Aerial Blast (Final Fantasy XIV)

Aerial Blast
(エリアルブラスト, Eriaruburasuto?, lit. Aerial Blast)
Icon(s)
Availability
Required	Garuda-Egi Summoner 50
Classification
Type	Ability
Skillset	Pet action
Effect	Deals damage to target and nearby enemies
Element	Wind
Specifications
Cast time	Instant
Range	25 yalms
Area of effect	5-yalm radius
Potency	350

Aerial Blast is a pet ability from Final Fantasy XIV used by the Summoner's Garuda-Egi when commanded by Enkindle, dealing heavy area of effect damage.

Mechanics

	Aerial Blast Garuda-Egi	Ability Pet action
Effects	Executed when commanded by Enkindle Deals magic wind damage to target and nearby enemies
Traits	Hidden trait that reduces pet damage by 20% Maim and Mend II: Increases pet damage by 30%
Interactions	Devotion: Increases damage dealt by 5% for duration
Base damage formula: $Damage = \lfloor 350 * f(Intelligence_{DMG}) * f(Determination) \rfloor * f(Magic Damage) \rfloor * 0.8 \rfloor * 1.3 \rfloor$

Use

Aerial Blast is Garuda-Egi's Enkindle action, dealing heavy area of effect (AoE) to the target and nearby enemies. While it has the lowest potency of all the Enkindles, its ease of use allows it to remain arguably the best to use in AoE encounters, as Ifrit-Egi's Inferno suffers from a small AoE and Earthen Fury is held back by Titan-Egi's low overall DPS. Aerial Blast boasts the same AoE as Earthen Fury while dealing all of its damage in a single hit rather than over time, providing it with superior burst damage and greater damage overall when combined with Garuda-Egi's high AoE DPS.

Patch history

Version	Changes
A Realm Reborn	Added with 250 potency. Level 24 trait Enhanced Pet Actions gave a Aerial Blast a 20% of granting Spell Speed Up whenever it dealt critical damage, increasing spell speed by 20% for 8 seconds.
Stormblood	Enhanced Pet Actions removed. Level 62 trait Ruin Mastery added, which gave Aerial Blast a 15% chance to grant Further Ruin, upgrading Ruin and Ruin III to Ruin IV. Summon no longer available in PvP, and by extension Garuda-Egi and Aerial Blast
Patch 4.1	Ruin Mastery effect changed, no longer interacts with Aerial Blast.; replaced with Enhanced Ruin II, which now upgraded Ruin II to Ruin IV, rather than Ruin and Ruin III.
Shadowbringers	Potency increased to 350. Enhanced Ruin II effect changed, no longer interacts with Aerial Blast.