Black Mage Hotbar Layouts and Guides
This page lists all player-created Hotbar (HB) and Cross Hotbar (XHB) layouts and keybinding setup guides for the Black Mage job in Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail.
BLMBlack Mage
In days long past, there existed an occult and arcane art known as black magic—a potent magic of pure destructive force born forth by a sorceress of unparalleled power. Those who learned to wield this instrument of ruin came to be called black mages, out of both fear and respect for their gift. Yet great power served to corrupt the judgment of mortal man, and so he unknowingly set out upon the path of ruin.
Adventurers who take the black will become agents of devastation, capable of annihilating those who oppose them through little more than the force of their will.
- BLM
XHB
PVEBLM XHB Dawntrail
the number macros are Aetherial Manipulation macros to part members but they prioritize anyone who's already targeted. The potion on bar 2 is Super-Ether. The potion on bar 5 is an int tincture. The bread is the food I'm using. The speech bubble is my greeting macro. the checkmark is my farewell macro. The ! is my "I have aggro" macro.
- BLMXHBPVE
Da'momo's Black Mage
I created my chotbars to be comfortable, practical, and aesthetic.(to me anyway) Nearly all same/similar skills are in the same position across all jobs/roles while allowing for as little finger gymnastics as possible.
My XHB is split between chotbars 2(left) and 7(right)
- BLM
HBPVEAipha Fields BLM extraordinaire ^3^
keybinds are
1-5 -------- mouse 4/5
shift 1-5 --------- shift mouse 4/5
ctrl 1-4 ---------- ctr R, ctrl mouse 4/5
qerfg - shift qerfg, Alt mouse 4/5 - BLMXHBPVE
7.0 Black Mage
I have my hotbars set up so that pressing R1 toggles between hotbars 1 and 2, with hotbar 3 as the WXHB.
"1" icon is Aether Compass, "2" icon is Gysahl Greens.
- BLMXHBPVE
YoomBLM_1.56_6.55
BLM Layout 6.55 (Not 7.0-Able)
LT>RT remapped from Set 8 Left to Set 8 Right, only right half of Set 8 is used
Set 1 - Single Target ; Set 2 - AoE ; Set 8 - Utility - BLMXHBPVE
BLM 7.0
Current WIP for updated hotbars in 7.0, focusing on minimising swapping hotbars in combat and keeping visual clarity on relevant buff cooldowns and maximising consistency across all jobs. Bar 1 is for single target, and Bar 2 for AoE.
The Glamour Plate button is being used in place of the newly added skill as needed, and the dye represents potion. Sprint and LB are macroed to L3/R3 respectively.
- BLMXHBPVE
7.0
Sharpcast will be Flare Star, Sprint is on a macro tying it to pressing in the Left Stick. Fire 1 and 3 are on the AoE crosshotbar to act as emergency movement buttons with the new instant fire paradox and guaranteed Firestarter. Blizzard 1 is on the bar in case of really low level sync
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Radulf Rushe BLM 100
Waiting for the new action images to get added in to fully get this good
Make sure to change Double tap L2 to "Cross Hotbar 4 - Left" and Double tap R2 to "Cross Hotbar 4 - Right"
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Dawntrail Prep BLM
Possible dawntrail setup including new moves and changes(current icons filling in)
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Default BLM
The hotbar setup I built up after levelling THM into BLM (level 31 at time of creation).
Saving for reference
- BLMXHBPVE
BLM ST and AOE sepatation
Crosshotbar for fire and ice phases with single target on the right and AOE rotation on the left side
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BLM Fire and Ice Separation
BLM WXHB with ice and fire rotations on separate sides.
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Noko steamdeck black mage
How I set up my crossbars as a black mage on steamdeck (Currently level ~65)
I try to play every classes/jobs, thus I tend to reuse same slots for same "functionality" across jobs.
- BLMXHBPVE
Ergonomic Gamepad BLM 6.51
I am a software engineer of over a decade and my hand stamina is not what it used to be. Double tapping the bumper or trigger to activate the WXHB may be viable for some, but it isn't for me. This is my attempt at mapping every job I play to the main & extended XHB only. Not only is it better for your hands, but it frees up UI screen real estate.
BLM could use some action consolidation in future but is otherwise relatively light on buttons, which makes this a little easier. I tried to organize oGCDs like Sharpcast, Swiftcast, and Amplifier to flow smoothly with either single- or multi-target fire & ice rotations accessible by simply pressing or releasing the opposite shoulder button.
- BLMXHBPVE
Rainbows BLM XHB
I'm a small streamer that loves FFXIV and many other things. The XHBs I publish are solely how I personally like to organize my Hotbars when on the controller! Feel free to use them if you too like them! Some are thrown together and some are planned out.
- BLMXHBPVE
Another Experimental BLM 6.2 layout
Trying out a Fire/Ice split, with single and AoE on both,. Burst/finishers and movement/downtime tech on the bottom, Xeno on 1st bar for accessibility.
