What is the best-in-slot gear for Black Mage?

The highest item level set this tool can build for Black Mage averages item level 790 across 11 slots. These rankings are derived from item level and stat weights, not combat simulation — for sim-verified BiS, see The Balance.

How much does a Black Mage BiS set cost?

None of the pieces in this set are currently tradable on the market board — they must be earned in game.

Are these BiS sets simulated?

No. They are built from item level and role-based stat weights. Speed tiers, party composition and encounter length are not modelled, so for a specific savage or ultimate fight a simmed set from The Balance may differ.

Black Mage best in slot — patch 7.55x2

caster · average item level 790

Every piece in the current Black Mage set is untradable, so it cannot be bought on the market board — it must be earned through raids, tomestones or crafting.

Gear ranked by item level and stat weights, not combat simulation. For sim-verified BiS see The Balance.

The set

Slot	Item	iLvl	Materia
Main hand	Palazzo Diamond Rod	795	3
Feet	Augmented Bygone Brass Boots of Casting	790	2
Earrings	Grand Champion's Ear Cuff of Casting	790	2
Necklace	Augmented Bygone Brass Choker of Casting	790	2
Bracelets	Augmented Bygone Brass Bracelet of Casting	790	2
Head	Grand Champion's Headgear of Casting	790	2
Hands	Grand Champion's Gloves of Casting	790	2
Legs	Augmented Bygone Brass Halfslops of Casting	790	2
Body	Grand Champion's Coat of Casting	790	2
Ring (left)	Augmented Bygone Brass Ring of Casting	790	2
Ring (right)	Grand Champion's Ring of Casting	790	2

Recommended melds

Filling all 23 sockets with Savage Aim Materia XII costs 10,028 gil.

Slot	Sockets	Cost
Main hand	3	1,308
Feet	2	872
Earrings	2	872
Necklace	2	872
Bracelets	2	872
Head	2	872
Hands	2	872
Legs	2	872
Body	2	872
Ring (left)	2	872
Ring (right)	2	872

Every socket is costed with the same materia, which is the simple reading. Substats are capped per piece and overmeld success rates fall off, so a serious melding plan splits stats across sockets — treat this as the ceiling on cost, not as optimal play.

Methodology

Sets are built by taking the highest item level gear each job can equip in each slot, then breaking ties with role-based substat weights (Critical Hit weighted highest, speed lowest). This is a heuristic, not a combat simulation: it does not model speed tiers, party composition, encounter length or rotation drift, and for a specific savage or ultimate fight it will sometimes disagree with a simmed set. For sim-verified BiS, use The Balance. What this page adds is the current gil cost of the set on each datacenter, which no BiS list shows.

Stat weights used: Critical Hit 1, Direct Hit Rate 0.85, Determination 0.85, Spell Speed 0.6.

Frequently asked

What is the best-in-slot gear for Black Mage?: The highest item level set this tool can build for Black Mage averages item level 790 across 11 slots. These rankings are derived from item level and stat weights, not combat simulation — for sim-verified BiS, see The Balance.
How much does a Black Mage BiS set cost?: None of the pieces in this set are currently tradable on the market board — they must be earned in game.
Are these BiS sets simulated?: No. They are built from item level and role-based stat weights. Speed tiers, party composition and encounter length are not modelled, so for a specific savage or ultimate fight a simmed set from The Balance may differ.