Drill Cannons

 

Drill Cannons

Acquired

 BLU (actions)

Level

1

Type

Spell

Index

5 (Page 1)

Rank

★★

Damage Type

Physical

Aspect

Piercing

MP Cost

200

Casting

2s

Recast

2.5s (GCD)

Range

20y

Radius

20y

AoE Type

Line

Targeting

Enemy

Patch

4.5

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Deals physical damage to all enemies in a straight line before you with a potency of 200 for the first enemy, and 50% less for all remaining enemies.
Additional Effect: Potency is increased to 600 when target is afflicted with Petrification. The Petrification effect is also removed.

— In-game description

Drill Cannons is an action unlocked at level 1. It is available for Blue Mage.

Related actions

•   Level 5 Petrify

Flavor Text

This technique mimics the Drill Cannons of machina by winding aetherial currents until they resemble rapidly spinning projectiles. Like the physical drills upon which they are patterned, these projectiles excel at penetrating stone.

Acquisition

Open World

Enemy	Level	Location
4th Cohort Vanguard	49	Western Thanalan (8.7,5.9)
Abandoned Vanguard	46	Northern Thanalan (19,16)
Magitek Vanguard H-1	45-50	Castrum Meridianum
Magitek Vanguard H-2	50	Northern Thanalan (16,15)
Magitek Vanguard	44-50	Northern Thanalan (15.8,14.7)

Tips

Acquisition Tips

• Drill Cannon is used only when enemies are at 50% or below HP. Seems to drop more frequently from Magitek Vanguard H-2.

Other Tips

• Combos with   Level 5 Petrify

History

• Patch 5.1 (2019-10-29):
  • Potency has been increased from 120 to 200.
  • Potency when target is afflicted with Petrification has been increased from 420 to 600.
  • Potency will now be reduced by 50% after the first enemy.
• Patch 4.5 (2019-01-08): Added.