Took this guy today with a Drg, brd, mnk, pld, whm and sam. Had no trouble, the mnk 2-HRd, the brd slept the links, and we focused all our attacks on the main guy. Got into yellow/orange near the end, but we finished him off pretty fast.
Did the mission twice yesterday, and it was {Too Weak} No fun at all =(
First set up, Mnk, Rng, Blm, Bst (Me), Pld and Sam. We took our time and took care of it in 3 mins 52 secs. The fight was pretty easy, though the monk went quite low on hp. Well on yellow, so no real danger at all =)
The second party set up was interesting, had Bst, Bst, Bst, Bst, Blm and Rng. The fight was ridicuously easy =) Used Funguarfamiliars, and they were very good. The pets took care of the normal skeletons even though we set them to attack the NM. The normal skeletons attacked our pets and got hate, but because the Funguars hit hard, the skeletons were dead quite fast =). Atleast that's what I think what happened =) Was quite messy. In the end I only saw one normal skeleton fighting with the NM. We were done in 3 mins 20 secs, which is 30 secs slower than the record on Unicorn, but I guess that's to be expected without monks =) Monks are really good in this fight, but going Bst is safe and easy too =p
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Posted:Oct 18 2004 at 4:09 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Solo 5-2 is totally bs. no way u cant solo 5-2 even for 75 rdm. so stop being bs.
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Posted:Oct 18 2004 at 4:09 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Solo 5-2 is totally bs. no way u cant solo 5-2 even for 75 rdm. so stop being bs.
Disclaimer: You'll probably think this story is BS, but i assure you, this is actual fact.
I am a RDM, and a MNK buddy of mine had to come here so he could view a scene for one of his AF quests.
I already had this mission done, but he needs to do it. So we decide for to try to duo it for fun, knowing we're as good as dead.
So we enter, he breaks out Hundred Fists on teh main NM, and does Spinning Attack to clear out the minions. I just do my best to keep ourselves alive.
Anyhow, we had the main NM down to 3-5% HP, but sadly, we failed... but pretty damned good for a duo on this. Just thought i'd share a story which shocked us, and my LS when we told them about it.
We went in with 2mnks (me 52mnk/thf), rdm, rng, whm, and drk. Beat garuda record with 2min 3sec. we just lit up hundred fists and he was pretty much dead. rdm got one cure 3 on him and a haste on the other mnk. He is incredibly easy the only people who die here are people who go in w/o a mnk in pt. Sorry for all you who have made this mistake. I have beaten him twice now. Never had a problem with him. He is TOO WEAK against my hundred fists.
I made a party for h-1 and it was Rng <me> PLD, DRK, DRG, WHM, MNK, and i think another PLD, we went through fei yin and i got the sickest screen shots of those shadow guys ^^, then we wnt to the burning circle once in we buffed p and charged, we started to hit archmage and in the first min the DRG dies.. im like..were screwed the fihgt went on...and it was great te mnk 2 hr'd we skill chained and did massive damage, i did my AOE dagger next and took out a few little guy, then once hhe was dead we clearedd in 2:37 which is 6 secs away from record, which is 2:31 pn unicorn server.. i jsut reccomend that u are lvl 50 plus
My theory on that RDM is that he/she was RDM/PLD with the best def/mp gear for the lvl. I dont know who that RDM is cause I am on Kujata server, but they are godly. Money and connections get lots of fame ^^.
That RDM doesn't post on Alla for my knowledge, but he posts on FFXIOnline Dreams in Vana'diel. He had a video of him soloing it as a RDM/DRK or RDM/DRG I forgot which >_<;;
Yes, a RDM on Gilgamesh (Wont say his name cause I dont know if he wants massive tells spammed to him) has soloed it and I hear it was soloed once on Carbuncle. This is not soloable by BSTs
I don't know how a RDM could solo this with the level cap. He'd have to be an extremely rich (for uber gear and potions) and capable RDM. And moreover Archlich has a lot of HP(as all NMs do) so its kind of hard to imagine him doing well.
However I know of a certain RDM in Sylph that soloed 5-2(3 times). And I'm quite certain you could do that as a RDM since I was a witness to this awesome battle.
Thought I would go in with 3 monks. :) and it worked well.
60rdm 61thf 49mnk 49mnk 52mnk 49brd
Bard kept the skeletons slept, and monks did Hundred Fists and Raging Fists all once. I healed the monks twice and it was over before I could completely max heal them. Thief didn't even get a chance to get 100% tp. Broke the record on Titan. Wanted to have the best on the forum, but is under 2mins possible?
Doh, just beat your record today 9/22 ... 2 minutes 31 seconds. Go figure, PT composition: Drg/Sam Drg/War Sam/War Mnk/War Blm/Whm Whm/Blm Plain and simple, even with the reduced damage due to undead resistance to polearm, the other DRG and myself did around 100 dmg per hit. Of course, the MNK did that per hit >.< ... anyway, that's what happens when blunt trumps poking sticks. :P
Hmm.. Well I think the only reason it took him time was because of buffing up at the beginning of the battle (and maybe paralysis from ice spikes). Because 3 MNKs is seriously overkill. 2/3 MNKs were not level 50. So assuming they use WAR sub they were missing out on Double Attack.
When I completed this (for the first time >:D) my PT was PLD, MNK, MNK, BRD and we broke sylph record with 2mins 33secs (I kid you not). I was the only lvl48 at the time. Rest were high levels so they were capped at 50.
Since then i've done this 2 more times successfully and still keep all the gear to do it over and over again. I think a RDM w/Dispel is very useful especially since the Ice Spikes keep paralyzing ppl. Be prepared to heal the MNKs too coz they'll feel the hate after the 2hr especially with Double Attack.
We now hold the new record on carbunle for the fastest time 2:24 secs,This was the pt make up.2 mnks,Drg/war,pld/war (me),whm/blm,Rdm/blm,the 2 mnks hit there 2 hours and it was history from there.The best part was watching the whm getting chased during the fight he was getting chased by 6 of the minions we had no deaths and we own the record now..
We brought a mnk since they're strong to undead. He used hundred fists took it to 1/4 its hp and then the blm just nuked it we had a rdm curing me while i tanked the other skeles (nin) and then had some other melee and whm healing mnk. Easy battle with a mnk
This guy was really easy. I tanked it as a Drk( i didnt voke it somehow it liked me alot and PLD couldn't get it off until the end). Two SAM two hour wooped his *** and with a BRD sleeping the other skkeletons it was mad easy. I only wish i was high enough to fight the Shadow Lord.
Do yourself all a favor and make sure you have a Monk in your PT. My PT set the record with 2 min 15 seconds. PT was Brd, Rdm, Mnk, Sam, Rng, War it was 2hr galore. Like all the posts above read just concentrate all firepower on this guy and ignore all the other skeletons that will pop and this will be a cake battle. Monk 2hr basically pounded this guy to a pulp. The AOE drains will be your biggest concern as will the trip to the circle. Dunno why but Miser Murphy is ALWAYS here when happen to be in the area....stay away from him and good luck!
Many ppl will tell you that this fight is hard but my pt had no trouble what so ever with this fight, Pld, Whm, Blm, Rdm, Drk, Drk we were all capped at lvl 50 except for blm at 49. Pld ran in immediatley voked the main NM all the little skellies follow. Pld took moderate dmg nothing too bad at all the Drk pouned away and I believe they skillchained him twice with blm bursting. Myself and the blm got no aggro whatsoever except 5 secs before fight over he blinded me lol. We managed to beat the Fairy Server record by almost 2 mins....piece of cake :)