Mai’s Blue Mage Equip!

Last Update: 2008 September

Blue Mage is one of the most fun job IMO to level. Yes, it might be a pain in times, but most are just pure fun. I level my Blue Mage with Tazo’s Bard, so I had it easy and always had a party. I had a Kraken Club to make mobs do their TP moves when farming spell, making it hella fun

Blue Mage’s damage is somewhat gear demanding, not as much as Melee but it is there. I’d say Blue Mage is a Black Mage, can put out physical “burst” damage. The difference between Blue Mage “burst physical damage job” and say a Black Mage “burst magical damage job” is that, Blue Mage have access to cure spells. Magic Fruit can cure 400HP+ when properly equipped, making mp per mp cure even better than Red Mage. This means Blue Mages can actually have other usable subs like ninja. The same cannot be done on Black Mage, due to the lack of healing power.

I’ve wrote Blue Mage guides which were linked in numerous places, including the Wiki. Feel free to take a look :P

• Blue Mage Guide (Exp Party)
• Blue Mage Guide to Solo Chain 5

I know I’ve written all those guides, but never showcase what I really use. Well here it is :P

Blue Mage – Melee TP Setup

Main: Wind Sword +1 (For the Stats)
Sub: Wing Sword +1
Ammo: Hedgehog Bomb (For the MP)
Head: Homam Zucchetto
Neck: Fortitude Torque
Ear1: Suppanomimi
Ear2: Brutal Earring
Body: Homam Corazza
Hands: Morrigan Cuffs
Ring1: Sniper’s Ring +1
Ring2: Sniper’s Ring +1
Back: Forager’s Mantle
Waist: Speed Belt
Legs: Homam Cosciales
Feet: Homam Gambieras

Note: The sole purpose of this set is to get TP. Not crit nor doing damage. Just gathering TP. Therefore, the only focus is accuracy, or chance to hit more/hit faster. Therefore, it set was built. This built was parsed 93.5% towards a T/VT. Pretty good for doing what it meant to do :P

Blue Mage – Pure STR Setup

Main: Wind Sword +1
Sub: Wing Sword +1
Ammo: Hedgehog Bomb
Head: Morrigan’s Coron.
Neck: Spike Necklace
Ear1: Triumph Earring +1
Ear2: Triumph Earring +1
Body: Morrigan’s Robe
Hands: Alkyoneus’s Brc.
Ring1: Triumph Ring
Ring2: Triumph Ring
Back: Forager’s Mantle
Waist: Warwolf Belt
Legs: Morrigan’s Slops
Feet: Morrigan’s Pigaches

Note: This setup is purely for /thf sub and landing stuff like Death Scissors, that takes a STR modifier. Other then that, there isn’t much use since it will probably not land without a SA :P

Blue Mage – Spell STR Balanced Setup

Main: Wind Sword +1
Sub: Wing Sword +1
Ammo: Hedgehog Bomb
Head: Morrigan’s Coron.
Neck: Peacock Charm
Ear1: Suppaomimi
Ear2: Triumph Earring +1
Body: Morrigan’s Robe
Hands: Alkyoneus’s Brc.
Ring1: Triumph Ring
Ring2: Triumph Ring
Back: Forager’s Mantle
Waist: Potent Belt
Legs: Homam Cosciales
Feet: Homam Gambieras

Note: This is a balanced setup, and I usually use this for Frentic Rip, spell that takes modifier, but also depends on accuracy to land multiple hits. Therefore, you don’t want to sacrifice too much STR for Acc. I find this is a fair balance between Acc and doing good enough damage for MP spent :P use at discretion :P

Blue Mage – Spell Blue Magic Skill Setup

Main: Wind Sword +1
Sub: Wing Sword +1
Ammo: Hedgehog Bomb
Head: Morrigan’s Coron. (Can be Whatever)
Neck: Peacock Charm (Can be Whatever)
Ear1: Suppaomimi (Can be Whatever)
Ear2: Triumph Earring +1 (Can be Whatever)
Body: Magus Jubbah
Hands: Morrigan’s Cuffs
Ring1: Balaran’s Ring (Can be Whatever)
Ring2: Tamas Ring (Can be Whatever)
Back: Forager’s Mantle (Can be Whatever)
Waist: Potent Belt (Can be Whatever)
Legs: Homam Cosciales
Feet: Homam Gambieras

Note: For this macro set, I basically only equip magic accuracy and Blue Magic Skill items. The rest doesn’t really matter. Blue Magic that doesn’t take a STR modifier means it only takes magic modifier, not even attack matters so I just equip what I need.

Blue Mage – Magic Fruit Setup (440HP)

Main: Wind Sword +1
Sub: Wing Sword +1
Ammo: Hedgehog Bomb
Head: Morrigan’s Coron.
Neck: Morgana’s Choker
Ear1: Cmn. Earring +1
Ear2: Cmn. Earring
Body: Mahatma Hpl.
Hands: Dvt. Mitts +1
Ring1: Cummunion Ring
Ring2: Tamas Ring
Back: Prism Cape
Waist: Penitent’s Rope
Legs: Morrigan’s Slops
Feet: Morrigan’s Pigaches.

Note: Let me know if you can beat the curing power :P This is also performed in-fight and without the help of any staff :P So yea, with this setup, it makes Blue Mage a more efficient curing biatch than even Red Mages. But you only have access to Magic Fruit :P and it wouldn’t really work outside party :D I’m sure people have done higher, but yea this setup is quite cutting edge as is :P

Main: Wind Sword +1
Sub: Wing Sword +1
Ammo: Hedgehog Bomb
Head: Walahra Turban
Neck: Fortitude Torque
Ear1: Loquac. Earring
Ear2: Magnetic Earring (For Less Spell Interruption)
Body: Nashira Manteel / Homam Corazza
Hands: Homam Manopolas
Ring1: Sniper’s Ring +1
Ring2: Sniper’s Ring +1
Back: Forager’s Mantle
Waist: Speed Belt
Legs: Homam Cosciales
Feet: Homam Gambieras

Note: Just to show case what I used to cast Utsusemi Ichi. The sole purpose is to cast Utsusemi Ichi :P