Requiescat For Blu

What exactly are you planning on meleeing on RDM? I can't really think of any hard targets where such a thing would be appropriate.

At any rate, the accuracy sword would be great if you are having accuracy problems. The weakens defense sword should be decent too.

x2 STR swords are usually the next best thing after Almace/STR. I would suggest STR/somethingelse for in case you ever do make an Almace (so whatever that something else you make isn't useless).

"Best" main hand is typically either Almace, Excalibur or Mandau. "Best" off hand is almost always the STR swords. If your not working on getting one of the legendary weapons, then double STR swords. If your working on one of the legendarys, then get a STR sword an a DA, TP Bonus, Weakens Defense or Accuracy sword. Once the legendary is finished the second sword becomes a situational off hand with the STR sword being the primary off hand.

Here is the thing about STR / Attack vs DEX / Accuracy. Accuracy is easy to cap and once capped does absolutely nothing for you. And while STR / Attack also cap (fSTR / 2.0 ratio) the chances of a RDM / BLU / PLD capping those on anything not EP is incredibly small. This leads the STR / Attack swords to give you the greatest overall increase in damage. If your not capping accuracy then you can easily adjust gear / food to accommodate, you'll never be capping attack.

Also the damage bonus from fSTR is applied on each hit without respect to DMG or delay. A 224 delay sword will get 2.25 the fSTR bonus as a 504 delay great axe. The lower your dmg / delay the more pronounced this becomes until you hit fSTR cap, which as a RDM you won't be hitting on anything bigger then EP.

Out of curiosity, are Abyssea monsters a major target for you? If so 1) Accuracy is pretty much autocapped from being 99+Atmas+cruor buffs and 2)Evisceration (Aluh/STR sword) is going to be a better bet than Requiescat.

So refreshing to see someone asking for help, and accepting it + beeing curious about why it is like it is.

Because Blu can't use daggers?

What should I be using for Requiescat at 99 with 5/5 merits, excluding Morrigan(NQ or HQ), Thaumus, and Abjuration gear? Basically, I'm looking for a realistic build with no 2m+ armor pieces. I keep seeing all these ideal builds to shoot for with next to 0 builds for anyone looking to gear it up until they can get those items. I'm just returning to the game and haven't finished Almace or found a group do any Neo Nyzule or Salvage, so any help would be great.


I have 2 different setups for this and, for the life of me, I can't get kparser to work to parse out the difference, but the first build seems hugely more consistent for some reason, but may be placebo.

This is what I use, mostly AH items. AF3 hands are alright in place of Athos.

Moonshade is attack/tp bonus, ghillie +1 or a mnd+4 earring are decent replacements if you don't have one.

You can upgrade Suppanomimi to Ghillie Earring for cheap until you do your WotG missions. Ghillie +1 if you want to spend the extra money for 1 attack.

Praeco Doublet should be better than Toci's. I'm not sure about your legs though. Probably the Dux Cuisses.

I don't have Morrigan's or Abjuration gear, but I do have NNI gear. This is what I use.



So your set is pretty much just like mine except for head/legs/feet. Your head is probably better than mine, and Dux legs aren't that far behind Thaumas.

Although, I should say I've probably only even used this weaponskill maybe 15-20 times ever, lol. 5 of those were to do Cronos in NE Apollyon. The rest were in Neo Nyzul Isle on PDT Custard and flans.

Thanks a lot, guys! That's a lot more helpful. ^^

I've seen conflicting info from a couple different sources so I figure I'll ask this here...

Does the Shadow belt effect Requiescat damage

Yes, Shadow and Soil belt/gorget affect and are optimal for Requiescat.

Most use soil because many great weaponskills also use it.

If you are not capping acc but you are close to ( like lets say ~84% and dex sword would cap you) then its far better option to use over str sword than to switch food. You are loosing like 6 str and ~100 attack when going from red curry to pizza.

You won't be using red curry buns 99% of the time, unless you like pissing away gil. I find Bison steak is be a far more economical food for common stuff like NNI / Salvage II / Meebles. RCBs only get pulled out when I'm on DRK/WAR/SAM about to splatter something.

Also there are several gear options you can easily change out, the +10 acc ammo from Kaggen and the Letalis Mantle come to mind. You can even set accuracy bonus trait if it comes down to it. You keep your STR sword and your food.

If you want a good, Cheap, Long duration food with good ATK benefits, Marbled Steak is impressive for sure.

Hedgehog Pie is a good second, And has an added bonus of Accuracy+, though the HQ is on the expensive side, and if you're going to pay for an HQ Hedgehog, may as well just buy a Hydra Kofte.

YCB ain't too bad either, or Couerl Sub, both work fine. Though Marbled Steak is the best Bang for your buck if you're on a Super Budget.

Me I usually down hydra Kofte/RCB/Rabbit Pie like its going out of style... Even on my SMN >:D

other then say dyna, there isn't really a situation that warrants food but not good food.

Ok I wasnt clear. What I menat is that food is the last thing you would want to switch to get last bit of accuracy. If you are at 70% switch gear to be at 84% and switch shikar to dex and keep attack food. Obviously thats only my opinion :P

Old Salvage? Plus


^ Didn't say it was the best choice, I said it was the best choice when you're cheap/On a Budget. I.E "If you absolutely can't afford RCB, This is your next best options". But I agree if you can afford it, theres no reason not to scarf down RCB/Hydra Kofte like its going out of style

RCB's are 146K a stack on my server and last 30min each. That's 24,333gil per hour. Bison Steak (or Marbled) is 7K each and lasts 3hours. That's 2,333gil per hour.



Finally as a BLU your not getting the most out of RCB due to needing high base attack. Berserk helps out some but won't be up all the time.

RCB's are for boss fights and other evens where the target must die now and you'll be buffed up. Bison Steak <and others> are for long events / dungeons. Their so cheap that there is absolutely zero reason not to use food.


Define "good food". RCB's are not "good food" their "insane food" and their price reflects that. "Bad food" would be Mithkabobs, crab sushi and other low end spammable items. YCB, Coeurl subs and such would be mediocre with Bison Steak and other ~90 atk being good food.

Also remember gil actually has a function for most people, for myself it was building currency for Rag, then marrows for Rag, hen HMP and Cinders for Almace, then currency for Bravura, and now Marrows for Bravura. After this I'll be looking out for other upgrades that might cost me money. In all cases I would rather spend my gil on actual permanent gear rather then burning it on extremely high performance food that I won't see much benefit from anyway (on the things most of us use BLU for).

There's Provenance and the mini fights before it where you should then Ig Alima Morta Bismarck, granted because of the role people attempt to box blu into you could skimp it but if the other players aren't performing well enough to not need your dps then it's an issue because you can contribute more.