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Surecast is a role action from Final Fantasy XIV. It allows spells to be cast without interruption and nullifies most knockback and draw-in effects.

Mechanics[]

Mechanics
  • Grants Surecast Surecast to self for 6 seconds
  • Prevents spells from being interrupted by damage; does not prevent interruption from any other sources
  • Nullifies most knockback and draw-in effects
Affected spells
Black Mage Black Mage
Blizzard Blizzard
Blizzard II Blizzard II
Blizzard III Blizzard III
Blizzard IV Blizzard IV
Despair Despair
Fire Fire
Fire II Fire II
Fire III Fire III
Fire IV Fire IV
Flare Flare
Foul Foul
Freeze Freeze
Sleep Sleep
Thunder Thunder
Thunder II Thunder II
Thunder III Thunder III
Thunder IV Thunder IV
Summoner Summoner
Miasma Miasma
Miasma III Miasma III
Outburst Outburst
Physick Physick
Resurrection Resurrection
Ruin Ruin
Ruin III Ruin III
Red Mage Red Mage
Jolt Jolt
Jolt II Jolt II
Impact Impact
Scatter Scatter
Veraero Veraero
Veraero II Veraero II
Vercure Vercure
Verfire Verfire
Verraise Verraise
Verstone Verstone
Verthunder Verthunder
Verthunder II Verthunder II
Blue Mage Blue Mage
1000 Needles 1000 Needles
4-tonze Weight 4-tonze Weight
Abyssal Transfixion Abyssal Transfixion
Acorn Bomb Acorn Bomb
Aetherial Mimicry Aetherial Mimicry
Aetherial Spark Aetherial Spark
Alpine Draft Alpine Draft
Angel Whisper Angel Whisper
Angel's Snack Angel's Snack
Aqua Breath Aqua Breath
Avail Avail
Bad Breath Bad Breath
Basic Instinct Basic Instinct
Black Knight's Tour Black Knight's Tour
Blaze Blaze
Blood Drain Blood Drain
Bomb Toss Bomb Toss
Bristle Bristle
Cactguard Cactguard
Chelonian Gate Chelonian Gate
Chirp Chirp
Choco Meteor Choco Meteor
Cold Fog Cold Fog
Condensed Libra Condensed Libra
Devour Devour
Diamondback Diamondback
Doom Doom
Dragon Force Dragon Force
Drill Cannons Drill Cannons
Electrogenesis Electrogenesis
Eerie Soundwave Eerie Soundwave
Exuviation Exuviation
Faze Faze
Feculent Flood Feculent Flood
Final Sting Final Sting
Fire Angon Fire Angon
Flame Thrower Flame Thrower
Flying Frenzy Flying Frenzy
Frog Legs Frog Legs
Glower Glower
Gobskin Gobskin
High Voltage High Voltage
Hydro Pull Hydro Pull
Ice Spikes Ice Spikes
Ink Jet Ink Jet
Kaltstrahl Kaltstrahl
Launcher Launcher
Level 5 Death Level 5 Death
Level 5 Petrify Level 5 Petrify
Loom Loom
Magic Hammer Magic Hammer
Malediction of Water Malediction of Water
Matra Magic Matra Magic
Mighty Guard Mighty Guard
Mind Blast Mind Blast
Missile Missile
Moon Flute Moon Flute
Mustard Bomb Mustard Bomb
Northerlies Northerlies
Off-guard Off-guard
Peculiar Light Peculiar Light
Peripheral Synthesis Peripheral Synthesis
Perpetual Ray Perpetual Ray
Plaincracker Plaincracker
Pom Cure Pom Cure
Protean Wave Protean Wave
Reflux Reflux
Revenge Blast Revenge Blast
Saintly Beam Saintly Beam
Self-destruct Self-destruct
Sharpened Knife Sharpened Knife
Snort Snort
Song of Torment Song of Torment
Sonic Boom Sonic Boom
Sticky Tongue Sticky Tongue
Stotram Stotram
Tail Screw Tail Screw
Tatami-gaeshi Tatami-gaeshi
The Dragon's Voice The Dragon's Voice
The Look The Look
The Ram's Voice The Ram's Voice
The Rose of Destruction The Rose of Destruction
Tingle Tingle
Toad Oil Toad Oil
Transfusion Transfusion
Triple Trident Triple Trident
Ultravibration Ultravibration
Water Cannon Water Cannon
Whistle Whistle
White Knight's Tour White Knight's Tour
White Wind White Wind

Use[]

Surecast prevents spells from being interrupted when the caster takes damage. Without Surecast, any direct damage taken has a chance to interrupt the spell, with the interrupt chance increasing the higher the damage. Surecast can be used any time the user anticipates taking a large amount of damage to maximize their uptime. Surecast only protects against random damage-based interruption—it will not prevent interruption from actions designed to interrupt, interruption caused by statuses like Stun Stun or Paralysis Paralysis, or interruption from movement.

Surecast also protects the user from knockback and draw-in effects. Aside from simply protecting the user from potential damage or death caused by these effects, Surecast can provide a significant uptime increase, as the user will not need to worry repositioning, and in some encounters the animation lock caused by these effects can last several seconds. Note that not all such effects can be blocked by Surecast.

Surecast is an instant cast off-global cooldown (oGCD) ability. This allows players to weave it between global cooldowns (GCD) after using instant cast weaponskills or spells.

Patch history[]

Version Changes
A Realm Reborn Added as a Thaumaturge Thaumaturge and Black Mage Black Mage class action learned at level 8.
Had a 10s duration and 30s recast.
Only affected the next spell cast.
Did not provide protection from knockback or draw-in effects.
Level 16 Thaumaturge trait Enhanced Surecast Enhanced Surecast added a 15% to nullify the recast time.
Was available as an additional action to Arcanist Arcanists, Archer Archers, Conjurer Conjurers, Gladiator Gladiators, Lancer Lancers, Marauder Marauders, Pugilist Pugilists, Scholar Scholars, Summoner Summoners, and White Mage White Mages.
Patch 2.4 Added as an additional action to Rogue Rogues.
Heavensward Added as an additional action to Astrologian Astrologians.
Stormblood No longer available as an additional action.
Now learned as a role action by all healer and magic ranged DPS disciplines.
Acquired level increased to 44.
Enhanced Surecast trait removed.
Now nullifies knockback and draw-in effects.
No longer available in PvP.
Patch 4.1 Now affects all spells for its duration.
Now only nullifies most knockback and draw-in effects.
Duration reduced to 5s.
Shadowbringers Duration increased to 6s.
Recast increased to 120s.

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