The Beast Within -- A Guide To Blue Mage

r15 all the things!

No, dINT is the difference between the targets and the caster INT. The 80% is just a straight up modifier (like on a magic WS).

What is everyones avg dmg on puks/dragon camp lately? my spectral has gone from like 22k 23k avg to like... 7.5 and im not sure why, same thing with tenebral, and my gear hasnt changed, i cant seem to one shot them anymore.

Make sure it's actually swapping because that sounds like your GS is screwed up.

I had this issue once and was because of the addon FastFollow.

ill try disabling that

There is a fix for it if that happens to be the case but you still would like to use the addon.

Edit: Here's the fixes I could find-

Can add this to your Init.txt in the Windower/Scripts folder
If that doesn't work for you, can try editing the actual Fastfollow.lua file by changing the pausedelay to 0 as a default.

sure enough is was Fastfollow, PSA to blus who use this addon, it messes up the midcast set, so you are basicaly casting in fc gear

Bunzi's Rod is by far new bis for nukes.
Replaces Kaja rod in sub hand (its still better than Maxentius too, but Maxentius has bonuses to burst when main handed).

+16 magic damage
+17 MAB (+32MAB with R15 augment)
+5 INT/MND
+5 Macc
+10 Magic Burst Damage

Good to know, I can just store the kaja and replace it with the new one. Ill leave max in main hand for black halo+

since the unm updates appears to be after the gearsets can i have a confirmation that metamorph+1 ring beats out shiva+1 for nuking ?

Thank you

There are some testing numbers on pg. 382 of this thread looks like, Stamos posted some info.

But yes, it beats out shiva.

Stupid question but it's the first time i got a quadruple attack augment and i don't know how to make the dps sheet works...
I just got quadruple +3 on herculean feet. Is it better than TA+4?

Unless the build has enough triple attack damage plus (heteroi ring etc) and/or accuracty and/or attack and/or enough QA to diminish it vs TA

Just in a stat vs stat, Short answer, yes

What are peoples thoughts on Gletti and Alamce? Does the mixture of PDL and Crit make it worthwhile? I was messing around earlier but wasn’t at attack cap and without making use of the PDL it didn’t impress me much.

Try it with attack cap

I was asking to see if someone already had as I don’t play Blu very often anymore.

Well base crit 5
Merits 5
Gleti set 30
Cape 10
Odr 10
1k tp 15

Looking at something like 75% crit
And the PDL would transfer to every hit as opposed to the chance of extra crit dmg from day adhemar bonnet

The biggest feel bad is the non existent multi hit on the gear.

But can use epona as usual for 3 da 3 ta

Can swap your back to a DA cape for 10

Mache earring has 2 DA or could drop it for brutals 5

If we’re actually able to augment the body to r30 then that’s 10 da

So attack cap have the huge PDL that blu lacks on anything else as well as the potential for up to around: 25-28 DA (plus war sub ofc)
And some mild TA. Then one would assume you’d be using Zantetsuken from Odin with the 3 quad :D

Of course this isn’t taking into account ***like dDex or the enemy having like crit evasion/defense or whatever.


In short it would be better than the normal cdc set given that you’re at that attack cap

Edit: Also I forgot the crit on jse neck +2 so yeah I’d probably personally drop the crit on cape in favor of the DA for sure.

anyone tried - attack down - from Scouring Spate if it lands consistently on higher level mobs? wave3 bosses? same goes for acc down.

it does, is very nice if you dont have a drk to attack down really noticeable on the wave 2 orc boss, most wave 3 mobs dont live long enough for it to matter will work on the wave 3 bosses, but only a few times

Edit: Wrong Thread

Brain farted when I seen beast within

Misc Question: What kind of spell would Sinker Drill be classified under? I know its Physical, but is it a Physical Ranged Attack? Or Physical Melee. Assuming Ranged. If that is the case, would Ranged Attack be used for it or does Attack affect said spells like that?

5 hit physical piercing dmg. Attack boosts it


I don’t believe any blu spells are considered ranged attacks in terms of like a bow or gun

feather storm might, it use to have this issue with using ranged acc instead of melee, also might wanna look at glut. dart.
sadly short of self testing will be hard to find out, there are some blu spells that are for instance hand to hand blunt and some staff type blunt, but its no longer really listed anywhere anymore.

I tested all the spells marked as ranged on BG wiki on Holey Horror, who should only take damage from melee piercing damage and not ranged attacks. I also threw in a couple more ranged physical spells.

Queasyshroom
Feather Storm
Pinecone Bomb
Glutinous Dart
Cannonball (blunt damage so this wouldn't really tell me anything)

Holey took damage on all attacks, leading me to believe that they count as melee piercing damage.

Has anyone done any testing on Tiz R15/Expi with Gleti's?

Specifically thinking about the Head/Feet in the Expi set...assuming "normal" (STR15/Acc/Atk/WSD4) Herc Head/feet.

Using my herc pieces as comparison...

Head:
Herc - STR36 WSD4 Acc15 Atk29
Gleti's - STR33 Acc40 Atk 40 PDL6

Feet:
Herc - STR29 WSD4 Acc10 Atk25
Gleti's - STR28 Acc40 Atk40 PDL5


I am thinking at attack cap Gleti's may be a worthwhile swap?


AF Body/Jhakri Hands/Relic Legs just too good to replace.

At attack cap your math looks sound.

The att/acc also helps. I'll spend more time on this later but I think you are correct for a lot of BLU situations. (low/mid tier and super buffed)

You would be surprised..

Generally speaking I think all Gleti's pieces win or almost win individually, but diminishing returns starts to kick in when you equip few pieces, while at the same time diminishing returns for WSD is getting lower.

After equipping Gleti's head and feet, changing whatever other main slot to Gleti's is still a gain. Highest being Gleti's legs. After that Gleti's hands still give super marginal gain and R0 body is loosing to AF+3. If body is R20 tho, it gives super marginal gain too (minimally higher than legs too, before equipping legs).

Because of additional requirement of being attack capped I wouldnt equip more than 3 Gleti's pieces. Head and Feet are probably the best first 2 because they usually add acc/att. I personally use Gleti's legs, body and feet tho, because I have 10%WSD head.