Leveling Rotations and Tips for Black Mage — Endwalker 6.55

When leveling up, you should always choose the piece of gear with the highest item level. You can exchange Allagan Tomestone of Poetics for gear in Mor Dhona at level 50, in Idyllshire at level 60, in Rhalgr's Reach at level 70, and in Eulmore at level 80.

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• Blizzard.
• Fire until you are low on MP, then use Blizzard until you are back to full MP.
• Fire until you are low on MP, then use Blizzard IV in Umbral Ice until you are back to full MP.
• Fire IV three times and refresh your Astral Fire timer with Fire followed by another three Fire IV. Use Blizzard IV until you are back to full MP.
• Fire IV three times and refresh your Astral Fire timer with Fire followed by another three Fire IV. Use Blizzard IV and Foul in Umbral Ice.
• Fire IV three times and refresh your Astral Fire timer with Fire followed by another three Fire IV. Use Despair to finish your Astral Fire phase. Use Blizzard IV and Foul in Umbral Ice.
• Fire IV three times and refresh your Astral Fire timer with Fire followed by another three Fire IV. Use Despair to finish your Astral Fire phase. Use Blizzard IV and Xenoglossy in Umbral Ice.
• Transpose should be used to switch between Astral Fire and Umbral Ice.
• Fire III should be used to enter Astral Fire and Blizzard III when switching into Umbral Ice.
• Thunder should be refreshed whenever the damage over time drops off. Prioritize refreshing in Umbral Ice if the damage over time drops off shortly before or after Umbral Ice.
• Thunder should be refreshed whenever the damage over time drops off. Use Thundercloud procs when the damage over time is about to drop off. Prioritize refreshing in Umbral Ice if the damage over time drops off just before or after Umbral Ice.
• Thunder III should be refreshed whenever the damage over time drops off. Use Thundercloud procs when the damage over time is about to drop off. Prioritize refreshing in Umbral Ice if the damage over time drops off just before or after Umbral Ice.
• Thunder III should be refreshed whenever the damage over time drops off. Use Thundercloud procs when the damage over time is about to drop off.
• Firestarter procs should be used when available without cancelling your current cast.
• Firestarter procs should be used in Astral Fire before switching to Umbral Ice.

Two-Target Priority

• Use Thunder on both targets, otherwise follow above single-target rotation.
• Use Thunder on both targets, and use Blizzard II in place of Blizzard, otherwise follow above single-target rotation.
• Use Thunder III on both targets, and use Blizzard II in place of Blizzard, otherwise follow above single-target rotation.
• Use Thunder III on both targets, otherwise follow above single-target rotation.
• Use Thunder III on both targets and use Foul instead of Xenoglossy, otherwise follow above single-target rotation.
• Use Thunder III on both targets and use Foul instead of Xenoglossy. Use High Blizzard II and High Fire II instead of Blizzard III and Fire III respectively. Otherwise follow above single-target rotation.

Three-Target Priority

• Identical to the single-target rotation.
• Blizzard II
• Blizzard II until you are at full MP. Transpose then Fire II x3. Transpose back to Umbral Ice and repeat.
• Blizzard II until you are at full MP. Transpose then Fire II x3. Transpose back to Umbral Ice and repeat. Refresh Thunder II whenever the damage over time falls off.
• Blizzard II → Freeze. Use Thunder II if the damage over time is not currently up. Fire II x4 then repeat. Use a second Freeze in Umbral Ice if Thunder II does not need to be refreshed.
• Blizzard II → Freeze. Use Thunder II if the damage over time is not currently up. Fire II x4 and finish with a Flare before repeating. Use a second Freeze if Thunder II does not need to be refreshed.
• Blizzard II → Freeze. Use Thunder II if the damage over time is not currently up. Use Fire II x3 → Flare x2 before repeating.
• Blizzard II → Freeze. Use Thunder IV if the damage over time is not currently up. Use Fire II x3 → Flare x2 before repeating.
• High Blizzard II → Freeze. Use Thunder IV if the damage over time is not currently up. Use High Fire II x3 → Flare x2 before repeating.
• Use Foul when available. Make sure not to let it overwrite.
• Use Foul for damage, weaving, and/or movement as needed. Make sure not to let it overwrite.

• Utilize Transpose when ending uptime in Astral Fire to refresh MP.
• Utilize Transpose when ending uptime in Astral Fire to refresh MP, and during downtime in order to maintain Enochian.
• Utilize Transpose when ending uptime in Astral Fire to swap to Umbral Ice, then use Umbral Soul to build up to Umbral Ice III with three Umbral Hearts, and maintain Enochian.
• Manaward can help mitigate incoming damage to yourself.
• Use Manafont at the end of Astral Fire phases to get additional MP to use before returning to Umbral Ice. For single-target it allows for two additional Fire casts, for AoE one additional Fire II cast.
• Use Manafont at the end of Astral Fire phases to get additional MP to use before returning to Umbral Ice. For single-target it allows for two additional Fire casts, for AoE one additional Flare cast.
• Use Manafont at the end of Astral Fire phases to get additional MP to use before returning to Umbral Ice. For single-target it allows for two additional Fire IV casts, for AoE one additional Flare cast.
• Use Manafont at the end of Astral Fire phases to get additional MP to use before returning to Umbral Ice. For single-target it allows for an additional Fire IV → Despair, for AoE one additional Flare cast.
• Aetherial Manipulation can be used to quickly move to a party member, which can be useful for larger movement requirements where someone is already in the position you need to be at for the mechanic.
• Placing down Ley Lines and standing in them grants a buff which reduces both cast and recast time of all of your spells. Use when available unless you know that you can get more uptime in them with a small delay.
• Using Sharpcast grants a buff which forces a proc on the next Fire or Thunder spell. Use it roughly on cooldown at the next available weave window on whatever comes next between the two spells.
• Using Sharpcast grants a buff which forces a proc on the next Fire or Thunder spell. Try to prioritize using it on Thunder to maintain the debuff with Thundercloud procs.
• Using Sharpcast grants a buff which forces a proc on the next Fire or Thunder spell. Try to prioritize using it on Thunder to maintain the debuff with Thundercloud procs. The second charge allows for a single additional use in a fight and helps prevent losing uses from minor delays.
• If you need to move out of your Ley Lines for a mechanic, you can use Between the Lines to move back to them.
• Triplecast can be used to make longer spells instant for a DPS gain ( Fire IV, Despair, and Flare for example). It can also be used to help keep uptime when you need to move for a mechanic.
• Amplifier grants a Polyglot stack upon use for an additional Foul for AoE, or Xenoglossy for single target. Use when available, but make sure to not overcap on Polyglot stacks.