at all as the rewards for gaining access to the gear are overshadowed by the ability to "RP" anything gained from Vengeance 1 up to .

• BEGIN! Sortie
  The focus here should be to enter the zone and gain access to your Leth. Armor Set +2. You can just as easily in the same instance get access to your Leth. Armor Set +3 by entering one of the basement (E~G zones), which will give you the Peerless red mage's soul; H zone is locked out by a rather tough objective to solo, and can even put some groups willing to try on their heels. That one will come later when you're actually doing full blown NM runs with a group. Farming Gallimaufry and Ra'Kaz. Sapphires for upgrading to your Leth. Armor Set +1 → Leth. Armor Set +2 are the only current objectives.

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• Reforged JSE
  Work on upgrading your JSE to their +2 variants.
  • Atrophy Armor Set +1 → Atrophy Armor Set +2
  • Viti. Armor Set +1 → Viti. Armor Set +2
  • Lethargy Armor Set +1 → Lethargy Armor Set +2

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Special Note on Spending:

• Try to stick to a 5,000,000 gil/equipment slot limit for this tier of progression. This should give you enough overhead to complete your 119+2 JSE equipment, perhaps splurge a little on a +1 crafted item here and there, and keep throwing extra Unity augmenting materials at the ever growing number of +1 Unity items starting to clog your inventory.

High-Tier

Sortie/Odyssey Progression
By this stage, you should have a handful of jobs available, and be running with groups that regularly work on Odyssey NM progress and likely even Sortie NM runs.

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• Ambuscade
  At this point, Ambuscade will primarily be about making gil or gathering currency to build REMA Weapons. Continue spam-buscade at your leisure to facilitate this endeavor.

NOTE: Not ONE of these weapons are even remotely necessary to play the job efficiently and to high-performing capacity.

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• Unity
  If you're all caught up on upgrades and most of your augments to this gear, Unity Wanted Campaign is an excellent way to supplement the farming of items for your REMA building process.

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• Omen
  Continue with Omen to get ahold of some of the Regal accessories, if you haven't quite gotten everything on the list yet. Otherwise it can be a viable alternative source for gathering Astral Detritus to augment any of your REMA weapons you happen to be building.

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• Dynamis Wave III
  By now, you and your group should be well versed in the basic mechanics of the game. Enough that you should be able to work your way through and to victory in Dynamis - Divergence: Wave III. This will round out your development when it comes to REMA weapons since it is the single largest source of Astral Detritus in a single sitting. Just remember, less is more when it comes to planning a winning strategy. Too many groups often go in unprepared for the significant jumps in required Accuracy, Magic Accuracy, and just general attentiveness and situational awareness.

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• Odyssey
  Here's (in my honest opinion) where the real challenge and fun begins. As you progress through Odyssey Vengeance levels, you will find some of the most challenging content that you have ever and likely will ever face in Final Fantasy XI. As such, some absolutely fantastic rewards will come to your RDM. A lot of the following rewards you should have at least some progress on RP-wise or at the very least have acquired them as you worked through Mid-Tier progression:

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• Sortie
  As you work through Odyssey RP progress, you'll likely get into some Gallimaufry & Ra'Kaz. Starstone farming in Sortie to upgrade the Lethargy Armor Set +2 → Lethargy Armor Set +3
  Additionally, the higher and higher your RP accrues on your Odyssey Gear, the more likely you'll be working toward possibly building some of the most powerful Ultimate weapons in the game - the Prime Weapons. Red Mage's options:
  • Mpu Gandring (Level 119 III)
  • Caliburnus (Level 119 III)

For more information, go here.

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• Reforged JSE
  Complete your JSE armor upgrades to their +3 variants.
  • Atrophy Armor Set +2 → Atrophy Armor +3 Set
  • Vitiation Armor Set +2 → Viti. Armor +3 Set
  • Lethargy Armor Set +2 → Leth. Armor +3 Set

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Special Note on Spending:

• Try to stick to a 10,000,000 gil/equipment slot limit for this tier of progression. This should give you enough overhead to complete your 119+3 JSE equipment. At this point, rounding out sets will be all about saving for the higher end +1 crafted items, and still throwing extra Unity augmenting materials at the absolute infestation of +1 Unity items utterly destroying any hope of inventory management you thought you had. Focus your prayers here.

JSE Capes

Ambuscade Capes

Collapse Sucellos's Cape Builds
Abdhaljs Materials	Notes
Hybrid-Enfeeble/Enhancing
Abdhaljs Thread: MND+20 Abdhaljs Dust: M.Acc./M.Dmg.+20 Abdhaljs Sap: "Fast Cast"+10% Abdhaljs Dye: INT+10 Abdhaljs Resin: SIR-10% Abdhaljs Needle: User choice	This was one of the first useful capes I ever built in my progress on Red Mage. And it carried me up until just around Aurist's Cape +1. For it's purpose, a mix of MND, INT, Magic Accuracy, Fast Cast, and Spell Interruption Rate down for most of your Enhancing Magic/Enfeebling Magic needs. You'll likely needle this one later into something that fulfills another purpose.
Cure Potency
Abdhaljs Thread: MND+20 Abdhaljs Dust: Eva./M.Eva.+20 Abdhaljs Sap: "Cure" Potency+10% Abdhaljs Dye: MND+10 Abdhaljs Resin: DT-5% Abdhaljs Needle: Enmity-10	This should be another priority cape early on to boost your curing power as a support class, especially in content where it's less likely you'll be asked to come /NIN. Later on, you'll likely needle this to Enmity -10 from "Cure" Potency +10% as you'll have better and better sources of curing power available.
Dual Wield
Abdhaljs Thread: DEX+20 Abdhaljs Dust: Acc./Atk. +20 Abdhaljs Sap: "Dual Wield"+10 Abdhaljs Dye: Acc.+10 Abdhaljs Resin: DT-5% Abdhaljs Needle: DEX+10	I won't pretend melee Red Mage isn't a thing, it very much is. For the enspellers out there, this will get you just that much closer to the Attack Speed cap. Consider a needle for this later on from Accuracy to more DEX.
Savage Blade/Knights of Round
Abdhaljs Thread: STR+20 Abdhaljs Dust: Acc./Atk.+20 Abdhaljs Sap: WSD+10% Abdhaljs Dye: STR+10 Abdhaljs Resin: DT-5%	Just your run of the mill STR based Weapon Skill cape! Looks like all other Savage Blade capes, but this one is red.
Seraph Blade/Sanguine Blade
Abdhaljs Thread: MND+20 Abdhaljs Dust: M.Acc./M.Dmg.+20 Abdhaljs Sap: WSD+10% Abdhaljs Dye: MND+10 Abdhaljs Resin: DT-5% Abdhaljs Needle: MAB+10	Seraph Blade and Sanguine Blade will become staples of your Red Mage damage kit. While they function differently as magical weapon skills their WSCs are both primarily MND based. Depending on the buffs you have while performing either of these weapon skills, Weapon Skill Damage and Magic Attack Bonus augments could be interchangeable.

Skirmish Cape

The Ghostfyre Cape is insanely good at one thing, and okay-ish at some others. You'll have this in your Enhancing Magic Duration toolkit until the sun blackens and time fades into nothingness (by the way, that's your tank's Phalanx timer, stop what you're doing and tell 'em to get in their pajamas.) You can obtain this item from Reives located anywhere in Ulbuka including the Wildskeeper Reives. Alternatively, you can also obtain it by trading any combination of 3 other Reive Capes to Makel-Pakel in the Celennia Memorial Library.

After you've obtained your handy-dandy cape, take it on over to Detrovio, found just inside the staging area of the Inventors' Coalition in Western Adoulin (J-10). There you can start trading him both your Ghostfyre Cape and
Refractive Crystals you've been saving from spamming Emperor Arthro day in and day out to start augmenting your cape. Ultimately, you're aiming for the following:

• Magic Accuracy +10 (+1~10)
• Enfeebling Magic Skill +10 (+1~10)
• Enhancing Magic Skill +10 (+1~10)
• Enhancing Magic Duration +20% (+1~20%)

The Enhancing Magic Skill and Enhancing Magic Duration are the kickers here since you'll often be trying to reach for 500 Enhancing Magic Skill in your enhancing sets, any little bit helps. Additionally, the +1~20% Enhancing Duration comes in as a separate duration multiplier to any enhancing spells cast on yourself or other party/alliance members.

Equipment Sets

About Overlays

Special Note on Overlays: Among the equipment sets below, you'll see collapsed overlay sets which are typically just pieces layered over base sets to achieve a desired effect, duration, skill, or defensive parameter. For the sake of completion, a lot of these sets will be filled out completely, but not always. They'll be denoted characteristically as Equipment Set+ for example. These sets are generally Mid-Tier progression or higher. As such, they will contain components that can sometimes seem spread out amongst content-difficulties. These are done this way simply to save space in the guide and are not meant to leave anything out or ignore any alternatives.

Idle Set Progression

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Sadly, one of the biggest things I see new players skip right past is damage mitigation and new Red Mages are not exempt. The best thing you can do for your own progression and to ensure you and your group's success is set yourself up to be able to survive even the most dire of situations. Damage Taken gear is so prolific in the game now, albeit can be a bit more split between specific damage types early on. Generally speaking, you'll want to aim to protect yourself from hard hitting magic, and the auto-attacks of enemy targets as you get things under control. You're no good to your group if you're silenced or face down in the dirt.

Beginner Idle Post-Rhapsodies of Vana'diel     DT-32% PDT-20% DEF+617 Eva.+209 M.Eva.+330 M.Def.Bns.+21 Staunch Tathlum Aya. Zucchetto +1 Ayanmo Corazza +1 Aya. Manopolas +1 Aya. Cosciales +1 Aya. Gambieras +1 Twilight Torque Eabani Earring Odnowa Earring Gelatinous Ring Defending Ring Flume Belt Sucellos's Cape VIT+20 Eva.+20 M.Eva.+30 PDT-10% Expand Notes: It's not hard to find a few pieces of Damage Taken reduction equipment to idle in early on with options like the Ayanmo Armor Set and some solid Physical Damage Taken pieces here and there. The goal is to nab as much overall damage taken reduction gear without compromising one way or the other, and to shoot for capping your magical damage taken with or without Shell V. Everything else is just icing on the cake. Mid-Tier Idle Omen/Dynamis Progression     DT-53% DEF+852~857 Eva.+425 M.Eva.+655 M.Def.Bns.+43 Sakpata's Sword Genmei Shield Staunch Tathlum Leth. Chappel +2 Lethargy Sayon +2 Leth. Ganth. +2 Leth. Fuseau +2 Leth. Houseaux +2 Loricate Torque +1 DEF+45 SIR-5% Eabani Earring Odnowa Earring +1 DEF+30 DT-3% Warden's Ring Fortified Ring Carrier's Sash Sucellos's Cape VIT+20 Eva.+20 M.Eva.+30 DEF+50 Expand Notes: By the time we reach this tier of content, the straight Damage Taken stat is very readily available, so we start to shift our focus toward more Magic Evasion, raw Defense, and/or Magic Defense while we're standing around waiting for the action to come to us. Wait.. you're a Red Mage, we don't wait on action arriving at our doorstep, we manipulate it so it arrives early! High-Tier Idle Sortie/Odyssey Progression     DT-55% DEF+876 Eva.+486 M.Eva.+684 M.Def.Bns.+35 Sakpata's Sword Sacro Bulwark Staunch Tathlum +1 Viti. Chapeau +3 Lethargy Sayon +3 Raetic Bangles +1 Nyame Flanchard Nyame Sollerets Warder's Charm +1 Eabani Earring Odnowa Earring +1 DEF+30 DT-3% Warden's Ring Fortified Ring Carrier's Sash Sucellos's Cape VIT+20 Eva.+20 M.Eva.+45 Expand Notes: This is a pretty lofty set with the Raetic Bangles +1 sitting at a cool 27,000,000 gil on [FFXIAH], but at this tier feel free to reach for the stars and try some stuff like this, it's not like you'll ever run out of MP. As usual, try to fit in more Magic Evasion, Defense, and Magic Defense Bonus where you can.

ExpandOverlays: Refresh+, Magic Defense+, Physical Defense+

Refresh+ Warning, Low Battery!     Refresh+13~16/tick DEF+699 Eva.+255 M.Eva.+596 M.Def.Bns.+33 DT-39% PDT-10% Sakpata's Sword + Refresh+1~3 Sacro Bulwark Homiliary Viti. Chapeau +2 Lethargy Sayon +2 Chironic Gloves Dark Matter: Refresh+1~2 Volte Brais Volte Gaiters Sibyl Scarf Eabani Earring Odnowa Earring +1 DEF+30 DT-3% Stikini Ring +1 Stikini Ring +1 Plat. Mog. Belt Sucellos's Cape VIT+20 Eva.+20 M.Eva.+30 PDT-10% Notes: This overlay is purely to show what Refresh options are available. Plenty other options do exist, such as: Daybreak → Refresh+1/tick Emissary → Refresh+1/tick Colada → Refresh+1~2/tick Excalibur (Level 119 III) → Aftermath: Refresh+3/tick Caliburnus (Level 119 I~III) → Refresh+2~4/tick Don't ever rely too heavily on Dark Matter augments, they can be very hit and miss. However, they are nice when they work in your favor. Magic Defense+ You have no power here.. ..Gandalf the Grey     DEF+798 Eva.+373 M.Eva.+773 M.Def.Bns.+52 DT-53% Daybreak Sacro Bulwark Staunch Tathlum +1 Bunzi's Hat Bunzi's Robe Bunzi's Gloves Bunzi's Pants Bunzi's Sabots Warder's Charm +1 Eabani Earring Sanare Earring Purity Ring Vexer Ring +1 Carrier's Sash Sucellos's Cape MND+20 Eva.+20 M.Eva.+45 Notes: There's not a lot you can do in some cases to prevent absolute overruns of the DT stat. Honestly, don't worry too much about it in the long run. This specific set is to show you how you can maximize DT, Magic Evasion, and Magic Defense Bonus, while not compromising too much defensively. Physical Defense+ Haha! I'm in danger...     VIT+180 DEF+1,047 Eva.+443 M.Eva.+661 M.Def.Bns.+30 DT-53% Shield Skill+137 Block Chance+30% Excalibur (Level 119 III) Chance of successful block+10 Sacro Bulwark Staunch Tathlum +1 Nyame Helm Nyame Mail Nyame Gauntlets Nyame Flanchard Atro. Boots +2 Loricate Torque +1 DEF+45 SIR-5% Foresti Earring Odnowa Earring +1 DEF+30 DT-3% Warden's Ring Fortified Ring Flume Belt +1 Sucellos's Cape VIT+30 Eva./M.Eva.+20 DEF+50 Notes: Alright.. time to let the cat out of the bag. "Why Warden's/Fortified rings?" Well, I'll tell you why. "Enemy Critical Hit Rate is calculated approximately the same as Player Critical Hit Rate, but compares the enemy's DEX vs. the player's AGI." Assuming 0 in Enemy Critical Hit Rate and a large enough mDEX - pAGI, these two rings should help get you close to the enemy critical hit rate floor (1%), Gain-AGI would likely ensure it along with 5/5 in the similarly named category. Bear in mind, that WAR foes with Mighty Strikes bypass this mechanic, so switching to Gain-VIT would serve you better by reducing incoming Enemy Critical Hit Damage instead.

Fast Cast Sets

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Fast Cast Trait

"Fast Cast" is, without question, the most noteworthy trait on RDM. Sometimes getting lost in the heaps of Fast Cast gear available to just about every job in the game at this point, RDM absolutely does make the very best use of the trait while also needing the least amount of it when fully Mastered. This makes a TON of room available for great pre-cast options like Magic Evasion and Damage Taken reduction gear.

• A brand new RDM assumed Lv99 with 0 needs +50 "Fast Cast" to cap, while a fully Mastered RDM requires only +42.

Quick Magic Trait

"Quick Magic", sometimes listed as "Occ. quickens spellcasting" on gear, is not unique to RDM, but Red Mage does make the most significant use of the trait acquired through gear only. Red Mage gains benefits to the use of "Quick Magic" through the Category: Quick Magic Effect. 20/20 JP in this category gives RDM an automatic 40% reduction in MP cost for spells that are cast under a "Quick Magic" activation. The additional major benefit to a "Quick Magic" activation is that the spell is cast instantly and has an instant recast.

• For gearswap users, this does not affect mid-casts, but like anything in this game, can be affected by server-client response rate. I personally enjoy using this trait on RDM given the major benefits, but everyone is certainly free to make up their own minds.
• "Quick Magic" caps at 10% and noteworthy items available to RDM are:
  • Weather. Ring +3%
  • Weather. Ring +1 +4%
  • Perimede Cape +4%
  • Witful Belt +3%
  • Impatiens +2%
  • Lebeche Ring +2%

Fast Cast Progression

Beginner Fast Cast Post-Rhapsodies of Vana'diel     M.Eva+360 Haste+25% "Fast Cast"+61 DT-31% Egeking Acc.+50 M.Acc.+50 "Fast Cast"+8% Chanter's Shield Sapience Orb Atro. Chapeau +1 Viti. Tabard +1 Aya. Manopolas +1 Aya. Cosciales +1 Aya. Gambieras +1 Loricate Torque Loquac. Earring Malignance Earring Ayanmo Ring Defending Ring Embla Sash Sucellos's Cape MND+20 Eva.+20 "Fast Cast"+10% M.Eva+30 DT-5% Expand Notes: A fresh 119 RDM with 0 requires +50% Fast Cast to cap. Egeking and Chanter's Shield are relatively easy grabs for a new RDM and will provide you with some flexibility in your FC sets. Lilith holds your Malignance Earring, so be sure to pick that up. You'll be needing Malignance Attire Set anyway, so time to start farming! Damage Taken Reduction items are very good choices to fill in the holes. Having "Fast Cast"+10% on the cape gives you some flexibility if Main/Sub weapon needs are different. Mid-Tier Fast Cast Omen/Dynamis Progression     M.Eva+632 Haste+30% “Fast Cast”+42 DT-52% Sakpata's Sword Genmei Shield Sapience Orb Atro. Chapeau +2 Viti. Tabard +2 Nyame Gauntlets Bunzi's Pants Nyame Sollerets Loricate Torque +1 DEF+45 SIR-5% Loquac. Earring Odnowa Earring +1 DEF+30 DT-3% Warden's Ring Defending Ring Flume Belt +1 Sucellos's Cape MND+20 Eva.+20 Haste+10% M.Eva.+45 Expand Notes: By this stage it is assumed you have RDM mastered and therefore acquired all of the job gifts for Fast Cast. If you haven't, look back at some of the earlier pieces to fill the missing gaps. When mastered, you need 42 Fast Cast to cap. Another thing to note with previously displayed pieces with "Fast Cast" on them is that if you're in a situation where your Main/Sub weapon needs are different, there are plenty of options to bring you back to +42 to cap. Lethargy Earring earring can easily replace the Malignance Earring if you happen to have one and Lilith is being stingy. High-Tier Fast Cast Sortie/Odyssey Progression     M.Eva+691 Haste+30% "Fast Cast"+44 DT-65% Crocea Mors Sacro Bulwark Staunch Tathlum +1 Atrophy Chapeau +3 Bunzi's Robe Bunzi's Gloves Bunzi's Pants Bunzi's Sabots Loricate Torque +1 DEF+45 SIR-5% Odnowa Earring +1 DEF+30 DT-3% Leth. Earring +1 Warden's Ring Defending Ring Carrier's Sash Sucellos's Cape MND+20 Eva.+20 Haste+10% M.Eva+45 Expand Notes: Well on your way now, and sitting right on that chonky bean bag of super-available Damage Taken and/or Magic Evasion heavy gear, there's just no stopping you. When you're not rocking NIN support job, the Defending Ring isn't doing a whole lot for you, so feel free to swap it for some SIRD or Magic Evasion. (Notables: Freke Ring or Purity Ring)

ExpandOverlays: Quick Magic & Alternate Fast Cast Sets

Quick Magic Faster & Faster, yet!     "Q.Magic"+10% M.Eva.+682 Haste+23% "Fast Cast"+50 DT-59% Crocea Mors Sacro Bulwark Staunch Tathlum +1 Bunzi's Hat Bunzi's Robe Bunzi's Gloves Bunzi's Pants Bunzi's Sabots Loricate Torque +1 DEF+45 SIR-5% Eabani Earring Leth. Earring +1 Kishar Ring Weather. Ring Witful Belt Perimede Cape Notes: Contrary to somewhat common belief, Quick Magic does not interfere with midcast equipment sets. Red Mage, taking FULL advantage of the Quick Magic effect category will maximize Gear Haste, "Fast Cast", Damage Taken, as well as Quick Magic in this set. With 20/20 in the JP category, every time Quick Magic activates, you will conserve 40% of the MP cost of the spell as well as have a near immediate cast and dramatically reduced recast time for the spell being cast. Utilizing Conserve MP in midcast sets can compound the interest with even more MP cost reductions. Note: Quick Magic caps at +10%. No Gearswap FC/Idle No Gearswap, No Problem!     "Q.Magic"+10% M.Eva+636 Haste+23% "Fast Cast"+50 DT-54% Vitiation Sword Sacro Bulwark Staunch Tathlum Atro. Chapeau +2 Bunzi's Robe Bunzi's Gloves Bunzi's Pants Bunzi's Sabots Loricate Torque +1 DEF+45 SIR-5% Odnowa Earring +1 DEF+30 DT-3% Leth. Earring +1 Kishar Ring Weather. Ring Witful Belt Perimede Cape Notes: A relatively affordable set for those who do not run Gearswap. This will give you plenty of room to make the most of "Fast Cast", Quick Magic, Gear Haste, while not compromising too much in Magic Evasion or Damage Taken. The Medada's Ring from The Voracious Resurgence storyline fills these sets out extremely well. When you acquire Sacro Bulwark from Divine Interference II, that will round off your DT to -50% overall.

Healing Magic Sets

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Curing spells have some of the most misunderstood (or perhaps misinterpreted) mechanics behind them in the entirety of FFXI. I am definitely not going to go into overbearing detail about what all goes into that. If you want the deep dive, check this out. What I did try to focus on was a number of important curing stats, utilizing Healing Skill sparingly for the Tranquil Heart trait, Damage Taken reduction gear, and progressing Enmity reduction gear along the way.

• Tranquil Heart is multiplicative with Enmity reduction gear and caps at 500 Healing Skill for -25% (e)nmity generation for all Healing Magic.
• e = 100 × (1 - (Enmity Reduction Gear ÷ 100)) × (1 - (((Healing Skill Base + Healing Skill Gear - 250) ÷ 10) ÷ 100))

Admittedly, healing is one of, if not the worst aspect of my knowledge. Much of the information here is fine tuned from conversations with a close friend and one of the best healers in the whole game. Yes, I'm biased. My tendency is to default to stay-alive-while-curing, so I generally go for very defensive cure sets. One of the best things that can be done defensively is practice positioning. Meaning, you want to be able to reach both your DPS players and Tank players with your cures AND be out of range of the enemy's nasty Area of Effect maneuvers if any. This is a joined effort most of the time, meaning groups will have to communicate effectively to achieve desired results.

Cure Set Progression

Beginner Curing Post-Rhapsodies of Vana'diel     "Cure" Potency+58% MND+202 Healing Skill+137 DT-22% M.Eva.+434 Enmity-8 Nibiru Cudgel Path A: MND+10 "Cure" Potency+15% Sors Shield Staunch Tathlum Vanya Hood Path B: Healing Skill+20 MDT-3% Viti. Tabard +1 Vanya Cuffs Path B: Healing Skill+20 MDT-3% Atrophy Tights +1 Vanya Clogs Path B: Healing Skill+20 MDT-3% Loricate Torque Meili Earring Eabani Earring Menelaus's Ring Defending Ring Sacro Cord Sucellos's Cape MND+30 Eva./M.Eva.+20 Haste+10% DT-5% Expand Notes: Starting your journey into content, making yourself useful to those around you is going to go a lot further than anything. This set will put a little more power behind your cures and a bit more reliability behind your status heals if you sub /SCH in Addendum: White or /WHM. The Tranquil Heart trait caps at -25% Enmity/500 Healing Skill for all Healing Magic, and since there is not a ton of -Enmity gear available at early stages in RDM progression without compromising too much else, we're using that to our advantage here. Without Light Arts and without the /SCH support job, +132 Healing Magic Skill is needed to cap Tranquil Heart. Combined enmity generation: ~69% Mid-Tier Curing Omen/Dynamis Progression     "Cure" Potency+53% MND+265 Healing Skill+15 DT-53% M.Eva.+747 Enmity-50 Daybreak Sors Shield Staunch Tathlum +1 Bunzi's Hat Bunzi's Robe Bunzi's Gloves Bunzi's Pants Bunzi's Sabots Incanter's Torque Mendi. Earring Eabani Earring Stikini Ring Defending Ring Luminary Sash Sucellos's Cape MND+30 Eva.+20 M.Eva.+35 Enmity-10 Expand Notes: Not as concerned about the Tranquil Heart trait in progressive sets beyond Beginner with much more availability in -Enmity gear, we start to focus on more defensive stats like DEF and Magic Evasion. Feel free to utilize a couple Abdhaljs Needles on your Ambuscade Cape to convert the +10% Haste to -10 Enmity or "Cure" Potency if you need it, and can probably do away with the Damage Taken for Magic Evasion. Tranquil Heart is starting to do less and less work, pound for pound, compared to your Enmity reduction gear. Combined enmity generation: ~43.4% High-Tier Curing Sortie/Odyssey Progression     "Cure" Potency+52% MND+280 Healing Skill+26 DT-53% M.Eva.+747 Enmity-50 Daybreak Sacro Bulwark Staunch Tathlum +1 Bunzi's Hat Bunzi's Robe Bunzi's Gloves Bunzi's Pants Bunzi's Sabots Incanter's Torque Magnetic Earring Eabani Earring Stikini Ring +1 Stikini Ring +1 Luminary Sash Sucellos's Cape MND+30 Eva.+20 M.Eva.+35 Enmity-10 Expand Notes: Cure away, my friends! Tranquil Heart gains start to taper off with your Enmity reduction gear doing the heavy lifting, adding more healing skill typically comes at a cost by removing either DT gear or "Cure" Potency. Likewise, the benefits "Cure" Potency II have are diminished in much the same fashion. Combined enmity generation: ~42.8%

ExpandOverlays: Weather Cure+, DT Cure+

Weather Cure+ It's all sunshine and rainbows...     "Cure" Potency+52% MND+215 Healing Skill+24 DT-51% M.Eva.+603 Enmity-46 "Iridescense" "Cure" Potency II+4% Chatoyant Staff Giuoco Grip Staunch Tathlum +1 Kaykaus Mitra +1 Path B: Enmity-6 Bunzi's Robe Bunzi's Gloves Kaykaus Tights +1 Path B: Enmity-6 Bunzi's Sabots Loricate Torque +1 DEF+45 SIR-5% Mendi. Earring Odnowa Earring +1 DEF+30 DT-3% Stikini Ring +1 Defending Ring Hachirin-no-Obi Sucellos's Cape MND+30 Eva./M.Eva.+20 Enmity-10 DT-5% Notes: "Iridescence" is related only to the Iridal and Chatoyant staves and provides an additional bonus to potency based on weather/day effects. Iridal Staff provides a +5% bonus while Chatoyant Staff provides a +10% bonus to potency. Similarly, the Twilight Cape offers a +5% potency bonus to "Cures" under either weather or day effects (not both). Hachirin-no-Obi (obtained through Synergy with all 8 of the Elemental Obis gathered from the quest: In the Name of Science) will force day/weather bonus activation, resulting in an overall "Cure" Potency bonus of: +20% for Matching Day & Weather Matching Double Weather confers a +25% potency, making Matching Day & Double Weather give a +35% potency bonus +10% for Matching Weather +5% for Matching Day OR Weather Giving up your Ambuscade cape with something like -Enmity or +"Cure" Potency if you need it aren't generally going to be worth it with this cape, but it is an option. DT Cure+ You know.. my Phalanx is a lot better...     "Cure" Potency+50% MND+254 Healing Skill+18 DT-53% M.Eva.+747 Enmity-41 DEF+846 Daybreak Sacro Bulwark Staunch Tathlum +1 Bunzi's Hat Bunzi's Robe Nyame Gauntlets Bunzi's Pants Nyame Sollerets Incanter's Torque Magnetic Earring Eabani Earring Stikini Ring +1 Persis Ring Carrier's Sash Sucellos's Cape MND+30 Eva.+20 M.Eva.+35 Enmity-10 Notes: The singular goal of this set is to provide a large amount of Magic Defense Bonus and Defense while not compromising some of the more useful curing stats, like MND, -Enmity, and "Cure" Potency. Note: You will have to use an Abdhaljs Needle on your Ambuscade cape once again to convert Damage Taken reduction to Magic Evasion if this is the route you wish to take

Status Cure Set Progression

Beginner Status Cures Post-Rhapsodies of Vana'diel     Healing Skill +133 DT-15% PDT-10% "Fast Cast"+8% Egeking M.Acc.+30 "Fast Cast"+8% Genmei Shield Staunch Tathlum Vanya Hood Path B: Healing Skill +20 Vanya Robe Path B: Healing Skill +20 Aya. Manopolas +1 Atrophy Tights +1 Vanya Clogs Path B: Healing Skill +20 Henic Torque Meili Earring Beatific Earring Stikini Ring Defending Ring Bishop's Sash Vates Cape +1 Expand Notes: Healing Skill plays directly into Spell Interruption Rate while casting Healing Magic and the effectiveness of certain status removal spells like Cursna. This set should net you around a 28% Doom removal rate. Also, keep in mind that while starting out /WHM is preferable, /SCH and Light Arts will bring your Healing Magic Skill to B+. It's not much, but it should net you roughly a percentage point more in your Doom status removal rate. Mid-Tier Status Cures Omen/Dynamis Progression     Healing Skill+136 DT-31% PDT-10% "Fast Cast"+24% Sakpata's Sword Genmei Shield Staunch Tathlum +1 Vanya Hood Path B: Healing Skill +20 Viti. Tabard +2 Bunzi's Gloves Atrophy Tights +2 Vanya Clogs Path B: Healing Skill +20 Incanter's Torque Meili Earring Beatific Earring Stikini Ring Defending Ring Bishop's Sash Vates Cape +1 Expand Notes: Any notes about the set High-Tier Status Cures Sortie/Odyssey Progression     Healing Skill+83 DT-54% "Fast Cast"+35% Enmity-29 Sakpata's Sword Sacro Bulwark Staunch Tathlum +1 Bunzi's Hat Viti. Tabard +3 Bunzi's Gloves Atrophy Tights +3 Bunzi's Sabots Incanter's Torque Meili Earring Beatific Earring Stikini Ring +1 Defending Ring Bishop's Sash Vates Cape +1 Expand Notes: Opting for much more Magic Evasion, Magic Defense, Damage Taken reduction, and Enmity reduction gear at more advanced content levels, as well as more "Fast Cast" will allow you to function more swiftly as a status effect healer when your support job is either /WHM or /SCH under Addendum: White.

ExpandOverlays: Cursna+, Cursna-Received+

Cursna+ Fill to me... the parting glass...     Healing Skill+166 Cursna+55 Conserve MP+22~27 Grioavolr Augment: "Conserve MP" +1~6 Curatio Grip Pemphredo Tathlum Vanya Hood Path B: Healing Skill +20 Viti. Tabard +2 Hieros Mittens Vanya Slops Path B: Healing Skill +20 Vanya Clogs Path B: Healing Skill +20 Incanter's Torque Meili Earring Beatific Earring Menelaus's Ring Haoma's Ring Bishop's Sash Oretan. Cape +1 Notes: As /WHM or any other support job apart from SCH you'll have 368 + 166 → (534) Healing Skill at level 99 and up. As /SCH under Light Arts you'll have 404 + 166 → (570) Healing Skill. With 0 additional Cursna Received gear on your target, you should be in the neighborhood of a 41.5~44.6% removal rate. Cursna Received+ Of all the harm... that e'er I've done...     Cursna Recieved+42 "Holy Water"+37 Nicander's Necklace Purity Ring Saida Ring Gishdubar Sash Notes: This set is made to optimize the "Cursna Received" stat and the effect of using Holy Water on yourself. Some other viable options: Eshmun's Ring → Cursna Received+20

Enhancing Magic Sets

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Red Mage has an A rating in Enhancing Magic which is the highest in the game and tied only by Scholar while under the effects of Light Arts. At 99 a Red Mage should have 8 points into their Enhancing Magic Skill category which brings them to 420 skill. With no additional gear, a RDM will be at 456 skill when they attain Job Mastery.

Some spells cast with Enhancing Magic are skill dependent while others are skill capped. Others yet can be free from skill dependency entirely and instead become spells you'll want to try and optimize around their durations, potency, and generally not dying while mid-cast. The sets below should assist you in developing your support class nature on RDM and provide you with plenty of space to grow or prioritize your own needs.

Composure Job Ability Bonus

Composure: The coolest trick in the book for RDM. Verbatim, this ability reads:

• Increases physical accuracy, and lengthens recast time. Enhancement effects gained through white and black magic you cast on yourself last longer. Increases the damage of En-spells for the duration.

The degree by which your physical accuracy will increase is resolved by:

• ACC = floor( ( (24 × Level) ÷ 74) ÷ 49)
  • Provides +26 ACC at Level 50
  • Provides +50 ACC at Level 99
  • Provides +70 ACC at Level 99 with 20/20 in the Composure Effect category of .

Now, let's talk about calculating self-directed Enhancing Magic. Composure triples the duration of enhancing magic effects cast on yourself, but comes in as a separate multiplier to various gear that has Enh. Mag. Duration +η%.

• Composure duration (cDur) = (Base Spell Duration + JP Enhancing Magic Duration + Gear that increases flat time) × (1 + Duration+η%) × (1 + Duration+η%) × (Composure Duration Multiplier)
  • For instance, the Refresh line of spells have a base duration of 150 sec. With 0 and without using any gear that increases the base duration (seconds), we can then multiply the percentage based value of our Enhancing Duration +η% by the Composure multiplier (3).
    • In this example we'll be using the Leth. Houseaux +1 for its Enhancing Magic Duration +30% and the Ghostfyre Cape for its potential Enhancing Magic Duration +20%.
      
    • (cDur) = 150 (sec) × (1 + 0.30) × (1 + 0.20) × (3.0) = 702 (sec) or 11min 42sec.

Lethargy Armor Set: Augments Composure Bonus

Additionally, Composure isn't only the coolest trick in the book for RDM, but those you'll be buffing with your Enhancing Magic will love it too! With the Lethargy Armor Set, having Composure active will confer a set bonus to your Enhancing Magic Duration when cast on others. Obviously we'll have to balance sets with necessary skill bonuses for certain spells, like Phalanx II which has an Enhancing Magic Skill component to its potency, or Refresh which utilizes some non-Lethargy pieces for its potency. Sometimes that means giving up one or more pieces from the set to meet that early on and even sometimes later in your progression, but overall it's a fantastic bonus when your tanks and mages glue themselves to your presence knowing they'll get significantly more potent and longer lasting buffs. It also increases the duration of your Enfeebling Magic spells, so just like your party friendos, those monsters are just going to love you to pieces!

The set bonus takes effect at Estoqueur's Attire Set +2 and up and you can mix & match pieces between this set and any item from the reforged set (Lethargy Armor Set) beyond it. This makes it incredibly easy to find some early Enhancing Magic Duration bonuses when casting buffs on party/alliance members and Enfeebling Magic Duration bonuses for those feisty lil mobbos. From the Lethargy Armor Set description:

• 2 pieces of the set: +10%
• 3 pieces of the set: +20%
• 4 pieces of the set: +35%
• 5 pieces of the set: +50%
  • Note: While it's possible to achieve a +50% duration bonus to your enhancing magic utilizing all 5 pieces of the set, be careful to note that the Atrophy Gloves +1 provide an Enhancing Magic Duration bonus of +16% which just barely starts to edge out the 5/5 Lethargy Armor Set bonus. For most of your party buffing, the Atrophy Gloves +1 and up will be prioritized over having a 5/5 set bonus from the Lethargy Armor Set.
    
• Composure duration (cDur) = (Base Spell Duration + JP Enhancing Magic Duration + Gear that increases base duration) × (1 + Duration+η%) × (1 + Duration+η%) × (1 + Augments Composure Multiplier)
  • In similar fashion to the self-targeted example above, we'll use the Refresh line of spells with a base duration of 150 sec. With 0 and without using any gear that increases the base duration (seconds), we can then multiply the percentage based value of our Enhancing Duration +η% by the Composure Lethargy Armor Set bonus.
    • In this case we'll be using the Atrophy Gloves +1 for their Enhancing Magic Duration +16% and the Ghostfyre Cape for its potential Enhancing Magic Duration +20% along with 4/5 of the Lethargy Armor Set for its Enhancing Magic Duration +35% set bonus.
      
    • (cDur) = 150 (sec) × (1 + 0.16) × (1 + 0.20) × (1 + 0.35) = 281 (sec) or 4min 41sec.
      • That's not terrible, and it ain't no Koru-Moru nonsense!

Enhancing Magic Set Progression

Beginner Enhancing Post-Rhapsodies of Vana'diel     Aug.Enh.Dur.+4~44% Enh. Duration+56% Enh. Skill+53~62 "Fast Cast"+14% DT-21% PDT-10% Colada Augment: Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~4% Genmei Shield Staunch Tathlum Telchine Cap Augment: SIR-1~10% Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~10% Telchine Chas. Augment: SIR-1~10% Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~10% Atrophy Gloves +1 Aya. Cosciales +1 Leth. Houseaux +1 Loricate Torque Mimir Earring Andoaa Earring Ayanmo Ring Defending Ring Embla Sash Ghostfyre Cape Augment: Enh. Skill+1~10 Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~20% Expand Notes: Get ready to live in Domain Invasion for a while. There will be items in DI you need forever in your career as a RDM, so just keep going and going and going. The amount of Enhancing Duration available on a high-end RDM is just ridiculous, but with Composure active this set should land you around ~11 minute Haste II and around ~9.5 minute Refresh II. Bear in mind that there will be other items you want to layer in for spells like Refresh so your duration will vary from there. Not much room for portability between slots if the spell you're casting depends on Enh. Skill early on this can leave RDMs a bit exposed when applying/reapplying Phalanx on others, we'll go into a more specific set for phalanx later. This set is under the Phalanx skill cap of 500. Mid-Tier Enhancing Omen/Dynamis Progression     Aug.Enh.Dur.+3~44% Enh. Duration+71% Enh. Skill +46~55 "Fast Cast"+27% DT-49% Colada Augment: Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~4% Sacro Bulwark Staunch Tathlum +1 Bunzi's Hat Bunzi's Robe Atrophy Gloves +2 Bunzi's Pants Leth. Houseaux +2 Dls. Torque +1 Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~20% Mimir Earring Leth. Earring +1 Stikini Ring Defending Ring Embla Sash Ghostfyre Cape Augment: Enh. Skill+1~10 Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~20% Expand Notes: Similar to the previous set but with some enhancements to "Fast Cast", Damage Taken and Enhancing Magic Duration. High-Tier Enhancing Sortie/Odyssey Progression     Aug.Enh.Dur.+3~44% Enh. Duration+78% Enh. Skill +54~63 "Fast Cast"+27% DT-49% Colada Augment: Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~4% Sacro Bulwark Staunch Tathlum +1 Bunzi's Hat Bunzi's Robe Atrophy Gloves +3 Bunzi's Pants Leth. Houseaux +3 Dls. Torque +1 Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~20% Mimir Earring Leth. Earring +1 Stikini Ring +1 Defending Ring Embla Sash Ghostfyre Cape Augment: Enh. Skill+1~10 Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~20% Expand Notes: Same as the Mid-Tier, but with slightly more Enhancing Magic Skill and Duration.

ExpandOverlays: Duration+, Skill+

Duration+ New Longer Lasting Freshness!     Aug.Enh.Dur.+5~64% Enh. Duration+91% Enh. Skill+67~76 "Fast Cast"+31% DT-13% Colada Augment: Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~4% Ammurapi Shield Staunch Tathlum +1 Telchine Cap Augment: SIR-1~10% Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~10% Viti. Tabard +2 Atrophy Gloves +2 Telchine Braconi Augment: SIR-1~10% Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~10% Leth. Houseaux +2 Dls. Torque +1 Enh. Duration+1~20% Mimir Earring Leth. Earring +1 Stikini Ring Defending Ring Embla Sash Ghostfyre Cape Augment: Enh. Skill+1~10 Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~20% Notes: Brave the wilds and throw caution to the wind in this set with a whopping -13% Damage Taken. I would highly recommend that any enhancing spells you cast for duration be done as pre-fight buffs. Lest ye be known not as the fine Red Mage but instead a fine Red Mist. Skill+ Sky's The Limit     Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~20% Enh. Duration+45% Enh. Skill+170~179 "Fast Cast"+14% DT-3% PDT-4% Pukulatmuj +1 Forfend +1 Enh. Skill+10 Staunch Tathlum +1 Befouled Crown Viti. Tabard +2 Viti. Gloves +2 Atrophy Tights +2 Leth. Houseaux +2 Incanter's Torque Mimir Earring Andoaa Earring Stikini Ring Stikini Ring Olympus Sash Ghostfyre Cape Augment: Enh. Skill+1~10 Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~20% Notes: At Master Level 0 you'll need Enhancing Magic Skill +61 to break the Skill≥501 for your Enspell base damage calculation to start taking off. At 509 and every 8 Enhancing Magic Skill afterward your base damage goes up by 1 point. It doesn't seem like a lot, but with all the extra gear RDM gets to boost Enspell damage it can easily break 1k damage additional effect per hit. There is no known cap to enspell damage for Enhancing Magic Skill so min/max to your heart's desire. Other Enhancing Magic spells that rely heavily on skill are: Phalanx - caps at 500 skill. Aquaveil - caps at 3 interruptions prevented at 501 skill. Barspell - Elemental potency caps at 500 skill.

Composure Buffs on Others

Beginner Buff Others Post-Rhapsodies of Vana'diel     Enh. Skill +61~70 Aug.Enh.Dur. +2~24% Enh. Duration +56% Composure Dur. +35% DT -12% PDT -10% Colada Augment: Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~4% Genmei Shield Staunch Tathlum Leth. Chappel +1 Lethargy Sayon +1 Atrophy Gloves +1 Leth. Fuseau +1 Leth. Houseaux +1 Melic Torque Mimir Earring Andoaa Earring Stikini Ring Defending Ring Embla Sash Ghostfyre Cape Augment: Enh. Skill +1~10 Aug.Enh.Dur. +1~20% Expand Notes: If you haven't upgraded your Lethargy Armor Set to iLevel 119 yet, I strongly recommend, if you are at this point, taking time to gather some friends to either clear/farm Vagary or do the Alternative Battlefields to upgrade to the Lethargy Armor Set +1. Mid-Tier Buff Others Omen/Dynamis Progression     Enh. Skill +46~55 Aug.Enh.Dur. +3~44% Enh. Duration +71% Composure Dur. +35% DT-35% Colada Augment: Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~4% Ammurapi Shield Staunch Tathlum +1 Leth. Chappel +2 Lethargy Sayon +2 Atrophy Gloves +2 Leth. Fuseau +2 Leth. Houseaux +2 Dls. Torque +1 Aug.Enh.Dur. +1~20% Mimir Earring Andoaa Earring Stikini Ring Defending Ring Embla Sash Ghostfyre Cape Augment: Enh. Skill +1~10 Aug.Enh.Dur. +1~20% Expand Notes: The big changes here are the upgrades to your JSE and the Ammurapi Shield becoming an option. The Incanter's Torque should replace the Melic Torque by now and will cover you if you need additional skill over duration. Likewise, a Lethargy Earring of any tier can replace the Andoaa Earring if more duration is needed over skill. See? All that time you spent in DI is paying off! You now have more duration and more skill, as well as the freedom to swap around for more of one or the other. Gone are the days of dropping out of item level 119 and you even get an extra 22% Damage Taken reduction. High-Tier Buff Others Sortie/Odyssey Progression     Enh. Skill +59~68 Aug.Enh.Dur. +3~44% Enh. Duration +80% Composure Dur. +35% DT-37% Colada Augment: Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~4% Ammurapi Shield Staunch Tathlum +1 Leth. Chappel +3 Lethargy Sayon +3 Atrophy Gloves +3 Leth. Fuseau +3 Leth. Houseaux +3 Dls. Torque +1 Aug.Enh.Dur. +1~20% Mimir Earring Andoaa Earring Stikini Ring +1 Defending Ring Embla Sash Ghostfyre Cape Augment: Enh. Skill +1~10 Aug.Enh.Dur. +1~20% Expand Notes: Lethargy Earring of any rarity over Andoaa Earring if you have enough skill.

Refresh, Aquaveil, Stoneskin, Barspells

• Aquaveil
  • Enhancing Magic Skill ≤ 300 → Prevents 1 Spell Interruption
  • 301 ≤ Enhancing Magic Skill ≤ 500 → Prevents 2 Spell Interruptions
  • Enhancing Magic Skill ≥ 501 → Prevents 3 Spell Interruptions
• Stoneskin
  • Red Mage's Enhancing Magic Skill is high enough even before 99 that they hit the Stoneskin damage cap (350 HP) with zero additional gear. You can literally just throw on the Stoneskin Bonus gear on top of your Fast Cast set and call it a day if you want. I would encourage it, there's no honest reason to stack duration on a buff that is specifically designed to mitigate damage and wear off. Having a faster recast is amazing for those poopy fights that constantly eat your stoneskin. But since we're RDMs, here we go!
  • If (Enhancing Magic Skill ÷ 3) + MND ≥ 130 → ᛉ = Enhancing Magic Skill + (3 × MND) - 190
• Barspells
  • Bar-elemental spells increase Magic Evasion against specific elementally aligned magic.
  • Bar-status spells increase Magic Evasion against specific negative status effect magic.
  • For Enhancing Magic Skill ≥ 300 → Resistance (R) = 25 + floor(Enhancing Magic Skill ÷ 4)
    • Bar-elemental potency caps at R = +150 or Enhancing Magic Skill = 500
    • Barspell duration is capped at 480 sec at 240 Enhancing Magic Skill, but your Enhancing Magic Duration bonuses in , , and gear will significantly increase the duration.
    • NOTE: While it's easy for RDMs to meet 500 Enhancing Magic Skill there are job specific bonuses & gear for White Mage that really drive up the effectiveness of their barspells. Barspells will overwrite themselves regardless of potency. Please don't be that guy or gal that pops Accession as /SCH and overwrites the WHMs barspells.

ExpandOverlays-Self: Refresh, Aquaveil, Stoneskin, Barspells

Refresh-Self All those post-A.M.A.N Trove orange juices are really starting to stack up...     Refresh Potency+6 Base Refresh Dur.+50s Aug.Enh.Dur.+2~24% Enh. Duration+71% Colada Augment: Aug.Enh.Dur. +1~4% Ammurapi Shield Amalric Coif +1 Atrophy Tabard +2 Atrophy Gloves +2 Leth. Fuseau +2 Leth. Houseaux +2 Dls. Torque +1 Aug.Enh.Dur. +1~20% Leth. Earring +1 Gishdubar Sash Grapevine Cape Notes: Base Duration for Refresh and Refresh II is 150 sec. Enhancing Magic Duration 20/20 adds +20 sec to the base duration. Gishdubar Sash and Grapevine Cape add another +50 sec on the base duration. With Composure's triple duration bonus on self-targeted enhancing magic, you should be in the neighborhood of 28 min duration. Your potencies will be around: Refresh: 9 MP/Tick for ~5,055 MP Refresh II: 12 MP/Tick for ~6,740 MP 1200 Refresh III: 15 MP/Tick for ~8,425 MP Amalric Coif is just fine if you can't afford or do not have the HQ, but your potencies will drop by -1 MP/Tick on each tier. Aquaveil-Self Be like water...     Aquaveil+6 Enh. Skill+67~76 Aug.Enh.Dur.+3~44% Enh. Duration+63% Colada Augment: Aug.Enh.Dur. +1~4% Ammurapi Shield Amalric Coif +1 Viti. Tabard +2 Regal Cuffs Shedir Seraweels Leth. Houseaux +2 Dls. Torque +1 Aug.Enh.Dur. +1~20% Leth. Earring +1 Emphatikos Rope Ghostfyre Cape Augment: Enh. Skill +1~10 Aug.Enh.Dur. +1~20% Notes: Only +61 Enhancing Magic Skill is needed at Master Level 0 (+45 with capped Enhancing Skill ), and +97 is needed at Level 99 with 0 or to reach the point of Aquaveil preventing a base 3 Spell Interruptions (Total Spell Interruptions: 9). The Enhancing Magic Duration available here is completely unnecessary unless Composure is on cooldown (hint: It should never be on cooldown, unless dispelled or forgotten), in which case your duration should be in the neighborhood of 26.1 min. Otherwise it will always be capped at 30 mins. Stoneskin-Self ...the sun upon my skin ...hard against the wind ...I see myself again     Stoneskin+125 Enh.Duration+38% "Fast Cast"+46% DT-46% PDT-3% Sakpata's Sword Sacro Bulwark Staunch Tathlum +1 Bunzi's Hat Viti. Tabard +2 Stone Mufflers Shedir Seraweels Bunzi's Sabots Nodens Gorget Earthcry Earring Leth. Earring +1 Warden's Ring Defending Ring Siegel Sash Sucellos's Cape Augment: SIR-10% Notes: Layered up with more Damage Taken and Spell Interruption Rate reduction, as well as "Fast Cast" gear since: A. You want to survive while casting the dang spell. B. You want to prevent it being interrupted. C. You want to cast it as fast as possible, over and over again in the poopiest of situations. Barspells Self The SPF10 of Barspells     Elemental Barspells+15 Enh. Skill+83 "Fast Cast"+48% DT-50% Sakpata's Sword Sacro Bulwark Staunch Tathlum +1 Atro. Chapeau +2 Viti. Tabard +2 Viti. Gloves +2 Shedir Seraweels Bunzi's Sabots Loricate Torque +1 DEF+45 SIR-5% Mimir Earring Andoaa Earring Stikini Ring Defending Ring Olympus Sash Sucellos's Cape Augment: "Fast Cast"+10% DT-5% Notes: Again, RDM only needs +80 skill to hit the Bar-elemental (R) cap of +150 with 8 in Enhancing Magic Skill. Befouled Crown is certainly an option. We'll be seeing more of it later, so pick one up if you haven't quite gotten to your Magic Skills. With this grouping: Bar-elemental (R) = +165 Duration = 29+ mins Since Composure benefits to the RDM cap at 30 minutes, and this set is well over that, you'd be much better served with either Fast Cast or Damage Taken gear to replace any excess enhancing duration equipment.

ExpandOverlays-Others: Refresh, Aquaveil, Stoneskin, Barspells

Refresh-Others Solar powered what now?     Refresh Potency +6 Aug.Enh.Dur.+3~44% Enh. Duration+81% Comp. Duration+10% Colada Augment: Aug.Enh.Dur. +1~4% Ammurapi Shield Amalric Coif +1 Atrophy Tabard +2 Atrophy Gloves +2 Leth. Fuseau +2 Leth. Houseaux +2 Dls. Torque +1 Aug.Enh.Dur. +1~20% Leth. Earring +1 Embla Sash Ghostfyre Cape Augment: Aug.Enh.Dur. +1~20% Notes: Utilize the Lethargy Armor Set for casting on others and maximize Enhancing Magic Duration. This set should get you around 10.25 mins duration. Refresh: Base 9 MP/tick for Max 1,848 MP Refresh II: 12 MP/tick for Max 2,464 MP 1200+ Refresh III: 15 MP/tick for Max 3,080 MP Again, Amalric Coif is just fine, but potency of Refresh will drop by -1MP/tick. Aquaveil-Others Verve's Little Brother     Aquaveil+6 Enh. Skill+56~65 Aug.Enh.Dur.+3~44% Enh. Duration+53% Comp. Duration+10% Colada Augment: Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~4% Ammurapi Shield Amalric Coif +1 Lethargy Sayon +2 Regal Cuffs Shedir Seraweels Leth. Houseaux +2 Dls. Torque +1 Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~20% Mimir Earring Leth. Earring +1 Emphatikos Rope Ghostfyre Cape Augment: Enh. Skill+1~10 Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~20% Notes: Chironic Hat and Amalric Coif if you don’t have or can't afford the HQ. Sadly, no Vadose Rod for RDM. Aquaveil is fairly unique in that the Aquaveil+ from you gear does transfer to other players when you use Accession with the /SCH support job. To maximize the effect you'll want to have ≥501 Enhancing Magic Skill to ensure at least 3 spell interrupt preventions and go from there. A Mastered RDM requires +45 skill to reach 501. It's no Carcharian Verve but it's darn close as far as SIR goes. This set should provide just shy of 27 mins for others when used with Accession. Stoneskin-Others Sticks and Stones ...mostly stones.     Stoneskin+125 Aug.Enh.Dur.+2~24% Enh. Duration+53% Colada Augment: Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~4% Ammurapi Shield Leth. Chappel +2 Lethargy Sayon +2 Stone Mufflers Shedir Seraweels Leth. Houseaux +2 Nodens Gorget Earthcry Earring Leth. Earring +1 Siegel Sash Ghostfyre Cape Augment: Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~20% Notes: Haven Hose have a Stoneskin potency of 15 less than Shedir Seraweels, but are significantly easier to get. This gear should land you with a Stoneskin Strength (ᛉ) of 475 HP. This gear will NOT increase the potency of party members' Stoneskin when used with Accession. Use this set when you are looking for duration on others (instances like players having a Damage Over Time effect while moving from point A to point B), otherwise probably just use the "Fast Cast" self-stoneskin version from an earlier set palette. Duration on others should be just shy of 14 mins. Barspell-Others There's an App for that!     Ele. Barspells +15 Enhancing Skill+82~91 Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~20% Enh. Duration+73% Pukulatmuj +1 Ammurapi Shield Leth. Chappel +2 Lethargy Sayon +2 Atrophy Gloves +2 Shedir Seraweels Leth. Houseaux +2 Melic Torque Mimir Earring Andoaa Earring Embla Sash Ghostfyre Cape Augment: Enh. Skill+1~10 Enh. Duration+1~20% Notes: With 8 points in for Enhancing Magic Skill, RDM only needs +80 skill to hit the Bar-elemental (R) cap of +150. A mention to the Befouled Crown that isn't terrible to get at this stage and will last throughout your RDM career for other Enhancing Magic Skill related duties; it has Enhancing Skill +16 on it and is the highest skill available for gear in that particular slot. Pick that up if you haven't quite gotten to your Magic Skills. With this grouping: Bar-elemental (R) = +165 Duration = 22+ mins (for others); 30 mins (for self)

Phalanx Sets

Straight from the Phalanx page notes:

• Reduces damage by a set amount (F), Hard cap at 500 Enhancing Magic Skill.
  • 0~300 Enhancing Magic Skill: F = Floor(Enhancing Magic Skill ÷ 10) − 2
  • 301~500 Enhancing Magic Skill: F = 28 + Floor( (Enhancing Magic Skill - 300.5) ÷ 28.5)
• Notable RDM Phalanx Tiers:
  • Enhancing Magic Skill 420 → F = -32
  • ≥980 → Enhancing Magic Skill 443 → F = -33
  • ≥1805 + Enh. Skill +16 → Enhancing Magic Skill 472 → F = -34
  • ≥1805 + Enh. Skill +44 → Enhancing Magic Skill 500 → F = -35

"Phalanx" received +η gear directly increases the value of (F) and can exceed the skill-capped value of -35.

• Wearing "Phalanx" received +η gear with a value less than the value currently applied will render a (no effect) error message. So PLDs and RUNs make sure you cancel that buff before getting that sultry phalanx rub-down from your RDMs, or at least put together an idle set. Ahem... this plays into that whole "Communication" thing I talked about early on.

Enhancing Magic Skill Progression through Job Points:

• 8 /0 Enh. Skill 420
• 80 Enh. Skill 425
• 405 Enh. Skill 433
• 980 Enh. Skill 443
• 1805 Enh. Skill 456

Phalanx I

Beginner Phalanx Post-Rhapsodies of Vana'diel     Aug. Enh. Dur.+1~20% Enh. Duration+10% Enh. Skill+36~45 Phalanx+7~17 Egeking Staunch Tathlum Taeon Chapeau Phalanx +1~3 Taeon Tabard Phalanx +1~3 Taeon Gloves Phalanx +1~3 Taeon Tights Phalanx +1~3 Taeon Boots Phalanx +1~3 Melic Torque Mimir Earring Andoaa Earring Stikini Ring Stikini Ring Embla Sash Ghostfyre Cape Augments: Enh. Skill+1~10 Enh. Dur.+1~20% Expand Notes: Even Job Mastery alone on RDM isn't enough to meet the Phalanx Enhancing Magic Skill cap of 500. Early on, it's a compromise, but take your time and develop the job through content and gear with higher skill and better duration will come to you. You only need Enh. Skill +23 to reach the -33 tier. So, if you're not too keen on spending a bunch of gil on 2x Stikini Rings, they won't help you hit 500 skill until you're at ≥1805 anyway. Mid-Tier Phalanx Omen/Dynamis Progression     Enh. Duration +18~38% Enh. Skill+51~60 Phalanx+10~30 DT-23% PDT-2% SIR-31% Sakpata's Sword Forfend +1 Enh. Skill+10 Staunch Tathlum +1 Merlinic Hood Phalanx +3~5 Merlinic Jubbah Phalanx +3~5 Chironic Gloves Phalanx +3~5 Merlinic Shalwar Phalanx +3~5 Merlinic Crackows Phalanx +3~5 Incanter's Torque Mimir Earring Lethargy Earring Stikini Ring Defending Ring Embla Sash Ghostfyre Cape Augments: Enh. Skill+1~10 Enh. Dur.+1~20% Expand Notes: The Merlinic Attire Set and Chironic Attire Set are basically interchangeable here. You are just trying to get the Dark Matter augments for free during the campaigns. Until you roll a Phalanx+3 or higher you can keep using your Taeon Attire Set. The Chironic Gloves have Enhancing Magic Skill which helps reach the 500 skill cap for the -35 dmg. reduction as well as SIRD. Afterward, feel free to layer in duration. As for why I put the Merlinic pieces, 3 of them have "Fast Cast" which helps lower your recast times. It really isn’t something that matters too terribly much, but… I was in the Merlinic Attire Set page already so it was easier for me to copy/paste this stuff in. DT gear starts to come easier as additional pieces from this point on (the options shown are just some of the options available for damage mitigation). High-Tier Phalanx Sortie/Odyssey Progress     Aug. Enh. Dur.+20% Enh. Dur.+18% Enh. Skill+54~63 Phalanx+10~30 DT-23% PDT-6% SIR-31% Sakpata's Sword Forfend +1 Enh. Skill+10 Staunch Tathlum +1 Merlinic Hood Phalanx +3~5 Merlinic Jubbah Phalanx +3~5 Chironic Gloves Phalanx +3~5 Merlinic Shalwar Phalanx +3~5 Merlinic Crackows Phalanx +3~5 Incanter's Torque Mimir Earring Leth. Earring +1 Stikini Ring +1 Defending Ring Embla Sash Ghostfyre Cape Augments: Enh. Skill+1~10 Enh. Dur.+1~20% Expand Notes: You'll still need +40 Enh. Skill to reach the 500 skill cap for Phalanx to hit the -35 damage mitigation mark. But it should be significantly easier with more gil flowing into your pockets at this stage of progression. Stikini Rings +1 are a very big ticket item still, so if you can get away with the NQ(s), feel free to do so. Note that the only things that have changed from this set and the Mid-tier are the Leth. Earring +1 and the Stikini Ring +1.

Phalanx II

Beginner Phalanx II Post-Rhapsodies of Vana'diel     Enhancing Skill +86~95 Aug.Enh.Dur. +1~20% Enh. Duration +40% Composure Dur. +50% Pukulatmuj Genmei Shield Staunch Tathlum Leth. Chappel +1 Lethargy Sayon +1 Viti. Gloves +1 Leth. Fuseau +1 Leth. Houseaux +1 Melic Torque Mimir Earring Andoaa Earring Ayanmo Ring Stikini Ring Embla Sash Ghostfyre Cape Augment: Enh. Skill+1~10 Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~20% Expand Notes: With capped in Enhancing Magic Skill and 0 , an unmastered RDM requires +80 Enhancing Magic Skill to meet the 500 skill-cap. Early on you're sacrificing the duration bonus of Atrophy Gloves +1 to meet that skill requirement. If you have access to a little extra gil, you can certainly add in the Atrophy Gloves +1 with an additional Stikini Ring and add under a tic of duration to Phalanx on others, but as-is this set should suffice and starts you off with around 12 minutes of duration. Oh boy, your tanks are going to love you. Mid-Tier Phalanx II Omen/Dynamis Progression     Enhancing Skill +52~61 Aug.Enh.Dur. +2~40% Enh. Duration +80% Composure Dur. +35% DT-35% PDT-3% Pukulatmuj +1 Ammurapi Shield Staunch Tathlum +1 Leth. Chappel +2 Lethargy Sayon +2 Atrophy Gloves +2 Leth. Fuseau +2 Leth. Houseaux +2 Dls. Torque +1 Enh. Duration+1~20% Mimir Earring Lethargy Earring Warden's Ring Defending Ring Embla Sash Ghostfyre Cape Augment: Enh. Skill +1~10 Enh. Duration +1~20% Expand Notes: Master RDM sits at 456 Enhancing Magic Skill and only needs +44 to meet the Phalanx cap of 500 skill. This set will get you there and buy you plenty of room to start layering in Damage Taken reduction gear and much longer Enhancing Magic Duration gear. You should be sitting a little under 17.5 minutes duration on your Phalanx II cast on others. High-Tier Phalanx II Sortie/Odyssey Progression     Enhancing Skill +57~66 Aug.Enh.Dur. +2~40% Enh. Duration +88% Composure Dur. +35% DT-37% PDT-3% Pukulatmuj +1 Ammurapi Shield Staunch Tathlum +1 Leth. Chappel +3 Lethargy Sayon +3 Atrophy Gloves +3 Leth. Fuseau +3 Leth. Houseaux +3 Dls. Torque +1 Enh. Duration+1~20% Mimir Earring Leth. Earring +1 Warden's Ring Defending Ring Embla Sash Ghostfyre Cape Augment: Enh. Skill +1~10 Enh. Duration +1~20% Expand Notes: Make sure you don't lose track of time on your tank! Gettin' pretty easy to "set it and forget it" with durations like this! You should be up around 18 minutes duration on Phalanx II now. More free time to run around silencing, distracting, and addling those pesky Dynamis mobs!

ExpandOverlays: Dual Wield Phalanx+

DW Phalanx+ Above Set     Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~20% Enh.Duration+18% Enh. Skill+44~53 Phalanx+12~32 DT-23% PDT-2% SIR-31% Sakpata's Sword Egeking Staunch Tathlum +1 Merlinic Hood Phalanx +3~5 Merlinic Jubbah Phalanx +3~5 Chironic Gloves Phalanx +3~5 Merlinic Shalwar Phalanx +3~5 Merlinic Crackows Phalanx +3~5 Incanter's Torque Mimir Earring Leth. Earring +1 Stikini Ring +1 Defending Ring Embla Sash Ghostfyre Cape Augments: Enh. Skill+1~10 Enh. Dur.+1~20% Expand Notes: Any notes about the set

Enspells

So.. enspells are funny. God I really don't wanna lay out all this math right now lol...

Beginner Enspell Post-Rhapsodies of Vana'diel     Enh. Skill+138~147 Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~20% Enh. Duration+30% Pukulatmuj Befouled Crown Viti. Tabard +1 Viti. Gloves +1 Atrophy Tights +1 Leth. Houseaux +1 Melic Torque Mimir Earring Andoaa Earring Olympus Sash Ghostfyre Cape Augment: Enh. Skill+1~10 Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~20% Expand Notes: RDM99 with 0 in Enhancing Magic Skill has 404 skill when capped. This set should get you to either 542 or 551 overall skill. Stikini Rings aren't going to push you into the next tier of Enspell damage without at least 2 in Enh. Mag. Skill, so you can save your money for a little bit and fill open slots with ... (drum-roll) ... Damage Taken reduction gear! Mid-Tier Enspell Omen/Dynamis Progression     Enh. Skill+170~179 Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~20% Enh. Duration+35% Pukulatmuj +1 Forfend +1 Enh. Skill+10 Befouled Crown Viti. Tabard +2 Viti. Gloves +2 Atrophy Tights +2 Leth. Houseaux +2 Incanter's Torque Mimir Earring Andoaa Earring Stikini Ring Stikini Ring Olympus Sash Ghostfyre Cape Augment: Enh. Skill+1~10 Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~20% Expand Notes: 8/8 in Enhancing Magic Skill and Job Mastery will get you to 456 overall skill. This set should get you to 626~635 overall skill. A Stikini Ring +1 isn't going to push you into a higher tier, and at the exorbitant price on it, it's wholly unjustified to sink any gil into it at all at this point. High-Tier Enspell Sortie/Odyssey Progression     Enh. Skill+179~188 Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~20% Enh. Duration+40% Pukulatmuj +1 Forfend +1 Enh. Skill+10 Befouled Crown Viti. Tabard +3 Viti. Gloves +3 Atrophy Tights +3 Leth. Houseaux +3 Incanter's Torque Mimir Earring Andoaa Earring Stikini Ring +1 Olympus Sash Ghostfyre Cape Augment: Enh. Skill+1~10 Aug.Enh.Dur.+1~20% Expand Notes: At this point it's all about Master Levels and saving that precious gil for a 2nd Stikini Ring +1. A single one and this set should push you to 635~644 overall skill. From 644 skill you'll need ML6 to hit the next base-damage tier and every 8 ML after that per tier stalling out at ML46, where finally another 39,000,000~48,000,000 gil will get you that last single 1 point of enspell base damage. Knock yourself out...

Odin HTBF Weapons

This is not a comprehensive list, but should present a multitude of options outside of the meta Aern/Esikuva/Ceremonial daggers being used. Daggers are ideal for their significantly lower Delay, but not entirely necessary. I've always found this fight to be more enjoyable with others, but being able to Slowlo some of the grindy bits definitely helps progress along.

Expand Odin HTBF Daggers, Swords, Clubs
Weapon	Damage	Delay	Notes
Daggers
Hedron Dagger	DMG:1	Delay:150	Obtained from the Crystal Paradise Master Trial battlefield.
Aern Dagger	DMG:1	Delay:180	Obtained from the Absolute Virtue Campaign event.
Aern Dagger II	DMG:1	Delay:180	Obtained from the Absolute Virtue Campaign event.
Esikuva	DMG:1	Delay:180	Obtained from Synergy (Amateur) with the Norgish Dagger from the True Love (Battlefield) and Lion's Roar from A Fond Farewell (Battlefield).
Esoteric Athame	DMG:1	Delay:180	Obtained from Repeat Login Campaigns.
Ethereal Dagger	DMG:1	Delay:180	Obtained from the Dealer Moogle for Kupon W-Eth or Mog Kupon W-Eth.
Infiltrator	DMG:1	Delay:180	Obtained from A Fond Farewell (Battlefield).
Norgish Dagger	DMG:1	Delay:180	Obtained from A Fond Farewell (Battlefield).
Qutrub Knife	DMG:1	Delay:180	Obtained from Gorpa-Masorpa with an Ambuscade Voucher: Replica.
Ceremonial Dagger	DMG:1	Delay:183	Obtained from Magicked Bones in Inner Horutoto Ruins or purchased from the Auction House.
Swords
Ibushi Shinai	DMG:1	Delay:228	Obtained from the Feast of Swords special event.
Aern Sword	DMG:1	Delay:240	Obtained from the Absolute Virtue Campaign event.
Aern Sword II	DMG:1	Delay:240	Obtained from the Absolute Virtue Campaign event.
Blizzard Brand	DMG:1	Delay:240	Obtained from Repeat Login Campaigns.
Ethereal Sword	DMG:1	Delay:240	Obtained from the Dealer Moogle for Kupon W-Eth or Mog Kupon W-Eth.
Excalipoor	DMG:1	Delay:240	Obtained from Repeat Login Campaigns or from the Festive Moogle by trading in a Mog Pell (Green).
Extinction	DMG:1	Delay:240	Obtained during the Day of the Shadow Lord Event as a potential drop from the Shadow Lord in ★The Shadow Lord Battle HTBF.
Fermion Sword	DMG:1	Delay:240	Obtained from the Black And White Master Trial battlefield.
Firetongue	DMG:1	Delay:240	Obtained from Repeat Login Campaigns.
Kam'lanaut's Sword	DMG:1	Delay:240	Obtained during Jeuno, Back in the Spotlight special event as a potential drop from the ★Return to Delkfutt's Tower HTBF.
Nihility	DMG:1	Delay:240	Obtained during the Day of the Shadow Lord Event as a potential drop from the Shadow Lord in ★The Shadow Lord Battle HTBF.
Twinned Blade	DMG:1	Delay:240	Obtained as a reward for the completion of The Voracious Resurgence Mission 3-5.
Clubs
Apkallu Scepter	DMG:1	Delay:216	Obtained as a reward for the completion of The Voracious Resurgence Mission 5-5.
Dream Bell	DMG:1	Delay:216	Obtained from the Starlight Celebration seasonal event.
Tengu War Fan	DMG:1	Delay:216	Obtained from a cutscene at the end of The Voracious Resurgence Mission 6-3.
Thunder Hammer	DMG:1	Delay:216	Obtained from a cutscene at the end of The Voracious Resurgence Mission 6-3.
Burrower's Wand	DMG:1	Delay:264	Obtained by trading an A. Voucher: Replica to Gorpa-Masorpa in Mhaura.
Heartbeater	DMG:1	Delay:264	Obtained by trading a Mog Pell (Green) to any Festive Moogle.
Club Hammer	DMG:1	Delay:300	Obtained from Moblin Maze Mongers by spending 400 Maze Marbles in Chatnachoq's Souvenir Shop.

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ExpandOverlays-Self: Tier I Enspell Engaged Sets

DW Tier I w/o Merits Double Tap Zap!     Main Enspell Dmg.+19 Sub Enspell Dmg.+30 Haste+26% Accuracy+359~368 Mag.Acc.+300~309 Main sword enh. spell dmg.+400% Sub sword enh. spell dmg.+150% Vitiation Sword Path C: Sword enhancement spell damage+400% Pukulatmuj +1 Augment Sword enhancement spell damage+150% Sroda Tathlum Bunzi's Hat + "Store TP"+6~8 Acc. & Mag. Acc.+6~15 Quad. Attack+1~3% Malignance Tabard Aya. Manopolas +2 Malignance Tights Malignance Boots Anu Torque Lyc. Earring Telos Earring Hetairoi Ring Chirich Ring +1 Hachirin-no-Obi Sucellos's Cape Augment: DEX+20 Acc.+30 Atk.+20 DW+10 DT-5% Notes: The amount of Additional Effect damage that RDM can do is, simply put, outrageous. In cases where targets have high physical defense, heavy physical damage resistance, or are immune to physical damage altogether, enspell damage is a way around that entirely. The set above is listed without a few very pricey items for a few good reasons. They aren't needed to make effective and sufficient use of such mechanics. They are sometimes not only extravagant in outright cost, but sometimes in build cost too. (i.e. - the raw materials needed to make Crocea Mors as well as the amount of RP needed to gain effective output. The Orpheus's Sash can take literal months or years of accessing A.M.A.N. Trove or Nyzul Uncharted Campaigns to acquire.) If you want to go for that single extra point of Dual Wield you'll have to shift some gear around often compromising Defense or other stats to make it happen. DW +10 will get you where you need to be on attack speed without compromising too much else. Samnuha Tights are an option, albeit a pretty squishy one at that. I don't care to list them in this set because they dump too much Defense, Damage Taken, and Magic Evasion for my taste. Die-hard RDMs that don't opt for the Magnetic Earring from Apocalypse Nigh will probably go for the Hollow Earring over the Lycopodium Earring from Moblin Maze Mongers - Liquidation Team, which is just fine. DW Tier I w/ Merits Double Tap Zzap!     Main Enspell Dmg.+24~39 Sub Enspell Dmg.+34~50 Haste+22% Accuracy+338~347 Mag.Acc.+279~288 Main sword enh. spell dmg.+400% Sub sword enh. spell dmg.+150% Vitiation Sword Path C: Sword enhancement spell damage+400% Pukulatmuj +1 Augment Sword enhancement spell damage+150% Sroda Tathlum Bunzi's Hat + "Store TP"+6~8 Acc. & Mag. Acc.+6~15 Quad. Attack+1~3% Malignance Tabard Aya. Manopolas +2 Viti. Tights +2 Augments "Enspell Damage"+1 per Merit Malignance Boots Anu Torque Lyc. Earring Eabani Earring Hetairoi Ring Chirich Ring +1 Hachirin-no-Obi Sucellos's Cape Augment: DEX+20 Acc.+30 Atk.+20 DW+10 DT-5% Notes: Career and RDM-Only RDMs will also likely go for some accumulation into the "Enspell Damage" category, and as such will likely want to utilize the Viti. Tights +2 instead of Malignance Tights for the extra enspell base damage. I've thrown in the Eabani Earring from 100 pt. DI Rewards to cover some of the gap with the loss of Gear Haste in the Viti. Tights +1. You'll still need roughly ~17 DW to cap your attack speed with only Haste II. Single Wield Tier I Uh.. just one zap at a time!     Enspell Dmg.+19 Haste+26% Accuracy+329~338 Mag.Acc.+270~279 Main sword enh. spell dmg.+400% Vitiation Sword Path C: Sword enhancement spell damage+400% Sacro Bulwark Sroda Tathlum Bunzi's Hat + "Store TP"+6~8 Acc. & Mag. Acc.+6~15 Quad. Attack+1~3% Malignance Tabard Aya. Manopolas +2 Malignance Tights Malignance Boots Anu Torque Lyc. Earring Telos Earring Hetairoi Ring Chirich Ring +1 Hachirin-no-Obi Sucellos's Cape Augment: DEX+20 Acc.+30 Atk.+20 "Store TP"+10 DT-5% Notes: Exactly like the DW Tier I w/o Merits set, except replace your offhand with the Sacro Bulwark and the Dual Wield on your ambuscade cape with "Store TP". Odin HTBF To become as the Einherjar!     Enspell dmg.+19 Haste+26% Accuracy+314~323 Mag.Acc.+230~239 Attack+81~90 DEF+709 Infiltrator Esikuva Sroda Tathlum Bunzi's Hat + "Store TP"+6~8 Acc. & Mag. Acc.+6~15 Quad. Attack+1~3% Malignance Tabard Aya. Manopolas +2 Malignance Tights Malignance Boots Subtlety Spec. Lyc. Earring Odnowa Earring +1 DEF+30 DT-3% Chirich Ring +1 Chirich Ring +1 Hachirin-no-Obi Sucellos's Cape Augment: DEX+20 Acc.+30 Atk.+20 DW+10 DEF+50 Notes: Priorities: ZERO physical damage, HIGH Defense, Accuracy, and Magic Accuracy. The Orpheus's Sash is nice for this HTBF, but not strictly necessary. Without Cornelia or a BRD friendo to slap some additional Magic Haste on top of your 30% Haste II, it'll be a bit of a slower fight, but not undoable in the slightest. If you feel like it, you can cap your Attack Speed by throwing in +31 Dual Wield in the absence of additional haste beyond Haste II. The following will cover it with the +10 Dual Wield on your Ambuscade cape: Reiki Yotai: DW+7 (Path D) Carmine Cuisses +1: DW+6 Eabani Earring: DW+4 Suppanomimi: DW+5 There are also viable options in the Taeon Attire Set but at the cost of a moderate amount of Defense.

ExpandOverlays-Self: Tier II Enspell Engaged Sets

Single Wield Tier II Zap-Lite!     usually important stats Expand Notes: Any notes about the set Dual Wield Tier II Double Zap-Lite!     usually important stats Expand Notes: Any notes about the set

Enfeebling Magic Sets

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<Magic Accuracy talk>

MND Based Enfeebling

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Beginner MND Enfeebling Post-Rhapsodies of Vana'diel     Mag. Acc. +146~214 MND +211~239 Enf. Skill +92~107 Enf. Duration +10% Enf. Potency +10 Grioavolr Enfeebling Skill +1~16, MND +1~20, Mag. Accuracy +1~30 Clerisy Strap Hydrocera Viti. Chapeau +1 Atrophy Tabard +1 Leth. Gantherots Chironic Hose Mag. Accuracy +1~40, MND +1~10 Vitiation Boots +1 Sanctity Necklace Snotra Earring Vor Earring Vertigo Ring Metamorph Ring Porous Rope Sucellos's Cape MND +20, Mag. Accuracy +20, "Fast Cast" +10%, DT -5% Expand Notes: This is a solid starter build for MND-based Enfeebling Magic. Some of the items come from some places long lost to the knowledge of the ancients. Like the Vertigo Ring often overlooked, usually because people rush out to buy expensive Stikini Rings, and while they're definitely worth more than their weight in gil, I wouldn't want to have to tell you as a new RDM that you should feel obligated to run out and spend all of your Sparks of Eminence and Accolades gil bank-roll on them. You're going to need that gil when you start upgrading your Atrophy (AF) gear and your Vitiation (Relic) gear anyway. Some items are a bit of a tough get (See: Grioavolr) if you're trying to avoid Domain Invasion but as a newer RDM you're going to want to do plenty of it anyway. The staff is the only item from DI that will persist through your development until some significant progression is out of the way. That being said, there's so much great gear that you can get for absolutely free right from Domain Invasion points. While you can build 2 separate Ambuscade Capes for both MND-based and INT-based Enfeebling Magic, later on the Aurist's Cape +1 will come to replace BOTH of them. I recommend putting 20x Abdhaljs Thread into one stat and 10x Abdhaljs Dye into the other. (I personally chose to do 20 MND/10 INT because far more INT is available as you progress and a large portion of the time you'll be casting MND-based enfeebling spells.) Mid-Tier MND Enfeebling Omen/Dynamis Progression     MND+ Enfeeble Skill+ Enf. Duration+ Expand Notes: Any notes about the set High-Tier MND Enfeebling Sortie/Odyssey Progression     MND+ Enfeeble Skill+ Enf. Duration+ Expand Notes: Any notes about the set

INT Based Enfeebling

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Beginner INT Enfeebling Post-Rhapsodies of Vana'diel     Mag. Acc. +146~214 INT +200~228 Enf. Skill +92~107 Enf. Duration +10% Enf. Potency +10 Grioavolr Enfeebling Skill +1~16, INT +1~20, Mag. Accuracy +1~30 Clerisy Strap Ombre Tathlum +1 Viti. Chapeau +1 Atrophy Tabard +1 Leth. Gantherots Chironic Hose Mag. Accuracy +1~40, INT +1~10 Vitiation Boots +1 Sanctity Necklace Snotra Earring Vor Earring Vertigo Ring Metamorph Ring Porous Rope Sucellos's Cape INT +10, Mag. Accuracy +20, "Fast Cast" +10%, DT -5% Expand Notes: Take a look at the Beginner MND Enfeeble set notes. The notes for this set fall along the same premise. Mid-Tier Above Set     usually important stats Expand Notes: Any notes about the set High-Tier Above Set     usually important stats Expand Notes: Any notes about the set

Skill Based Enfeebling

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Beginner Skill-Based Enfeebling Post-Rhapsodies of Vana'diel     Mag. Acc. +138~206 MND +208~236 INT +157~185 Enf. Skill +124~139 Enf. Duration +10% Enf. Potency +10 Grioavolr Enf. Skill +1~16, MND +1~20, INT +1~20, Mag. Acc. +1~30 Mephitis Grip Hydrocera Viti. Chapeau +1 Atrophy Tabard +1 Leth. Gantherots Chironic Hose Mag. Accuracy +1~40, MND +1~10, INT +1~10 Vitiation Boots +1 Henic Torque Snotra Earring Vor Earring Stikini Ring Stikini Ring Rumination Sash Sucellos's Cape MND +20, INT +10, Mag. Accuracy +20, "Fast Cast" +10%, DT -5% Expand Notes: Again, like the Beginner MND Enfeebling set, this one follows largely the same layout. The biggest difference is going to be the Stikini Rings which are pretty pricy. If you can, start with one of them and work your way toward a 2nd. There's no reason to break the bank for any of this stuff. Remember, you still have Atrophy (AF) gear and Vitiation (Relic) gear to upgrade. They can be very pricy, so save your cheddar for making that process less painful. Mid-Tier Above Set     usually important stats Expand Notes: Any notes about the set High-Tier Above Set     usually important stats Expand Notes: Any notes about the set

ExpandOverlays: Magic Accuracy+, Potency+, Duration+

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Elemental Magic Sets

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<Magic Damage talk>

Free Nuke

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Magic Burst

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ExpandOverlays: Impact, Impact MB, Seidr

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Drain/Aspir Sets

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<Aspir Set because drain is lol>

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