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[Xantavia]

Anybody know if can learn absolute terror from the Naul's in Tahronghi A? My gut says yes since harden shell came from mini-versions, but i'm hoping for verification before wasting time.


I know, I know. Weak disseverment. but it was at like 1% when I cast, so I'm going to and say it only hit once.

[fantasticdan]

Anybody know if can learn absolute terror from the Naul's in Tahronghi A? My gut says yes since harden shell came from mini-versions, but i'm hoping for verification before wasting time.

You can, I just did.

[DDj]

I for one wasn't sure on the mob families, so for convenience:

EDIT: They listed these in the same order they appear in the dats, sooo... included that info.

Quadrastrike (Kindred aka Demons in CoP/WotG zones)
BLU96 MP Cost: 98 Casting Time: 0.5 Recast Delay: 42.5
Delivers a fourfold attack. Chance of critical hit varies with TP.

Vapor Spray (Phuabo)
BLU96 MP Cost: 172 Casting Time: 3.0 Recast Delay: 19.0
Deals water breath damage to enemies within a fan-shaped area originating from the caster. Additional effect: Poison.

Thunder Breath (Wyvern)
BLU97 MP Cost: 193 Casting Time: 7.0 Recast Delay: 56.0
Deals thunder breath damage to enemies within a fan-shaped area originating from the caster.

Orcish Counterstance (WotG Orcs)
BLU98 MP Cost: 18 Casting Time: 4.0 Recast Delay: 11.0
Increases the caster's chance of countering.

Amorphic Spikes (Flan)
BLU98 MP Cost: 79 Casting Time: 0.5 Recast Delay: 58.25
Delivers a fivefold attack. Damage varies with TP.

Wind Breath (Dragon - same as Body Slam ones)
BLU99 MP Cost: 26 Casting Time: 1.0 Recast Delay: 29.5
Deals wind breath damage to enemies within a fan-shaped area originating from the caster.

Barbed Crescent (Fomor)
BLU99 MP Cost: 52 Casting Time: 0.5 Recast Delay: 22.0
Damage varies with TP. Additional effect: Accuracy Down.

Spells castable only while under the effect of Unbridled Learning:

Absolute Terror (Wyrm) - Fafnir/Nidhogg, Wyrm(KS99), Tiamat/Vrtra/Jorm/Ouryu, Cynoprosopi(Limbus), Dragua/Cuelebre/Smok(Abyssea),
BLU96 MP Cost: 29 Casting Time: 0.5 Recast Delay: 30.0
Freezes target in fear.

Gates of Hades (Cerberus) - Cerberus, Sarameya(ZNM), Amarok/Orthus(Abyssea), Black Shuck(Assault)
BLU97 MP Cost: 156 Casting Time: 3.5 Recast Delay: 30.0
Deals fire damage to enemies within area of effect. Additional effect: Burn.

Tourbillion (Khimaira) - Khimaira, Tyger (ZNM) , Khimaira 14X (Assault)
BLU97 MP Cost: 108 Casting Time: 1.0 Recast Delay: 30.0
Delivers an area attack. Additional effect duration varies with TP. Additional effect: Weakens defense.

Pyric Bulwark (Hydra) - Hydra, Tinnin (ZNM), Orochi (Assault), Hydra(Nyzul), Alfard(Abyssea)
BLU98 MP Cost: 50 Casting Time: 1.5 Recast Delay: 30.0
Resists physical damage.

Bilgestorm (Dvergr) - Durinn or Dvallin really.
BLU99 MP Cost: 122 Casting Time: 1.0 Recast Delay: 30.0
Delivers an area attack. Additional effect duration varies with TP. Additional effect: Lowers attack, defense, and accuracy.

Bloodrake (Vampyr) - Lord Ruthven(VNM), Nosferatu, Oupire, Lord Varney(Abyssea), Castle Zvahzl(S)
BLU99 MP Cost: 99 Casting Time: 0.5 Recast Delay: 30.0
Delivers a threefold attack. Damage varies with TP. Additional effect: HP Drain.

bringing this to last page to save others looking at the last 15 to find it

also trait from another post

Orcish Counterstance - Counter
Vapor Spray - Max MP
Thunder Breath - Max HP
Wind Breath - Fast Cast
Barbed Crescent - Dual Wield
Amorphic Spikes - Treasure Hunter (Requires only this + the two Gilfinder spells)
Quadrastrike - Skillchain Bonus

[Xantavia]

Can't think of the mob name right now, but I got Bloodrake from the Vampyr in Bost. Obulette.

[lovehatehero]

Unless I'm mistaken, but dont the Kindred in Uleguerand Range use quad?

[Roundelk]

Unless I'm mistaken, but dont the Kindred in Uleguerand Range use quad?

I killed like 20+ Demons there and they haven't used it once so I don't know best bet is Dynamis.

[Myriads]

I don't pimp it often, but here is my BLU Mage Spell hunting pages: http://173.192.108.24/~tforum/blu/BLUMain.html

I'll have the better camp for Counterstance up later today.

I know someone has had to have seen Quadrastrike someplace... I think it's like Conterstance, where you could kill orcs in Ron {S} forever and not see it, but hit the telepoint in Jugnar {S} and bang there it is. The question is where. I also can't help but think there are a clump of wyverns hidden in some {A} area that breath lightning.

[Vriska]

Cunterstance,

Deliberate, or...?

I know that Balaur in Aby-Kon has Thunderbreath, I don't know if the surrounding wyverns do too.

[Myriads]

Deliberate, or...?

I know that Balaur in Aby-Kon has Thunderbreath, I don't know if the surrounding wyverns do too.

Balaur is a decent target. Pretty fast respawn, and easily duoed with a healer and DD, I'll have to give the wyverns a test. It would be like SE to hide the spell in them.

And the spelling was a oops.

[fantasticdan]

It's pretty easy to learn thunder breath in dynamis xacarbard,.You can pull the wyvern pets without the bst linking, and they'll repop fast enough to fight them indefinitely if you switch between two nearby pets. If you do link the bst you can keep it slept easily.

[Myriads]

It's pretty easy to learn thunder breath in dynamis xacarbard,.You can pull the wyvern pets without the bst linking, and they'll repop fast enough to fight them indefinitely if you switch between two nearby pets. If you do link the bst you can keep it slept easily.

Alas I don't have access up there. Was never able to find a Dyna shell that matched when I could play, and eventually stopped thinking about the event. So outside options are needful My own issues of course, and my own fault.

[dasva]

I see shouts for dynamis beau clear fairly often and the others are pretty easy. Like I solo and/or dual boxed all but windy. Stupid double plds

[Prothescar]

Data about the new spells from many pages back for people that didn't see it before.

Quadrastrike
25% STR, 1.25 fTP
Deals moderate to severe physical damage and can crit while under the effect of either Chain Affinity or Efflux.

Vapor Spray
HP/2. Poison unknown (broken).

Thunder Breath
HP/1.4823 = damage

Orcish Counterstance
1 Minute duration, 10% counter, no reduction of defense (possibly reduction of M.Def) and a separate effect from Counterstance. Doubles damage done on the counter.

Amorphic Spikes
20% DEX/INT, 1.0 fTP
Deals around the same damage as Quadratic Continuum, if not slightly more, and makes Darkness with CDC.

Wind Breath
HP/4

Barbed Crescent
50% DEX, 2.0 fTP
Decent damage. Accuracy down effect is -30 accuracy for 2-3 minutes.


Absolute Terror
Lasts about 20 seconds. Seems to share the same resistance properties as Jettatura i.e. will not land on any NMs.

Gates of Hades
5fTP, 1.0dINT, 20% STR/DEX
The burn effect is 21HP/tic with -45 INT effect to go with it.

Tourbillion
Moderate to severe physical damage along with a 33% DEF down effect that lasts for roughly 2-3 minutes.

Pyric Bulwark
Annuls a single physical attack, regardless of magnitude, after being cast.

Bilgestorm
Low physical damage along with a 25% Attack and DEF down as well as an untested ACC down. Lasts 30-60 seconds.

Bloodrake
30% STR, 1.1875 fTP
Moderate to severe physical damage that drains HP to the caster for the same amount as damage done.

Quadrastrike - Slashing
Barbed Crescent - Slashing
Amorphic Spikes - Piercing
Bloodrake - Slashing
Bilgestorm - Blunt
Tourbillion - Blunt

[Kegsay]

I'm hunting the Vamps in Castle Keep(S). I've seen Bloodrake ONCE in about 1.5hrs camping. EDIT: It seems if the mobs HP gets too low, he doesn't use it. I've seen him use it at 46% so perhaps sub 25% he won't use Bloodrake. Oh and 0/3 now.

As for where I got the other spells:
Quadra+Thunder = Dyna-Xarc, easily soloable, don't need TEs but I got them anyway. Can hold the BST demon and he'll keep popping pets.
O.Counterstance = Used frequently by the orcs in La Vaule (S), the ones by the monestary (can go SW from entrance to the bridge with them, not far)
Amorphic Spikes = Mount Z flans, manaburn camp
Wind Breath = Rift Dragons at Aby-Attohwa.
Barbed Crescent = Sacrarium fomors
Absolute Terror = Nauls in Aby-Tahrongi.

[transmit]

Yeah I went with a party down Bostineux (or whatever its called) to try for Bloodrake. It took about 14~ Vampyrs before we even seen it once, used it though at moderately high HP, and luckily went 1/1 on it.

[Argdar]

I and a friend got Bloodrake off the vamps in Bostanieux. While they are not technically pushovers, they are stunned by sudden lunge easily so are less threatening than they appear.

The most annoying part is the pull. There are a lot of hounds and ghosts where the vamps spawn, they all aggro, and they respawn way too fast for someone solo/duo to clear the way. You need to be patient and pull vamps to one of the hallways nearby to avoid aggro. Blind bats do not aggro; slimes do.

They hit hard so go /nin, and play it safe with sudden lunge to cover casting utsu and after it uses a WS. Both slow from filament and paralyze from mind blast or sub-zero will land. Bring holy waters and reraise in case they use Eternal Damnation, because it's easy to not to be able to turn in time and it's very annoying to try and run back. Try to keep your hp in the white because you are probably going to be fighting close to blood aggro range.

[Marcicus]

the demons near jorm supposedly use quadrastrike - i'll try it out after i finish capping exp

[Vriska]

Is Barbed Crescent borked for anyone else? I literally cannot cast it.

[Kegsay]

Nope, fine for me.

0/7 on Bloodrake.. though the whole % HP thing is working well in getting them to use it.

[Draylo]

Khim options besides assault? Does Dhorme use it?