Sinister Reign

[Draylo]

Really enjoy these fights, I hope they add more to them or introduce something similar.

[Kensagaku]

I definitely like this new event, lots of fun! Got a few shiny things. LSmate got Samnuha pants with STR/DEX+10, DA+3, TA+3. So jealous. I got Jumalik Helm with MND+5, MAB+10, MBD+6%. Guess I get to go MB on DRK and PLD! >_>;

[Prothescar]

Would this be doable BLU+BRD(or RDM or SCH)+COR? Or need more than 3

[BerenTebogo]

I would imagine except for August and Arciela II you could get away with BLU + something. There's about 0% chance of you doing Arciela II with that comp though.

[Damane]

got ingrid II trust. have to test her. icon is DD

[Shadowlina]

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So then......
Lets talk....

[dasva]

So 3 refresh, 40 mab, 35 int, 10 mdmg and 15 macc

[Sechs]

So "No Quarter" is an AoE move of XX range that does 9999 damage to anybody around target?
What's the range?
I can't believe that eating it with Hymnus, raising and tanking him again is the way to go. There has to be a way to prevent it.
If Scherzo+EA aren't working it means it's a multihit btw.

[JeanPaul]

Can't you do scherzo + earthen armor to mitigate 95% of the damage from No Quarter?

Nope. It flat-out ignores all damage resistance, including DT gear, Scherzo, and I'd presume EA (only SS and Phalanx reduce it, aside from having more people in range). No idea about Migawari, but I'd not count on it. I've been having lag in there so I haven't managed to get Liement off in time. Pretty much everything else he does is light based though. Unless there's a method to stop him, you'd have to either spread the damage out or eat it and RR. I've tried running from it too but the range is too large and it activates quick, even when kiting.

Wounding Sajj'aka's chest causes his super move to do half of what it normally does. Like No Quarter, no gear or abilities seem to reduce the damage. Playing around in AltanaView, I noticed he has an animation to heal his chest (probably through his normal healing move), so I'm sure that restores him to normal.

[Shadowlina]

So "No Quarter" is an AoE move of XX range that does 9999 damage to anybody around target?
What's the range?
I can't believe that eating it with Scherzo, raising and tanking him again is the way to go. There has to be a way to prevent it.
If Scherzo+EA aren't working it means it's a multihit btw.

It's conal, i don't know the range, and it works like 10k Needles from cactuars.

[Sechs]

9999 / 6 is still over 1,6k damage. I can't believe that's acceptable.
There has to be some other gimmick around it.

If it's not multihit I don't get why Scherzo/EA aren't working either.

[BerenTebogo]

9999 / 6 is still over 1,6k damage. I can't believe that's acceptable.
There has to be some other gimmick around it.

If it's not multihit I don't get why Scherzo/EA aren't working either.

2 pets and a luopan laugh it off. There's your gimmick.

[Draylo]

If distance doesn't decrease the dmg then is he stunable at all? Does he completely resist it, if not might be good to have a GEO on stun for him w/focus up.

[Tachi]

It's stunnable but the window is short. All the NMs are stunnable there, including the Naakuals that Arciela summons (not Hurkan and Yumcax obviously).

[Protey]

Probably will just have to bring a few SMNs to eat up that damage.

[JeanPaul]

Honestly, just using Hymnus as soon as he puts up the wings has always worked. As soon as I raise, I just Shell/Regen myself and get hate back again. I can't speak for PLDs, but as a RUN he's incredibly easy to tank while weakened.

[urat]

I feel like pet jobs/geo etc will have an easy time with this one. Having 12 bodies to soak up the damage makes it way more managable. As long as the bsts are /dnc to pop off curing waltz right after the hit, should be fine.

[BerenTebogo]

Why would 6 BST soak damage with their pets that have 5-6k HP . . .

I already said 2 pets and a luopan laugh off the damage. Period. That's all you need if you have pet job. If pets are tanking and you aren't using snapweed or bird you are retarded and don't deserve the gear.

Also why would the BST have TP for curing waltz? That would mean they weren't swapping axes, which meant they'd be too bad to manage turning left from right. They'd never make it through Cirdas caverns to get to Inner Court.

[Aumaan_Kujata]

So No Quarter is somewhat avoidable, it turns out. It's narrow conal and has a small windup. If the tank strafes to the side and prays, sometimes he doesn't get hit. I don't know how reliable you can get with it- not very in the two fights I just saw it tried on- but it did work a few times.

Given that Sajj'aka has a gimmick to "break" him, I wouldn't be that surprised if August has one too to knock his wings off, but it's not just spamming dark magic at him. And the window after the dialogue on No Quarter was too narrow to slip something in there.

A few more augments, while I'm at it:

Fanatic Gloves: mp+45, fastcast+5, conserve mp+6, healing skill+9

Founder's Breastplate: acc+13, atk+13, macc+14, matk+13

Founder's Greaves: vit+8, acc+9, meva+11

[Shadowlina]

I feel like pet jobs/geo etc will have an easy time with this one. Having 12 bodies to soak up the damage makes it way more managable. As long as the bsts are /dnc to pop off curing waltz right after the hit, should be fine.

I'd also like to point out, that doing this with BSTs is SUPER slow. It takes 20minuites+ with a BST party, were as with a mage party, our record stands at 5 minuites for all 5 NMs cleared. We've never not cleared it with the mage party, but the NM's spam Amnesia. This Means for 90% if the time the BST can't even use their own weaponskills anyways.
Plus, if you fail to stun the naarkul, pets will die. And if you get Sajj'Aka, your pushing your luck! I know it's possible but with 6BSTS? or 5BSTs 1 GEO. That will be tough.