I was soloing it as a 75PLD/WAR. I kept Defender up at all times while using an Earth Staff for Spirit Taker. Not a bad fight, but a long one for PLDs.
Prey that your Spirit Taker connects, otherwise you might be eating dirt.
Solod as 61RDM/30NIN no prob, Had full HP most of the time with shadows, as long as 2 shadows still up Cross Counter will be blocked by Utsusemi, Got a couple in on me, best hitting for 675 damage with stoneskin and phalanx, all my debuffs stuck and worked well. The NM level probly isnt very high 50ish but has that nasty weapon skill. So dont think of soloing much lower than i was
I was doing Tonko and Utsusemi quest when I saw this ??? on the floor, like always I expected it to say something like "there nothing out of the ordinary here" instead this **** popped. I was by myself and he didnt let me get a spell in (Sleep was all I tried). He was hitting me for 150ish, which is what xp mobs hit me for at BLM54 so I think with a tank around 60 It could easily be taken down.
Not sure... I was doing the exact same thing when he poped : as a 62 MNK, i used 100 fists (at this point, i thought i could kill it : i took 100 dam and then evaded 3 hits) after a it, it did Cross Attack : 1051 damage... i chakra, used flee (that saved me) and ran to the exit
I do not like this. when you touch "???" it says something to the effect that your scared. DAMN RIGHT! i opened the quest (knowing) thinking it was an escort quest (doh). now, i'm a Lv. 55 bst/rdm (no buff) and gets me for 100+. i call beast carrie (HQ crab...for the those that didn't know). carrie doing spit for dmg. every hit is 1/4 dmg. i haule *** to the zone. it hits me a and i try to charm (always worth a try). but, it only binds it (more running time).
i tried to go back and solo it (after a whm need the quest too seen it). he told me that i was gonna need HL help. ***** that i want to solo it. but, ??? wouldn't let me respawn. i left and killed other NM in the area. it blanced out a lil
i was walking happy @ SSG when i saw a ??? on the ground, and like i ever do, touched it... Surprise!! a NM kraken poped and when he got my shadows down, he Cross Attacked me for 1.1k damage @.@ Wiped... and deleveled >.<(62thf/nin)
OMG HAHAH we totaly got this thing unexpectally and Omfg i got hit with my shadows down for 1094 DMG and im Lv70 NIN O_O HAHAH that was so funny Reason Shadows where down cause it spamed.. whats it called... Whirlwind or something o_O that kills all shadows.. ya lol but the 1094 Dmg was like BAM wow o_o;
Killed him as a 74RDM/NIN. The only time he ever did damage to me was with Cross Counter. Other then that he proceeded to miss me half the time and take away shadows. I could go Utsusemi: Ni to Utsusemi: Ni with no trouble at all. Cross Counter did 420 damage to me. {Too Weak}
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Killed as 75rdm/blm easy easy kill.... it slapped me a few times with its special cross whatever move, but i really only lost mp from nuking cuz the thing took too long to melee with my hornetneedle >.>
Easily, Any Jobs that dont have to tank it (SMN and BST) Can kill iot ~65, SMN gets eclipse bite then, and enough jug pets and it would go down lol at 75 1 or 2 would all that would be needed
If you ask me a shield with +5 Shield skill is good for a player with a low Shield skill in the first place, like me, my shield skill is in the lower 60's and I'm having a hard time skill-uping the skill in the first place.So to say that the shield is crappy is not intirely correct. Besides it would help a RDM in a fight, that iss to say it may keep him from lossing too much HPin the long run.. and thats my 2 cents.. So there.
At low HP, it will stop attacking and just spam Cross-Attack, which did around 300-400 to me through Protect4 and Phalanx, that started to hurt a bit, but he's still not hard
This mob was a joke. I soloed it twice earlier today. Once for myself, once for some guy who was sitting around the area. The first fight it never made it past stoneskin, the second fight i got hit once by it's tp move. Quest gives a crappy shield.