The Complete Elemental Master Guide by Goldie: Difference between revisions

Spell Fist build hasn't changed that much since its implementation during the 3rd job era. It's only gotten stronger like most skills that came with it and before it due to the 4th job traits. Spell Fist gameplay remains the same wherein you'll need to aim and cast your chosen elemental bolt skill first on a target then immediately apply Spell Fist. Though for the 4th jobs skill tree, it's gotten a blink skill in the form of '''{{#skill:6517}}''' which made farming as a Spell Fist EM much tolerable. All of our High Elementals on Passive Mode also complements Spell Fist. When in Passive Mode, your bolt skills corresponding to the summoned High Elementals gets increased damage and you have a chance to autocast the highest level learned of that bolt skill. And that's the extent of what's improved with Spell Fist so far; most of the 4th job skills complement the caster build of an EM. I've tried Spell Fist too and built the gears needed to "make it work" but it's still haunted by the curse of being in melee range and lack of wide AoE making it hard to use while farming. It's also preventing you to use strong garment cards like {{#item:27362}} because of its side effect of you receiving more damage against all properties. With all that being said, I advise you to play this build for fun and if and only if you really know what you're going into. It'll always gonna have that charm as being a unique build to play.

Besides getting 100% Dragon resistance, it's also important to note that you would need to achieve 1 second FCT, 100% VCT reduction, general tankiness (i.e. MaxHP%, RES, MRes, MDef & Def), and a bit of ACD to help you spam your '''{{#skill:276}}''' so you can absorb Betelgeuse's '''{{#skill:2217}}'''. You may also cast '''{{#skill:288}}''' underneath you to cancel Betelgeuse's '''{{#skill:2213}}''' and '''{{#skill:83}}s''', but if you have  a magical DPS such as EM and AM that have ground AoE skills in your party you might want to adjust LP so that they also hit Betelgeuse. It's also possible to use lower levels of LP (7x7), but this will require coordination and communication with your team. If the party is made up of physical attackers then you can cast LP. You may also cast or spam '''{{#skill:289}}''' on Betelgeuse to cancel his Max Pain, but be careful as this would lose aggro on Betelgeuse and would also cancel your team's debuff skills such as your Cardinal's '''{{#skill:78}}''', your Arch Mage's '''{{#skill:2213}}''''s Magic Intoxication, your Abyss Chaser's  '''{{#skill:214}}''' or your Shadow Cross' '''{{#skill:5001}}''' skill, so it's best to communicate and coordinate with them first before attempting to do so.  One great strategy that you could use is to utilize the Sorcerer skill '''{{#skill:2453}}''' to hold Betelgeuse in place to root him in one cell and position. This would also help when he switches aggro from the tank to the other party members.