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.

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

Roles & Functions
Communicator	Talk about communication and being proactive.
Enfeebler/Crowd-Controller	Talk about enfeebling and crowd-control work.
Enhancer	Talk about the role of RDM in specific functions both on the back line and front lines. Tank Support Mage Support DPS Support
Healer/Healing Support	Talk about healing as a backup healer and sometimes as a main healer. Backup Healing Support Primary Healing Support
Nuker	Talk about optimizing magic damage output.
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. Talk about RDMs role in a DPS environment.

Abilities and Traits

Job Traits
Lvl.	Name	Notes
10 30 50 70 81	Resist Petrify Resist Petrify II Resist Petrify III Resist Petrify IV Resist Petrify V	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 Fast Cast II Fast Cast III Fast Cast IV Fast Cast V Fast Cast VI Fast Cast VII Fast Cast VIII Fast Cast IX	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 Magic Attack Bonus II Magic Attack Bonus III	Improves power of magic spells.
25 45 96	Magic Defense Bonus Magic Defense Bonus II Magic Defense Bonus III	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	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 Magic Burst Bonus II	Improves magic burst damage. Starting at 5% at level 85 and raising to 7% at level 95.
87 97	Shield Mastery I Shield Mastery II	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.

Job 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 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

Merit Point Recommendations
Group 1
	Description	Recommendation	Notes
Convert Recast	Shorten recast time by 20 seconds.	0/5	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.
Fire Magic Accuracy	Increase the accuracy of Fire spells by 3.	1~5/5	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.	1~5/5	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
Wind Magic Accuracy	Increase the accuracy of Wind spells by 3.	1~5/5	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
Earth Magic Accuracy	Increase the accuracy of Earth spells by 3.	1~5/5	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.	0/5	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!
Water Magic Accuracy	Increase the accuracy of Water spells by 3.	0/5	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!
Group 2
Enfeebling Magic Duration	Increases enfeebling magic duration by 6 seconds.	5*/5	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.	5*/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.	0/5	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.
Immunobreak Chance	Increases chance of immunobreak occurring by 3%.	5*/5	The only reason there is a caveat to this is the fact that 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.	5*/5	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.	0/5	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.

Job Point Progression
Priority		Description	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

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)

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)

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

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.

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

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

Blue Mage

The only merit to this support job that I can even think of is the use of Cocoon and AoE Blue Magic utilized for enmity gain. I would NOT recommend this job as a means of turning Red Mage into some kind of quasi-BLU nuker or crowd controller. Switching to /DNC or /NIN support jobs will cover any moderate to heavy AoE damage you need to do through Aeolian Edge, and /SCH should provide more than enough tools for crowd control. As it stands, there are those that would still want to, so I wouldn't even dream of trying to ruin their fun. They've got it handled. Even I could find uses for AoE tanking, but PLD and RUN just do it better. Recommendation: MINIMAL PSA: Please don't do this. Abilities: Burst Affinity Chain Affinity Traits: While there are limited traits available to you as a support job, there are still far too many combinations to go through them all here. Go here. Spells: Additionally, I won't list all of the spells available to you here, there are far too many. Go here. Master Level Abilities None Available Master Level Traits Increase in Blue Magic Points available to 35 and number of settable Blue Magic Spells to 16. (Master Level 10) Master Level Spells Ice Break, Self-Destruct, Frightful Roar (Master Level 5) Cold Wave, Filamented Hold (Master Level 15) Hecatomb Wave, Radiant Breath (Master Level 25) Feather Barrier (Master Level 35) Light of Penance, Flying Hip Press, Magic Fruit (Master Level 45)

Equipment

<Write about gear here, Template:Equipment Set> <Beginner vs. Mid-Tier vs. High-Tier Progression>

Fast Cast Sets

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<Talk about Fast Cast and Quick Magic here>

Fast Cast Progression

Beginner Fast Cast Post-Rhapsodies of Vana'diel     "Fast Cast" +54 Damage Taken -22% Egeking Acc +50, MAcc +50, "Fast Cast" +8% Chanter's Shield Sapience Orb Atro. Chapeau +1 Viti. Tabard +1 Aya. Cosciales +1 Loquac. Earring Malignance Earring Ayanmo Ring Defending Ring Embla Sash Sucellos's Cape "Fast Cast" +10%, Damage Taken -5% 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. Mid-Tier Fast Cast Omen/Dynamis Progression     “Fast Cast” +42 Atro. Chapeau +2 Viti. Tabard +2 Malignance Earring Sucellos's Cape "Fast Cast" +10%, Damage Taken -5% 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. 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     usually important stats Notes: Any notes about the set

Alternate Sets

No Gearswap FC/Idle No Gearswap, No Problem!     usually important stats Notes: Any notes about the set

Healing Magic Sets

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<Cure Potency, Cure Power, Healing Skill, and You>

Cure Set Progression

Beginner Curing Post-Rhapsodies of Vana'diel     "Cure" Potency +54% "Cure" Potency II +1% Healing Skill +77 MND +199 DT -22% Nibiru Cudgel Path A: MND +10, MAcc +15, "Cure Potency" +15% Sors Shield Hydrocera Vanya Hood Path C: MND +10, SIRD -15%, Conserve MP +6 Ayanmo Corazza +1 Aya. Manopolas +1 Atrophy Tights +1 Vanya Clogs Path B: Healing Skill +20, "Cure" casting time -7%, MDT -3% Henic Torque Meili Earring Beatific Earring Naji's Loop Defending Ring Bishop's Sash Sucellos's Cape MND +30, MAcc+20/MEva+20, "Fast Cast" +10%, DT -5% Notes: Looking to start 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. As usual, Damage Taken Reduction pieces are ideal in open slots. Mid-Tier Curing Omen/Dynamis Progression     usually important stats Notes: Any notes about the set High-Tier Curing Sortie/Odyssey Progression     usually important stats Notes: Any notes about the set

Status Cure Set Progression

Beginner Status Cures Post-Rhapsodies of Vana'diel     Healing Skill +133 Damage Taken -15% Phys. Dmg. Taken -10% 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 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     usually important stats Notes: Any notes about the set High-Tier Status Cures Sortie/Odyssey Progression     usually important stats Notes: Any notes about the set

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: 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) × (Gear that increases Duration+η%) × (Composure Duration Bonus)
• 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% (in this example we'll be using the Leth. Houseaux +1 for their Enhancing Magic Duration +30%) by the triple Composure bonus to get:
  • (cDur) = 150 (sec) × (1 + 0.30) × (3.0) = 585 (sec) or 9m45sec.

Enhancing Magic Set Progression

Beginner Enhancing Post-Rhapsodies of Vana'diel     Enh. Duration +92~95% Enh. Skill +57 Damage Taken -24% Phys. Dmg. Taken -10% Colada Enh. Duration +1~4% Genmei Shield Staunch Tathlum Telchine Cap SIRD -10, Enh. Duration +10% Telchine Chas. SIRD -10, Enh. Duration +10% Atrophy Gloves +1 Aya. Cosciales +1 Leth. Houseaux Loricate Torque Mimir Earring Andoaa Earring Ayanmo Ring Defending Ring Embla Sash Ghostfyre Cape Enh. Skill +10, Enh. Duration +20% 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     Enh. Duration +115~137% Enh. Skill +67 Damage Taken -17% Phys. Dmg. Taken -7% Mag. Dmg. Taken +1% Colada Enh. Duration +1~4% Ammurapi Shield Staunch Tathlum Telchine Cap SIRD -10, Enh. Duration +10% Telchine Chas. SIRD -10, Enh. Duration +10% Atrophy Gloves +2 Aya. Cosciales +2 Leth. Houseaux +2 Dls. Torque +1 Enh. Duration +1~20% Mimir Earring Andoaa Earring Gelatinous Ring +1 Defending Ring Embla Sash Ghostfyre Cape Enh. Skill +10, Enh. Duration +20% Notes: Any notes about the set High-Tier Enhancing Sortie/Odyssey Progression     usually important stats Notes: Any notes about the set

Overlays: Duration+, Skill+

Duration+ New Longer Lasting Freshness!     Enhancing Duration +X% Notes: Any notes about the set Skill+ Sky's The Limit     Enhancing Skill +X Notes: Any notes about the set

Refresh-Self

Beginner Refresh-Self Post-Rhapsodies of Vana'diel     Refresh Potency +1~3 Comp. Dur. +456~465% Colada Enh. Duration +1~4% Amalric Coif +1 Telchine Chas. Enh. Duration +10% Atrophy Gloves +1 Leth. Fuseau Leth. Houseaux 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 13 min refresh duration. Your potencies will be: Refresh: Max 6 MP/Tick for around 2,004~2,046 MP Refresh II: Max 9 MP/Tick for around 3,006~3,069 MP 1200 Refresh III: Max 12 MP/Tick for around 4,008~4,092 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. Mid-Tier Refresh Self Omen/Dynamis Progression     Refresh +X Enh. Duration +X% Notes: <set notes here> High-Tier Refresh Self Sortie/Odyssey Progression     Refresh +X Enh. Duration +X% Notes: <set notes here>

Overlays-Self: 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.

Aquaveil Self Be like water...     Aquaveil +1~6 Colada Enh. Duration +1~4% Amalric Coif +1 Telchine Chas. Enh. Duration +10% Regal Cuffs Shedir Seraweels Leth. Houseaux Dls. Torque +1 Enh. Duration +1~20% Lethargy Earring Emphatikos Rope Ghostfyre Cape Enh. Duration +20% Notes: Aquaveil-Self Notes. Stoneskin Self ...the sun upon my skin ...hard against the wind ...I see myself again     Stoneskin +125 Comp. Duration +X% Colada Enh. Duration +1~4% Telchine Cap Enh. Duration +10% Telchine Chas. Enh. Duration +10% Stone Mufflers Shedir Seraweels Leth. Houseaux Nodens Gorget Earthcry Earring Lethargy Earring Siegel Sash Ghostfyre Cape Enh. Duration +20% Notes: Stoneskin self notes. Barspells Self The SPF10 of Barspells     Enh. Skill +90 Comp. Duration +576~585% Ele. Barspells +15 Befouled Crown Viti. Tabard +1 Viti. Gloves +1 Shedir Seraweels Mimir Earring Lethargy Earring Ghostfyre Cape Enh. Skill +10, Enh. Duration +20% Notes: Again, RDM only needs +80 skill to hit the Bar-elemental (R) cap of +150 with 8 in Enhacing Magic Skill. I put the Befouled Crown in this set to show how it fits in some particular sets, we'll be seeing more of it later. 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.

Overlays-Others: Refresh, Aquaveil, Stoneskin, Barspells

Refresh-Others Solar powered what now?     Refresh +1~3 Comp. Dur. +216~242% Colada Enh. Duration +1~4% Amalric Coif +1 Lethargy Sayon Atrophy Gloves +1 Leth. Fuseau Leth. Houseaux Dls. Torque +1 Enh. Duration +1~20% Lethargy Earring Embla Sash Ghostfyre Cape Enh. Duration +20% Notes: Utilize the Lethargy Armor Set for casting on others and maximize Enhancing Magic Duration. Refresh: Base 4~6 MP/tick for 367~411 seconds for Max 822 MP Refresh II: 7~9 MP/tick for 367~411 seconds for Max 1,233 MP 1200+ Refresh III: 10~12 MP/tick for 367~411 seconds for Max 1,644 MP Again, Amalric Coif is just fine but potency of Refresh will drop by -1MP/tick. Aquaveil-Others Verve's Little Brother     Aquaveil +1~6 Colada Enh. Duration +1~4% Amalric Coif +1 Lethargy Sayon Regal Cuffs Shedir Seraweels Leth. Houseaux Dls. Torque +1 Enh. Duration +1~20% Lethargy Earring Emphatikos Rope Ghostfyre Cape Enh. Duration +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. Stoneskin-Others Sticks and Stones ...mostly stones.     Stoneskin +125 Colada Enh. Duration +1~4% Lethargy Chappel Lethargy Sayon Stone Mufflers Shedir Seraweels Leth. Houseaux Nodens Gorget Earthcry Earring Lethargy Earring Siegel Sash Ghostfyre Cape Enh. Duration +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.

Barspells There's an App for that!     Enhancing Skill +80 Enh. Duration +91% Ele. Barspells +15 Pukulatmuj Lethargy Sayon Atrophy Gloves +1 Shedir Seraweels Leth. Houseaux Melic Torque Mimir Earring Andoaa Earring Embla Sash Ghostfyre Cape Enh. Skill +10, Enh. Duration +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 = 16+ mins (for others); 29+ mins (for self)

Composure Buffs on Others

Beginner Buff Others Post-Rhapsodies of Vana'diel     Enh. Duration +104~107% Enh. Skill +60 DT -12% PDT -10% Colada Enh. Duration +1~4% Genmei Shield Staunch Tathlum Lethargy Chappel Lethargy Sayon Atrophy Gloves +1 Leth. Fuseau Leth. Houseaux Melic Torque Mimir Earring Andoaa Earring Stikini Ring Defending Ring Embla Sash Ghostfyre Cape Enh. Skill +10, Enh. Duration +20% Notes: Early on this is a dangerous set! While it confers a 110% Enh. Duration bonus to targets of enh. magic other than the player, it is paper thin and will drop the player significantly below iLevel 119. I would strongly recommend if you are at this point, taking time to stop and gather some friends to either clear/farm Vagary or do the Alternative Battlefields to upgrade this set to i119. Mid-Tier Buff Others Omen/Dynamis Progression     Enh. Duration +130~152% Enh. Skill +60 DT -34% Colada Enh. Duration +1~4% Ammurapi Shield Staunch Tathlum Leth. Chappel +2 Lethargy Sayon +2 Atrophy Gloves +2 Leth. Fuseau +2 Leth. Houseaux +2 Dls. Torque +1 Enh. Duration +1~20% Mimir Earring Andoaa Earring Stikini Ring Defending Ring Embla Sash Ghostfyre Cape Enh. Skill +10, Enh. Duration +20% 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 from 119 and you even get and extra 22% Damage Taken. High-Tier Buff Others Sortie/Odyssey Progression     Enh. Duration +137~164% Enh. Skill +68 DT -37% Colada Enh. Duration +1~4% Ammurapi Shield Staunch Tathlum +1 Leth. Chappel +3 Lethargy Sayon +3 Atrophy Gloves +3 Leth. Fuseau +3 Leth. Houseaux +3 Dls. Torque +2 Enh. Duration +1~25% Mimir Earring Andoaa Earring Stikini Ring +1 Defending Ring Embla Sash Ghostfyre Cape Enh. Skill +10, Enh. Duration +20% Notes: Lethargy Earring of any rarity over Andoaa Earring if you have enough skill.

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     Enh. Duration +30% Enhancing Skill +45 Phalanx +17 Egeking Staunch Tathlum Taeon Chapeau Phalanx +3 Taeon Tabard Phalanx +3 Taeon Gloves Phalanx +3 Taeon Tights Phalanx +3 Taeon Boots Phalanx +3 Melic Torque Mimir Earring Andoaa Earring Stikini Ring Stikini Ring Embla Sash Ghostfyre Cape Enh. Skill +10, Enh. Duration +20% 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 2 Stikini Rings, they won't help you hit 500 skill until you're at ≥1805 anyway. Mid-Tier Phalanx Omen/Dynamis Progression     Enh. Duration +48% Enhancing Skill +45 Phalanx +20~30 DT -23% PDT -5% SIRD -310/1024 Sakpata's Sword R0 Ammurapi Shield 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 Warden's Ring Defending Ring Embla Sash Ghostfyre Cape Enh. Skill +10, Enh. Duration +20% 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 land a Phalanx+3, you can keep using your Taeon. The Chironic Gloves have Enhancing Magic Skill which helps reach the 500 for the -35 dmg. reduction. Then feel free to layer in duration. As for why I put the Merlinic pieces, 3 of them have Fast Cast which helps with your recast. It really isn’t something that matters to you as you shouldn’t be recasting quickly on yourself 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). Set Name in Banner Above Set     usually important stats Notes: Any notes about the set

Phalanx II

Beginner Phalanx II Post-Rhapsodies of Vana'diel     Enhancing Skill +80 Enh. Duration +90% Pukulatmuj Lethargy Chappel Lethargy Sayon Viti. Gloves +1 Leth. Fuseau Leth. Houseaux Melic Torque Mimir Earring Andoaa Earring Stikini Ring Embla Sash Ghostfyre Cape Enhancing Skill +10, Enh. Duration +20% Notes: With capped in Enhancing Magic Skill and 0 , a 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 Lethargy Earring and a little extra gil, you can certainly drop the Andoaa Earring for an additional Stikini Ring and add roughly 3~4 ticks to your Phalanx duration on others, but as-is this set should suffice and starts you off with just a little more than 5.5 minutes duration. Mid-Tier Phalanx II Omen/Dynamis Progression     usually important stats 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 Enhancing Skill +10, Enh. Duration +20% Notes: Any notes about the set High-Tier Phalanx II Sortie/Odyssey Progression     usually important stats 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...

Enspell Midcast Sets

Beginner Enspell Post-Rhapsodies of Vana'diel     Zap! Notes: Silly notes about how Orpheus's Sash isn't going to save you this time! Mid-Tier Enspell Omen/Dynamis Progression     usually important stats Notes: Any notes about the set High-Tier Enspell Sortie/Odyssey Progression     usually important stats Notes: Any notes about the set

Enspell Tier I Engaged Sets

Single Wield Tier I Single Zap!     usually important stats Notes: Any notes about the set Dual Wield Tier I Double Zap!     usually important stats Notes: Any notes about the set Odin BCNM To become as the Einherjar!     usually important stats Notes: Any notes about the set

Enspell Tier II Engaged Sets

Single Wield Tier II Zap-Lite!     usually important stats Notes: Any notes about the set Dual Wield Tier II Double Zap-Lite!     usually important stats 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% 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+ Notes: Any notes about the set High-Tier MND Enfeebling Sortie/Odyssey Progression     MND+ Enfeeble Skill+ Enf. Duration+ 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% Notes: Take a look at the Beginner MND Enfeeble set notes. The notes for this set fall along the same premise. Set Name in Banner Above Set     usually important stats Notes: Any notes about the set Set Name in Banner Above Set     usually important stats 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% 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. Set Name in Banner Above Set     usually important stats Notes: Any notes about the set Set Name in Banner Above Set     usually important stats Notes: Any notes about the set

Magic Accuracy+, Potency+, Duration+

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Elemental Magic Sets

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<Magic Damage talk>

Free Nuke

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Impact

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Magic Burst

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Drain/Aspir Sets

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<Aspir Set because drain is lol>

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