FFXIV - Black Mage Endwalker Guide - Openers, Rotation, Optimization, and Frequently Asked Questions

You guys asked, so here it is - my Endwalker Black Mage Guide. Hopefully some point later in the expansion, there will also be a detailed video guide for optimization. And, hopefully nothing major changes throughout the expansion so this guide will hold! But if there are specific patch changes, I might make a video discussing them and their impact to BLM gameplay. If this video helps even just one person improve at Black Mage , I'll have accomplished my goal! Have any questions? Feel free to ask in the comment section, or check out my Discord. ► Estimate / Calculate your DPS: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/... ► Advanced Non-Standard Written Guide by Reina: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19... ► XIVAnalysis: https://xivanalysis.com/ ► Watch my Livestreams:   / eksuplosion   ► Follow for memes:   / tiggzleague   ► Join the Discord:   / discord   ► See my Report Card: https://www.fflogs.com/character/id/1... Timestamps: 0:00 Start 0:59 What Materia to Meld? 3:00 What DPS should I be doing? 3:51 Openers 4:20 Fire 3 Opener 4:49 Why not a Blizzard opener? 5:19 F3 Opener Demonstration 6:23 Explanation of Opener Ice Phase Spell Ordering 7:07 Leylines / Prepull Leylines 7:43 Transpose Openers 8:28 MP Tick Problems for Transpose Openers 9:51 Black Mage Standard Single Target Rotation 10:55 Adjusting the Standard Rotation for Movement 11:12 Thunder Reapplication in Astral Fire 11:44 Standard Rotation: Frequently Asked Questions 11:53 Triplecast Usage 12:32 Amplifier and Leylines Usage 12:54 Manafont Usage 13:25 Sharpcast Usage 13:48 Fast Casts 14:10 Sharp Thunder vs. Sharp Paradox 14:54 How do you Weave, and what is Clipping? 17:08 Are Long Ice Phases Bad? 17:50 Firestarter Procs - What to do with them? 18:22 Non-Standard Gameplay, Introduction 19:18 Basic Slow F3 4xF4 Despair Line 20:20 Problems with Slow F3 Transpose Lines 20:50 AF1 F3P Standard Transpose Line 21:10 Why use F3P in Astral Fire 1? 22:00 F3P Double Transpose Lines 22:46 Instant F3 Transpose Lines 23:06 Other Transpose Lines 23:35 Non-Transpose Blizzard 4 Skips and why you shouldn't do them 24:21 Do you have to use Transpose Stuff to get a Good Parse? 24:54 How to get a Good Parse (Uptime and Always Be Casting) 26:09 When to use nonstandard and when to use standard 27:15 When do we use AOE? 27:36 2-target AOE gains 28:21 Standard AOE Rotation 29:37 Why three High Fire 2s? 30:27 Triplecast and Foul in AOE 31:00 You made it to the end, congrats!