Greater Colibri: Slash resistance?

[Meian]

Source: http://www.killingifrit.com/forums.php? ... 57011&d=30

Really, do these things or Colibri in general have such slash resistance? It wasn't on any site I saw but just from experience nearly all birds, especially Greater Colibri, have slash resistance of some sort. Mamools have higher def/vit to my understanding yet I am seeing higher results on Vorpal Blade and SA + Vertical Cleave on Mamools than Greater Colibri by quite a few points of damage.

Someone in the source above mentioned there was a possible test done on it by BG but I have yet to find it.

[Niiro]

Having killed thousands of those things across multiple jobs all using slashing weapons I have never noticed anything that would suggest they have any kind of slashing resistance.

[Amastacia]

It's bull...

Mamool Ja Staging Point, north camp. 2 BRDs (2xMarch/2xMin), Sole Sushi:
http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/4590/parse1tk4.jpg

Mamool Ja Staging Point, south camp. 2 BRDs (2xMarch/2xMin), Sole Sushi:
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/5724/parse2rd3.jpg

Nyzul Isle, colibri camp (bottom). 2 BRDs (2xMarch/Mad/Min), Meat Mithkabobs:
http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/5443/parse3ws0.jpg

There are a couple slight differences, but the similarity of data should be proof in and of itself.

1) Usukane Sune-Ate used as TP footwear in bottom 2 parses, Fuma Sune-Ate used in top parse. Rutter Sabatons used in both cases for WS since I felt my Acc was sufficient (didn't have Acc footwear for WS in top parse anyway).

2) Food/song differences, but Minuet III & Mithkabobs add approximately the same amount of Att, thus damage figures should be comparable.

Note: I don't really like sushi + 2x Minuet in 2 BRD parties, but they were pickups and I was at the whim of the other melees' wishes. Meat kind of sucks at Mamool SP north, so I do usually use sushi there even with 2 BRDs.

[Septimus]

It wasn't on any site I saw but just from experience nearly all birds, especially Greater Colibri, have slash resistance of some sort.

As far as I know, regular birds do not have a slashing resistance.

[Credos]

It wasn't on any site I saw but just from experience nearly all birds, especially Greater Colibri, have slash resistance of some sort.

As far as I know, regular birds do not have a slashing resistance.

According to wiki:

Colibri: http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/Colibri

Bird: http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/Bird

It doesn't mention anything about lesser birds or colibri having a resistance to slashing weapons.

[Meian]

Wiki shouldn't be your Bible btw

Hmm must have been placebo then

[Credos]

Wiki shouldn't be your Bible btw

Hmm must have been placebo then

I'm well aware that Wiki shouldn't be a bible to go by, but it is at least a good starting point.

[Sendra]

In my experiences, all of my lower parsing on colibri can be attributed to higher evasion and eating shitty food. I don't see any sort of slashing resistance in my personal experience.

[fantasticdan]

I've never seen any evidence they might be resistant to slashing. However, if they are, it's probably a small modifier like .875 rather than. 75. How would one mathematically 'prove' one way or the other?

[Allundaria]

No parse data or anything to back up my observation, but I've slashed the crap out of those Colibri to the point where I'm pretty sure they don't have slash resistance.

[Starr]

2k rampage wouldn't be possible with slash resistance.

[aurik]

Wearing strength/att, sneak attack a lesser colibri with an onion sword 10 times, repeat on a level 1 rabbit 10 times. If the peak damage is not the same, chances are one of the 2 has slashing resistance

[Michaera]

It may not be so much that slashing suffers a penalty as other weapon types (pierciiiiing) enjoy a great boost. If anything I'd imagine that blunt/h2h should have some kind of penalty on mobs weak to piercing, as a balance to the whole pot/skeleton thing (see: ghosts, right? weak to piercing, resistant to blunt?). I don't think I've ever noticed anyt particular mob class to be resistant to slashing and not the others, it always just seems neutral all around.

[Tythera]

Giant birds get the piercing bonus and a slashing resistance but I think that's the only type that really has a slashing resistance (short of mobs like ghosts or jellies that give reduction to all). As for a slashing penalty, I can't say I've ever noticed it on colibri but if its small enough I probably wouldn't notice it just by eye.

[Rocl]

Wiki shouldn't be your Bible btw

Hmm must have been placebo then

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