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    Animated Great Axe strategy help

    I'd be very appreciative if the community would share any insight they have on strategy for this monster.

    I know so far that:
    Satellites are kited away after pull (correct me if I'm mistaken here) and tank pulls animated great axe off the kiter. Kiter should be able to outrun the satellites.
    Weaponskills are used to maintain interest
    Metatron torment may or may not maintain more interest that other weaponskills
    Stun and Bashes can interrupt it's casting of Warp.

    In terms of actual fight strategy, my understanding is it's a melee heavy fight.

    Is it so melee heavy that it's on par with fighting dynamis lord?
    Is magic damage effective as well?
    Do you need to burn your 2hours to finish it as soon as possible?
    Can you still do this in conjunction with doing a Dynamis Lord run?

    Any and all information that veterans of this fight have would be very much appreciated. I've searched and come up with what I've listed above.

    Thanks for your consideration.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mahman
    Stun and Bashes can interrupt it's casting of Warp.
    Stun-Weaponskills and bashes. Animated weapons are immune to stun spell IIRC. Mijin Gakure is also thought to stop Warp, unless this has been ninja fixed.

    Our general strategy for fighting animated weapons is this (it isn't always the same and I'm not sure if it applies to Gaxe):
    BLM time nuke AM II, THF tags it before spells get off then flees the satelites away
    Melee have 6x BRD songs (doesn't need to be SV).
    BLM go all out (unless it is shield, then just cure or sit there looking pretty)
    Melee use stun WS only if you have access to one.

    Think DL, yeah it isn't "on par" with fighting DL in that on its own it isn't very scary, it is just a matter of stopping it from warping, it will go down fast.
    Magic Damage is effective on everything other than the shield.
    No, you don't need to burn 2hours.
    Yes you can still do this in conjunction with DL.

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