Mai’s Black Mage Equipment

Those that know Mai will know Mai has another Alt, a Black Mage (which was originally name Roranora). He quit and kindly gave access of his account to me. I’ve taken care of him very well and of course, should he come back, I am more than capable of reverting him back to its original state.

Roranora is capped merits, capped buffer and capped stats :P Yes, I do spend a lot of time on my alt as well. It’s not just an alt, its a real character, and I treat him like one.

I’ve spent millions and millions of gil onto Rora as well, making him just as good if not better than a pimped out Black Mage. I’ve also derived efficient way of enabling me to “2 box” him, allowing me to lead/heal on Mai’s Red Mage as well as nuke on the Black Mage.

Anyway, roughly on 2008, I’ve transferred Roranora onto Midgardsormr (which is now in Quetzquotal due to server merge). It’s now residing there :P

Black Mage-Related Merits

5/5 INT (Bringing it up to 256)

5/5 Ice Potency
5/5 Lightning Potency

5/5 Freeze II
5/5 Burst II

I’m a pure-damage number Black Mage :P

A little talk about Maiev (or Roranora’s) merit choices.

From Economics, we all learn to do what we do best. If you are best in making CD, then make CD. Let other make the cases. When efficiency combines together, we all benefit.

Hence we do not believe in splitting up our merit points.

Black Mage – Magic Attack Bonus (MAB) Setup

Main: Vulcan’s Staff
Sub: Bugard’s Leather Strap +1
Ammo: Phantom Tathlum
Head: Wizard Petasos +1
Neck: Uggalepih Pendant
Ear1: Novio Earring
Ear2: Moldavite Earring
Body: Genie Weskit
Hands: Zenith Mitts +1
Ring1: Sorcerer’s Ring
Ring2: Tamas Ring (or Omega Ring)
Back: Prism Cape
Waist: Penitent’s Rope
Legs: Mahatma Slops [Maiev]
Feet: Yigit Crackows

Note: Well keep in mind this is dated in 2008 May possibly. This set must be used with caution since little to no Magic Accuracy or Elemental Skill is in it. Depending on mob, full out on Burst II could produce nearly 2k damage. HNM I use a more elemental set, Salvage I’d try to avoid it as well unless with Elemental Seal.

Black Mage – Magic Attack Bonus Setup

Main: Aquilo’s Staff
Sub: Bugard’s Leather Strap +1
Ammo: Phantom Tathlum
Head: Wizard’s Petasos +1
Neck: Uggalepih Pendant
Ear1: Novio Earring
Ear2: Moldavite Earring
Body: Genie Weskit
Hands: Wizard Gloves +1
Ring1: Tamas Ring
Ring2: Sorcerer’s Ring
Back: Prism Cape
Waist: Penitent’s Rope
Legs: Mahatma Slops
Feet: Nashira Crackows

Note: This setup simply contains the Wizard Hat +1, for mobs that has a high chance of not resisting. Again, one must use caution. The cost of a half resist just isn’t worth it if you need the skill. Less damage > half resist (for same amount of MP spent).

Black Mage – Elemental Skill Setup

Main: Vulcan’s Staff
Sub: Bugard’s Leather Strap +1
Ammo: Phantom Tathlum
Head: Sorcerer’s Petasos +1
Neck: Elemental Torque
Ear1: Elemental Earring
Ear2: Novio Earring
Body: Genie Weskit
Hands: Wizard Gloves +1
Ring1: Sorcerer’s Ring
Ring2: Omega Ring
Back: Merciful Cape
Waist: Penitent’s Rope
Legs: Mahatma Slops
Feet: Nashira Crackows

Note: This setup has to do with opportunity cost. Some slots like earring, the opportunity cost for Novio is… Morion Earring +1? That cost doesn’t outweight that 7MAB, so in that case, I am going to substitute anything with Novio.

Black Mage – Enfeebling Gear

Main: Aquilo’s Staff
Sub: Bugard’s Leather Strap +1
Ammo: Phantom Tathlum
Head: Igquira Tiara
Neck: Enfeebling Torquehttp://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/on-143_metric_e.html
Ear1: Abyssal Earring
Ear2: Morion Earring +1
Body: Wizard Coat +1
Hands: Nashira Gages
Ring1: Omniscient Ring
Ring2: Tamas Ring
Back: Prism Cape
Waist: Penitent’s Rope
Legs: Igqira Lappa
Feet: Nashira Crackows

Note: Typical enfeebling gear for Black Mage. I didn’t dump a bunch of money into this set because I didn’t think it was my job anyway to enfeeble. The Red Mage should have this gear and have more access to enfeebling gear than a Black Mage anyway.

Black Mage – Enfeebling Gear

Main: Aquilo’s Staff
Sub: Bugard’s Leather Strap +1
Ammo: Phantom Tathlum
Head: Zenith Crown +1
Neck: Uggalepih Pendant
Ear1: Loquac. Earring
Ear2: Morion Earring +1
Body: Dalmatica
Hands: Zenith Mitts +1
Ring1: Tamas Ring
Ring2: Vivian Ring
Back: Merciful Cape
Waist: Hierarch Belt
Legs: Sorcerer’s Tonban +1
Feet: Rostrum Pumps

Note: From the look, I could go a little lower. However, there is a fine balance between getting too much MP and dying. This set is also built with minimum extra gear in mind, considering bag space is only 60. Also, I’m keeping significant nuking power with this setup, so I could actually use those MP to nuke, than just for pretty looks :P

Wow that is your Alt?

Yea kinda, well put it this way. I had a nuking set on my Red Mage, and I kinda took that away and put it on the Black Mage, making my Red Mage purely a cure bomb. That isn’t bad to be honest :P

I have macros setup cloned, so if Alt 6 is Blizzard III on Red Mage, it’s Blizzard IV for Black Mage. This makes 2boxing a lot easier. I’d use auto follow and use /target Maiev to quickly target each other. I also 2box with it for BCNM, but that is a lot harder since you got to buff 2 guys, run 2 guys etc. :o