FFXIV PvP Actions Job Changes Affect Viper, White Mage, More

The 7.16 patch is here and many of the FFXIV patch notes cover the job changes made to PvP Actions for classes, with the Viper and White Mage among the nine with the most changes. Over 50 actions now have a shorter period between action execution and effect activation, with the Monk, Samurai, and Warrior seeing the most changes. 

Most of the changes involve buffs. For example, with Viper there’s an overall increase in potency for four actions. Likewise, this is the case for the White Mage. Though in the case of two actions, text also was changed or removed. The Summoner job also ended up seeing two changes, with one increasing potency and the other adding a Slipstream buff to the as well as their allies.

Here’s the full list of all the 7.16 job changes to FFXIV PvP actions:

Astrologian

Microcosmos

HP recovered at the time of execution has been reduced from a cure of 5,000 potency plus 25% of compiled damage to a cure of 4,000 potency plus 20% of compiled damage.

Black Mage

Burst

Potency has been increased from 12,000 to 15,000. Barrier strength has been increased from a heal potency of 12,000 to 15,000.

Dark Knight

Eventide

Potency has been increased from 8,000-16,000 to 10,000-20,000.

Machinist

Full Metal Field

Potency has been increased from 8,000 to 10,000. Recast time has been reduced from 32 to 30 seconds.

Ninja

Doton

Reduction to damage taken has been reduced from 25% to 20%.

Scholar

Summon Seraph

Recovery via healing actions granted by the effect Seraphic Illumination has been reduced from 20% to 10%.

Summoner

Mountain Buster	Potency has been increased from 10,000 to 12,000.
Slipstream	Additional effect that increases movement speed by 25% on allies now also applies to self.

Viper

First Generation	Potency has been increased from 6,000 to 8,000.
Second Generation	Potency has been increased from 6,000 to 8,000.
Third Generation	Potency has been increased from 6,000 to 8,000.
Fourth Generation	Potency has been increased from 6,000 to 8,000.

White Mage

Affiatus Purgation	Healing over time potency of Temperance has been reduced from 6,000 to 4,000.
Glare III	The text “Action changes to Glare IV when under the effect of Sacred Sight” has been added.
Glare IV	Potency has been increased from 8,000 to 9,000.
Seraph Strike	The text “Action changes to Glare IV upon execution” has been removed.

As for the 7.16 FFXIV PvP actions, Square Enix broke those down by jobs. In every case, it’ll make effects kick in faster. The two actions alterations that apply to every class are Purify and Recuperate. 

Paladin

• Shield Smite
• Intervene

Warrior

• Primal Rend
• Onslaught
• Orogeny
• Chaotic Cyclone
• Primal Wrath
• Primal Scream

Dark Knight

• Impalement
• Salted Earth

Gunbreaker

• Fated Circle
• Fated Brand
• Terminal Trigger

Monk

• Dragon Kick
• Demolish
• Leaping Opo
• Phantom Rush
• Wind’s Reply
• Rising Phoenix
• Earth’s Reply

Dragoon

• Wyrmwind Thrust
• Sky Shatter

Ninja

• Dokumori
• Forked Raiju
• Fleeting Raiju

Samurai

• Mineuchi
• Hyosetsu
• Mangetsu
• Oka
• Kaeshi: Namikiri
• Tendo Setsugekka
• Tendo Kaeshi Setsugekka
• Zantetsuken

Reaper

• Lemure’s Scythe
• Tenebrae Lemurum

Viper

• World-swallower

Bard

• Silent Nocturne
• Repelling Shot

Machinist

• Marksman’s Spite

Black Mage

• Burst

Summoner

• Mountain Buster

Red Mage

• Vice of Thorns

Pictomancer

• Clawed Muse
• Retribution of the Madeen

White Mage

• Afflatus Purgation

Astrologian

• Gravity II
• Oracle

Sage

• Phlegma III
• Psyche

Cloud of Darkness (Chaotic) changes are also a part of the FFXIV 7.16 patch.

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