Azure Lore?

Whats the best series of spells to use today for max damage? Or if you could point me to a current post that be great.

Thanks

Think that would depend on the situation, but off my head the only time I can think of using AL is the Moogle final fight. Quad > A spikes would usually kill it outright.

Edit: Also AL doesn't last very long so you'd be hard pressed to get more than 2-3 spells out I think.

Back in the day I could do this:
Macro 1
/ma "Vertical Cleave" <t> <wait5>
/ma "Sub-Zero Smash" <t> <wait7>
/ma "Disseverment" <t> <wait6>
/ma "Goblin Rush" <t> <wait6>
/ma "Bentic Typhoon" <t> <wait1>
/echo Start Next Line!!

Macro 2
/ja "Chain Affinity" <me> <wait1>
/ja "Efflux" <me> <wait1>
/ma "Quadratic Continuum" <t>

Just looking to update with the new spells

It lasts 30 seconds. Given that most physical spells are .5-1sec cast times and a rough 2.5 secs between the end of one and the start of casting of another, you could conservatively get 9-10 spells off but I'm not sure if you need to space it out slightly better to chain.

Most of the limitations on long skillchains are simply the available spells you have set, their SC properties, the limitation of just how many sc's you can do off another and the recasts of those spells if you want to try to use one twice.

If you want to play around with other options and update spells then get a list of their SC properties and mix and match to your liking. I'm terrible at this kind of thing though so I'll leave it at that and let the experts play the game ^^;

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Category:Skillchains#Blue_Magic
Click on the spell for more info as some can only open or close the element listed.

you gotta wait 1 second after the last hit to make a skillchain. Due to animations you'll never get more than 5 or 6 spells in. Relic +2 hands adds 10 secs to AL. I'm still testing chains but here is one that works/worked. I can't seem to get the first chain to happen anymore.
it is also possible to burst with Dark, Water, Ice or Earth (I'd use Everyone's grudge) with BA at the end (if your alive and have mp). 3 sec's after the last ws a 5 second window opens allowing you to burst. Untested with 5 steps but it should add 50% Damage.

You will feed enough TP to see 2 TP attacks or more. while Bloodrake will heal you take precautions or choose you target wisely to survive!

Thanks that looks great

Tried out Ronoclem's idea. The mob didn't live through it even though I took some pretty serious steps to avoid killing it ^^;

Took me 3 tries to do it though since the first time I missed whirl and the second time I had forgotten to wait on the recast of UL and Efflux. Here's the log if anyone was interested in it. Did it with timestamp but that is of course a bit off.

{Good Job} <Sekundes>. I'm on xBox and can't post log pics. if your posting timing can you tell us what fast cast you got on please.

Most mid range Abyssea NMs won't survive if the chain works. It will do about 30k depending on your gear and atma. I've never gotten to finish this next chain, I die or it dies.
triple light chain:Serving suggestion:
1. build lights.
2. Pull mobs to ???.
3. CW burn them. (or WoR -> sleep, them down if you don't have room for CW)
4. Pop NM.
5. Have a SNM friend use PD.
6. use your 2 hour.
7. /item "Forbidden Key" <stnpc> on Strong Soothing light chest.
8. Repeat steps 5 or 6 on.

That looks sweet thanks again...

As I noted before, I put timestamp up to give a "rough" idea but it's very inaccurate since the time something goes off (spell resolution)and the time it shows in the log are different. I don't really utilize fastcast on "most" physical blue magic. Most are too fast to use it properly and I'll end up casting in FC gear rather than damage gear and that's terrible. In most physical Blue magic, the only fastcast I'm getting is from what is in my tp gear which is Thaumas hands.

As for timing. I wait 2 seconds roughly after spell's casting is done. Animations don't matter, if you need a reference, watch your mp drop from the spell cost and then count. It always works for me provided I don't whiff or the mob I'm fighting doesn't knock me back and interrupt me...

Also, I don't make one big macro for this, there is too much that can screw up due to lag and in game macros are far to limited to whole number waits. I just put each part on a macro on a separate macro book and went through them manually, which is the only reason that SS was able to be done cause Kalimari knocked me back during one of the spells and I had to do it again, in a fully automated script or macro, you can't correct anything.

I'll try your other one tonight. I have a whm alt I can bring to keep me alive ^^; I wonder what atmas should be set though, there's a lot of different spells here... I'd like to kill something decent that has a ton of hp.

I'm probably too late posting this but Chukwa only uses 1 TP move. It only has 30k HP but Highly resistant to damage in its shell. If you pop a Fool's Drink your whm won't have much to do. Thats just off the top of my head I'm sure there are better NMs. I've 2 Hour'd Briareus to 60%-ish with a fantastic's drink before and the chain failed. And yea I agree 1 big macro is dangerous. I do it the same way you do with the abilities macro-ed in.

Don't forget about Limbus! A boss on ever floor and Restore chests give you back your two hour. Kill the boss with 2 hour than pop the chest.

I have slashing, Piercing and Blunt chains set for each floor boss's weakness in SE Apollyon. I always kill'em in 2-3 spells tho.

I don't have time at the moment but I'll write up a good pratical chain with sudden Lundge at the start and hopefully bloodrake at the end that a BLU can survive doing, ...soon.

EDIT: I forgot atma. Chaining will kill your mp so MM unless you just want big numbers. STR is a safe bet, for fSTR and it adds to WSC in allot of spells. The last two spells in AL chains are the ***! the bigger the better. you'll get better numbers from CDC in triple light chain so set for that.

sudden Lundge -> bloodrake at the end I look forward to that sounds great!!!!