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Vana'diel Bestiary: Unstable Cluster  

Family:Cluster
Found in:Riverne - Site #B01
Spawned using:Clustered Tar
Job:Warrior
Level:56 - 57
Flags:
  • Notorious Monster
  • Aggro
  • Linking
  • Based on Fire
  • Weak against Fire
Drops:
Updated: Tue Feb 16 13:30:47 2010

Unstable Cluster Picture

Force spawned by trading a Clustered Tar to the ??? at (J-9).

This page last modified 2007-09-25 13:50:55.

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lvl needed
# Mar 17 2006 at 7:22 PM Rating: Decent
nobody posts lvl with the list of jobs...
i think 1 person said the area is lvl 50 cap, can anybody verify please? and if so, assuming that i have enough tanks, DDs, and support mages, how many people will i need?
thanks.
lvl needed
# Mar 17 2006 at 7:21 PM Rating: Good
double; my bad kupo

Edited, Fri Mar 17 18:19:19 2006
Not bad at all.
# Mar 11 2006 at 5:27 PM Rating: Good
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Hello~


Just got finished with this.
Party of six was no problem on it.
Setup was:
Bard, Ninja, Ninja, Dark Knight, Red Mage, Black Mage.

Rdm's barfira with brd's fire carol was about 100 fire defense, then mambo for the melees.
Smooth fight, did not stun the self destructs, exept for the last one.

2/2 for the GKT.

Good luck, fellas.
pssshhh
# Mar 10 2006 at 7:18 PM Rating: Decent
you dont have to have an alliance..

nin, nin, thf, rdm, smn, blm was our setup..im sure the more ppl the easier, but no reason to lead ppl to believe an alliance is a MUST.

tanks dieing throughout the fight should be expected, but our strat involved letting the bombs "Self Destruct"..i see everyone saying not to and that you need 3+ stunners so they dont, but this isnt true. Put up Barfira and allow the blow ups, and here is why...

as ppl have said this bomb has constant TripAttk...but what hasnt been said is when a bomb blows up then it only has constant DoubleAttk...when another one blows it has only single attack and is very easy to tank. the faster it blows up the better if you have limited ppl. blm is there to stun other tp attacks and when you get it down to a single bomb then stun "Self Destruct".

have the smn keep stoneskin on NINs and have everyone use RR earrings and you can win this with a single pt. that said, this is one of the hardest mobs i have ever tanked on nin and one of the hardest fights ive been a part of in a single pt setup. we won it 3/3 tries dropped 1/3 and i hope no one else asks me to tank this lol ^^;
Strats
# Feb 14 2006 at 2:31 PM Rating: Decent
K i went there today, to see. This guys HP is like fighting hakutaku. We had 13 ppl with 5blms.

After 50% hp off of the NM, the mages mp will prolly be gone. So ES sleep and recover. Mages will get about 50% mp back before it wakes up again, have another blm ES sleep and recover again. As soon as it wakes up, go at it again. Get ur stun orders right and u should be fine.

1 bomb goes off and ur looking at a few deaths so 1 missed stun will cost u greatly.

After 3+ sleeps he becomes extremely resistant to sleep. Took over 15 sleeps at one point for 1 to land.

Circle of flames also gives u gravity, but who cares.

If you pop the NM make sure to have shadows, buffs, stoneskin, w/e u can get, b/c camp is by the grass not the cave and pulling u can get killed.

It takes dmg easier than its lower mobs the nitro clusters, but if 2 bombs blow, the last one is amazing. I missed over 20 times in a row before i hit once for 1 dmg. Nukes were doing nothing too so if 1 bomb blows, the other 2 get pissed, and u sure dont want a loner bomb either.

About drop rate, I would say 3 = 100%, 2 = 66%, 1 = 33%

First kill, 2/3 bombs no drop
Second kill, 1/3 bombs no drop
Third kill, 1/3 bombs no drop

All i gotta say is... a few blm's in our pt dont have the great stunning skills.

All dissapointed and disband. My sam friend was last on the list so she got screwed. I'm sorry girl.

Edited, Sat Feb 25 00:50:13 2006
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# Jan 24 2006 at 5:11 AM Rating: Decent
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Did this tonight on my thf with my LS + a few others. To clarify a earlier comment of if even one blows you can't get the drop that's untrue. First fight 2 of the 3 clusters blew and we still got the katana. Now if ALL of them blow you may not be able to, I don't know one way or the other, but if just 1 or 2 blow and you don't get the drop it's just luck.

Drop rate was 4/6 so definantly bring a thf.

Edited, Tue Jan 24 04:11:51 2006
Popping it...
# Dec 15 2005 at 12:14 AM Rating: Good
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Not related to the NM itself, but about popping him... How hard is the pop item to get? Just wondering Drop rate/how hard mobs are to kill. Checked comments on the tar, and there was basically none.
RE: Popping it...
# Dec 16 2005 at 12:29 PM Rating: Good
The clustered tar drops pretty often actually. There are two Nitro Clusters in the tunnel leading to the ??? that spawns the Unstable Cluster, and we would receive at least one clustered tar when clearing them out to pop the NM.
Levels?
# Dec 12 2005 at 4:22 AM Rating: Decent
Noone ever sais the levels of the people going when they talk about strategy. What level of party/alliance should we have? Im confused cause the sword is level 50 does this mean your talking about alliance level 50's. In other words how many level 70+ people would I need to take this mob down? Or is this a level 50 capped area..? Riverne map sais max level 75 so im really confused here.

Edited, Mon Dec 12 04:38:06 2005
RE: Levels?
# Dec 16 2005 at 12:32 PM Rating: Excellent
The area is capped at level 50. I wouldn't recommend a pickup alliance to take this mob down, though. It would be best to take people you know and trust to keep you alive.
Stun Stun Stun
# Nov 22 2005 at 3:51 AM Rating: Excellent
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Fought this with a full alliance of 18 a couple days ago. Although Circle of Flames is the only move too fast to stun, unless you have 4+ stunners, don't even bother stunning anything other than self-destruct. Set up a cycle of BLMs and DRKs to stun each time he uses self-destruct. He will try multiple times during an average fight. He hit's exceedingly hard, which is strictly due to the fact that he does normal damage with a triple attack on every hit. Multiple (2-3) PLD tanks recommended. He also takes a lot of damage from SATA Viper Bite, that is one good way to take away his HP. He has a very high, although not 100% drop rate on the Soboro Sukehiro, a level 50 great katana on which the 2-3 hits activates more than 75% of the time. It is an excellent weapon and is still comparable to the best wepaons for samurai for many levels.

Keep Barfira up, make sure the mages keep their distance, and be on the ball with stun. As long as it doesn't self-destruct, the fight is not that hard.
quick guide
# Nov 01 2005 at 7:17 PM Rating: Decent
i've recieved this GKT already from this NM and i have experienced it 15 times exactly. i was PLD, first 5 times i tried it was wipe wipe win wipe win it is very hard for 1 PLD to do this so i recommend 2 PLDs. think byakko, when you fight this guy triple attack which means it gains tp rather quickly. another interesting fact i found out is its drop rate for the GKT is 0 when one or more of the bombs exploded. i won 9 times where the bombs had exploded and recived no GKT, and killed it three times where the bombs were all there and got the drop twice. just something to keep notice of when you fight..
dead
# Oct 24 2005 at 6:51 PM Rating: Decent
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Killed it with 7 people today, 2x blm Whm Smn 2x Nin Thf... was pretty rough fight, but we pulled it off twice! (First time was no drop)
smn anyone?
# Oct 20 2005 at 6:34 PM Rating: Decent
from reading this I think about 3-4 smns alone could eat this guy alive? Just a thought.
RE: smn anyone?
# Oct 24 2005 at 1:51 PM Rating: Decent
Well, i fought it 2 times yesterday and we wiped twice, with 9 and 11 ppl.
First time 1 stunner, 2nd time 2 stunners (but stun missed SD so we wiped)

All the info found in the first post are true, the key is stunners.
Our smn used astral flow on it with ifrit, taking 554 hp from the bomb, which was around 10-15 % of its total HP.
I think 3 or 4 smn can take it but with a PLD and a healer it would be much safer.

They're isn't enough space to do a classic avatar kitting (carby died in 15s) and avoid taking hate by healing yourself.
Hard >.<
# Oct 11 2005 at 12:02 AM Rating: Decent
Holy crap is this thing hard. Just shredded a balanced pt of 6. Wicked tp and triple attack.
Self-Destruct?
# Sep 28 2005 at 6:14 PM Rating: Decent
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Hmm, I read your strategy and saw that it says this mob does use self-destruct... I have fought this mob too, twice before, and we died both times, but the fight lasted a good amount of time. However, he did not self-destruct at all during the times we fought him. Can I get some clarification on this? Are you sure it uses self-destruct?

I'm also having some trouble believing some parts of your post, because I can confirm that none of his tp moves are stunnable, and sling bomb is not aoe, it is single target heavy damage, almost like a sickle slash.

Edited, Wed Sep 28 19:32:57 2005
Self-Destruct?
# Jul 01 2006 at 9:15 PM Rating: Decent
I believe why you havent seen self-destruct is because you didnt have it's HP down below 50%. It's doesn't start to SD before then.

And I concur that the moves are 100% stun-able. I stunned each of them myself. The spinning fire one is a little tough, but the others are easy if you put enough filters on. Having said that, if any of your party members have "gonna flash you <t>" or something that is irrelevant on necessary information....ask them to change their macro....and keep it that way. Or, at least change it for the meantime. lol

btw dont be dumb like me and set too many filters...doesnt help much.
RE: Self-Destruct?
# Oct 17 2005 at 1:37 AM Rating: Decent
I haven't fought thsi esact this monster but i have fought monsters in the same family, and the cluster family does use self destruct, i usually see it near the end of the battle
great googily moogily
# Sep 26 2005 at 6:12 PM Rating: Excellent
Forget what you've heard about this NM bomb. A balanced party of 6 would probably get stomped on. So here's how I've done it:

Lets start with his tp moves. He uses Circle of Flames - exactly as it sounds, a spinning fire attack; Sling bomb - single attack, heavy hitting (thank you for the correction); Formation attack - this is like a powerful triple attack; and Self-Destruct - I hate that move. He seemed to have permanent fire spikes, and used his refueling move often, which hastes him.

Since he is a combination of 3 bombs, he triple attacks non-stop. The only move you won't be able to stun is Circle of flames, as it's very fast. He's moderately resistant to sleep. Lulliby will last 20-30 seconds and sleep 2 varies from 30 seconds up to a minute or two, if ES was used. DoT is a no-no. You want to have the option of putting him to sleep if tanks die.

Party wise, there's room for experimentation, but I would go with no less than 12 people, with a minimum of two ninjas, one paladin, one or more white mages, and three to four black mages. Black mages are absolutely key to this fight, because a stun rotation must be set up in order to control his tp usage. We came totally unprepared the first time, and there was little information about this NM, and needless to say we got 2 GKs in 8-9 hours after about 10-14 wipes, hehe. But we came back with a fresh perspective and the right jobs and got two more GKs without incident. One summoner can take out about half of his health with astral flow and 2-3 ifrits. He's very resistant to freeze as well. Two bards in the tank party helps alot. Fire carols, sheepfoe mambos, and knights minnie will be the tanks salvation, hehe.

There are two Nitro Clusters, which spawn about 10 minutes apart after you kill them, in the tunnel before his ???. The ??? seems to be on a 15 minutes timer. The nitro clusters drop the clustered tar fairly regularly, which is a plus if you find yourself repeatedly wiping. Just so you don't get lost, here is a map of where you spawn, after travelling through the portal, in relation to the location of the NM. There are wyverns, hippos, ivys, and bomb clusters en route, but only the hippos have true sight; so sneak and invis and careful maneuvering are your friend. Hope this helps people out! I'll be sure to add anything I forgot that might help.


Note: His tp moves are absolutely stunnable. If we didn't stun his tp move, we wouldn't have survived. Sorry, you're wrong there; and we have four of these GK's and about 20 witnesses to prove it. I was fuzzy on sling bomb as I wasn't tanking, you're probably correct as to it's effect. Each time he self-destructs, he loses one bomb in the cluster, again, I can pull up 10-18 people who can corroborate that this is true. Believe what you want, I'm here to help people beat this guy. Don't put the idea into ANYONE'S head that they should take this lightly. Please do not question what I've said if you haven't actually beaten the mob. As you clearly say you fought him all of two times and died both times. Hardly in a position to claim anything I've said is wrong.

Edited, Sat Oct 1 18:38:44 2005
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