Black Mage Job Changes and Updates — Dawntrail 7.0

Skill Name	Category	Changes
Thunder	Spell	On-hit potency increased from 30 to 120. Damage over time potency increased from 35 to 40, duration from 21s to 24s. Cast time is now instant. Now can only be cast while under the effect of Thunderhead, which is obtained by gaining Astral Fire or Umbral Ice either from neutral or swapping between the two. Thunderhead duration is 30s. Thundercloud has been removed.
Blizzard II	Spell	Base potency decreased from 100 to 80.
Fire II	Spell	Base potency decreased from 100 to 80. No longer grants Enhanced Flare.
Thunder II	Spell	On-hit potency to target and all enemies near it increased from 50 to 60. Damage over time potency increased from 15 to 30. Cast time is now instant. Now can only be cast while under the effect of Thunderhead, which is obtained by gaining Astral Fire or Umbral Ice either from neutral or swapping between the two. Thunderhead duration is 30s. Thundercloud has been removed.
Manafont	Ability	Manafont has been completely revamped, and now fully restores MP, refreshes Astral Fire, grants Thunderhead, grants 3 Umbral Hearts, and grants Paradox. Can only be used in Astral Fire.
Fire III	Spell	Base potency increased from 260 to 280.
Blizzard III	Spell	Base potency increased from 260 to 280.
Thunder III	Spell	On-hit potency increased from 50 to 160. Damage over time potency increased from 35 to 45, duration decreased from 30s to 27s. Cast time is now instant. Now can only be cast while under the effect of Thunderhead, which is obtained by gaining Astral Fire or Umbral Ice either from neutral or swapping between the two. Thunderhead duration is 30s. Thundercloud has been removed.
Flare	Spell	Potency on primary target increased from 220 to 240. Enhanced Flare no longer exists. At level 100 via the new trait Enhanced Astral Fire, grants three stacks of Astral Soul to build towards the new level 100 action Flare Star. Astral Soul stacks expire when Astral Fire ends.
Sharpcast	Ability	This ability has been removed from the game. Thunder procs are now guaranteed via Thunderhead, Firestarter procs are guaranteed via Paradox, but still 40% chance via Fire
Fire IV	Spell	At level 100 via the new trait Enhanced Astral Fire, grants three stacks of Astral Soul to build towards the new level 100 action Flare Star. Astral Soul stacks expire when Astral Fire ends.
Thunder IV	Spell	On-hit potency to target and all enemies near it increased from 50 to 80. Damage over time potency increased from 20 to 35, duration from 18s to 24s. Cast time is now instant. Now can only be cast while under the effect of Thunderhead, which is obtained by gaining Astral Fire or Umbral Ice either from neutral or swapping between the two. Thunderhead duration is 30s. Thundercloud has been removed.
Umbral Soul	Spell	Now increases MP based on current number of stacks of Umbral Ice. Umbral Ice I: 2,500MP; Umbral Ice II: 5,000MP; Umbral Ice III: 10,000MP.
High Fire II	Spell	Decreased potency from 140 to 120. No longer grants Enhanced Flare.
High Blizzard II	Spell	Decreased potency from 140 to 120.
Paradox	Spell	Cast time is now instant. Guarantees a Firestarter proc upon use. Can only be used while in Astral Fire. At level 100 via the new trait Enhanced Astral Fire, grants one stack of Astral Soul to build towards the new level 100 action Flare Star. Astral Soul stacks expire when Astral Fire ends.
High Thunder (NEW!)	Spell	Upgraded version of Thunder III available at level 92. Instant cast, with an on-hit potency of 200, DoT potency of 50 lasting for 30s. Only usable while under the effect of Thunderhead.
High Thunder II (NEW!)	Spell	Upgraded version of Thunder IV available at level 92. Instant cast, with an on-hit potency of 100 to target and all enemies near it, DoT potency of 40 lasting for 24s. Only usable while under the effect of Thunderhead.
Retrace (NEW!)	Ability	Available at level 96. Moves your Ley Lines to your current position. With a recast of 40s, it is only usable once per Ley Lines usage.
Flare Star (NEW!)	Spell	Available at level 100. Deals fire-aspected damage of 350 potency to target, and 60% of all nearby enemies. Can only be used with a full Astral Soul gauge (6 stacks). Cast time is 3s.

Trait Name	Changes
Aspect Mastery	Now details multipliers and effects of Astral Fire I and Umbral Ice I more specifically (note: EN tooltip is missing the 40% increased fire damage potency in Astral Fire I). Ice spells are now free in Umbral Ice I, and will grant 2,500 MP upon execution in this state.
Aspect Mastery II	Now details multipliers and effects of Astral Fire II and Umbral Ice II more specifically. Ice spells will grant 5,000 MP upon execution in Umbral Ice II.
Thundercloud	This trait has been removed, replaced by Thundercloud
Aspect Mastery III	Now details multipliers and effects of Astral Fire III and Umbral Ice III more specifically. Ice spells will grant 10,000 MP upon execution in Umbral Ice III.
Enochian	Removed Enhanced Flare effect.
Enhanced Freeze	This trait has been removed, replaced by Umbral Heart trait.
Umbral Heart (NEW!)	Gives three Umbral Heart stacks upon casting Freeze or using Manafont.
Enhanced Sharpcast	This trait has been removed.
Enhanced Sharpcast II	This trait has been removed.
Aspect Mastery V	Added: Paradox marker is lost upon expiration of Astral Fire. Blizzard no longer changes to Paradox and Paradox marker is longer generated by swapping from Umbral Ice III to Astral Fire.
Thunder Mastery III (NEW!)	Upgrades Thunder II to High Thunder and Thunder IV to High Thunder II at level 92.
Enhanced Swiftcast (NEW!)	Reduces Swiftcast recast timer from 60s to 40s at level 94.
Enhanced Ley Lines (NEW!)	Enables usage of Retrace to reposition your Ley Lines once per usage at level 96.
Enhanced Polyglot II (NEW!)	Adds the ability to hold one more Polyglot stack at level 98.
Enhanced Addle (NEW!)	Increases Addle duration to 15s at level 98.
Enhanced Astral Fire (NEW!)	Allows for generating Astral Soul stacks, one stack from each Fire IV and three from each Flare at level 100. With the maximum of 6 stacks, allows for the casting of Flare Star.

Skill Name	Category	Changes
Swiftcast	Ability	Reduces Swiftcast recast timer from 60s to 40s via the new trait Enhanced Swiftcast at level 94.
Addle	Ability	Duration extended to 15s via the new trait Enhanced Addle at level 98.

Listed below is a showcase from the Job Actions Trailer featuring a collection of battle actions for Black Mage. These actions are preliminary and are subject to change by the official launch of Dawntrail.

In Endwalker, Black Mage has been given many quality-of-life changes to lessen the skill gap. Enochian has now been made a trait and Aspect Mastery is now acquired at Level 1, giving them some breathing room in keeping up their timers. Its capstone ability combines the power of Astral Fire and Umbral Ice to deal devastating damage.

Skill Name	Category	Changes
Xenoglossy	Spell	Base potency was increased from 800 to 880.
Enhanced Enochian III	Trait	Increased magic damage from 21% to 23%.

Skill Name	Category	Changes
Fire III	Spell	Base potency has been increased from 240 to 260.
Blizzard III	Spell	Base potency has been increased from 240 to 260.
Blizzard IV	Spell	Base potency was increased from 300 to 310.
Fire IV	Spell	Base potency was increased from 300 to 310.
Xenoglossy	Spell	Base potency was increased from 660 to 760.

1. Fire duration changed from 18 seconds to 30 seconds.
2. Thunder potency of damage over time changed from 40 to 35, duration of damage over time changed from 18 seconds to 21 seconds, and changed increased Thunder spell effect duration from 18 seconds to 40 seconds.
3. Blizzard II effect changed from "deals ice damage to all nearby enemies" to "deals ice damage to target and all enemies nearby it," range changed from 0 to 25, potency changed from 50 to 100, and cast time changed from 2 seconds to 3 seconds.
4. Fire II potency changed from 80 to 100, added "Astral Fire bonus: grants Enhanced Flare. The effect is canceled if Astral Fire ends."
5. Thunder II potency changed from 30 to 50, potency of damage over time changed from 30 to 15, duration of damage over time changed from 12 seconds to 18 seconds, changed increased Thunder spell effect duration from 18 seconds to 40 seconds, and cast time changed from 3 seconds to 2.5 seconds.
6. Freeze potency changed from 100 to 120, cast time changed from 2.5 seconds to 2.8 seconds, and added "can only be executed while under the effect of Umbral Ice."
7. Thunder III potency changed from 70 to 50, potency of damage over time changed from 40 to 35, duration of damage over time changed from 24 seconds to 30 seconds, changed increased Thunder spell effect duration from 18 seconds to 40 seconds.
8. Flare potency changed from 260 to 220, and added "Enhanced Flare Potency: 280." This spell now can only be executed while under the effect of Astral Fire and no longer removes Umbral Ice.
9. Blizzard IV's execution requirement changed from both Enochian and Umbral Ice to only Umbral Ice, and the recast time changed from 2.8 seconds to 2.5 seconds.
10. Fire IV's execution requirement changed from both Enochian and Astral Fire to only Astral Fire.
11. Thunder IV Potency for damage over time changed from 30 to 20, increased Thunder spell effect duration changed from 18 seconds to 40 seconds, cast time changed from 3 seconds to 2.5 seconds, and MP cost changed from 800 to 400.
12. Foul potency changed from 650 to 560, potency rate when attacking remaining enemies changed from 25% to 60%, and cast time changed from 2.5 seconds to instant.
13. Despair potency changed from 380 to 340, and the execution requirement changed from both Enochian and Astral Fire to only Astral Fire.
14. Umbral Soul execution requirement changed from both Enochian and Umbral Ice to only Umbral Ice.
15. Xenoglossy potency changed from 750 to 660.

1. High Fire II deals fire damage with a potency of 140 to target and all enemies nearby it and grants Astral Fire III and removes Umbral Ice for 15 seconds. Astral Fire Bonus: grants Enhanced Flare. This effect is canceled if Astral Fire ends.
2. High Blizzard II deals ice damage with a potency of 140 to target and all enemies nearby it for 15 seconds. Additional Effect: grants Umbral Ice III and removes Astral Fire.
3. Paradox deals unaspected damage with a potency of 500. Astral Fire Bonus: Refreshes the duration of Astral Fire and 40% chance to grant Firestarter for 15 seconds. Firestarter Effect: Next Fire III will require no time to cast and cost no MP for 30 seconds. Umbral Ice Bonus: Spell is cast immediately, requires no MP to cast, and refreshes the duration of Umbral Ice for 15 seconds. Can only be executed while under the effect of Paradox. This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

1. Manafont recast time changed from 180 seconds to 120 seconds.
2. Ley Lines recast time changed from 90 seconds to 120 seconds.
3. Sharpcast added Paradox effect, added 2 maximum charges, and duration changed from 15 seconds to 30 seconds.
4. Triplecast now has 2 maximum charges.

1. Amplifier grants Polyglot. This ability can only be executed while under the effect of Astral Fire or Umbral Ice.

Sleep and Enochian were both removed in Patch 6.0.

1. Aspect Mastery's learning level changed from 72 to 1.
2. Maim and Mend no longer "allows for the stacking of a third Astral Fire or Umbral Ice which reduces cast times for spells of the opposite element by half."
3. Thundercloud duration changed from 18 seconds to 40 seconds.
4. Maim and Mend II no longer "allows the stacking of a third Astral Fire or Umbral Ice."
5. Firestarter duration changed from 18 seconds to 30 seconds.
6. Enhanced Freeze's Umbral Hearts applied changed from 1 to 3.

1. Aspect Mastery II allows the stacking of a second Astral Fire and Umbral Ice.
2. Aspect Mastery III allows the stacking of a third Astral Fire and Umbral Ice. Casting Fire II or Blizzard II grants maximum stacks of Astral Fire or Umbral Ice respectively.
3. Enochian increases damage dealt by 5% while under the effect of Astral Fire or Umbral Ice. Upon successfully landing Fire II while under the effect of Astral Fire, grants Enhanced Flare. Enhanced Flare effect ends if Astral Fire is lost.
4. Enhanced Foul allows for the immediate casting of Foul.
5. Aspect Mastery IV upgrades Fire II and Blizzard II to High Fire II and High Blizzard II.
6. Enhanced Manafont reduces Manafont recast time to 120 seconds.
7. Enhanced Enochian III improves Enochian's magic damage increase to 20%.
8. Enhanced Sharpcast II allows the accumulation of charges for consecutive uses of Sharpcast.
9. Aspect Mastery V adds a Paradox marker to your Elemental Gauge. The marker is made active after reaching Astral Fire III then swapping to the opposite element. Conversely, the marker can also be made active after reaching Umbral Ice III and gaining 3 Umbral Hearts then swapping to the opposite element. Blizzard and Fire become Paradox when the Paradox marker is made active.