Best in Slot (BiS)

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Skills Overview

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Single-Target Actions

Action	Abbreviation	Level	Type	Recast	Description
Heated Split Shot	HS1	54	Weaponskill	2.5 seconds	The first skill in your main combo. Delivers an attack with a potency of 220. Generates 5 Heat. Upgraded from Split Shot.
Heated Slug Shot	HS2	60	Weaponskill	2.5 seconds	The second skill in your main combo. Delivers an attack with a combo potency of 320. Generates 5 Heat. Upgraded from Slug Shot.
Heated Clean Shot	HS3	64	Weaponskill	2.5 seconds	The third skill in your main combo. Delivers an attack with a combo potency of 420. Generates 5 Heat and 10 Battery. Upgraded from Clean Shot.
Drill	DR	58	Weaponskill	20 seconds	Delivers an attack with a potency of 660. Maximum Charges: 2 (Gained at Level 94). Shares a recast timer with Bioblaster
Air Anchor	AA	76	Weaponskill	40 seconds	Delivers an attack with a potency of 660. Generates 20 Battery.
Chain Saw	CS	90	Weaponskill	60 seconds	Delivers an attack with a potency of 660. Generates 20 Battery. Damage fall-off of 25% for all other enemies in a line to the target. Grants Excavator Ready.
Reassemble	REA	10	Ability	55 seconds	Guarantees the next weaponskill is a critical direct hit. Can hold up to 2 stacks.
Hypercharge	HC	30	Ability	10 seconds	Enables the usage of Blazing Shot. Grants five stacks of Overheat to buff single-target weaponskills for the next 10 seconds. Costs 50 Heat, free use under the effect of Hypercharged.
Blazing Shot	HB	68	Weaponskill	1.5 seconds	Only usable under the effect of Hypercharge. Delivers an attack with a potency of 240. Reduces the cooldown of Double Check and Checkmate by 15 seconds each. Upgraded from Heat Blast
Checkmate	CM	92	Ability	30 seconds	Delivers an attack to target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 180 for the first enemy, and 30% less for all remaining enemies. Upgraded from Ricochet.
Double Check	DC	92	Ability	30 seconds	Delivers an attack to target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 180 for the first enemy, and 30% less for all remaining enemies. Upgraded from Gauss Round.
Wildfire	WF	45	Ability	120 seconds	Deals 240 potency for each weaponskill delivered over a duration of 10 seconds. Wildfire deals its damage when the timer ends. Can be manually detonated early by using Detonator.
Barrel Stabilizer	BS	66	Ability	120 seconds	Grants Hypercharged & Full Metal Machinist for 30 seconds.
Excavator	EXC	96	Weaponskill	2.5 seconds	Delivers an attack with a potency of 660. Generates 20 Battery. Damage fall-off of 25% for all other enemies in a line to the target. Can only be used under the effect of Excavator Ready.
Full Metal Field	FMF	100	Weaponskill	2.5 seconds	Delivers a critical direct hit to target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 900 for the first enemy, and 25% less for all remaining enemies. Damage dealt is increased when under an effect that raises critical/direct hit rate. This action is not affected by Reassemble. Can only be used under the effect of Full Metal Machinist.

Multi-Target Actions

Action	Abbreviation	Level	Type	Recast	Description
Bioblaster	BB	72	Weaponskill	20 seconds	Delivers an attack with a potency of 50 to all enemies in a cone in front of the player. Also places a DoT on all enemies for 15 seconds which ticks for another 50 potency. Full duration of Bioblaster is 300 potency on all enemies. Maximum Charges: 2 (Gained at Level 94). Shares a recast with Drill.
Scattergun	SG	82	Weaponskill	2.5 seconds	Delivers an attack with a potency of 130 potency in a cone in front of the player. Generates 10 Heat.
Auto-Crossbow	ACB	52	Weaponskill	1.5 seconds	Only usable under the effect of Hypercharge. Delivers an attack with a potency of 180 in a cone in front of the player.
Flamethrower	FT	70	Ability	60 seconds	A channeled ability. Deals 120 potency once per second over 11 seconds. Effect ends upon using another action or moving.

Pet Actions

Action	Abbreviation	Level	Type	Recast	Description
Automaton Queen	AQ	80	Ability	6 seconds	Summons your robot. While active, Queen will deal damage in the form of Arm Punches, Roller Dashes, Pile Bunker, and Crowned Collider. Duration is set to 12 seconds regardless of Battery at which she was summoned. Maximum potency is 2660 at 100 Battery gauge.
Queen Overdrive	QO	80	Ability	15 seconds	Commands Queen to perform Pile Bunker and Crowned Collider.
Arm Punch	AP	80	Weaponskill	1.5 seconds	Melee distance attack dealing 240 potency at 100 maximum Battery gauge.
Roller Dash	RD	80	Weaponskill	3 seconds	Gap closer dealing 480 potency at maximum Battery gauge.
Pile Bunker	PB	80	Weaponskill	-	Queen’s first finisher. Delivers an attack of 680 potency at maximum Battery gauge.
Crowned Collider	CC	90	Ability	-	Queen’s second finisher. Delivers an attack of 780 potency at maximum Battery Gauge.

Role Abilities/Support

Action	Abbreviation	Level	Type	Recast	Description
Tactician	Tact	56	Ability	90 seconds	Reduces damage taken by self and nearby party members by 15% for 15 seconds. This can not be stacked with Troubadour or Shield Samba.
Dismantle	-	62	Ability	120 seconds	10% damage reduction on a single target for 10 seconds.
Leg Graze	-	6	Ability	30 seconds	Afflicts target with a 40% heavy.
Foot Graze	-	10	Ability	30 seconds	Binds target for 10 seconds.
Head Graze	-	24	Ability	30 seconds	Interrupt.
Arm’s Length	AL	32	Ability	120 seconds	Anti-knockback. Slows the target upon taking physical damage.
Second Wind	SW	8	Ability	120 seconds	Regenerates HP worth 500 potency.
Peloton	-	20	Ability	5 seconds	Increases movement speed for self and nearby party members.

Openers

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Graphics and Notes

With the addition of the extra tools, and despite the fact that we want to optimize as best as we can into buffs, it is still ideal to start off with a prepull Reassemble. It shaves off quite a bit of time to get the cooldown rolling and could possibly net us an extra usage depending on the fight layout in Dawntrail. Depending on the fight, we can transpose Drill and Air Anchor in the opener if we can gain an extra Drill for it.

For now, Air Anchor remains the priority due to the huge value of 20 battery compared to the relatively small direct potency gain of using a tool over a combo GCD. The order of the oGCDs isn’t super important - we want to place the 2nd Reassemble in buffs, so it can be used on Excavator, or the following Drill, as long as it catches buffs. We want Wildfire to be used as early as possible within the buff window, so we weave it before Full Metal Field . We also aim to fit as many Double Check/Checkmate into buffs as possible. While we would much prefer a 2 minute pot if possible, some fights do not allow for this. If we have to use an opener pot, we want to use it two seconds before pulling the boss.

Basic Guide

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Introduction

Welcome to the Basic Machinist Guide! Within this document, you’ll find all the information you’ll need to play the job well. The links below can be used as teleports to other pages if you need the information while learning the job. Any questions can be directed to the Machinist channels in our Discord.

Openers

Advanced Guide

Video Guide

Gearing and Meld Priority

Skills Overview

Frequently Asked Questions

Job Overview

Machinist is a fast-paced physical ranged job that excels at quick burst damage and has the added benefit of free movement. While the base rotation for this job is somewhat strict, Machinist excels in dumping burst into raid buffs with flexible use of its gauge system. This guide aims to break down the job’s rotation into something easy to digest while providing good practices to follow for overall gameplay.

Advanced Guide

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This guide is intended to give the reader the tools needed to approach encounter optimization as a Machinist. It assumes you are already familiar with the fundamentals of the job – if you need a refresher, please read the Basic Guide and come back when you’re done.

Introduction to Optimization

This section will introduce some core concepts for optimizing encounters in FFXIV. If you are already familiar with optimization on other jobs, you can feel free to skip ahead!

Machinist on Balance Guides

Best in Slot (BiS)

Skills Overview

Single-Target Actions

Multi-Target Actions

Pet Actions

Role Abilities/Support

Openers

Graphics and Notes

Basic Guide

Introduction

Job Overview

Advanced Guide

Introduction to Optimization