Must have spells?

[K0D4X]

ok I just wanted to know what are some must have spells for a low lvl whm like myself...and how are they usefull and thanks in re-turn.

[Dux]

Hi there.

In general is doesn't matter if you are high level or low level. The spells you need are the same pretty much through the game.

1) Must have + Very Important
Cure spells (including Curaga)
Protectra spells (buy the downgraded Protect version if you have cash to throw away)
Shellra spells (buy the downgraded Shell version if you have cash to throw away)
-na spells (Silena, Paralyna, Poisona, Cursna, Stona etc)
Barfira (reduces GOB bomb damage)
Sneak, Invisible, Deodorise
All the Raise spells
All the Teleport Spells
Haste
All the Regen spells

2) Nice to have but you can probably live without
barstonra, barwatera etc

3) Might be useful but probably nobody will ever notice if you don't have them.
barparalyna, barpoisona, barsilena etc

4) These spells fall into the "personal use" category and get them as they are usefull in certian situations. Mainly skillups, farming and questing.
Erase, Holy, Banish, Banishga, Flash.

As a side note Erase is not essential until you get 60+ so don't worry if you don't have it straight away.

Well thats my opinion on what spells you should have. Perhaps somebody else has something else to offer as well.

[Yuanlung]

I'd probably put Erase as an essential there... or atleast a "very nice to have" category.


It gets rid of things like atk down, str down, evasion down, and higher level slow. Some of these effect can really mess up your party. It also removes bind when you want to get away from pesky worms.


I bough it and have been using it regularly as BLM/WHM. Don't think I can live without it now. =P

[Zenelly]

stona is essential for any lizard fight. at level 39, don't forget this

[CarbonFibre]

In the ~50s in Garlaige Citadel we had a NIN tank with no BLM, but a SMN and WHM (and probably a RDM). SMN was using offensive blood pacts and the WHM was using Banish II and Holy, also magic bursting on the fusion chain. Interesting party to say the least. Helped that beetles and bats are weak to light though.

*Edit: It helps to have high Divine Magic skill for the above in WHM role. This situation will be from rare to never though as a WHM.

More on-topic:
I'd say Dias and certain enfeebles like Slow and Paralyze are important also (Silence also), especially at lower levels since there's less of a chance of having a Red Mage in the party. Simple obvious things like Poisona you guys forgot as well. Later I'd say the Reraises are very important to have as well. Other things that you might as well have are Silena (cures silence), Cursna (cures curse), Viruna (cures virus), and Stona (cures petrify) since they aren't insanely expensive and just come in handy (Stona being more important).

PS: Silence means that you cannot cast spells, curse makes your HP and MP much lower and makes your walking slow, virus makes you unable to rest and regain HP or MP, and being petrified means you can basically do nothing. I don't want to assume a certain knowledge by the author since it wasn't really clear what he/she did or did not know.

point of reference on spells:
http://twpa.net/ffxi/spells/index.php

[Zenelly]

also reputation wise, your party will be pretty unhappy with you if you don't have a certain essential spell and you are of level. doesnt help you later when you want a party even though you may have reconciled. they'll say "oh don't get _____ he didnt have ______ last time we partied"
avoid these situations

[Lynsy]

Originally posted by CarbonFibre
In the ~50s in Garlaige Citadel we had a NIN tank with no BLM, but a SMN and WHM (and probably a RDM). SMN was using offensive blood pacts and the WHM was using Banish II and Holy, also magic bursting on the fusion chain. Interesting party to say the least. Helped that beetles and bats are weak to light though.

*Edit: It helps to have high Divine Magic skill for the above in WHM role. This situation will be from rare to never though as a WHM.

Don't use holy, its far too MP inefficient, Banish II is fine but 100 MP for less 200 DMG is ludicrous. Banish II is about half the MP for about the same damage. Only time Holy ever proved to be worth it was in Sky when detectors needed to be finished fast before they summoned.

But to the OP:
I rated each spell according to how important I see it. 5 Being have the spell on hand for when you hit level, 3 being have within a few levels of being able to use it, 1 being get it sometime before you hit 75.
Cure 5
Dia 4
Paralyze 4
Banish 3
Barstonra 2
Poisona 5
Barsleepra 1
Protect 3
Protectra 5
Barwatera 2
Paralyna 4
Aquaveil 3
Barpoisonra 1
Cure II 5
Barparalyzra 1
Baraera 2
Slow 4 (I didn't follow my own advice on this one >.>)
Banishga 2
Deodorize 3
Silence 5
Curaga 5
Barfira 4
Shell 4
Shellra 5
Barblindra 2
Diaga 2
Blink 4
Silena 5
Sneak 5
Barblizzara 2
Cure III 5
Regen 5
Barsilencera 1
Barthundra 2
Invisible 5
Raise 5
Protect II 3
Protectra II 5
Stoneskin 4
Cursna 5
Curaga II 5
Erase 2
Reraise 5
Viruna 5
Dia II 4
Teleport-Dem 3
Teleport-Holla 3
Teleport-Mea 3
Shell II 3
Shellra II 5
Teleport-Altep 3
Teleport-Yhoat 3
Barvira 1
Stona 5
Banishga II 2
Cure IV 5
Teleport-Vahzl 3
Barpetra 1
Regen II 5
Flash 3
Protect III 3
Protectra III 5
Holy 1
Curaga III 5
Raise II 4 (Or 5 depending on cost, its periodically very expensive, but also very important)
Shell III 3
Shellra III 5
Reraise II 5
Cure V 5
Protect IV 4
Protectra IV 5
Regen III 5
Shell IV 4
Shellra IV 5
Raise III 4 (Or 5..I would say 5 but with costs at 2-3 mil on a lot of servers, its a lot to demand...but its essential none the less)
Curaga IV 4
Reraise III 5
There may be some descrepencies as to just how important some spells are, but I rated them based on how hurt I think I would be without a particular spell. Note, that is in general--I use every spell I have quite reguarly with the exception of low level protects/shells since I have the upgrades. Everything from Diaga to Raise III I use at least every couple days, but a lot of them can be lived without. I wouldn't recommend making it to 75 without a complete spell list, but a lot of spells do have limited enough utility that you can make it quite a ways without.

[CarbonFibre]

Originally posted by Lynsy
Don't use holy, its far too MP inefficient, Banish II is fine but 100 MP for less 200 DMG is ludicrous. Banish II is about half the MP for about the same damage. Only time Holy ever proved to be worth it was in Sky when detectors needed to be finished fast before they summoned.

Yeah it's not exactly MP efficient, but the WHM had nothing else to do with the MP anyway. Holy was not used as much as Banish II, but the WHM still liked using it cause it was new and looks cool.

*Edit: I guess she could have enfeebled more or something, but the RDM had that pretty much covered too.

[Lynsy]

Originally posted by CarbonFibre
Yeah it's not exactly MP efficient, but the WHM had nothing else to do with the MP anyway. Holy was not used as much as Banish II, but the WHM still liked using it cause it was new and looks cool.

*Edit: I guess she could have enfeebled more or something, but the RDM had that pretty much covered too.

I throw in random Holies when I have too much MP as well, if you have the MP and time it well, you can double MP Banish II and Holy, just saying generally its not good to encourage people to use Holy since its mostly useless ><;