Jack Of All Trades: A Guide To Red Mage

Will Odr Earring replace Mache earring for CDC now? Or is that double attack still gonna take the cake?

Can't equip it on RDM unfortunately.

Worst case scenario: I'll assume the +30 seconds from merits being applied as the very last thing. It's enough for the purpose of what I'm doing here.
And yeah I completely forgot about the neck, of course I have a +2.
Regardless, here are some updated calculations with my gear:

SP2 Sabo Silence = 421.8 seconds (7mins, 1.8seconds)
Sabo Silence = 263.7 seconds (4mins, 23.7seconds)
no-Sabo Silence = 222.5 seconds (3mins, 42.5seconds)

These durations look a bit longer than what I really get on Odin, but overall they could also be accurate, they feel close enough. My fights last ~12 mins and I normally apply 1x SP2 Sabo Silence + 2 or 3 no-sabo Silences, sooo... it's close enough I guess.

Sabo FrazIII / DistIII = 627.4 seconds (10mins, 27.4seconds)

We're pretty far from the values I get here, very very far. I think the base duration might be 180secs and not 300?

Sabo Paralyze II = 287.1 seconds (4mins, 47.1seconds)

It lasts longer than my Stymie Sabo Silence, so clearly there has to be an error somewhere, maybe the base duration is 180 and not 120?

Sabo Slow II = 400.5 seconds (6mins, 40.5seconds)

It lasts longer than that. I'm not sure how much, but longer. By the time I need to recast Fraz3/Dist3/ParaII I can never reapply Slow2 because the old one is still up.
I think the base duration is at least ~30 seconds longer than the previously mentioned spells, maybe more.



Edit @Chiaia
I don't think Odin has a specific "Reduced duration of debuffs", other than the generic reduced potency of Saboteur as all NMs.
If Odin has something it has to be about specific debuffs and not all.
Either that, or Frazzle/Distract base duration is not 5 mins, at least on NMs.
If you wanna try with me on Asura lemme know, I'm game. I do Odin almost every day, I solo on Normal tipically.
Managed to solo Difficult but takes way too much time for me to bother, at least with my current gear.

So i've been getting decently deep into my redmage upgrade process. ive managed to knock out a considerable amount of gear on it.

How up to date are the casting elements of the gearsets on this guide these days? i'm trying to get a grasp of how close i am to getting rdm to the 'good' point, where i can stop worrying about gear, and just focus on JP Forever.


i'd make a item set, but they arent working on my end ATM. my nuking set is

• Amalric+1 Body/Hand/Legs/Feet

• Jhakri Head +2

• Freke Ring (i lucked out and got this on my first solo kill of odin II)

• Shiva's Ring +1

• Malignance earring/Frimosi Earring

• Standard MAB Succelos Cape

• Refocolation stone

• Sanctity necklace

I'm still seeing some issues with my nuking, and i cant really place what the issue is. I need a ton of work on my burst set (mostly because EA Gear costs a fortune), but generally my bursts only land for abotu 30-40k, and i see other mages easily hitting 70-90k with the same spells. Does a burst set make that huge of a difference?


on my enfeebling end- im generally doing ok for the most part. id ballpark my enfeebling in the 550ish range, and my enhancing in about the same range. I still need a LOT of work on my +2/3 sets, as gil is still my biggest obstacle to getting those pieces cleared out.

You answered your own question. The only piece of MBD gear you have that I can tell is Amalric+1 Hands. With no EA+1 or Mizu. Kubikazari or Mujin band you're missing MBD+39 and MBD2+34. I'm no expert but I'd wager that's a lot. My recommendation would be farm some Merlinic pieces and pray to the RNG gods for some good Magic Burst % augs until you can get the other pieces.

oh, for bursting to be specific i do have the Mizu and the Mujin band, currently i use a pair of merlinic with +10 Burst bonus/30MAB/30MACC augment, and Jhakri feet in my bursting sets. Does MAB Really provide that much less than burst bonus?

I'm not sure if Ea feet+1 are worth it just as my friends don't recommend them and i dont own a pair

Thanks, I guess volt 5/5 is good for dia tagging

Thanks, I guess volt 5/5 is good for dia tagging

I honestly use 4/5 emyrean. Regal cuffs. Snotra, jse neck kishar for Dia. I want it to last for as long as possible. If you get a wipe and have to recover. That dia will cover plenty long enough to recover.

thats still 2 very important pieces! But yeah, full malig's the go to for emp arrow, was aug'd taeon/volte prior. You just want it to land like you said