If you stop casting and shoot your wand, after 5 seconds your mana begins to regenerate. If you cast, shoot wand, cast, you will delay the Mana regeneration. This is the sequence I used against 95% of the MOBS, if needed I will throw in another cast, a silence, or only use spells to bring a MOB down. The below method however defines a way to conserve Mana, regenerate Mana and be able to fight MOBs without interruption. 1. Shield 2. Mind Blast 3. Shadow Word Pain 4. Mind Flay 5. Mind Blast (not always – see below) 6. Shoot wand until MOB is dead Using this sequence against MOBs 2 levels above me brings me to the point where the last tick of Shadow Word Pain kills the MOB (or the MOB is very close to death), I have regenerated my mana without having to drink, the MOB made once or twice damage on me (rest was absorbed by the shield) and I can move on to sell Final Fantasy XI Gil. Without using the last Mind Blast, I will end up having a plus on Mana, allowing me to regenerate Mana over several MOBs. Using the last Mind Blast allows me to kill a MOB quickly. Reducing my Mana a bit more. Consider that the faster you kill a MOB, the more inefficient your Shadow Word Pain will be. If you kill a MOB in 10 seconds, you will not only have used over half your Mana, you will also have to stop and drink after the second MOB. Unless you always have a friendly Mage nearby who gives you water, you will be spending a lot of FFXI GIL on buying water.