Soloable Abyssea NMs?Follow

Same here! My Dipper seemed to have DG kick in around 60-65%. I noticed it the other day while fighting Ironclad Cleaver and Kampe. DMG from Death Scissors and all of Cleavers attacks dropped significantly at around 60% with Dipper. Was using DG/Lion/Heavens.

I have all of that except Shepherd's Chain, and Ansherkh was hitting my Nazuna for 20ish. Does that sound right? Seemed high for only missing 2%.

Just got Winged Gloom tonight. 30% is nice but how do you deal with the slip damage?

A regen Atma and the Regen from Reward will probably keep you in the black. Beast healer is probably a nice thing for this too. As to how useful this Atma is, I don't really know. Someone else around here might have an answer for you though.

Apart from the pdt I'm interested in the Resist Death trait, which I've heard is quite strong, for fighting Buhkis. I'm going to be spamming him soon and he's notorious for being a bastard. It sounds like it might come in quite handy.

Edited, Feb 27th 2011 9:17am by blowfin

I didn't keep close count, but in an attempt on the skele NM in grauberg I used the WG and pet resisted death about 5/6 times.... there were only about 6 casts... then wiped.

otherwise yeah, use reward and and regen atma to counter the slip damage... it really sucks. I only use it in very few circumstances.

Ansherekh hits ungodly hard. 700-1000 per hit is about the norm without any pdt. So yeah, 20 dmg for -98% sounds about right. :)

Yeah, as far are full magic and full physical resistance goes, I've gone over a few options several times.

Ducal Guard, Zenith (since this is probably 10%), 20% -dt gear set. mdb axe and -pdt axe will get you close to 90% reduction on physical and magical, and still room for rr so damage doesn't totally suck.

Atma of the future fabulous + Ducal Guard might turn out really great, but I'm still working on WotG missions so haven't been able to check that yet.

Atma of the Savior + DG + -dt/pdt set will get you -90% pdt -70% mdt and maybe 10% absorb of FULL damage. the damage absorb occurs before any damage reduction. so it might be a net gain. again, I haven't tested this because I haven't completed all abyssea zones.

2x mdb axes would probably be really good anyway.
So you can make pet invincible to both, and lose all good DD. You can make pet invincible to 1 or the other, and still use RR. Not bad options really. I mean, keeping RR and invincible pet... that just broken ^.^

the DG + WG + MC is actually pretty useful to buy plenty of time to proc on shinryu or Rani. or hold anything LOW man while you proc, then brew. Otherwise, its not too useful.

Tanking Azdaja from behind? I'm looking at this for hands +2 Since Resheph is such a pain...




Edited, Feb 28th 2011 5:35am by Xilk

I think dispelling atmas is a tp move only used from in front. I used pet right in the back and it only used flail. Endoom never proc'd (I didn't even know it had endoom honestly). I stood over 30" to avoid flail, ran in for wild carrot every so often, used eta when needed but didnt reward in my reward set, just wanted it for the regen. Flail occasionally went off when i ran in, but with 3 shadows it would either absorb them, or absorb + 1300 dmg exactly. Always 0 dmg to pet of course.

The en-curse was the worst part, as i couldn't judge how much nukes would do % wise (~300 ish at 83% mdt), and I figured over eta'ing would be an issue - didn't want to push pet above 50% since curse+flail would mean dead pet. Unsure if curse counts towards the 50% trigger zone for ducal though.

Well at least azdaja's pop item is common from gold chests. Got 8 (and could only take one because it's a key item) when trying to get jaculus wings.

Try farming for azdaja pop item and you will mainly get jaculus. That is always how SE works.

I'm planning to fight Gamayun T2 VNM Garuda type with Yuly this weekend. I have no idea how well this fight might go. If anyone have some sort of experience with this, please provide as much information as possible about equips/atma.

I fought Lorelei last week and I have to say it didn't go so well even though I managed to win. I used Yuly and managed to chip in a few melee hit before her AOE/spells gave me a run for my money. Yuly took a decently large amount of damage from wind spells like Aero5 and Aeroja(500-ish) and AOE. Melee hits were 200-300 above 50% HP and dropped to about 80-100 below. I only have Ducal's Guard and 2 10% -Pdt Axes to block damage.

Since I got my Atma of Ducal Guard I've been testing nm's. I use RR, DG, and Zenith. Have both pdt axes and the pdt helm along with AF3 +1 legs. I am missing the neck piece still but here's what I've found so far cause we don't always want to farm just bst AF drops with our pets.

Brain Dead Simple (no food)
Chickcharney (Thf,Sam, Rdm, Pld hands)
Koghatu (Blm, Whm, Sch, Rdm hands)
Avalerion (Drg, Brd, Sch, Mnk legs)
Wherwetrice (Blm, Rdm, Sch, Whm head)
Aggressor Antlion (Smn, Blm, Brd, Pup head)
Nightshade (Brd,Pld,Blu,Rng head)

Easy but tricks

Both Nms seem to spam TP moves if you don't disengage or turn around. Just heal pet and turn till tp moves stop then reengage. I did need some food but nothing drastic.
Kampe (Sam, Drk, Drg, War head)
Gaizkin (Brd, Drg, Mnk, Sch head)

Horrible Para Try to Snarl as much as you can so you do not pull hate.
Gieremund (War, Thf, Drg, Dnc head)

Just Turned for Dread spikes till they wore off with both you and pet melee'in you can out DD his AoE drain move.
Kharon (Blu, Rng, Bst, Smn head)

Used Fatso he was getting hit for 0 damage. Stay out of tp range and his one move Seismic Impact is hate reset. Watch anmesia and have lots of time built up took about 45 min no food.
Ironclad Cleaver (Mnk Ammo, Dnc Feet, Drg Back, Velox Harness)

Going to keep testing as I farm for alot of friends I enjoy killing stuff but basically anything without magical moves are EASY just time consuming. Remember to snarl after ws's for nm's without hate reset. For nm's with hate reset wait till you get hate. I did all as bst/nin and tried with different pets for fun. Ended up using Fargo for drain kiss so I could be cheap with the food.



Edited, Mar 7th 2011 4:14pm by GarthKujata

Inspired by an earlier post, I've been spamming Wherwetrice this week as BST/NIN. It's is a fairly simply fight, but I think there are some "gotchas" that a BST needs to watch out for:
1. En-amnesia is bad. It lasts long enough that you may not be able to Snarl before you're dead. Always have 3 shadows up, don't even think about trying this as /DNC, and Snarl immediately if Wherwetrice turns your way.
2. Baleful Gaze is bad. Unlike a lizard's Baleful Gaze, you will not have time to turn around when you see this move being readied. This is another reason to Snarl the moment Wherwetrice looks your way. Also, early on in the fight, don't Rampage until right after you see Wherwetrice use a TP move. It really sucks to Rampage and have Wherwetrice turn to you and immediately use Baleful Gaze before you have a chance to Snarl.

Using your TP on Wherwetrice early on is the tricky part. After a couple of Rampages and Snarl, you'll be free to Rampage whenever as your pet will have enough hate to keep Wherwetrice from turning. When Wherwetrice turns, and you're close to 100 TP, the temptation is to let it attack you just a bit longer to build up TP and Rampage before Snarling. This is a bad idea.. That extra time may be just enough to lead to an untimely Baleful Gaze. It's better to just Snarl immediately and sit on that TP until the next safe opportunity during the early part of the fight.

I had a completely different experience. I almost soloed it (had a blu there for procs that insisted of getting himself killed repeatedly to aerial blast :P and a blm who nuked a couple blizz spells when enmity douse was up to make it a bit faster) with razed ruins, ducal guard and siren shadow atmas, and Yuly resisted every tp move, including aerial blast, to double digits. And Garuda's accuracy was very bad. It's probably the evasion atma, it's very noticeable. :) I think I rewarded twice the whole fight. I of course stayed far far away to not get killed. ^_^

I still think she's not worth soloing tho, because of how long it takes. >.>

Soloed T2 VNM in Abyssea - Misareaux. I gotta say that that NM is random... when I did it with group, all it cast was protect and shell, and when I went solo, it spammed -ga 4 back to back to back. Sheep tanked like a champ tho (DG/RR/MC atmas), only taking 200-400 from spells and 10-20 + 20-30 (enspell) from melee hits (after DG activated). I used 6 or 7 zetas to get it to ~10%, then it went straight out crazy. First it slaughtered one sheep, then when I called another it was hitting for 300-400 + 200-250 enspell which only dropped to 100-150 + ~100 enspell when ducal guard activated. It literally took less than a minute for it to drop sheep from 100% to under 30%. Thankfully could still finish it.

Also duoed Ironclad Severer for fun (Misareaux giant). I bet it'd be soloable too, it'd just take longer.

Edited, Mar 7th 2011 7:06am by Sharain

I can recommend /DNC for that VNM for stuning -gas.

Soloed Ironclad Executioner. The arm cannon hate reset move can be a bit risky. It would often turn and do a knockback move and I would be too far for snarl >_<

Also soloed Mictlantecuhtli as /NIN. Was a very long fight, around 30min. Pet was parked with /stay to not heal it. I would stand out of range and once it started a spell I would run in, do 1 melee round and turn. Repeat untill 100% TP, then run in and WS and turn. It sometimes got -gas spells off very fast so ended up using a lot of temp items to cure myself. Also ended up using the TP temp items I had to get it done. Only healed it once with a WS. The long part was getting TP so for this fight I would realy recommend sea daughter instead of RR. And also /DNC to be able to cure yourself after some bad moves. The time between spells was rather long.

Was doing Mictlantecuhtli for serpent hands so have also been hunting Brooder for feet. Brooder isn't that hard either. I tried to keep my T3 VNM upgrade after doing a new Brooder, but ended up killing Ruminator also. Was also /NIN and stayed out of the fight for the most part.

It doesn't stick every time. But as BST we have the luxury of hitting the stun macro and run away.

Also, I retied Mictlantecuhtli again with /DNC but 2 pull (tries) in a row it cast drain on me when I pulled it and curing myself just pulled more hate. So came back the 3rd time as /NIN and of course it didn't use drain on pull lol. But otherwise I used sea daughter instead of RR and would just stand at 4' away from it and hit WS macro when TP was ready and it was casting. Sea daughter also have regen in daytime, which resulted in pet getting above 50% a couple of times, but didn't pose a problem. I don't know if its MAB boost was higher this time or pet just was above 50% becourse drains hit for lige 1200+.

have anyone try to solo Npfundlwa in Abyssea - Misareaux yet? I just need 3 more whm leg seals and starting to get tired of spamming that cookbook quest.

Carabosse is tankable solo. I have no idea if she's soloable between the cures and benedictions, and her one hour rage timer. But my yuly with ducal gaurd/razed ruin/mounted champion and 2 axes/moogle hat/+2 pants was over 95% hp the entire fight with 0 rewards and she was tanking. (There were 6 other people providing damage, though not providing any tanking except for a minute or two until the second yuly re-established hate.) Like the rest of the pixies, everything is wind, and everything is useless against yuly.

I thought she had somehow one shotted yuly at one point, but then I realized yuly depopped from the jug timer. Have no intention of trying again until I finish farhsa and all the gun trials up to that point, so probably not for months. Someone else can try an actual solo. I have too many lanterns/discharges/fangs in my mog storage to also save gems.

God I hope those things stack after SE relocates the servers and gets the update running.

Edited, Mar 13th 2011 6:31am by louispv

OK, first of all, this is post is going to be long and a request on soloing for BST.
However, since all answers would result in solo-able NMs, I though this would be best implemented here than in a brand new topic.

Currently, I'm working on soloing most of my seals to get +1 AF3 for DRG, BST and PLD.

My setup at the moment is really the "out of the mill" BST soloing stuff, which is:
- Anwig Salade with Pet: damage taken -10%
- Guichard's Axes with pet : Physical damage taken -10% (2)
- Selemnus Belt (just in case)
- Ferine Quijotes +1
- Atmas : RR, MC and DC

*I still need to camp Okyupete for the Shepherd's Chain

Right now, here are the NMs I've tried to solo and my opinion on them:

- Sirrush : AFK material with Dipper Yuly. As long as you can position yourself outside of AoE range, you could literally set yourself on auto-attack and go make dinner while it's being killed. Most problems would come from uncooperative competition camping the ???.

- Ika-Roa : LONG fight; I went /DNC for when he casted -ga spells as I would violent flourish the 1st so I could run out of range in preparation of the 2nd -ga. I used Fatso for the resist water damage trait. Mounted Champion was enough to keep me healthy when he used Aqua Ball.

- Kampe : Easy with Dipper Yuly. He is more annoying than hard since you need to /heel each time he uses a TP move so you dont activate his very high store TP trait at that moment.

- Nehebkau : 1/2 on solo fight. He has really high evasion and Dipper Yuly had a really hard time hitting him, even with quickstep Lv.5 on it. By the end of the 2nd fight, where I lost, snarl wasn't enough to mitigate enough enmity onto my pet, which resulted in me being eaten to death.


From there, I would need some suggestions on the next NMs I could solo for +1 (and maybe +2) seals.
DRG head, BST head, DRG hands, DRG legs and BST legs +1 are all already covered.


Here are the NMs I though about for the rest of the sets:

DRG:
- Chione for body seals
- Armillaria for feet seals

BST:
- Koios for body seals
- Bugul Noz for hand seals
- Hrosshvalur for feet seals

PLD:
- Pallid Percy for head seals
- Blanga for body seals
- Chickcharney for hand seals
- Asanbosam for leg seals
- Iktomi for feet seals


From this, I would like to see your suggestions, alternatives, comments and strategies on succeeding in killing those foes.

Thanks in advance for the replies.

Is there an error on FFXIclopedia then?

I though only those 3 NMs dropped feet seal for BST and Hrosshvalur seemed the lesser evil of the bunch:

Hrosshvalur == Pugil
Seps == Puk
Dvalinn == Dvergr

From the wiki, Gary drops BLM, SMN, PUP and BRD feets, not BST.

the paralyze aura on iktomi is annoying, but its not really a hard fight w/ your setup. run out of range for pet commands. He will eat your face if you take hate and a crucial command it paralyzed. Otherwise not too bad.

Pallid Percy, /dnc just make sure to stun the -aga spells.

bugol noz is soloable you may want to get close to dom sergent to get more screens. It helps speed the fight along. Its a melee only fight. bugol NOz' tp move take your tp away, below 50% the amnesia is really annoying. /nin is just fine for procing on solo. might want to pet only below 50%.

Hroshh just use leech and try to stay away. /nin is useless. It will hate reset and come after you. Stoneskin form /sch is very nice for this. takes a littel pet food. w/out pet food it takes about 3 leeches... then again I didn't have a perfect set that way..

Seps is usually easier/quicker for bst anyway. Use dipper and stay away, the sleep/poison will kill you if you don't.

Koios is are super easy fight for solo bst. You can melee along w/ pet but... Earthen fury will be the end ofyou if he does it. He often does not... but it can happen 4x in a fight also. 30' is too far to run away from.

chione.... you can probably solo... but you'll use alot of pets. go for a very high physical +magical build and run out of range if you need to heal and not take hate.

Armillaria I only fought a couple times. was really easy for bst. I don't remember the setup though.

Asanbosom is not too bad either, but I don't remember the setup. regen probably helpful on this one.

I"ve not fought the others.

Thanks a lot for the info and insights.
When the servers are back online, this will give me good guidelines on what else to beat up in Abyssea.

I've tried Seps once, how the hell do you fight the bastard with so many True sight Peapuks? Is there an easy/safe spot to pull him?

I'm 99% sure Somnial Durence is gaze based. I've gotten so many "no effects" when duoing it (as support mage). If that's the case, quick Heel would solve the problem (and of course not facing it yourself). The en-poison can be a problem if it procs on high end, seen it do 200 hp/tick. :/