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The main job needed in all of them though: rdm/blm because of gravity and bind.

These combonations work in the party:

war/nin, war/nin...drg/war, drg/war...sam/war, drg/war...drg/war, war/nin...sam/war, war/nin... war/mnk (Gaxe required), drg/war

Jobs that don't help even though you think they might: rng, thf, pld, nin, drk, bst, and mnks.

mnks are iffy. I've heard this one done, but the rdm converted and got hit with magic, so the rdm died quickly. The mnk 2 houred and owned 4 jellies by himself before falling. failed.

some of you think that rng might work, but it doesn't anymore since the update. try to shoot at the right distance. You'll hit, but look at the damage you do. A warrior's axe does the same amount of damage and hits 4 times more than one shot from an arrow. You're incredibly slow and not a very good liability. It's do-able with a drg/war, rdm/blm, rng/nin though. Don't do rng/war because you'll miss more without both daggers.

Did this yesterday Jan 25 430 pm - 8 pm Eastern Standard time ( you guys can work out the Vanadiel time ) party setup DRG/WAR (me) WAR/NIN RDM/NIN went in ate mithkabobs buffed rdm rested to full and then 2 dds go around circle killing the same mob together while rdm goes other way grav/binding til they are all dead. Bound? dont panic it wears quickly and continue on 4/4 Erase and other stuff no Ni but I wanted Erase for whm so heres to me :) anyway easy fight good drop ROCK ON!!

Did this 6 times today with my linkshell. our fastest clear on this BC so far was done with WHM/BLM DRK/WAR THF/NIN. we had the white mage jump in first so the vast majority of the spells would just bounce off the high mind and magic def bonus they get. DRK made an excellent tank and with the THF spilting sneak attack and trick attack the slimes died quickly. Since I was getting hit by the elemental debuffs I just used a yagudo drink, though I probably didn't need to I had enough MP left over. I kept barblizzardra, haste and regen up on the melees.

I did this last night with a prty of drg/war(me),sam/war,and a whm/blm and omg did we destroy these guys we go in and the whm gives us protect and shell of course then he rests,when hes done resting he gave us barblizzara and then both of us regen cause u do loose some health. we go in and I start soloin from the right and the sam from the left we kept wiping them out I was bound 1 time and the sam resisted everytime cause of the warrior sub and barblizzara. the last one almost made it in the circle and become a queen but the whm cast bind on it and then I pulled out double thrust and the sam used tachi:enpi and it was very dead I got utsusemi:ni on this :) we only did this once. this to me was very worth the 40 seals cause I made 2 mil!!

I did this as DRG/WAR DRG/WAR and WHM/SMN

Buff and eat food as soon as you enter. WHM can drink Yag if you feel the urge. Heal to full MP and cast Regen on DRGs. One takes the left, other takes the right and just go, meeting in the center. WHM cures as needed, DRGs Berserk, Double Thrust and Jump. Fastest Clear time on Diabolos:
Amrik, Mathodius and Yelena with 4:19. Original time was 5:26

Edit: Food we used was ATK+ Meat Mithkabobs. We were Hume DRG Mithra DRG Hume WHM. We've had Ni, Erase, Archer's and Himmelx2 drop for big ticket items. WHM didn't have Erase but now he does =)
10/10 Completes and worth every seal

Edited, Tue Jan 3 00:21:23 2006

This BCNM is probably one of the best to go to for experience in these types of battles. I'm now 23/23 on this one, using pretty much the same type of setup. Every time I've gone in as RDM/BLM with 2 various melee jobs. Combinations such as SAM and WAR/NIN, SAM and MNK, MNK and WAR/MNK, and MNK and DRK have all worked while I've been the mage. Never once has a jelly made it to the center, so I have no info on killing the Queen. The strategy is rather simple: Enter the circle, RDM buffs the two melee with Protect and Shell, then Shell and Stoneskin for himself. Rest to full before entering the battle. Once everyone is ready, enter the room and engage the Jellies. Melee start killing from left to right, as RDM casts Bind/Sleep/Gravity from right to left. I usually stand at the outer ring of the circle straight in front of the hall. This allows me to have full casting range of all the jellies as well as Cure range for the melee. It's best to have these spells macroed with an /echo timer so you know exactly when to cast again, because you're going to need to - constantly. I've found it best to only worry about the last 4 or 5 jellies, because any competent melee should be able to kill off the first 3 or 4 without there being any threat of them making it to the center. This will also save the RDM's MP as well as allow him to keep focus on the ones that have a chance of making it. For food, the melee all used Sole Sushi, because having better Acc = hitting more = killing faster = winning. As a mage, I use either Melon Pie or Rolanberry Pie. This gives +2 INT as well as 25mp for Melon and 50mp for Rolanberry. I also take 2 Yagudo Drinks and use them in the middle of the battle, so I can recast Stoneskin and keep from having to Cure myself too often. This also keeps you from having to Convert, which in these types of battles is rather risky. The jellies cast elemental magic as well as enfeebs, so even though the RDM never actually draws his weapon, he will suffer a moderate amount of damage. Converting just as a spell hits you = one dead, very unhappy RDM. It is also essencial that you do not attempt this on Darksday. Both times we tried it, Bind/Sleep/Gravity were resisted about 30% of the time, and with a 30sec timer to recast, 30% is damaging. In these cases, we all had to 2hr and usually caught the last jelly just outside the center. Our completion time has always fallen in the area of 10-11 minutes, but we're not trying to break the record or anything, we just want to win. We've also done a few other BCNMs, including Creeping Doom and Demolition Squad. We're now 1/7 on Demolition and 0/3 on Creeping Doom.

Edited, Thu Dec 29 15:12:06 2005

incredibly easy BCNM and good drop.

just bring a rdm and 2 melee/nin
rdm bind sleep weight clockwise
melee DD counterclockwise

we did war/nin drk/nin rdm/blm
12run: 4 erase 1 ni 1 archer 3himmel...

if u recast utsusemi rdm dont hav to heal.
just use kabob because its cheaper and jelly are low evasion. rdm use 1 yagudo potion.
no jelly never reached the center with our set up.

now its up to you ^^

would ninja be ok in this bcnm?

Edited, Thu Dec 22 12:49:21 2005

Would a DRK WHM WAR have much trouble with this BCNM if done properly?
and DRK doesnt have mnuch enfeebling skill os cant really bind much , and all sub ninja excerpt the DRK hell go as /war

I have done this BCNM about 8 times with a rdm/nin, whm,blm, and drg/war. The whm/blm binds and heals, drg/war is DD, and rdm/nin doubles as DD and bind/grav, but does not cure at all.

Same strategy as everyone else but I noticed that two spells make a huge difference: silence and barblizzara.

My binds get resisted a lot even as a taru with +17 INT and +4 INT from food, but silence sticks everytime. Most of the damage done to the drg was from spells, so silence helps a lot( even stuck a silence on the queen).

The first try the melees kept getting bound, so i looked at what element bind is: ice. When barblizzara was on, the melees would resist bind about 75% of the time.

An easy BCNM, even for those with no experience. Good luck and have fun trying for the scrolls and archer's!

This can be perfecly done by 2 capable damage dealers and a redmage, the mage cures when needed, and the three members hit the same slime. With this setup, i am about 12/12 , 1 DRG + 1 RDM and 1 DD (any will work i guess) If the damage dealers are capable enough the redmage doesnt loose time binding and can focus on curing.