This page will show you all the Openers, and Rotations for Black Mage in patch 6.05 in Endwalker.

Fire III Opener¶

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Black Mage Fire III Opener

Steps¶

1. Precast Sharpcast before the fight at about -12 seconds.
2. Precast Fire III before the fight at about -3 seconds.
3. Cast Thunder III .
4. Weave Triplecast .
5. Cast Fire IV .
6. Use Tincture of Intelligence .
7. Cast Fire IV for the second time.
8. Weave in Amplifier and Ley Lines .
9. Cast Fire IV for the third time.
10. Weave in Swiftcast .
11. Cast Fire IV for the fourth time.
12. Weave Triplecast for the second time.
13. Cast Despair .
14. Weave in Manafont .
15. Cast Fire IV for the fifth time.
16. Weave in Sharpcast .
17. Cast Despair for the second time.
18. Cast Blizzard III .
19. Cast Xenoglossy .
20. Cast Paradox .
21. Cast Blizzard IV .
22. Finish with Thunder III .

Black Mage Level 90 Rotation¶

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Black Mage Single Rotation.

Steps¶

1. Cast Blizzard III . (Umbral Ice Phase)
2. Cast Blizzard IV . (Umbral Ice Phase)
3. Cast Paradox . (Umbral Ice Phase)
4. Cast Fire III . (Astral Fire Phase)
5. Cast Fire IV . (Astral Fire Phase)
6. Cast Fire IV . (Astral Fire Phase)
7. Cast Fire IV . (Astral Fire Phase)
8. Cast Paradox . (Astral Fire Phase)
9. Cast Fire IV . (Astral Fire Phase)
10. Cast Fire IV . (Astral Fire Phase)
11. Cast Fire IV . (Astral Fire Phase)
12. Cast Depsair . (Astral Fire Phase)

Keep the Thunder III DoT up at all times, if you don’t have a proc, hardcast it after the DoT has ran out otherwise use the proc just before it runs out. Xenoglossy should be weaved in throughout the rotation making sure you don’t cap your Polygot . All your other OGCDs should be weaved in off cooldown or when the situation is needed, like Triplecast/Swiftcast / for momement intensive parts of a battle, Amplifier for an extra Polygot charge, and Ley Lines can be used on cooldown. For Sharpcast , use it to proc either a Thundercloud or Firestarter , and should ideally be used with either Thunder III or Despair .

Black Mage Level 90 AoE Rotation¶

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Black Mage AoE Rotation.

Basic Rotation Steps¶

1. Cast High Blizzard II .
2. Cast Freeze .
3. Cast Thunder IV .
4. Cast High Fire II .
5. Cast High Fire II .
6. Cast High Fire II .
7. Cast Flare .
8. Cast Flare .

Rotation with Cooldowns Steps¶

1. Cast High Blizzard II .
2. Cast Freeze .
3. Cast Thunder IV .
4. Cast High Fire II .
5. Weave in Triplecast .
6. Cast High Fire II .
7. Weave in Swiftcast .
8. Cast Flare .
9. Cast Flare .
10. Weave in Manafont .
11. Cast Flare .
12. Optional, Use a Max-Ether (or any Ether that give 800+ MP).
13. Cast Flare .

The Basic rotation is what you would use normally on trash packs in dungeons where the Cooldown rotation would be used on the harder dungeon packs or groups of adds in the harder fights. As always, cast your OGCD’s whenever they’re available. You can use Foul in movement intensive fights or in general as it’s a strong spell.