The Best Starting FFXIV Classes / Jobs Archer The Archer is a ranged physical DPS job perfect for beginners who prefer to deal damage in the easiest way possible. Most of your actions are instant casts, and you’ll also have unlimited mobility without any set rotation! While the job may be...
Best ranged DPS classes Sorceress Image via Smilegate The Sorceress is quite a unique class in Lost Ark because she’s the only Mage subclass focused on DPS, the other one being the support subclass Bard. She deals an insane amount of damage in PvE fights, but she’s much harder to pl...
If you're a DPS, Palace of the Dead will always be your fastest route until you hit level 61 and can do Heaven on High. The queues are far too slow for dungeons and roulettes to make meaningful bumps in your daily grind, but Palace of the Dead is usually instant. However, if you...
One of the more unique of the DPS jobs, enough so that it was the only one to hold the designation of scouting class until recently, Ninjas contribute to the damage in their own way. They might be sneaking around all sides of the enemy, stabbing at weak points. That, or they’re lig...
And that’s it for my totally comprehensive and unbiased look at which race and class combos are best in FFXIV! Hope you learned something, and if you have anything to add or (polite) disagreements feel free to comment below! You May Also Like:...
This section covers the endgame best-in-slot gear sets for Machinist in different endgame content. The gear sets are made by calculating the average DPS output of the rotation with a given stat set and comparing it to other options. If you are interested in making your own gear sets and...
enjoyable to play, so it's good when there's a class that is strong with one of them. That carries over to other games too often, and I use a 2-handed club in ESO, and my 'dark-knight' in FFXIV uses the 'pvp reskin' for her sword which changes it to a spiked greatclub. :...
Class Single-target healing AoE healing PvP healing PvE healing DPS Phantom Necromancer A A A S B Priest C S+ S S B Bard B S B S S+ If you’re seeking the best healing unit that’s also one of the best classes overall, you’ll want a Bard instead. Bards provide extremely powerfu...
Rika Vanih is a long-time FFXIV player, starting back mid A Realm Reborn, then maining Black Mage since mid-Heavensward. She has cleared all savage fights on the job since then, often within the first week or two for each raid tier, as well as all three ultimate fights. With a passion...
Where to play: Steam or FFXIV’s Windows PC and Mac client I’m sure you’ve heard it all before. Final Fantasy 14 is a masterpiece. There’s so much to say about the brilliant story, soundtrack, and job system, but there’s also so much to do if you don’t want to only do...