Ix'Aern DRG

[Fusoyah]

Has anyone ever soloed Ix'Aern DRG before as blm? If anyone has any good strats, would be nice to know =D..

[Dioma]

Bio II and Zone. Wait for the message of it wearings, reapply and zone. Could also stick poison 2 if you wanted.

[Dexy]

This should be in newbie section, if you can't figure that out, don't try to solo him, you'll just die.

[Kaylia]

Bio II and Zone. Wait for the message of it wearings, reapply and zone. Could also stick poison 2 if you wanted.

It get 10tp every time you land bio, and will eventually use its "erase all debuff" move (very likely it use it since you're not in melee range when you nuke). I dont think it can be soloed that easily

[Lilswitche]

Bio II and Zone. Wait for the message of it wearings, reapply and zone. Could also stick poison 2 if you wanted.

It get 10tp every time you land bio, and will eventually use its "erase all debuff" move (very likely it use it since you're not in melee range when you nuke). I dont think it can be soloed that easily

As mentioned earlier, you can do it with Poison II as well, which won't give TP. I mean, unless you have a good enfeebling set on blm, you will get resists. Nonetheless, using bio, you can just put reraise up. In the event it wipes your bio off, try to reapply it before zoning. If you die, RR and keep going. No big deal.

Soloing Ix'drg isn't nearly as painful as soloing Carmine Dobsonflies on BLM.

[Spekkio]

Bio II and Zone. Wait for the message of it wearings, reapply and zone. Could also stick poison 2 if you wanted.

It get 10tp every time you land bio, and will eventually use its "erase all debuff" move (very likely it use it since you're not in melee range when you nuke). I dont think it can be soloed that easily

As mentioned earlier, you can do it with Poison II as well, which won't give TP. I mean, unless you have a good enfeebling set on blm, you will get resists. Nonetheless, using bio, you can just put reraise up. In the event it wipes your bio off, try to reapply it before zoning. If you die, RR and keep going. No big deal.

Soloing Ix'drg isn't nearly as painful as soloing Carmine Dobsonflies on BLM.

while i have both of the drops i'd ever want from it, you have my attention. how does one go about that? i'd never even heard of it. i just thought the general strategy was 3 smn+pld+ethers if resists happen=win.

[zhan]

Keep it bioed and keep RRing/zoneing? lol

[Lilswitche]

while i have both of the drops i'd ever want from it, you have my attention. how does one go about that? i'd never even heard of it. i just thought the general strategy was 3 smn+pld+ethers if resists happen=win.

Bio >> RR >> Bio >> RR >> etc etc. You pretty much need to fill your inventory with reraise earrings. Finish it with a nuke to get a dorp (likely you'll be double weakened,so you just gotta know when it's gonna die and be ready to claim). Once one's down, you've got 9 more to go! It's actually the most agonizing thing I've ever witnessed someone do in this game. What's worse is seeing another blm steal someone elses fly after having solo'd it down to 5% with Bio>>RR.

You can pretty well do this with any mob that doesn't regen, except you risk multiple delevels if you aren't doing it in a capped area (less exp loss obviously).

[Thorny]

You can't nuke while double weakened, any direct damage spell does 0. Drain still works as normal, however, and you can occasionally get both drain and bio off on the same reraise to speed it up and can always use drain to kill.

Edit: To be on topic, I've done Ix'drg as RDM just using poison2 and bio2 and zoning. I'd imagine blm can do it as well since my basically naked BLM mule can stick poison on them with no gear swaps aside from nq staff >_> I would recommend bringing yagudo drinks(and using a refresh body for standing gear if you don't already) though, it'd suck to run out of mp and have to let it full regen @_@

[Lilswitche]

You can't nuke while weakened, any direct damage spell does 0. Drain still works as normal, however, and you can occasionally get both drain and bio off on the same reraise to speed it up.

Edit: To be on topic, I've done it as RDM just using poison2 and bio2 and zoning. I'd imagine blm can do it as well since my basically naked BLM mule can stick poison on them with no gear swaps aside from nq staff >_> I would recommend bringing yagudo drinks(and using a refresh body for standing gear if you don't already) though, it'd suck to run out of mp and have to let it full regen @_@

Yeah I edited my post to include that right before I saw yours. I'm still half asleep!

[Spekkio]

while i have both of the drops i'd ever want from it, you have my attention. how does one go about that? i'd never even heard of it. i just thought the general strategy was 3 smn+pld+ethers if resists happen=win.

Bio >> RR >> Bio >> RR >> etc etc. You pretty much need to fill your inventory with reraise earrings. Finish it with a nuke to get a dorp (likely you'll be double weakened,so you just gotta know when it's gonna die and be ready to claim). Once one's down, you've got 9 more to go! It's actually the most agonizing thing I've ever witnessed someone do in this game. What's worse is seeing another blm steal someone elses fly after having solo'd it down to 5% with Bio>>RR.

You can pretty well do this with any mob that doesn't regen, except you risk multiple delevels if you aren't doing it in a capped area (less exp loss obviously).

ah. the "marquis orias" approach. yeah. i think i'll stick to my way (20k xp for 1 fly does not sound fun...), but interesting to hear. thanks. ^^

[Thorny]

One bio cast is 8-10% of a fly's hp(been ages since I did it, don't remember exact %) and since bio isn't resistable it'll always be 8-10%. Dying in 40 cap is like 250 exp loss w/ reraise.. at most you lose 3k per fly if you never get drain off >_>

[Kerberoz]

Choke/Burn/Shock give no TP, 5hp/tick if you have an INT setup, and are easier to land than Poison II. Poison II isn't particularly hard to land if you have a decent enfeebling setup, though, and it's 10hp/tick.

[Tajin]

Isn't Choke/etc. damage based on Elemental Skill?

[Shuemue]

Isn't Choke/etc. damage based on Elemental Skill?

Nah, accuracy is based on Elemental Skill, dmg is based on INT.

[Tajin]

Fuck, gotta redo my macro :<

[Kerberoz]

100-149 INT = 4hp/tick and -11/stat, 150+ INT = 5hp/tick and -13/stat

It's generally pretty easy to land them without using an ele staff. It doesn't increase potency at all, just accuracy.

[Shuemue]

Yeah, don't be afraid of switching ele stave for something like Kirin's pole for the int, especially if you have ele magic merits.

[Kaylia]

As mentioned earlier, you can do it with Poison II as well, which won't give TP. I mean, unless you have a good enfeebling set on blm, you will get resists. Nonetheless, using bio, you can just put reraise up. In the event it wipes your bio off, try to reapply it before zoning. If you die, RR and keep going. No big deal.

Soloing Ix'drg isn't nearly as painful as soloing Carmine Dobsonflies on BLM.

Did you actually do it? Wyvern can dispel your RR, and if you die before putting bio up, it will regen (unless you cast asap without recasting RR). There is too many things that can go wrong in this fight solo, even if bio zerg is easy to accomplish.

Make no sense to not go with 2-3blm. It's decent xp, a lot safer and much faster.

[Lilswitche]

As mentioned earlier, you can do it with Poison II as well, which won't give TP. I mean, unless you have a good enfeebling set on blm, you will get resists. Nonetheless, using bio, you can just put reraise up. In the event it wipes your bio off, try to reapply it before zoning. If you die, RR and keep going. No big deal.

Soloing Ix'drg isn't nearly as painful as soloing Carmine Dobsonflies on BLM.

Did you actually do it? Wyvern can dispel your RR, and if you die before putting bio up, it will regen (unless you cast asap without recasting RR). There is too many things that can go wrong in this fight solo, even if bio zerg is easy to accomplish.

Make no sense to not go with 2-3blm. It's decent xp, a lot safer and much faster.

Casting from max range and using gaiters, I've never had a problem with wyverns hitting me with finale.

As far as popping it, tho it's ultimately based on luck, it can take an eternity to pop him solo. I agree, having a couple BLM friends come with you only makes sense; you'll pop him quicker (on average obviously), and you'll get more better exp while doing it. Nonetheless, it's still very possible to kill him solo.