An Idiot's Guide to PICTOMANCER | FFXIV Dawntrail

[7.0] Time for Picto! Its seriously my new favorite Caster to play. It does stupid damage, has a really fun kit, and is just satisfying to play. Highly suggest trying it out.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:52 - Main Spells and Aetherhues
1:33 - Subtractive Palette
2:25 - Motifs
2:45 - Creature Motif
4:35 - Weapon Motif
5:07 - Landscape Motif
6:15 - Other Abilities
6:40 - Outro

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[MegastarFFXIV]

Something I forgot to mention, these spells/abilities use up Hyperphansatia stacks as well.
- Holy in White
- Comet in Black
- Star Prism

[KMartin]

Another little fun fact I discovered by mistake: Swiftcast works for Motifs while in battle. It's great if you need some Hammer Time as quickly as possible.

[lorriequadro]

Definitely would love to see a rotation guide! Thanks! Much appreciated! 😊😊

[Tsuba_Nick]

Your combination of script, clear narration and explanation and adding the in game icons and names makes this so useful! Great job!

[Xuja]

thank you for this guide. so many other picto guides don't even say the skill names or even show the picture of the skill being casted it was all just "do this do this and this into that"

[NicJacMacFil]

Been loving your guides! Would def want to see a rotation guide. Haven't played a DPS since ARR but have really enjoyed Pictomancer; coming from a print education background

[KROOF]

YAY! As someone pretty far from Dawntrail, I've been living vicariously through videos. So nice to see more videos from you! <3

[XcessiveNinja]

love how the subtractive palette (CMYK) is normally only for professional photo printing. but you can use it by hand with the power of magic

[sinful-bunni]

Came here to learn how to rez and the only thing I learned is that a whole party of randos gaslit me into thinking I could rez TToTT

[Mindlessunderscore]

It’s here, ive been waiting for this to drop. I know its not a complete guide on rotations and stuff, but I definitely use it to have an idea of the basics of how to start to set up my rotation in which i figure it out from there

[KRJayster]

I… don’t think I’ve ever been this early to ANY video before.

Also this class almost makes me want to get into FFXIV. It looks so fun. :)

[milkmangreg]

Dang man this class looks crazy cool. Always a big fan of non-traditional magic users

[keiyangoshin]

I can’t thank you enough for this and your other job guides. I don’t generally consider myself an idiot but, when it comes to new jobs and the first few days trying them out, it’s my brain can’t interpret the tool tips. So I follow the glowing buttons. But eventually it is cool to actually know how to make the most out of a job. So thank you. 👍

[CarmieTV]

I played through the whole DT MSQ as Picto and I've been maining it since, but it was only until I watched this video I figured out what the Starry Muse ring does and also that Star Prism has a heal effect to it 😂 Thank you for enlightening me!

[DacianGradaMusic]

thanks a lot for this, the skill descriptions can be a little daunting especially when jobs start at higher levels so a nice and simple explanation like this is very welcome.

considering by the devs' own admission jobs with utility will need to do less dmg i am almost certain we're either getting other caster buffs or picto's damage will be lower when actual endgame comes around. Still looks like a fun job with plenty of variations and options, I'm gonna enjoy it a lot!

[ausgibb]

i'd love to see guides for openers and roations for all jobs honestly

[legreeniris]

I would be interested in an in depth rotation guide. I have been playing ff14 for about 2 years but have never dived deep into "getting good". I love pictomancer so much though that I would love to actually play "properly" and then see where I can go from there! :D thanks for all your videos.

[CeeJay]

Thanks for this simple yet effective christal clear video 🎉🎉 That’s why I love your content this much ❤ I’m 89 pictomancer and I’ll main it for this expansion I think 🎉 see you on stream ❤🎉

[lightonsnow]

Thanks so much for this! I adore the pictomancer class but figuring out how rainbow drip was “activated” was beyond me. I thought it had something to do with the black/white paint

[a.z.pantera]

Just at a glance, this definitely feels like a job that snowballs super hard. Which makes sense, since you're literally painting your rotation. It almost feels like a slower Red Mage with the potential damage of Black Mage.