Who do I Dance Partner?

This list is made in a gear/skill vacuum. This is the recommended partner priority list. (Note: Some fights may favor certain dance partners over others based on phase timings, boss mechanics, or ability to hit multiple targets. For the old level synced content, these priorities are rough estimates based on FFLOGS data.)

Level 100 Priority

SAM > PCT/RPR/VPR/MNK/NIN > DRG/BLM > RDM > SMN > MCH > BRD > DNC

Level 90 Priority (for DSR and TOP)

SAM/PCT > BLM > MNK/VPR/DRG > MCH/RPR/NIN > SMN/RDM > BRD > DNC

Level 80 Priority (for TEA)

SAM > BLM > DRG/MNK > PCT > MCH > NIN/RDM/RPR/VPR/SMN > BRD > DNC

Level 70 Priority (for UCOB and UWU)

SMN > MNK > BLM > DRG/VPR/PCT/SAM/RPR/NIN/RDM/MCH > BRD > DNC

For more accurate results for your group and needs, plug your logs into partnercalc.

How should I approach gearing up the class?

You can review Ringabel’s guide on how to best approach gearing DNC in 7.2 by clicking https://bit.ly/DNCGearingGuide-7-2

What is BiS for old Ultimate fights?

With iLvl sync, you can max out on both secondary stats on a gear piece as long as that gear piece is above a certain iLvl based on the encounter’s iLvl sync.

Recommended Gearsets for these fights are items that are at the iLvl needed to max both secondaries and have Crit and either Det or DH.

iLvl for max stats: UCoB: 470 UWU: 500 TEA: 600
DSR: 725
TOP: 755

The best weapon UCoB, UWU, and TEA as iLvl synced fights is the iLvl 535 Save the Queen relic weapon “Blade’s Euphoria” with specific stat allocation that maximizes how many secondary stats you can get for the fight:

UCoB: 127 Crit, 127 Det, 123 DH, 90 SkS (four points from DH moved to SkS to match with a 2.46 GCD tier) UWU: 136 Crit, 136 Det, 132 DH, 63 SkS (four points from DH moved to SkS to match with a 2.47 GCD tier) TEA: 184 Crit, 184 Det, 99 DH, 0 SkS

For DSR and TOP the best weapon is the iLvl 665 Manderville Relic weapon “Mandervillous Chakrams” with Crit and Det capped and DH as the smaller stat.

BiS Food: Use current BiS Food BiS Potion: Use current BiS Potion

What should I know before beginning to raid on Dancer?

Click here to read Io’s raiding primer guide for DNC!