Magic Bursts with Spirits

[simonjm2]

I was reading the guide about elemental spirits last night, and I noticed some screen shots of different spirits MBing on some skill chains. I was wondering how often do the spirits try to MB on a skill chain? Do you need higher summoning skill to increase the spirit's AI so it will try to MB? Was the spirit meleeing for a while before the MB and does it have to be out for a while to be able to MB?

I'm trying to find a different way to play summoner other than just healing and using blood pacts every minute. Here is the way I would like to party with my summoner. Summon carby to melee at the beginning of battle. Once the melee are ready to skill chain, release carby, and then summon the right spirit to go with the skill chain that will be performed. Once the spirit casts it's magic, release it. The mob should be close to dead by this time and I should be able to heal my mp and prepare for the next fight. If it isn't close to dead, I can help cure some until it is close to death.

If no one has any good answers to my questions above, I will test out this technique in Valkurm Dunes tomorrow and I will let you know how things go. Also, I keep my summoning skill capped, or about 1 or 2 skill levels short of cap, at all times. I am also posting this same thread on Alla and KI.

[Rain_Blade]

Re: Magic Bursts with Spirits

There's a formula for how many seconds a spirit will cast a spell depending on your summoning magic. Magic bursting with a spirit is possible, but very rare. Let's say your spirit casts every 24 seconds. You would have a timer and probably wait until it has 10 seconds left to cast so the person (example: blue mages that self-chain) or people can cast the weapon skills for the skillchain and if you timed right, the spirit may cast at the moment you want it to.