Fire (Final Fantasy XIV)

Fire
(ファイア, Faia?, lit. Fire)
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Availability
Required	Thaumaturge 2 Black Mage 2
Classification
Type	Spell
Skillset	Class action
Effect	Deals damage to a single target
Additional effect	Grants Astral Fire or removes Umbral Ice. With Firestarter: 40% chance to negate the next Fire III's cast time and MP cost.
Element	Fire
Status	Firestarter
Specifications
MP cost	800
Cast time	2.5 seconds
Recast time	2.5 seconds (GCD)
Range	25 yalms
Duration	Astral Fire: 15 seconds Firestarter: 18 seconds
Potency	180
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Availability
Obtained	A Pup No Longer
Required	Black Mage 30
Classification
Type	Spell
Skillset	Job action
Effect	Deals damage to a single target
Additional effect	Grants Astral Fire, increasing fire damage dealt by 20%, and removes Umbral Ice
Element	Fire
Specifications
MP cost	1000
Cast time	Instant
Recast time	2.4 seconds (GCD)
Range	25 yalms
Duration	15 seconds
Potency	1200
Related pages
Recurring appearance	Fire (ability)

Fire is a Thaumaturge and Black Mage spell from Final Fantasy XIV that deals damage to a single target and grants Astral Fire.

See also: Fire II (Final Fantasy XIV), Fire III (Final Fantasy XIV), or Fire IV (Final Fantasy XIV)

Mechanics

PvE version Fire Thaumaturge/Black Mage 2 Spell Class action Effects Deals magic fire damage to a single target Grants one stack of Astral Fire for 15 seconds or removes all stacks of Umbral Ice, represented on the Elemental Gauge Astral Fire initially allows only a single stack Activates the global cooldown Interactions Astral Fire and Umbral Ice variably affect the MP costs, potencies, and cast times of Fire- and Ice-elemental spells; see below for more information Umbral Hearts generated by Blizzard IV, Freeze, and Umbral Soul nullify Astral Fire's MP cost increase to Fire-elemental spells; one Heart is consumed each for each Fire spell cast Enochian increases damage by 15%; can only be used under the effect of Umbral Ice or Astral Fire, and ends if neither effect is active Fire IV and Despair can only be used under the effect of both Astral Fire and Enochian Triplecast reduces the cast time of the next three spells to instant for 15 seconds Swiftcast reduces the next spell's cast time to instant for 10 seconds Surecast allows spells to be cast without interruption for 6 seconds Traits Maim and Mend increases damage by 10% and allows for a second Astral Fire stack Maim and Mend II increases damage by 30% and allows for a third Astral Fire stack Firestarter grants Fire a 40% chance to grant Firestarter for 18 seconds, causing the next Fire III to have no cast time or MP cost; Sharpcast increases this chance to 100% for the next spell cast for 15 seconds Aspect Mastery causes Astral Fire III and Umbral Ice III to remove the MP cost of most spells of the opposing element Base direct damage formula: $Damage = \lfloor 180 * f(Intelligence_{DMG}) * f(Determination) \rfloor * f(Magic Damage) \rfloor * Trait \rfloor$ Where Trait can be 1.1 with Maim and Mend, 1.3 with Maim and Mend II, or 1 otherwise. Cast time formula: $Cast = \lfloor ( 100 - Haste ) * \lfloor ( 2 - f(Spell Speed) ) * 2500 \rfloor / 1000 \rfloor * Umbral Ice Mod \rfloor / 100$ Where Umbral Ice Mod is 0.5 for during Umbral Ice III or 1 otherwise. Recast time formula: $Cast = \lfloor ( 100 - Haste ) * \lfloor ( 2 - f(Spell Speed) ) * 2500 \rfloor / 1000 \rfloor / 100$ PvP version Fire Black Mage 30 Spell Job action Effects Deals magic fire damage to a single target Grants Astral Fire for 15 seconds and removes Umbral Ice, represented on the Elemental Gauge Activates the global cooldown Interactions Astral Fire increases damage dealt by Fire-elemental spells by 20% Enochian activates automatically when under the effect of Umbral Ice or Astral Fire, and ends if neither effect is active Enochian becomes Fire IV under the effect of Astral Fire Swiftcast reduces the next spell's cast time to instant for 5 seconds Phantom Dart causes target to take 20% increased damage from all sources for 6 seconds Umbral Ice and Astral Fire effects Effect MP regen Ice spells Fire spells All spells MP cost Potency Cast time MP cost Potency Cast time Cast/recast time Umbral Ice x16 x0.75 — — x0.5 x0.9 — — Umbral Ice II x23.5 x0.75 — — x0.25 x0.8 — — Umbral Ice III x31 x0 — — x0.25 ( x0) x0.7 x0.5 — Umbral Ice — — — — — — — x0.8 Astral Fire x0 x0.5 x0.9 — x2 x1.4 — — Astral Fire II x0 x0.25 x0.8 — x2 x1.6 — — Astral Fire III x0 x0.25 ( x0) x0.7 x0.5 x2 x1.8 — — Astral Fire — — — — — x1.2 — —

Use

Fire deals light damage to a single target. At low levels it is the only single-target spell that grants and maintains Astral Fire, which significantly increases potency of Fire spells at the cost of doubling their MP cost and disabling MP regeneration. At these levels Fire is the main attacking spell in the Black Mage's repertoire, and will generally be spammed in Astral Fire until the Black Mage runs out of MP, at which point they should switch to the Umbral Ice phase. Fire II is an area of effect (AoE) alternative to Fire when fighting 3 or more enemies.

While under the effect of Umbral Ice, Fire will remove all stacks of that effect instead of applying Astral Fire, thus requiring two casts to enter Astral Fire. Transpose can be used to more quickly switch phases.

Once Fire III becomes available it mostly replaces Fire and Transpose for entering Astral Fire, as it can bring the Black Mage to Astral Fire III in a single cast. However, Fire will continue to be the main attacking spell in Astral Fire as it both more MP efficient and provides better DPS than Fire III. Once Black Mages acquire the Firestarter trait, Fire will have a 40% to grant the Firestarter status, negating Fire III's cast time and MP cost. Whenever Firestarter is available, Fire III should be used in place of Fire. Sharpcast will guarantee a Firestarter proc on the next Fire used, but it is generally preferable to use Sharpcast in conjunction with Thundercloud instead.

Fire will eventually be replaced as the Black Mage's main attacking spell by Fire IV. However, Fire IV does not maintain Astral Fire, so the occasional Fire is still needed to maximize Astral Fire's uptime.

PvP

In PvP Fire is instant cast and now switches to Astral Fire in a single cast even if the user is in Umbral Ice. Astral Fire functions differently in PvP as it now increases fire damage dealt by 20% without increasing MP costs or impeding MP regeneration.

As an instant cast spell that activates the global cooldown (GCD), Fire can be used to weave abilities that are off the global cooldown (oGCD), such as Night Wing, in between spellcasts.

Patch history

Version	Changes
A Realm Reborn	Added at 150 potency and 12% base MP cost. Granted the Astral Fire status for 10s, or removed the Umbral Ice status.
Patch 2.3	Potency increased to 170.
Heavensward	Potency increased to 180.
Patch 3.2	Astral Fire duration increased to 12s.
Stormblood	MP cost reduced to 10% base MP. Umbral Ice and Astral Fire are now part of the Elemental Gauge and are no longer represented by status effects. Astral Fire duration increased to 13s. No longer available in PvP. New PvP exclusive version added. See below for its patch history.
Shadowbringers	MP cost set at 800 with MP system overhaul. Astral Fire duration increased to 15s.

PvP version

Version	Changes
Stormblood	Added with 1250 potency, 1000 MP cost, 1.8s cast time, and 2.3s recast Astral Fire increased damage dealt by 10%. Cast time was reduced to instant while under the effect of Umbral Ice.
Shadowbringers	Potency reduced to 1200. Cast time reduced to instant. Recast time increased to 2.4s.
Patch 5.1	MP cost removed.
Patch 5.3	MP cost increased to 1000. Astral Fire damage increases raised to 20%.

Behind the scenes

Final Fantasy XIV (version 1.0)

Fire icon.

Fire appeared as an ability that dealt fire-elemental damage to the target and all nearby enemies. At the initial release, Fire was a Conjurer spell available for use at Rank 1 and it costs 3 action points to set. After the release of patch 1.20, Fire became a Thaumaturge spell available at level 10.