.: Play Guide: Magus and Devout :. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE ETERNAL FANTASY USER HELP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ***** Information and strategy for playing Magus and Devout. ***** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The third tier transforms the core rotation as follows, when under the effect of Enochian or Asylum:
Fire -> Fira -> Firaga -> Flare -> Xenoglossy/Assize
This rotation is MP-neutral, and can be maintained indefinitely with no further need for Scathe. Note that any element can be paired with either finisher, depending on your stance. Enochian enables Xenoglossy. Asylum enables Assize. Scathe remains useful as a way to maintain Sage's support spells. Three Scathes are worth four buff/debuff casts.
If you forego your stance, then your rotation is unchanged. However, the cast speed increasing spells Ley Lines and Presence of Mind become even more useful, allowing you to maintain high cast speeds while retaining all the previous tiers' bonuses for leaving your stance off. This can be especially useful against opponents with high elemental weaknesses, as Xenoglossy and Assize are nonelemental and a sufficiently high weakness can overcome the loss in damage from foregoing the Eudaemonia trait.
While Bio may tick slowly, its effective modifier is among the highest of any spell in the Sage tree. Furthermore, its modifier is not affected by the Eudaemonia trait, meaning that it still deals full damage even with your stance off. Bio's damage shines in longer fights that allow it full time to tick up. Its total multiplier of 10x is even more powerful than Sage's Meteor spell.
Providing somewhat more esoteric buffs are Afflatus Misery and Afflatus Solace. The quickest way to activate Afflatus Solace is to have Medica active while casting it, casting Cure, and resolving Excogitation. Afflatus Misery is useful when you're staggered, as are Ebullience and Rapture. Stacking Manawall, Galvanize, and Amor Fati shields before a fight can even eliminate the need to heal at all.
See also: help sageguide1 - Black Mage and White Mage help sageguide2 - Black Wizard and White Wizard help sageguide4 - Sage ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |