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**Yugl** · 2013-03-21 02:54

Does Tomahawk affect the 3 Gigas NM at NE Apollyon?

**Taim Meich** · 2013-03-21 03:59

Has anyone tried PUP in Neo Salvage? I don't know the average level of the mobs there, but considering it's an event without super-buffs where, with a healing job present, it's totally reasonable to use the RNG automaton, I think it would be pretty good in there. And if the mage is having healing problems, PUP can change to WHM auto to help.

Probably /NIN as main DD and /WAR if along with another DD that's supposed to tank most of the time?

**RicFlair** · 2013-03-21 04:00

So a friend told me stacking STR does more in the long run than the stat modifiers for BLU Physical spells against everything except fodder. To what extent is that statement valid? Are there any special physical spells that should focus on modifiers rather than STR?

Also the accuracy for those physical spells are reliant only to your melee accuracy? So Dex would increase the spells accuracy too, but blue mage skill doesn't? IF that's the case blue mage skill only affects damage for physical spells.

**Eldelphia** · 2013-03-21 05:10

Originally Posted by RicFlair

So a friend told me stacking STR does more in the long run than the stat modifiers for BLU Physical spells against everything except fodder. To what extent is that statement valid? Are there any special physical spells that should focus on modifiers rather than STR?

Also the accuracy for those physical spells are reliant only to your melee accuracy? So Dex would increase the spells accuracy too, but blue mage skill doesn't? IF that's the case blue mage skill only affects damage for physical spells.

You'll probably get an answer here too but there's a HUGE thread about BLU running as well which might be useful.

**Sechs** · 2013-03-21 05:47

Friend of mine has a lot of cruor and wants to brew some Apademaks.
He has an undergeared RDM and a decently geared BLU.
Can they manage to twoshot Apademak with Sanguine Blade, or will 3 WS be necessary? (I had to 3shot them when I brewed Apa on my NIN for a friend long time ago)
Suggested atmas? I guess Cosmos, Ultimate, Hell's Guardian?
Other tips?

**Taim Meich** · 2013-03-21 05:51

Why not pop 3 and use Aeolian?

**Sechs** · 2013-03-21 05:53

We only have 4 storable KIs. Popping 3 and killing together to pop only 1 after and saying bye bye to the brew doesn't seem particularly more convenient, unless I'm missing something.
Also, sounds a bit more complicated because you'd need to stun 3 after-pop spells instead than just one, no?

**Taim Meich** · 2013-03-21 07:05

If you have time to kill them one by one with one brew, I'd go with Sanguine Blade too, yeah.

**Sechs** · 2013-03-21 07:10

Yeah but I was wondering which setup (atmas, gear, job) would prove to be the best and if any combination would be capable of reliably twoshoting Apademak.
Every job who can use Sanguine Blade can threeshot Apademak even naked with just 3 average fitting atmas after all, so that's not the problem here.

**blue** · 2013-03-21 07:20

Any easy accessable monster casting alot of death? I want to test out shadow and Eihwaz ring.

**Sechs** · 2013-03-21 07:26

Originally Posted by blue

Any easy accessable monster casting alot of death? I want to test out shadow and Eihwaz ring.

Uh, Xibalba?

**dasva** · 2013-03-21 09:29

Originally Posted by Sechs

Friend of mine has a lot of cruor and wants to brew some Apademaks.
He has an undergeared RDM and a decently geared BLU.
Can they manage to twoshot Apademak with Sanguine Blade, or will 3 WS be necessary? (I had to 3shot them when I brewed Apa on my NIN for a friend long time ago)
Suggested atmas? I guess Cosmos, Ultimate, Hell's Guardian?
Other tips?

iirc it should take 3 to kill it unless you can moderately boost one of them such as using Innin. Could probably 1 shot them with an AOE blu spell but yeah he can do mean things without stun so probably bad idea. Swap 1 of the mab atmas for Banisher. Try getting dark day/weather (if you have sch) and obi for help. And of course whatever mab gear you can get

**Sechs** · 2013-03-21 09:43

I was so focused about WSing that I didn't think about BLU's spells. When I did it on NIN long time ago (made use of Innin on the first WS, when possible) I could almost twoshot them, but always had to use a third one for the very little amount of HP those Apademaks were left with.
Considering this friend of mine has an undergeared RDM and a decently geared BLU, would using a BLU spell produce better results than letting him use Sanguine Blade?
If so which spells? And which atma combinations? I know absolutely nothing about BLU.

**noodles355** · 2013-03-21 09:52

Originally Posted by Bikpik

Body, but if you don't have access to Nares, then the hands and feet(with Klimoform down) for nuking, as well as Fea's slops are good for fast/precast set, that's all I can think of right now, that could be used for.

Feet are better than nares all the time for non-klima nukes. Morri hands beat Nares hands most of the time, and are very close or equal the rest of the time to the point you might aswell just stick to morri hands.

**dasva** · 2013-03-21 10:03

In all reality gearing wont really matter much for the rdm... as far as blu goes normally CW would be your best bet but since it's thunder based GoH would probably be it but since that has a 5 min recast.... I'd say thermal pulse. Of course to get the 1 shot dmg you will probably need to BA but recast timer works and you should be able to just pop and AOE the 3 rq. Now everyones grudge might do more if you want to single target. But let's look at thermal pulse.

Assuming staff no day/weather and no mdt/mdb using af3+2 boots + BA and no other mab gear and the 2 fire dmg atmas and ultimate you should be at a little under 90k AOE dmg. Now obviously the mob will have mdb/mdt of some kind so I'd actually put some mab gear on and try for day/weather. You could get alot more with set proc too lol

**mdkuser** · 2013-03-21 11:21

Originally Posted by blue

Any easy accessable monster casting alot of death? I want to test out shadow and Eihwaz ring.

dynamis beaucedine boss, still does chainspell death at 25%... just dont one shot it lol. I'm Interested by the results if you get them!

**Eldelphia** · 2013-03-21 12:13

Originally Posted by mdkuser

dynamis beaucedine boss, still does chainspell death at 25%... just dont one shot it lol. I'm Interested by the results if you get them!

Y'know - I know it's possible that it does this but I've never seen it do it. I've seen it cast Death so obviously having more than one person on it is helpful but CS?

**dasva** · 2013-03-21 15:27

Originally Posted by Eldelphia

Y'know - I know it's possible that it does this but I've never seen it do it. I've seen it cast Death so obviously having more than one person on it is helpful but CS?

It often dies so fast now you don't see it. But I ran into that problem a bit when I was trying solo it. Also the person in question doesn't really need more people on it because he just wants to eat deaths to test proc. Would help during CS but unless they all have the items in question...

**mdkuser** · 2013-03-21 16:05

if that person is on BST im guessing he can autoreraise ad infinitum once the NM is at 25% ish. The pop items for Angra mainryu are very easy to get too.

**Darkmagi** · 2013-03-21 17:15

You could also just do a different zone boss too so you don't have to deal with adds, they cast death quite frequently and are little danger besides death.

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