Vana'diel Bestiary: Odontotyrannus  

do u have to be the pld to fight the fish nm?
and also if ur on remora server can u plx help me do the darn nm fish fight?
if u can my character is called dragongirl pld is 50

ok just soloed this guy for my AF boots.
all i can say is TO EASY 75war/nin in evasion gear ( +25 )
got tp fished it up on the frist try and killed it in about 2 mins never even got through shadows

could a lvl 51 pld and a 58 warrior kill this thing? thanks for the help

wow this is cake

i just did it with party of me 51 pld and 51 nin
he main tanked cuz i died from a 5 yag pile up on me so i lead them elsewhere while he beat the crap out of this thing

This thing is absurdly easy. I just did it a moment ago to help a Pld in my Linkshell:

51 Pld
70 Blm
63 War (me)
60 Drg

Our plan was to perform Double Thrust -> Rampage for Distortion so our Blm could burst and kill it. Once the Pld caught the fish (on just his second cast) I Provoked it and hit all of my offensive JAs while the Drg started things off:

449 Double Thrust + 154 Frost Breath -> 1381 Rampage -> 828 Distorton -> Dead fish

The poor NM went from 95% HP to 0% in about 5 seconds flat. The fish hit me pretty hard with Berserk up, but it died so fast that it didn't really matter. In fact, it was so easy I probably could have soloed the thing in under a minute if I started the fight with a Weaponskill.

Here's a pic of our Skillchain

Edit: Fixed the image

Edited, Tue May 17 00:51:16 2005

Expected the mob to be harder than it was. Used helpful posts (see above) to find mob then fished approximately 5 to 6 times (0 fishing skill). I recommend having Prism Powder to avoid the Yagudo aggros along the way and around the pond (though you can't fish while invisible). Rng 73 used Slug shot and barrage--killed it in two shots. Fight lasted 8 seconds. I recommend bringing a high lvl ranger friend (if you want to see a NM get owned). Good luck.
ME--52 PLD (didn't get a single hit).
Rng 73 Arkavanian--Alexander--LS: Defiance

pssshh, this thing was way to easy we beat it with 4 PLd's and 1 war XD, (killed it 3 times)
PLd54 PLD 64 PLd 52 PLd 51 WAR60

way to easy, its kinda hard getting there though had a train of yag's on us and the whole pt got thier hp down to the red, so watch out for that >.<.

::Getting to the Pond::
From what I have read the instructions on how to get there are still a bit bad if you don't go to Castle Oztroja offten as I hardly go there as does my PLD friend that just completed this quest.

This is a map of Castle Oztroja you can use as you read this.
http://ffxi.killvoid.com/maps/oztroja.htm

you start out on the top-left map, work you way to J-8 this is where the trap door is. Pull the wrong switch and you fall. Once you go into the next area you will be on the left-side 2nd map down.

now from J-8 work yourself to G-7, now you will be on the right-side 3rd map down.

From I-8 head to I-7 your just heading north, now you will be on the map in the center at the bottom. This is the map page where the pond is.

From G-5/6 head over to H-8/9 (center room), the yags here were Easy Prey to my lv55 RDM, and it took like 4-5 tries for the PLD to fish the NM (Fishing Lv.4, fishing skill has no effect from what I read).

::Battle::
Our party was a lv55 RDM / lv52 PLD / lv71 MNK
This battle was over so quick. The MNK built up his TP on the yags in the area. Once Odontotyrannus spawned I casted paralyze, slow, blind, and haste. The MNK did Asuran Fists and it was half dead (1200 dmg). Odontotyrannus then did screwdriver and took out half the MNK's HP. I casted Cure IV and Cure III. After another 20 seconds of being beat down by a MNK and PLD it was dead. The MNK had just about as much def as the PLD :p

Good Luck!
Hope this helps someone or at least clears an issue or two. :P

I keep getting confused as to where the lake is, ive read multiple posts on a few forums for this NM fish location but either im being dim (more than likely >.<) or some of them seem to contradict each other...

Before I drag my ls down here I would just like confirmation that the location is H-9 on the same map as the torch-door for magicite (after running down the long stairs).

With a fishing skill of 0 it may take me a while to catch this NM and I dont want to upset ppl by being at the wrong pond for an hour.

Thanks in advance :)

I just did this last night,it was easy..I fished up the nm in the first cast...the pt consisted of 61 rdm,50 mnk,51 mnk,50 thf,52 pld (me),51 whm,We also helped some other ls members with magnicite as well..Then boots look so sweet..

wouldn't catch this darn thing! keep trying tho, eventually he will bite.