Blue Mage (Final Fantasy XIV)

Blue Mage is a job in Final Fantasy XIV introduced in version 4.5. It is described to be a "Limited Job" not associated with any class, and can only learn actions/abilities from enemies. The Blue Mage originally could only reach a maximum level of 50, but this value is scheduled to be increased in a subsequent version update.

To unlock the job, the player needs to be level 50 in at least one Disciple of War or Magic class.

GameplayEdit

Blue Mage is described as a solo-play job that is unfit for parties, but a Blue Mage cannot solo very many things outside of the overworld at level 50 and still works best in a party. They can only participate in instanced duties as members of a pre-formed party. They're forbidden from Duty Roulette, PvP, Deep Dungeon, and some other content. Displayed skills include traditional abilities, such as 1000 Needles, and the ability to copy skills from primals, such as Shiva's ice bow.

A Blue Mage, assuming most or all skills are learned, does not have any set rotation of skills to use, and due to the individually weak potencies of their main attack and supplementary attacks (such as the starting spell Water Cannon, or Glower), it is in their best interest to learn skills such as Off-guard and Peculiar Light to maximize their output. They do have tremendous area-of-effect capability with some combinations of skills, such as freezing with Ram's Voice to boost the damage of Dragon's Voice, and a surprising number of foes are susceptible to being frozen in such a way. They also have the ability to tank quite effectively thanks to Mighty Guard, White Wind, The Look, and Diamondback, the lattermost ability being a near-requirement to survive various tankbusters that would still flatten a proper tank. Learning skills from normal, Hard, and EX instances of primals is also beneficial due to the high potencies of these skills compared to the rest of their arsenal, but the very low learning-rate for these skills can be a deterrent.

Overall Blue Mage is an excellently self-sufficient job, and their ability to pin down enemies for long periods, use any learned skill in any dungeon regardless of level-sync, and deliver very situational but very heavy damage alongside buffs and healing gives them a support role when placed alongside other jobs in a party. Their usefulness is almost entirely determined by how many skills they know or what skills they know, however, due to Blue Mage only starting with one spell and only learning skills through their own adventuring.

AbilitiesEdit

Job ActionsEdit

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Ability	Level	Type	Cast	Recast	Range	Radius
Water Cannon	–	Spell	2s	2.5s	25y	0y
	Delivers water damage with a potency of 120.
Flame Thrower	–	Spell	2s	2.5s	0y	8y
	Deals fire damage with a potency of 130 to all enemies in a cone before you.
Aqua Breath	–	Spell	2s	2.5s	0y	8y
	Deals water damage with a potency of 90 to all enemies in a cone before you. Additional Effect: Afflicts target with Dropsy, dealing water damage over time Potency: 10 Duration: 12s
Flying Frenzy	–	Spell	1s	2.5s	20y	6y
	Delivers a jumping attack with a potency of 80 to target and all enemies nearby it. Cannot be executed while bound.
Drill Cannons	–	Spell	2s	2.5s	20y	20y
	Delivers unaspected damage with a potency of 120 to all enemies in a straight line before you. Additional Effect: Potency is increased to 420 when target is afflicted with Petrification. The Petrification effect is also removed.
High Voltage	–	Spell		2.5s		–
Loom	–	Spell	1s	2.5s	15y	–
	Move quickly to the specified location. Cannot be executed while bound.
Final Sting	–	Spell	2s	2.5s	3y	0y
	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 1,500 while incapacitating self.
Song of Torment	–	Spell	2s	2.5s	25y	0y
	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 50. Additional Effect: Damage over time Potency: 25 Duration: 30s
Glower	–	Spell	2s	2.5s	15y	15y
	Deals lightning damage with a potency of 130 to all enemies in a straight line before you. Additional Effect: Paralysis Duration: 6s
Plaincracker	–	Spell	2s	2.5s	0y	6y
	Deals earth damage with a potency of 130 to all nearby enemies.
Bristle	–	Spell	1s	2.5s	0y	0y
	Increases the potency of the next spell cast by 50%.
White Wind	–	Spell	2s	2.5s	0y	15y
	Restores own HP and the HP of all nearby party members by an amount equal to your current HP.
Level 5 Petrify	–	Spell	2s	2.5s	0y	6y
	Petrifies all enemies in a cone before you. Duration: 20s Chance of successful attack is low. Enemy level must be a multiple of 5. Has no effect on enemies of higher level than your own.
Sharpened Knife	–	Spell		2.5s		–
Ice Spikes	–	Spell	2s	2.5s	0y	0y
	Counters enemies with ice damage every time you take damage. Counter potency: 25 Duration: 15s Additional Effect: Chance that when you are struck, the striker will be afflicted with slow +20% Duration: 15s
Blood Drain	–	Spell	2s	2.5s	25y	0y
	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 20. Additional Effect: Restores MP
Acorn Bomb	–	Spell	2s	2.5s	25y	6y
	Puts target and all nearby enemies to sleep. Duration: 30s Cancels auto attack upon execution.
Bomb Toss	–	Spell	2s	2.5s	25y	6y
	Deals fire damage with a potency of 110 to all enemies at a designated location. Additional Effect: Stun Duration: 3s
Off-guard	–	Spell	1s	25s	25y	0y
	Increases damage you deal target by 50%. Recast timer is reset if target is KO'd in battle before the effect expires. Duration: 30s This action does not share a recast timer with any other actions.
Self-destruct	–	Spell	2s	2.5s	0y	20y
	Deals fire damage with a potency of 900 to all nearby enemies while incapacitating self. Additional Effect: Potency is increased to 1,200 when you are under the effect of Toad Oil
Transfusion	–	Spell	2s	2.5s	25y	0y
	Restores all HP and MP of a single party member while incapacitating self.
Faze	–	Spell	2s	2.5s	0y	4y
	Stuns all enemies in a cone before you. Duration: 6s
Flying Sardine	–	Spell	Instant	2.5s	25y	0y
	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 10. Additional Effect: Silence Duration: 1s
Snort	–	Spell		2.5s	0y	6y
	Deals a 20 yalm knockback to all enemies in a cone before you.
4-tonze Weight	–	Spell		2.5s		–
The Look	–	Spell		2.5s		–
Bad Breath	–	Spell	2s	2.5s	0y	8y
	Blow noxious breath on all enemies in a cone before you, inflicting Slow+20%, Heavy+40%, Blind, and Paralysis. Additional Effect: Poison Potency: 10 Additional Effect: Damage dealt reduced 10% Duration: 15s Additional Effect: Silence Duration: 1s
Diamondback	–	Spell	2s	2.5s	0y	0y
	Reduces damage taken by 90% and prevents most knockback and draw in effects. Unable to move or take action for the duration of this effect. Duration: 10s If used when Waxing Nocturne is active, its effect will transition immediately to Waning Nocturne. The effect of this action cannot be ended manually.
Mighty Guard	–	Spell	2s	2.5s	0y	0y
	Reduces damage taken by 40% while reducing damage dealt by 70% and increasing enmity generation. This effect ends upon reuse.
Sticky Tongue	–	Spell	2s	2.5s	25y	0y
	Draws target toward the caster. Additional Effect: Stun Duration: 6s
Toad Oil	–	Spell	2s	2.5s	0y	0y
	Increases evasion by 20%. Duration: 180s
The Ram's Voice	–	Spell	2s	2.5s	0y	6y
	Deals ice damage with a potency of 130 to all nearby enemies. Additional Effect: Deep Freeze Duration: 12s
The Dragon's Voice	–	Spell	2s	2.5s	0y	20y
	Deals lightning damage with a potency of 110 to all nearby enemies. Enemies within an 8 yalm radius will be unaffected. Additional Effect: 10% chance of afflicting paralysis Duration: 9s Additional Effect: Potency is increased to 310 when enemy is afflicted with Deep Freeze, but removes the Deep Freeze status
Missile	–	Spell	2s	2.5s	25y	0y
	Deals damage equal to half the target's current HP. Chance of successful attack is low. Has no effect on enemies of higher level than your own.
1000 Needles	–	Spell	6s	2.5s	0y	4y
	Deals a fixed 1000 damage which is shared by all enemies around you.
Ink Jet	–	Spell		2.5s		–
Fire Angon	–	Spell	1s	2.5s	25y	4y
	Deals fire damage with a potency of 100 to target and all enemies nearby it.
Moon Flute	–	Spell		2.5s		–
Tail Screw	–	Spell		2.5s		–
Mind Blast	–	Spell	1s	2.5s	0y	6y
	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100 to all nearby enemies. Additional Effect: Paralysis Duration: 30s
Doom	–	Spell		2.5s		–
Peculiar Light	–	Spell		60s	0y	6y
	Increases magic damage taken by all nearby enemies by 30%. Duration: 10s This action does not share a recast timer with any other actions.
Feather Rain	–	Spell	Instant	30s	30y	5y
	Deals wind damage with a potency of 180 to all enemies at a designated location. Additional Effect: Wind damage over time Potency: 20 Duration: 6s This action shares a recast time with certain blue magic spells.
Eruption	–	Spell		30s		–
Mountain Buster	–	Spell		60s		–
Shock Strike	–	Spell		60s		–
Glass Dance	–	Spell		90s		–
Veil of the Whorl	–	Spell		90s		–

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Creation and developmentEdit

The gameplay of Blue Mage was design by the Lead Battle System Designer Tsuyoshi Yokozawa.

The outfit for both genders seen in the artworks resemble the original Blue Mage job from Final Fantasy V.

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Artworks and screenshots

Abilities

TriviaEdit

• It is the second class/job to be introduced in a patch and not with an expansion, Rogue/Ninja being the first.
• As of 4.5, Blue Mage is the only combat-based class/job to not have a Job Gauge.
• Blue Mage's artifact "Magus" set has no world-importance, being a stage costume invented by the Coliseum in Ul'dah for use in the Masked Carnivale, a blue mage-specific set of attractions.