Blue Mage DPS Gear and Best in Slot - Endwalker 6.45 (2024)

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In previous tiers we preferred SpS/Det or Crit/Det. However, our newPhantasmal job gear actually has items with both SpS and Crit, so we canexperiment with a hybrid set! We're still doing some math to figure out what isthe actual highest potential DPS, but for now the best option is to go Crit/SpSto more comfortably fit the Moon Flute opener and do solid damage. Healers/tankswill still prefer SpS/Det slightly, but either Crit/SpS or SpS/Det are stillgreat for playing all three roles.

This information is from when our level cap was 70. These sets are stillhere if you want them, but it will be best to use gear above level 70 that syncsdown to max substats. The level 60 gear section will later be changed to ageneric "synced gear" section that will cover all the bases.

As discussed on the stats page, Blue Mage is extremely flexible and benefitspretty well from all DPS substats. The difference between a random assortment ofmax item level gear and BiS is only about 5%, since most of the optimizationactually comes from playing well and being able to execute a properMoon Flute opener. That being said,the actual difference in playstyles between the BiS sets is slightly differentso it's up to you to pick which style you prefer.

A decent portion of Blue Mage's damage comes from powerful damage-over-time(DOT) effects such as Nightbloom and Song of Torment which benefit from Spell Speed. Additionally,having Spell Speed makes it much easier to pull off the Moon Flute opener (itcan actually be done without Swiftcast!). Spell Speed is going to be generallymore consistent DPS, though it has a lower ceiling (about .7% lower thanCritical Hit). Additionally, if you intend to play as a tank or healer the extraSpell Speed makes it feel much smoother. This is the set that Ipersonally prefer.

This set will have the highest Spell Speed while sacrificing the leastIntelligence. The Elemental Casting gear is a long grind if you haven'tdone Eureka before, so I wouldn't recommend going for it unless you really wantto. It used to be the case that the lower Vitality on this set made O12S riskyin groups aiming to use Revenge Blast, but with newer foodthis is no longer true.

If you still want to use a Spell Speed set, but don't want to do the Eurekagrind, you can use this set. It is worth noting that for DPS it will be lessthan the Eureka set (by about 5%, which is the same as when we use a randomassortment of gear), but if playing tank or healer you won't notice areal difference.

This set has a higher DPS ceiling (about .7%) depending on how many criticalhits you actually land. Using this set will make the Moon Flute opener a littlebit more difficult to pull off, but if you like seeing big numbers this is theset for you.

If you're working on the Morbol mount the gearing is even easier! Since wehave access to gear over level 60, we can now get gear that syncs down tomaximum substats at level 60. Since we're syncing down, materia doesn't matterfor these items. However, that means we need to use a level 60 weapon inorder to use its materia. You will want to pick up an Incendiario for the level60 content and meld it with whichever stat you're optimizing for.

If you're attempting to do something like the Morbol mount on a free trialaccount, your options are more limited. The old level 60 gearsets can still beused. I strongly recommend not playing as DPS as a free trial player since youwill be missing so much of your DPS kit.

• Crit/DH (DPS)
• SpS/Det (Tank/Healer)