How can I protect against or remove Doom once it's cast?
I am a Dragoon in Final Fantasy 14, and completed all job quests already. While fighting in a level 40 dungeon a while ago (I don't remember which and don't think it's relevant), the first or second boss (not the final boss) cast Doom on me. After a short while, my character instantly died. This was very frustrating, and somehow this didn't affect/kill the other party members. As it was a random party, I couldn't really ask them how they were protected or removed the status.
All my search attempts on Google gave unclear results, at best.
So, how can I be protected against Doom, or how can I remove it once it was already cast on me?
Best Answer
There are a total of 4 different types of Doom in FFXIV:
- Sometimes you need to step on a glowing floor tile
- Examples: Sunken Temple of Qarn first boss, World of Darkness first boss
- Sometimes it needs to be Esuna'd off by a healer
- Example: First boss of Dun Scaith
- Sometimes the target needs to be healed to full health
- Example: Seat of Sacrifice
- Sometimes it's a punishment for messing up a major mechanic in a Savage raid with no way to remove it
- I've seen this show up in one of the Eden Savage raids, although I don't recall which one
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Answer 2
Doom (status) on the Final Fantasy Wiki - Final Fantasy XIV section:
Emphasis mine:
Doom is a status that knocks out the victim within a certain amount of time receiving it. The amount of time before it triggers depends on the user. Some variants of Doom can be removed by Esuna, some require the victim to be healed to full HP to remove, and some can't be removed at all.
There seem to be at least three different types of Doom, with some tooltips when hovered over, or however the Wiki gets the information. The icon with a blue dot appears to be the kind that goes away at full health.
Esuna is a cross-role ability available at level 20 for all healer role classes and jobs. The spell removes a single detrimental status effect from the selected target.
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