Soloing Sky as Dancer

[urat]

So I've been contemplating soloing Sky NMs for gil and helping my end game ls out, and would like some advice on the topic. I searched for some topics on dancer specifically, and couldn't find anything detailed so am posting here.

I have Fan dance and Saber dance, a pretty decent eva build, and soon a 37 sam sub.

Where should I start? What should I have before starting, what NMs are definitely soloable and what NMs should I must avoid even attempting and leave for the alliances to take care of?

I would one day once I have full merits and some real armor, good dmg resist gear, shadows, and a helluva lotta luck... to maybe attempt genbu, just for shits and giggles :D

But that's doubtful, anywho, would definitly appreciate help, thank you!

[Tomiko]

You won't have shadows if you sub Sam, and I don't know why you would sub Sam anyways for soloing.

Only things I can really see Dnc soloing are Statues for Diorite, Water for Olle & maybe SC.

Genbu could be possible as well I guess.

[Utau]

DNC is not always for solo even when it rrly seems to be.... and dont sub SAM, always sub nin while soloing, i think DNC needs to have a LOT of eva for soloing sky NMs

[Aurara]

you're gonna get trucked if you sub sam and try to solo zip/ulli/despot/etc

[TheMysteriousX]

you're gonna get trucked if you try to solo zip/ulli/despot/etc

FTFY. 99% of the sky solo strategies, bar Genbu, involve keeping the mob far enough away that it can't touch you.

You might get lucky, but going toe-to-toe with Despot/Faust/Seiryu/Byakko, you're gonna be raped from 7 angles once they get a shadow-stripping TP move off.

BB is out cause of the dagger, and MG isn't soloable by anything.

I think the best you're going to be able to manage is Water/Diorite/Genbu. Olla is another possibility, if you can stun everything.

[Thorny]

Olla - regain makes it impossible
ulli - doable
zipacna - regain/attack speed make it impossible
steam cleaner - doable
brig blade - knife makes it impossible
mg - impossible just because it is
faust - impossible just because it is
despot - you could totally sub blm and bio it to death using chocobo jig and FoV refresh/mp drinks?

genbu - sub blm bio it to death using chocobo jig and fov refresh/mp drinks maybe, otherwise impossible due to sheer melee damage and -gas
seiryu - impossible due to regain
suzaku - impossible due to sheer melee damage and -gas
byakko - impossible due to TRIPLE ATTACKS FROM FUCKING HELL ITSELF

kirin - lol

[Despain]

You forgot Flamingoes. Those shits can get hard fast.

[TheMysteriousX]

I thought of chocobo jig but it wouldn't work, getting hit by anything removes it, taking an offensive action removes it, it binds you in place while you "cast" it, and the recast is one minute. You'd also need to use MP drinks, as it would take well over 30 mins to DoT-down, which would require you to stand still. Standing still with Despot chasing = bad. If you got lucky you could do it, but you would have to do it perfectly. /BLM and kiting means no shadows and no stoneskin, and no tp, which means no screw ups. Any single hit on you and you're bloodtanking him for the next minute.

Genbu can be straight tanked. LolGenbu.

[Despain]

I thought of chocobo jig but it wouldn't work, getting hit by anything removes it, taking an offensive action removes it, it binds you in place while you "cast" it, and the recast is one minute. You'd also need to use MP drinks, as it would take well over 30 mins to DoT-down, which would require you to stand still. Standing still with Despot chasing = bad. If you got lucky you could do it, but you would have to do it perfectly. /BLM and kiting means no shadows and no stoneskin, and no tp, which means no screw ups. Any single hit on you and you're bloodtanking him for the next minute.

Genbu can be straight tanked. LolGenbu.

That counter that doesn't show up on logs could probably be a problem on shadows though? From what I've seen from tanking Genbu, that "ninja counter" is really potent, to the point where I just tank him without engaging.

[eva00r]

I thought of chocobo jig but it wouldn't work, getting hit by anything removes it, taking an offensive action removes it, it binds you in place while you "cast" it, and the recast is one minute. You'd also need to use MP drinks, as it would take well over 30 mins to DoT-down, which would require you to stand still. Standing still with Despot chasing = bad. If you got lucky you could do it, but you would have to do it perfectly. /BLM and kiting means no shadows and no stoneskin, and no tp, which means no screw ups. Any single hit on you and you're bloodtanking him for the next minute.

Genbu can be straight tanked. LolGenbu.

You can blinked out jig's animation.
Bio 2 has 2 mins duration.
No foot rise 5/5 and Reverse Flourish 5/5 gives you 75 TP per 3 mins.

Plus, you dont need to fucking /BLM since /RDM gives you Bio 2, Stoneskin, Blink and fast cast lol.

[Jimothy]

/rdm would also give you bioII, along with stoneskin, blink, phalanx, protect and shell, and fast cast II. You could bring a bunch of powder boots with you to gain distance in a pinch, but I think the whole thing would end up being far too time consuming and risky to be worthwhile.

[Greatguardian]

Troll. Feeding. Etc.

Do I really have to bring up the HastevSTP topic still on the front page? Or will the flashing red title suffice?

[Ksandra]

Troll. Feeding. Etc.

Do I really have to bring up the HastevSTP topic still on the front page? Or will the flashing red title suffice?

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