The True Range of Fire Demon

No reason to use Explosion when the same desired results from Explosion can be done by simply turning around and casting Fire Demon behind you. And while that only covers the horizontal plane, vertical usually isn't of concern unless you're training, and considering Meteor Shower is Explosion range x 2....yea, I think that's enough to prove the obvious of why Explosion isn't used in 4th job.

By the way Harrisonized, I tested the ranges myself with Thanatos down in Ludi by slowing them and sealing. Then I teleported back and continuously cast Fire Demon until it just hit them, which I followed with an immediate Explosion. The KB from Fire Demon reset the Thanatos back in the same place it was before it slightly moved in the time between the FD and Explosion casts.

The result? Fire Demon hit easily, Explosion didn't come close. Test this out for yourself because it's hard to explain without a video, and I'm way too busy to do that now. But Fire Demon's horizontal range is definitely greater than that of Explosion's, even though the area covered by Explosion is far greater than that of Fire Demon.

Eh, didn't I prove in the screenshots in the first post that Explosion hits further horizontally than Explosion?

If you want mist+mob finisher combo, I'd have to say that fire demon is the way to go. Explosion casts like 2 or 3 times slower than fire demon. The only reason I see FP use explosion is to make use of its awesome vertical ranges (downwards). Upwards, fire demon hits a little higher than your character's head so in some cracks, fire demon is more preferred than explosion as well.

I think casting fire demon, then turn around and cast fire demon again to hit behind you is faster than using one explosion to hit both front and back and the same.

Explosion casts 42 times in a minute with a fast (4) staff. I don't know how fast Fire Demon casts, but it would have to be faster than 84 to be 'faster' than Explosion.


And a bit off topic: I just found out that "Fiel" is no longer censored on Sleepywood. O.o