Thaumaturge

Thaumaturge

"In the hands of a skilled practitioner, thaumaturgy can be a force of terrifying destruction. At the heart of this school of magic lies the ability to call forth and command the latent aether within oneself through deep introspection.
To then mold that aether into sorcery, the thaumaturge makes use of a scepter or staff, within which is housed a medium—a natural stone imbued with magical properties. Thus armed, the thaumaturge is capable of wreaking considerable havoc via ruinous spells and curses." — Game Description

Thaumaturge

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Thaumaturge Art

Some, not all, Thaumaturge Actions

Thaumaturge is a Disciple of Magic class that specializes in the destructive magic of Fire, Blizzard and Thunder. The Thaumaturge's Guild is in the desert city of Ul'dah. If you choose thaumaturge as your first class, you will start off in the city of Ul'dah. At level 30, the thaumaturge can acquire the job Black Mage if he or she also has the archer class at level 15.

Play Style

Armed with scepters and staves, thaumaturges can wreak havoc with their spells and curses. Thaumaturge is a ranged damage dealing class with powerful AoE spells and strong crowd control abilities. The most important stat for the thaumaturge is intelligence, which increases attack magic potency.

Mechanics

When thaumaturge casts a Fire spell, he acquires the Astral Fire buff. The buff increases the damage and MP cost of his fire spells and reduces damage and MP cost of his ice spells. His MP regen also stops. When thaumaturge casts a Blizzard spell, he acquires the Umbral Ice buff. The buff reduces the MP cost and damage of fire spells and increases his MP regen. If the thaumaturge casts an ice spell while he has the Astral Fire buff, the buff will be removed. If the thaumaturge casts a fire spell while he has an Umbral Ice buff on, the buff will be removed.

For tons of damage, players should spam Fire spells till his or her MP is low. Then use Transpose to swap Astral Fire for Umbral Ice for massive MP regen. When the player's MP is full, use Transpose again to swap Umbral Ice for Astral Fire to resume the flaming bombardment.

If you're a former player of World of Warcraft, think of the Balance talent spec for Druids. The mechanics are very similar.

Actions

• MP Cost is based on a level 1 character. As you level up, MP Cost of spells will increase.

Action	Icon	Level	MP Cost*	Cast Time	Cooldown	Range	Radius	Affinity	Description
Blizzard		1	4	2.5s	2.5s	25y	0	THM BLM	Deals ice damage with potency of 150. Additional Effect: Heavy +40% for 20s Additional Effect: Grants Umbral Ice for 10s or removes Astral Fire.
Fire		2	12	2.5s	2.5s	25y	0	THM BLM	Deals fire damage with potency of 150. Additional Effect: Grants Astral Fire for 10s or removes Umbral Ice.
Transpose		4	0	Instant	12s	0	0	THM BLM	Swaps Astral Fire with a single Umbral Ice or Umbral Ice with a single Astral Fire.
Thunder		6	8	2.5s	2.5s	25y	0	THM BLM	Deals lightning damage with potency of 30. Additional Effect: Lightning damage over time with a potency of 40 for 12s.
Surecast		8	0	Instant	30s	0	0	All Classes WHM BLM SMN SCH	Next spell is cast without interruption. Buff duration: 10s.
Sleep		10	10	2.5s	2.5s	30y	0	THM BLM	Puts target to sleep for 30s. Cancels auto-attack upon execution.
Blizzard II		12	8	2s	2.5s	0	5y	CNJ THM ACN WHM BLM SMN SCH	Deals ice damage with a potency of 100 to all nearby enemies. Additional Effect: Bind for 4s Additional Effect: Grants Umbral Ice II for 10s or removes Astral Fire.
Scathe		15	??	Instant	2.5s	25y	0	THM BLM	Deals elementally neutral damage with a potency of 100.
Fire II		18	16	3s	2.5s	25y	5y	THM BLM	Deals fire damage with a potency of 100 to target and enemies near it. Additional Effect: Grants Astral Fire II for 10s or removes Umbral Ice.
Thunder II		22	12	3s	2.5s	25y	0	THM BLM	Deals lightning damage with potency of 50. Additional Effect: Lightning damage over time with a potency of 40 for 15s.
Swiftcast		26	0	Instant	180s	0	0	All Classes WHM BLM SMN SCH	Next spell is cast immediately. Buff duration: 10s.
Manaward		30	0	Instant	120s	0	0	THM BLM	Creates a barrier that nullifies magic damage totalling up to 30% of maximum HP for 20s.
Fire III		34	20	3.5s	2.5s	25y	0	THM BLM	Deals fire damage with a potency of 220. Additional Effect: Grants Astral Fire III for 10s and removes Umbral Ice.
Blizzard III		38	12	3.5s	2.5s	25y	0	THM BLM	Deals ice damage with potency of 220. Additional Effect: Grants Umbral Ice III for 10s and removes Astral Fire.
Lethargy		42	0	Instant	30s	25y	0	THM BLM	Inflict target with Slow and Heavy +20% for 12s.
Thunder III		46	16	3.5s	2.5s	25y	0	THM BLM	Deals lightning damage with potency of 60. Additional Effect: Lightning damage over time with a potency of 40 for 18s.
Aetherial Manipulation		50	0	Instant	180s	25y	0	THM BLM	Rush to a target party member's side Unable to cast if bound.

Traits

Trait	Icon	Level	Description
Enhanced Intelligence		8	Increases Intelligence by 2.
Enhanced Intelligence II		14	Increases Intelligence by 4.
Enhanced Surecast		16	Grants a 15% chance that upon use, Surecast will have no recast time.
Increased Aetherial Damage		20	Increased base action damage by 10% and allows for the stacking of a second Astral Fire or Umbral Ice.
Enhanced Scathe		24	Grants 20% chance that Scathe will deal double damage.
Thundercloud		28	Grants a 5% chance that after each damage over time tick inflicted by any Thunder spell, the next Thunder, Thunder II, or Thunder III will add its full damage over time amount to its initial damage, have no cast time and cost no MP.
Enhanced Intelligence III		32	Increases Intelligence by 6.
Deep Sleep		36	Extends the area of effect for Sleep from a single target to a five yard radius.
Increased Aetherial Damage II		40	Increases base action damage by 30% and allows for the stacking of a third Astral Fire or Umbral Ice.
Firestarter		44	Grants a 30% chance that upon casting Fire, your next Fire III will require no MP and have no casting time.
Enhanced Manaward		48	Increases damage nullified by Manaward to 30% of your maximum HP.