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Aetheric Mimicry

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Aetheric Mimicry

Acquired
Blue Mage frame icon.png BLU (actions)
Level
1
Type
Spell
Index
77
Rank
★★★★
MP Cost
300
Casting
1s
Recast
2.5s (GCD)
Range
25y
Radius
0y
Targeting
Ally
Patch
5.15

Mirror the aetheric properties of your target, granting yourself a beneficial effect corresponding with the target's role.
If target is a tank, grants Aetheric Mimicry: Tank, increasing your defense and augmenting certain blue magic spells.
If target is a DPS, grants Aetheric Mimicry: DPS, increasing critical hit rate and direct hit rate by 20%, as well as augmenting certain blue magic spells.
If target is a healer, grants Aetheric Mimicry: Healer, increasing healing magic potency by 20% and augmenting certain blue magic spells.
Cannot be cast on self. Effect ends upon reuse.

— In-game description

Aetheric Mimicry is an action unlocked at level 1. It is available for Blue Mage.

Related actions

Flavor Text

A useful little ability originating with the ghrah, Aetheric Mimicry allows the mage to match his aetherial wavelength to that of another person, granting the same benefits as their hard-won combat training.

Acquisition

Duties

Creature Level Race Clan Location
Corruption 60 Elementals Ghrah Dungeon creature Pharos Sirius (Hard)

Tips

Acquisition Tips

  • Ghrah Luminary will summon a monster called "Corruption". Killing the corruption is enough to obtain Aetheric Mimicry.

Other Tips

  • After acquiring this, it's strongly recommended to be mimicking at least DPS unless a fight calls for a different mimic.
  • The impacted spells for Tank role.png Tank are:
    • Cactguard.png  Cactguard (5% damage reduction becomes 15% damage reduction)
    • Devour.png  Devour (duration from 15s to 70s)
    • Chelonian Gate.png  Chelonian Gate (Divine Cataract potency increased from 500 to 1,000)
    • Dragon Force.png  Dragon Force (20% damage reduction becomes 40% damage reduction).
  • The impacted spell for DPS role.png DPS is:
  • The impacted spells for Healer role.png Healer are:
  • Aetheric Mimicry: Tank increases physical defense by approximately 145% and magical defense by 40%.

History

  • EW.png Patch 6.45 (2023-07-17): Aetheric Mimicry: Healer now increases the potency of all healing effects.
  • SHB.png Patch 5.15 (2019-12-09): Added.