Bismarck Extreme

[Yugl]

Unlocked after completing the storyline.

Quest Chain: Gods of Eld
NPC: To the south of Fortemps Manor

Quest 2: The Diabolical Bismarck
NPC: Rising Stones (After first quest)

Phase 1
Enemies: None

• Cetacean Rage (Knock into landmass)

Phase 2

Enemies: Vuk'maii Vundu, Lan'maii Vundu

• Vuk + Lan spawn
• Circular ground AoEs go out
• Adds do not hit very hard
• Prepare magic field for incoming Cetacean Rage (Should only happen once during this phase)
• Dragonkillers spawn

Phase 3

Enemies: Chitin Carapace, So'Suwa, Ul'Sanuwa

• When you board Bismarck, you get a stacking debuff that does more damage the higher the stack [DO NOT EXCEED THREE STACKS]
• Defeat the Chitin Carapace before you leave Bismarck
• After Bismarck leaves, So'Sanuwa and Ul'Sanuwa spawn
• They do highish damage
• Party members, including tanks, will receive a colored debuff (Green or Blue)
• Avoid standing next to the add that has the same color as your debuff
• Do not attack the add that matches your debuff color (Reflects)
• Tornados and AoE circles continue throughout this phase
• This is a DPS check. Defeat adds before Bismarck's super (Breach Blast)

Phase 4

Enemies: Vuk'maii Vendu, Lan'maii Vendu, Nai'maii Vendu

• Vuk, Lan, and Nai spawn
• Nai'maii Vendu gains damage stacks the longer he is up
• You no longer have to use the magic field machine
• Nai uses Blossom every 15s (Random target AoE)
• Tornado + Circles are back
• Defeat Vuk and Lan first to get rid of their AoE
• Vuk is stationary. You should "tank" him, but he will remain in his position when you move

WEATHER MECHANIC

• Wind (Clouds dark yellow/raining): Knockback from the center + Wind Dynamo
• Water (Clouds almost clear): Splash damage at the center of the arena that inflicts Vuln up debuff (Defeat water sprites immediately)
• Thunder (Clouds thundery/purple): Targets 3 random people and does two thunder sttacks. The first attack is Thunderhead (?) and deals about 5.4k damage. The second attack is called Lightning head (?) and deals about 9-10k damage. Do not defeat the water sprites! They will absorb the second attack.

Phase 5

Enemies: Corona

• Dragonkillers spawn
• Phase 3's Chitin Carapace mechanic applies to Corona, but Corona has much more HP
• BEFORE REBOARDING BISMARCK, MAKE SURE YOUR DAMAGE STACK HAS WORN OFF

Phase 4+5 repeat, but when you get back to phase 5, there is a chance your damage debuff will still be on. Make sure to wait until that wears before reboarding.

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[Black]

great job guys!

we just downed it, its nice fight can't wait for Ravana Ex and see how its

[The Stig]

Howcome that SCH has half as much HP as everyone else? Damaged gear? But the MP values and the no weakness icon suggest otherwise

[Black]

probably glamour gear on

[Yugl]

That's his glamour/wedding gear.

[Yugl]

Added details about the encounter.

[Lucavi]

Did you guys get World First? You're all a bunch of beasts!

[Seravi Edalborez]

Haven't personally gotten here yet, but heard there's bubble adds up during the lightning weather. You want to leave them up so the 9-10k lightning hits them (from full to ~20%, so drop them to ~80 and it'll just kill them).

There is a bit of timing involved on using the barrier, wait until Bis dips down below the clouds(?) before using it. Granted it sounds like for EX you will only be using it once.

Final note: don't try to jump on too early. Chances are you've seen someone do this in HM already but you will fall to your permadeath, Leviathan style. I believe you also have to manually dismount him in EX; it won't automatically shove you off as it did in HM.

[Yugl]

Can confirm. Updated guide for thunder/water. Turns out that water sprites do more dmg over time during the water weather phase.

[Kaisha]

Any idea how long you can hold onto a dragonkiller before Bismark shuts them down on you? Just trying to figure out the extent of which you can delay it to maximize DPS on the corona instead of sitting around with 10s~ remaining on your debuff stacks.

[EDIT] I've been told you can hit one, then just wait for the AoE to appear on a dragonkiller and then hit that to reel him in.

[Cairthenn]

Any time I've done this in PF, party ends up splitting into two groups of 4 for the final phase, where one group finishes up the adds and the other goes onto Bismarck, alternating every round. It'll be less efficient if your DPS is great, but it works well.

[Ratatapa]

finally beat it! time to work on ravana

[Akiyama]

So I know Ravana gives

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Illuminati Quencher

Title when beaten, but does Bismark EX give anything?

[Shenrien]

Nope, just a pat on the back.

[enzan]

So is there a reason stage 4 weather mechanic wouldn't show up? Just tried ex for the first time, and every time it said bis took control of the clouds nothing changed. Clouds looked just as shitty and useless as they did at the start. The only change that takes place is when it gets dark for astral flow or w/e after the twin snakes die.

[Cairthenn]

This game is notorious for random dropped packets. Unfortunately, things like that do not have a persistence check/ping-pong with the server.

See also: Any other primal not loading after warping.

Other possibilities include corrupted dat install or obscure gfx card issue.

[Kaisha]

Did you check the weather icon in the minimap to ensure at least that changed?

[cute]

I can not fight. When the Duty Finder that "eight players only" it will not let me try.

[Ratatapa]

that's because you cannot solo queue for the 2 EX fights

[Damane]

still trying to clear this >.>
i cant find a group that makes it past the 2 snake phase lol