Pulling Baobhan Sith Solo

[Leeto]

Been trying for an umbra cape lately so I want to try and solo this thing. Tried just now, and got it to pop, but died trying to pull (blood aggro from dots >_>). it's tightly packed between wyverns and skeletons which are not particularly easy to clear, and the only enfeeble that seemed to work was grav. I tried doing grav > sneak/invis fast > running back towards amikiri area but it deaggroed very very quickly. too many mobs around to reclaim. anybody done it before? I'd like to avoid saccing.

[Clavat]

back when i soloed him, i went as rdm/nin
killing PH with sleep nuke rotation on the rock ledge to the left of the fatty rock
have shadows up, cast bio II or something on it from the max distance while on the rock ledge, move out of range slightly so his casting doesnt hit you. cast sneak and invis and run like hell.
You have to repeat the pulling technique several times but once you have him on the first hill where the robber crabs become skeletons, you have it made.
Maybe you want to try pulling with powder boots before you agro it? At least until you get the hang of it. Use oils/powders if you need to be faster or depending on the casting time of baobhan's spell. Obviously you will have plenty of time if it casts bliz 4.

[DanielRemora]

Basically what Clavat said is right.

This NM can be a real pain. Even after you get where you need him (Bune area is best :/), he deaggros frequently. So if there is someone else around, don't bother, lol.

Gravity is the only spell you will land on it, and it's completely useless until you get it where you are fighting.

The best option is seriously to get another RDM/NIN or BLM/NIN friend to help. Go all out on it where it pops, and it's dead in less than a minute. It has around 1.5x to 2x the HP of a normal ghost there. So just clear the wyvern and skele that roams his spot, go straight to him and nuke it as fast and as hard as you can. It's safe to convert as long as you are behind the rock.

The first time I tried pulling this solo, it took me around an hour and a half, and about 6 deaths. Most of that time was waiting for him to move far enough away so I could get back up. Anyway, after all that, it was stolen from me at a low %. Another time, it was stolen at ~50% by a group of 3, who wiped at like 2%, which was nice.

[pogle]

Best method I've found for pulling him involved a second RDM/NIN, who had cuisses for movement speed+, and was fully buffed with everything defensive. She trained all the pugs and skeletons and crabs, and most of the goblins, all the way to the zone. I followed behind quite sedately with Mr Sith, and kited around the Bune area until she came back; then we nuked and traded hate and killed it very easily.

That of course is a bit much for killing placeholders...those suck to pull still too. I've never had consistent luck popping him solo, and the window is annoyingly long enough that I feel guilty trying to get friends to come help for such small rewards. I too was after an umbra cape, but finally ended up just buying one from a bazaar.

[chapstick]

Kill the PH's right where they pop with sleep/nuke. Just make sure you dont' aggro a skele or wyvern (not too hard).

As for pulling the NM, i've done it two ways. One way being to train everything all the way to Teriggan zone...(crimson cuisses) It's kind of dangerous, but the ghost usually ends up being in the hall before Wyvernpoacher when I came back. No one has ever stolen it from me since it's kind of a NM that isn't camped much.

The other way is pretty hard. I would pull with Gravity, then sneak invis back to the first hill. He loses hate really easy with Gravity on. But anyways, you pretty much just keep pulling it little by little until you get back to your destination.

[Kyreth]

Is Baobhan Sith Bind-Proof?

Open with Bind, lay in a DoT (Dia/Bio II), then just wait for the Bind to break at a safe distance, Gravity, pull to wherever?

[chapstick]

Bind and Silence proof. I think it's stun proof as well.

[DanielRemora]

Slow, Para, Poison and Gravity are literally the only spells I've gotten off on him.

Edit: Enfeebling spells*

[Belkin]

Is Baobhan Sith Bind-Proof?

Open with Bind, lay in a DoT (Dia/Bio II), then just wait for the Bind to break at a safe distance, Gravity, pull to wherever?

Even if you could Bind it, casting Bio would cause it to break immediately.

Another thing is that it loses hate incredibly fast. I have tried solo pulling this out of the room on many occasions and none were successful...You almost need somebody else to help you.

With the help of some idiot who was following me around, I managed to get it to the Bune area. I would cast, then he would take it when it went unclaimed, then I took it when it went unclaimed for him and so on. As we were almost out of the room, he got aggro and died and I eventually got it up to Bune area myself from there (Would have honestly never made it out of the room by myself). Lo and behold he came back while I was kiting in Bune area, he took it when it went unclaimed at about 10%, got it to 5% and died again. Then a gilseller standing nearby CS nuked it and it died unclaimed. Hurray...

[chapstick]

Oh, I forgot to mention. I've seen it successfully Carby-pulled. Just have to be careful of where you have to stop to recast Carby. And probably best if done by a 75 SMN, not a gimpy /SMN pet.

[Ryany]

...With the help of some idiot who was following me around, I managed to get it to the Bune area. I would cast, then he would take it when it went unclaimed, then I took it when it went unclaimed for him and so on. As we were almost out of the room, he got aggro and died and I eventually got it up to Bune area myself from there (Would have honestly never made it out of the room by myself). Lo and behold he came back while I was kiting in Bune area, he took it when it went unclaimed at about 10%, got it to 5% and died again. Then a gilseller standing nearby CS nuked it and it died unclaimed. Hurray...

Was it Pjohn? (tried to kite-block an amikiri and then followed it around solo probably trying to steal it for about an hour until it died a few days back; luckily it never went unclaimed)

[Belkin]

Xswift was the person following me around and trying to take it even after I got it to 10%. Hacu is the GS that killed it unclaimed I think...might be banned by now, was about a month ago.

[Aquilla]

would a mnk or nin + rdm be able to kill this easier than blm + rdm? My bro's been bugging me to help him get it, and now I have visions of a very nasty death _._

[zhan]

I'm gonna head down there on NIN and BRD later... I'll let you know how that goes.


Edit: I think it has some nasty /ga spells, so I'ma go NIN/DRK and BRD/WHM ... if you're goin NIN and RDM I'd say RDM/DRK NIN/whatever.

[Tricen]

I though it was unstunnable?

[Leeto]

it is unstunnable.

[zhan]

Oh ... fun ... guess I'll just keep barblizzard up and hope for the best <_<.

[DanielRemora]

I was messing around with some straight tanked fights when magic was nerfed a little while ago. Most gas didn't break stoneskin, but then I got hit for a Thundaga3 for over 1k damage through stoneskin. You can't dispel his spikes (With Dispel, at least).