ONE:Stop saying you "could" solo this guy TWO:Even if you do manage, it's not realy AMAZING when you had to die over and over again. THREE:Why not post on what it drops beside BLM hat? FOUR:SHUT UP!
I just saw the video myself. There are some cuts where it just pops to later and Orias has less HP, but after seeing Avesta solo the Ash Dragon over the course of an hour, I believe it's legit. His strategy is simply to cast Utsusemi to buy him enough time to cast Bio II and Poison II before dying, wait a while, Reraise, repeat. So yes, it's "soloable" but the personal cost in time, Reraise Gorgets, and experience must be tremendous.
Once he won he got 2+ drops. I don't know what they were since the video was recorded on a japanese version of FFXI [obviously]. I came here to see what the drops were out of curiosity, and to my disappointment, no one knows on alla. ; ;
Solo this NM? you gotta be kidding yourself. I'd like to see that video lol. I've fought this NM multiple times, he's atleast twice as strong as Byakko in Ru'Aun Gardens. Not to mention Dynamis Xarcabard NMs cannot be slept.. that RDM would've got his @$$ kicked, Marquis Orias has a ton of HP.
Why did Avesta solo it again? He must drop something, but then again, I'm not a Dy.X *****. He must drop something or have a purpose. But then again, read the title of my post.
Edited: it isn't my site that the link is from, so I figure it's not really up to me to post a link.
HOWEVER! There is a video of a Japanese taru RDM called Avesta soloing this guy. He has 3 reraise gorgets on him, and they all have 4/10 charges around half way through the fight, so expect to die, a lot if you want to try solo it. He also has a dalmatica and AF2 hat.
He's like... the God of FFXI. >.> I'm really sucking up now.