FFXIV 6.28+ Red Mage Level 50 Starter Guide: New to the job? Start here!

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I explain all of the important aspects about Red Mage to get started, with enough detail that it should also equip you for the first many levels of the job by understanding the what and why of the toolkit!
If you found the concepts GCD and oGCD a bit difficult to follow, I have a short going through the basics quickly:
• Crucial Mechanics to M...
I also have a longer video going a bit more in-depth, however, it is a bit older, yet still entirely relevant:
• Final Fantasy 14 Basic...
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Music Used:
FFXIV Endwalker - Cradle of Hope
#ffxiv #endwalker
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:16 Balance Gauge
00:54 Dual Cast
01:36 Verfire and Verstone Procs
02:10 Ability-based attacks
02:29 Fleche
02:47 Corps-a-corps Displacement and Engagement
03:42 The Melee Combo
04:06 Area of Effect or AoE
05:23 Acceleration
05:55 Swiftcast
06:20 Lucid Dreaming and other Role Actions
07:01 Summary: Single Target
07:50 Summary: Area of Effect
08:34 Fun Fact

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@jackyamore2728 Жыл бұрын

Okay, this actually makes sense for beginners of the game compared to the other red mage guides. Thank you

@CaetsuChaijiCh Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad to hear that! 😊 Enjoy red mage! 😄

@meowiewowee Жыл бұрын

The order in which you're explaining the class skills and abilities is very clear and concise. Also, I feel like I'm listening to an audiobook. I'm a very grateful sprout :D

@CaetsuChaijiCh Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you found it helpful 😄 And thank you so much, that makes me really happy 😊 I hope you have lots of fun with red mage! 😁

@JasoniusRexington 10 ай бұрын

I agree with the OP entirely! You not only give useful info, but almost equally as important, you deliver your info in a way that makes sense and is entertaining enough to keep my attention (no small feat!). You lay things out in a way I can understand and you do it better than any other guides I've come across. Thank you for your hard work.

@-zbrdazdola- 11 ай бұрын

Swapping from a white mage as a healer to red mage as a dps was super complicated for me, this guide helped me a ton. Thank you! Also you got a new sub !

@CaetsuChaijiCh 11 ай бұрын

Oh yeah I can imagine jumping from healer to any DPS might be a bit wild of a change, but also with all the level 50 tools might be even more! I'm glad to hear that my guide helped you! Thank you so much! :D

@tsbulmer 10 ай бұрын

Don't sleep on Sleep! I find it *very* useful in dungeons, but only when things go wrong - if the tank goes down, casters, and Red Mages in particular, can quickly and easily CC all the enemies. Sure, the other DPS is likely to fire off another AoE and wake things back up, but three Sleeps often buy enough time for the healer (or me, as the Rez Mage) to pick the tank back up and get things stable. I feel like my success rate is *way* over 50%. Of course, you'll sometimes run into someone who'd rather wipe and use that as an excuse to have a bad attitude, but I find a proper recovery much more fun than the alternative.

@CaetsuChaijiCh 10 ай бұрын

Fair point! In the right situation sleep can be very helpful, but it can be very difficult to use as well in such a situation! 😁

@chetmcgovern9985 Жыл бұрын

This is definitely one of the better "guide" videos out there. I see way too many of them called that but are really just videos to show off. Most of the ones I've seen try too hard to be enthusiastic but miss the point by presenting a class at maximum level with everything unlocked and using all of the jargon of a veteran player. This is really confusing for someone just starting the game who doesn't know all the lingo to the game yet.

@CaetsuChaijiCh Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad to hear that! 😊 Thank you for adding the extra details about the other guides, I can certainly see why that wouldn't be very helpful for a new player 😕

@TylerLouden 2 ай бұрын

Took me some time to wrap my head around the class, but it eventually clicked. Thank you for the guide! This class is actually pretty sick!

@CaetsuChaijiCh 2 ай бұрын

I'm glad to hear that! I hope you enjoy the journey of mastering the job! :D

@MrToastOmnomnom Жыл бұрын

a much simpler guide, not sure how but this one clicked way easier. Also a much more soothing voice than I'm use too

@CaetsuChaijiCh Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad to hear that this guide worked for you! 😊

@gabrielenriquez3773 Жыл бұрын

I actually just bought the game with endwalker today after playing the free trial for about a month or so, and I just unlocked red mage today! Glad I found this video at the right time

@CaetsuChaijiCh Жыл бұрын

That is incredibly convenient! I hope you will have lots of fun with red mage, and well, all the other features you now have access to without the trial limitations 😁

@gabrielenriquez3773 Жыл бұрын

@Caetsu Chaiji Ch. definitely having a good time. Found your channel through the ninja guide just beforehand. Immaculate timing

@TorridHero 11 ай бұрын

This was a lifesaver. Thank you! I was feeling SO overwhelmed by Red Mage. Also your voice is so chill and soothed my anxiety brain.

@CaetsuChaijiCh 11 ай бұрын

I'm glad you found it helpful! 😄 I hope you enjoy learning red mage! And thank you! 😊😄

@dev9621 Жыл бұрын

i don't know if you'll ever see this, but you are the most helpful red mage explainer i've seen, thank you so much for being so clear!! you've saved me the embarrassment of failing a party

@CaetsuChaijiCh Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it! 😄

@StarShadow9009 Жыл бұрын

oh man, where was this video when I unlocked those lv 50+ classes. It was overwhelming to learn everything at once especially because this was my first mmo. Hope you get to other lv 50+ classes too for the sprouts.

@CaetsuChaijiCh Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I have a whole list to get through of job guides, because while I actually already covered all jobs previously, some guides are slightly outdated, and more importantly I have gotten better at making them! 😁

@VendettaStiffy Жыл бұрын

i love your videos by the way, your voice is very soothing, thanks for this guide, ive now learned my rotation

@CaetsuChaijiCh Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! That makes me very happy to hear! And that is great! I hope you have fun with Red Mage! :D

@BREAKocean 3 ай бұрын

thank you for making a video for starting at 50. I was trying to find samurai videos to get me started and most videos are full blown rotations at end game

@CaetsuChaijiCh 3 ай бұрын

I'm glad to hear that my guide could help you! 😊 Since you mentioned samurai, I do of course also have a guide like this for that job of course! 😁👍

@arendvanderbliek Жыл бұрын

Best guide out there! So clear, thanks 🙂

@CaetsuChaijiCh Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I am so glad to hear that! 😄

@DevelopedGames 7 ай бұрын

always go to your videos for job guides. great work as always

@CaetsuChaijiCh 7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I'm glad you find them helpful! :D

@ichrukishisadoinoe Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the update and it looks great! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving day weekend y'all.. and a happy cyber Monday haha

@CaetsuChaijiCh Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I've had a great past week myself and I hope you had a great Thanksgiving, too! 😊

@misosouppe Жыл бұрын

your guides are a total life saver!

@CaetsuChaijiCh Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I am glad you find them helpful!

@bbaychViv 7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this guide! Going from WHM from the beginning of the game straight to RDM was pretty overwhelming, but this really helps with wrapping my head around it

@CaetsuChaijiCh 7 ай бұрын

I'm glad my guide helped you get started! It is certainly one of the jobs with a more difficult entry 😊 I hope you enjoy your journey with red mage! 😄

@metarhyx 9 ай бұрын

very helpful guide, easy to understand and easy to follow, thank you ^^

@CaetsuChaijiCh 9 ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad you found it helpful! 😄

@Ornn_le_forgeron_ambulant 2 ай бұрын

Thanks you i just decided to try the class and with your guide it looks so much easier

@CaetsuChaijiCh 2 ай бұрын

I'm glad to hear that! I hope you do have fun with it! 😁

@AlcadeIJ 10 ай бұрын

Had to re listen a few time for my own understand of things but other than my problem this helps me so much thanks for the video!!!!!!!! 😁

@CaetsuChaijiCh 10 ай бұрын

I'm glad my guide could help you get started! 😄 I hope you enjoy your time with red mage! 😁 Thank you!

@multiact8800 9 ай бұрын

This is exactly what i was looking for, thanks for the this great guide

@CaetsuChaijiCh 9 ай бұрын

I'm glad to hear that! Thank you and enjoy red mage! 😁

@vector3653 5 күн бұрын

Now dabbling in RDM, very helpful to help in the rotation. I have a habit of holding onto my long cooldown stuff

@CaetsuChaijiCh 5 күн бұрын

I hope you enjoy the job! Indeed, it is usually effective to use even the longest cooldowns aggressively! Although of course, defensive things need to be saved for when they are necessary!

@vector3653 Күн бұрын

@@CaetsuChaijiCh update: I’m liking it more than BLM now. Consistently seem to be out-DPSing the other DPS role in parties (and having more fun with the added movement.

@mechanical_chaos Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I have a handful of 90s and am leveling many more and yet I just could not wrap my head around RDM, even after watching other guides. This one finally explained the basics I was missing.

@CaetsuChaijiCh Жыл бұрын

I'm glad to hear that! Thank you! ^^ In that case I hope you enjoy leveling Red Mage! :D

@latenightotaku824 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. I have been offline for 2 years and neweded help relearning the red mage mechanics. Out of all the videos I came across you were the most helpful and listed things out clearly without throwing several different terms about without explaining them first. Much thanks :)

@CaetsuChaijiCh 8 ай бұрын

Welcome back! And I'm glad my guide helped you get back into the swing of things! 😄

@latenightotaku824 8 ай бұрын

@CaetsuChaijiCh will definelty come back to your channel when I want to learn/relearn my other classes :)

@RottenEggler Жыл бұрын

Wayy off topic but your voice is like ASMR. I could honestly listen to you just talk about anything lol. 😊 But as far as the guide goes, its amazing, easy to follow, and CRAZY helpful. ❤ As a sprout, with a lvl 52 whm, and now a lvl 51 red mage you are super appreciatied 😊

@CaetsuChaijiCh Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! 😊 I am glad to hear you found the guide helpful! 😁

@eternal_knight_ 8 ай бұрын

Thank you, this helped a ton!

@CaetsuChaijiCh 8 ай бұрын

I'm glad to hear that! Thank you! 😊

@RoyalCrustle Ай бұрын

This was very helpful for understanding the class. Trying to finally get the Amaro mount and RDM had me really confused.

@CaetsuChaijiCh Ай бұрын

I'm glad you found it helpful! Good luck with the Amaro journey! 😁

@darshio8307 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for this guide, i was really confused the first time i saw the spells xD

@CaetsuChaijiCh 6 ай бұрын

I'm glad my guide helped you get started! 😁 I hope you enjoy learning red mage!

@AIopekis Ай бұрын

Thanks. This has been super helpful. I just unlocked the class and got a bit overwhelmed when it just threw a ton of abilities at me at one time unlike the other two classes I've been playing that start at level 1 and let you progress one ability at a time. The red mage class has always looked really cool to me though, so I'm gonna keep going with it. I just wasn't expecting it to start me at level 50 with a bunch of stuff like that. lol

@CaetsuChaijiCh Ай бұрын

I'm glad my guide could help you get started! Normally I would've recommended trying the job in some lower level dungeons with a bit less buttons, but unfortunately, Red Mage almost gets more confusing when you only have part of the stuff you get at 50! ^^ I am sure you can do it though! Once you get over the initial barrier to entry, the job is somewhat smooth sailing a long way!

@manguito598 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for explaining when to use what rather than just reading tooltips

@CaetsuChaijiCh 5 ай бұрын

I'm glad you found it helpful! 😊

@Draukagrissah 11 ай бұрын

I'm dummy thick so thx for making this easier for a start-at-50 guide! ^^

@CaetsuChaijiCh 11 ай бұрын

I'm glad you found my guide helpful! 😄

@Iriellan 10 ай бұрын

Ohhh my gosh thank you i was so confused

@CaetsuChaijiCh 10 ай бұрын

I'm glad my guide could help you! 😄 I hope you enjoy your journey with red mage! 😄

@gallakall 2 ай бұрын

i would say this is one of the best, if not the best guide for the class. Im a returning player and we all know what that feels when you are playing your high lvl character again. Red mage is my favorite job, including ninja, but it was overwhelming to see my action bars with all kinds of abilities and so forth. This guide, simple, detailed and well explained mechanics saved my bacon. Definetly recommend!

@CaetsuChaijiCh 2 ай бұрын

I'm glad to hear that! Thank you and welcome back! 😄

@DougieTVUK 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic guide 100% sub here

@CaetsuChaijiCh 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I'm glad to hear that! 😄

@honeybadger2898 4 ай бұрын

I definitely shouldn’t have started with red mage as my first caster. This is super helpful, thank you!

@CaetsuChaijiCh 4 ай бұрын

I'm glad you found it helpful! And I am sure you can overcome that initial difficulty! 😊

@perrisae3259 9 ай бұрын

thank you for contribution for my mission to be the worlds smartest sprout

@CaetsuChaijiCh 9 ай бұрын

It's always lovely to meet a sprout that plays really well! 😄 I'm glad I could help!

@Wrrohm 5 ай бұрын

Excellent guide, thank you so much! This helped me jump right back into RDM very quickly. Also you have the soft voice of an angel recording ASMR.

@CaetsuChaijiCh 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I'm my guide helped you! 😄😁

@melom806 11 ай бұрын

I just unlocked red mage, and really enjoyed how you went about this video. The only improvement I would say is if you could put your aoe dummy gameplay for an example 15 seconds, and put the skills as they are happening into an image on the video to follow closely an example of how a rotation plays out.

@CaetsuChaijiCh 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! I deemed it more necessary to include more single target footage in the summary, since that combines a few things taught in the video together, where the aoe part in the summary is more a brief reminder since the area of effect section of over a minute does include the aoe rotation as is 😊 I do see how it is a bit confusing though that the single target demonstration continues into the aoe summary at the end, so thank you for the suggestion!😁

@tenou213 3 ай бұрын

Red Mage is so fancy and I love the aesthetic! But it's way too much trouble - I'll still go SMN lol

@cynthia-op8rx Жыл бұрын

looking at all the buttons to click still makes my brain hurt but it hurts a little less now thank u

@CaetsuChaijiCh Жыл бұрын

You can do it! 😊 I am glad my guide helped you, at least a bit! 😄

@Brass319 7 ай бұрын

And here I was alternating between the aoe spell of one element and the slow spell of the other to build up my balance gauge faster... I didn't consider that jolt would be better thanks to its higher damage

@CaetsuChaijiCh 7 ай бұрын

I see how you would get to that conclusion! The fast aoe spells generate weirdly more mana, but as you said, jolts greater damage is a worthy trade off! 😊

@keicoffman1508 3 ай бұрын

Came for the guides, stayed for the voice ^^

@CaetsuChaijiCh 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! 🥰

@slimbingi1470 Жыл бұрын

This video absolutely rocks but the visuals are slightly confusing to follow

@CaetsuChaijiCh Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I am not sure how I could make them easier to follow though! 😅🤔

@slimbingi1470 Жыл бұрын

@@CaetsuChaijiCh Sorry if that came off as rude, it's my own misunderstanding. Are the arrows meant to represent the rotation or what you are swapping skills out for?

@CaetsuChaijiCh Жыл бұрын

@@slimbingi1470 The arrows represent a rotation! And don't worry about it! The arrows as seen at, for example. 7:19 refer to which order you use the spells in. First fast (Jolt, Verfire or Verstone), then slow (Verthunder or Veraero). Similarly, at 7:29 you see the melee combo sequence: Riposte, then Zwerchhau then Redoublement. At 7:55 on the left you see the 2 target order: Fast (Veraero2, Verthunder2, Verfire or Verstone. Yes the naming is weird), then slow (Verthunder or Veraero). On the right you see the 3+ target order: Fast AoE spell (Verthunder2 or Veraero2), then Slow AoE spell (Scatter). Usually in my guides, I present a whole sequence of these with often 10+ icons in connection with each other to showcase an "opener", but Red Mage uniquely has so few tools to use at level 50 that there isn't really much to say about the opener, which is why this is missing I hope this helps!😊

@slimbingi1470 Жыл бұрын

@@CaetsuChaijiCh You're the absolute best. Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to explain it.

@CaetsuChaijiCh Жыл бұрын

@@slimbingi1470 I'm glad I could help! I hope you have lots of fun learning and playing Red Mage! Thank you so much!

@AttentionDeficitGuy 6 ай бұрын

Wow, half the commenters found this guide after switching from WHM to RDM as their first DPS job... that's me, I'm half the commenters :P And to echo what the other WHM mains have been saying, thanks! Red Mage (and really DPS classes in general) just look like A LOT after dozens of hours of playing healer, but you broke down the brass tacks of everything I need to worry about to start with, and now I'm confident I'll be able to pick up the rest as I level the class (instead of, you know, getting the entire kit dumped on me the way the other guides tend to do it)

@CaetsuChaijiCh 6 ай бұрын

I'm glad to hear that! 😁 If you do get confused about the toolkit as you level up, remember I also have a level by level guide from 51-90 that you can make use of! 😄

@GrimViridian 11 ай бұрын

WOW ive been dual casting verstone and verfire for a good while now... well at least now I knoe free

@CaetsuChaijiCh 11 ай бұрын

Yeah it isn't entirely obvious at first glance that they are supposed to replace Jolt specifically! ^^ Now you know! :D

@GrimViridian 11 ай бұрын

@@CaetsuChaijiCh thanks lol, will definitely be looking at your other guides as a try jobs out and sending them to my wife as well!

@walwal6449 4 ай бұрын

Ah... Been making the mistake of using jolt and then scatter on pulls not realising jolt and verthunder/aero II have same casting time 😭😭

@CaetsuChaijiCh 4 ай бұрын

Well you know now, and that is really what matters, right!? 😁

@sailor_anna9924 Жыл бұрын

I've never gotten a proc for verstone 😂 outside of HoH anyway. Idky. I just got my red mage to 70 *shrug* idk what I'm doing wrong but lol. I always get verfire it's weird.

@CaetsuChaijiCh Жыл бұрын

Well that sounds a bit strange and surprising! I suppose randomness is just gonna be randomness at the end of the day 😅 the exact times I can't get a proc is if I'm actively trying to get a proc to show something so maybe it is because you are looking at verstone too much making it afraid? 😄 For a more serious response, my best suggestion is make sure you use veraero regularly, since it is the only way to proc verstone 😊 if you aren't already of course!

@sailor_anna9924 Жыл бұрын

@@CaetsuChaijiCh LOL! At this point it might be lol. Cause the first time I got verstone in HoH I SCREAMED cause I thought that spell was just there for decoration .. kinda like sleep ;D but I have no idea why it's never been available to me. My mana is almost always completely leveled so .... I guess I intimidate it. What a .... tough situation -chuckles-

@raarasunai4896 8 ай бұрын

One thing I find kind of lame, Sprint erases your Dualcast buff if you have it

@CaetsuChaijiCh 8 ай бұрын

It is a very weird result of sprint not being defined quite as an ability, not quite as a weaponskill or spell 😅 it is super weird and annoying!

@MoonlightHusky Жыл бұрын

OH! So FFXIV have priority based job! If I'am understanding right.

@CaetsuChaijiCh Жыл бұрын

Yeah if you mean a job that plays on a priority system instead of a fixed rotation! Red Mage is definitely a more priority based job! 😊

@somepickles8722 Жыл бұрын

Sold my weapon... need to buy a new one.... but I need the tombstones for my relic...

@CaetsuChaijiCh Жыл бұрын

You could use a crafted one to tide you over perhaps 🤔

@Aptonoth 11 ай бұрын

Even with your guide I barely passed the tutorial quest. I am a baaaad red mage lol. Time to dump this into the pile of classes I dont like and dont make sense to me.

@CaetsuChaijiCh 11 ай бұрын

Well it takes practice, but if you don't like the job then that's of course alright 😊

@Highelves-ez6xl 6 ай бұрын

Too much big brain class it looks .my smol brain is still hurting from playing it today .coming from wow this ffxiv class is daunting task for me to play

@CaetsuChaijiCh 6 ай бұрын

I'm sure you can learn it with some practice!