I know BLU is most prominent in their physical melee based spells with stacking STR and all that jazz, but is there an equally potent magical side to them that can essentially make them effective nukers and dot kiters, or even healers?
I'm gonna make my taru blue mage, and I wanna at least be able to justify all that INT and lack of STR.
Yeah, idk about as you level up, but I know at 90 there are certain nukes that can hit hard if you gear it that way. Like Charged Whisker especially.
Not only that, blues can do pretty much anything. They can melee/spell dd, nuke dd, eva tank, blood tank, buff, heal. If you look at that blu soloing thread Draylo has some vids of what he does on it with different gear sets and stuff. Its really impressive.
EDIT: Some phys spells have odd secondary modifiers as well. If memory serves I think Frenetic Rip has a secondary INT modifier.
SECOND EDIT: Also some of the most powerful phys spells arent modified by str at all or are secondary str modified.
For instance Hysteric Barrage is entirely dex based, and I think Benthic Typhoon is either primarily AGI or entirely AGI based.