While far from a team player, Samurai’s efficiency in dealing as much damage as possible in the shortest amount of time has landed it the number one spot.Blizzard announced that Legacy Raid tuning will be coming in Patch 9.1.5! This will hopefully help players who are collecting items from previous expansion's raids. With its insanely high damage output, easy rotation, and mobility as a melee class, it’s hard to beat Samurai. There’s no doubt about it, Samurai is the golden child of the DPS classes.
Previously known for its complicated set of actions and incredibly low damage output, Monk has rocketed through the ranks with the newest major update for the class. Patch 5.4 is really Monk’s time to shine. Switching between Umbrel Ice and Astral fire is a fun challenge.Fun and satisfying class to play overall.Attacks can be boosted further by support classes.
Triplecast and Aetherial Manipulation boost mobility.Deals the most amount of damage out of magical ranged DPS classes.The one downside to Black Mage, like most magic classes, is has limited movement but with the addition of skills to boost movement, Black Mage becomes an excellent DPS choice. Combo bonuses for executing actions from the rear of enemiesīlack Mage holds a reputation for being the most powerful of the casting classes as well as one of the heaviest hitting of the DPS classes.When supported by other melee classes can deal even more damage.Trick Attack increases enemy damage taken.With a proficient player, Ninja can be a formidable foe, power rivaling even that of Samurai. Since then, little has changed with the Ninja class, and the 5.4 has bumped up the damage potency of only two of its skills. Ninja received a significant rework back with the 5.1 patch, making its convoluted rotation much easier to manage and boosting the class up into the rankings. Summons battle pet primals to fight by your side.Raising and healing abilities allow Summoner to step in for support.Bane allows Summoner to target multiple enemies with DoT spells at once.High damage output with damage-over-time spells and regular spells.No changes were made to Summoner in patch 5.4, displaying the versatility of this beloved DPS class. While its rotation can be lengthy, Summoner can deal a high amount of damage while also being able to jump into a back-up support role with its healing and resurrecting skills. Summoner is typically considered a powerful DPS and an excellent team player. One of the most entertaining and popular classes to play.Positional attacks can award a higher damage output.Battle Litany and Dragon Sight boost damage output of the team.Not too much has changed with Dragoon in the newest patch, but a couple of its actions have had attack potency boosted by 10 points, now putting Dragoon on par with other melee DPS while also keeping its team synergy. Embolden is great for boosting team damageĭragoon continues to be a tried and true DPS class in FF14, and with its team-wide damage boosts, it has fairly decent team synergy.Duelcast and Swiftcast allows Red Mage to resurrect two fallen players one right after the other.Rotation is more forgiving than other classes and slip ups or deaths won’t affect performance as dramatically.Balancing white and black mana is a unique mechanic.Offers the most movement of the caster based classes.These changes have bumped Red Mage up onto the list, and while Red Mage still isn’t quite as powerful as other magic based classes, it’s fun mechanics make it worthwhile to pick back up again. Red Mage is typically used as a support based DPS since its damage output was low, but with the 5.4 patch, a handful of Red Mage’s spells were boosted to deal more damage. Long considered a weaker DPS class and probably the least popular of the magic based classes, Red Mage uses a range of elemental spells that boost either their white or black mana gauges, which, in turn, can be used to enchant melee actions into dealing more damage. With these changes, it’s time to take another look at the DPS classes in FF14 and rank the top seven according to the latest patch.
These re-works have given DPS classes smoother combat rotations, better damage output, and overall, a better playing experience. With the very recent drop of the 5.4 patch, Final Fantasy 14 has seen the addition of new raids, emotes, and even full re-works of certain classes.