- When a Phantom Roll is used, a number from 1-6 is randomly chosen and begins a "total" for the chosen roll. The total can be increased by following up the roll with the ability Double-Up. Use of Double-Up may be continued for up to 45 seconds following the initial roll, or until the total exceeds 11 and Busts (see below). In general, as the total climbs toward 11, the potency of the roll's effect increases.
- The primary goal with any Phantom Roll is to roll as close to 11 as possible without going over, which results in a Bust. In addition, it is desirable to try for a total that matches the roll's Lucky Number, and avoid the total that matches the roll's Unlucky Number (see below).
- Each roll has a Lucky Number and Unlucky Number, which can be viewed in-game by highlighting the desired roll and watching the help text at the top of the screen.
- A Lucky Number will always be a number ranging from 2 to 5 and can possibly be achieved without any Double-Ups, yet provides a buff second only to a roll of 11. If you land on a Lucky Number, it is generally wise to accept it and not Double-Up anymore.
- For most rolls, an Unlucky Number for any given roll is always 4 higher than the roll's Lucky Number. The exceptions to this rule are from rolls obtained at level 76 and after: Bolter's Roll, Caster's Roll, Courser's Roll, Blitzer's Roll, Tactician's Roll, and Allies' Roll.
- The effect of an Unlucky Number roll, despite usually being a high number, is often nearly as weak as a roll of 1. If you land on an Unlucky Number, it may be desirable to try to Double-Up. Note, however, that using Double-Up on an Unlucky Number carries a risk of Busting.
- As with Bard songs, the maximum number of Phantom Roll effects permitted from one Corsair is 2. Multiple Corsairs in the same party can each apply two rolls. The amount reduces to 1 if Corsair is the sub job. If another roll is used when already at this limit, the existing roll effect with the shortest remaining duration will be removed.
- You cannot reroll a roll (whether applied by you or another Corsair) that you currently have applied to yourself. You must allow the effect to wear off first, which can be accomplished by time elapse, logging out, zoning, overwriting it with another roll, erasing it with the merit able ability Fold, or even intentionally Busting the roll (if it is still eligible for Double-Up).
- Rolling an total of 11 will immediately reset the Phantom Roll Timer. Unlike the retail version of Final Fantasy XI, your Phantom Roll recast timer will not be reduced and any rolls of 12+ or higher will still cause the player to suffer the Bust penalty. This effect in consistent while Corsair is set as your sub job.
- Rolling a total of 12 or greater (via Double-Up) results in a Bust.
- A Bust causes all party members with the roll in the area of effect to have the roll effect removed from them. If a party member is out of range of the Double-Up that led to the Bust, that person will still retain his roll effect. This allows party members to potentially "opt out" and not risk their roll for a chance at a stronger effect.
- In addition, the roller will also suffer a Bust effect. The amount of rolls the roller will be able to place on himself is reduced by one. (Note that you are still able to place two rolls on your party members.)
- Bust effects carry a penalty corresponding to the roll busted on. For instance, busting Corsair's Roll will result in a reduction to EXP gained instead of an increase. These penalties only apply to the roller, not his/her party.
- If you have enough Bust effects such that you are not able to place a roll on yourself (2 Busts as COR main, 1 Bust as /COR sub), Phantom Roll cannot be used at all until one of the Bust effects wears off.
- You may reroll the same roll after you have Busted on it, provided that you are still permitted to (following the above rule).
- Zoning removes all roll (and Bust) effects.
- Fold will always remove a Bust effect before a roll effect.
- Phantom Roll has a range of 8' (smaller than Bard song range).
- Double-Up changes the roll value for party members within 8' of the Corsair when it is used, which may be different from which members got the original roll. In essence, Double-Up allows you a chance to buff someone that might have missed the original Phantom Roll, as long as you do not Bust. This can be used to give the same roll to separate groups of players far apart, though they won't all have the same value.
- Luzaf's Ring increases the range to 16' for both Phantom Roll and Double-Up.
- Please see here for a detailed statistical analysis of Phantom Roll results and tactics.
- A roll calculator spreadsheet that gives expected values for the known rolls.
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