Sky NM soloing newb

[lovehatehero]

So, i have decided i would liek to try and solo a few of the triggers in sky for fun in my down time and would liek which ones are good to start with...i know the ones that are impossible just about so...and any pointers on any of these would be grateful. thank you !

[Crizto]

belkinator

Easy ones to start off with are SC and Despot, even though Despot is annoying to pop.

[Tricen]

Dude I was soloing despot PHs RDM/WHM meleeing with blau dolche. Was awesome <_<....

Too add!

belkinator is really helpful. I'd just go with that with your worries

[lovehatehero]

seems im missign soem prime gear....(Dalm, rdm hat, full bio merits etc..) so this may be tricky lol but still givign it a go

[Tsuko_Asura]

Any refresh equipment outside of what's available on the auction house is luxury, lack of Duelist's Chapeau can be made up by a bit of luck(which most of the toughest fights orbit around), and Bio III merits can be finished in all of a day.

[tsola]

You definitely don't need AF2 hat at all. I've solo'd Faust, Zipacna, Despot, and SC countless times before I got my hat.

General HQ AH gear(hq staves, mahatma etc) and capped merits you will be fine. Bio III is not required, it's just an asset in shortening the fights. Make sure if you do get Bio III though, that you have at last 211 dark magic skill.

The only very difficult one is Faust, which still messes me up every so often, despite the number of times I've killed it.

[Crizto]

With good merits and the proper gear you wont need AF2 hat. My ability to solo didn't change when I got it, I just had a bit more MP to use

[Crisco]

Like others have said, hat and dalm aren't required but they both help a lot.Wise+1 and Elite+1 are fair substitutes if you want the extra acc/skill in the head slot.

The only very difficult one is Faust, which still messes me up every so often, despite the number of times I've killed it.

Faust will be random for anyone. Best to duo it after you get your solo. I've solo'd all triggers but MG and Ulli (only because diorite farming is a bitch) and I'd have to say Zipacna is my easy choice. SC is easy because of the lack of movement speed, but if you get nailed with a bind between shadows, Thundaga3 can hurt. It's also a waiting game since nukes are consistently resisted.

[Ratatapa]

any tips for SCH newb sky nm soloing?

i read people doing it but can't find strats. I know for Zip but the rest of sky + sea no idea

[rog]

am i the only one that thinks faust is pretty easy? o.o

[Tsuko_Asura]

any tips for SCH newb sky nm soloing?

i read people doing it but can't find strats. I know for Zip but the rest of sky + sea no idea

You mean zoning repeatedly? I don't see what a Scholar is going to solo, other than Despot and Ulli.

[rog]

You mean zoning repeatedly? I don't see what a Scholar is going to solo, other than Despot and Ulli.

sch could also solo olla, SC, and probably BB.

[drwaffles]

am i the only one that thinks faust is pretty easy? o.o

The fight itself isn't difficult as such, you're not juggling lots of buffs/debuffs/shadows and constantly having to focus or multitask. The thing that makes Faust shitty is simply that it can choose to kill the shit out of you at any given moment. If its initial Typhoon takes 3 shadows/Stoneskin, does a decent amount of damage and interrupts your Bind, and then it relentlessly spams a couple more Typhoons without melee rounds in between for you to time Ni or try to get Bind off there's not much you can do to keep yourself alive.

[Tsuko_Asura]

The fight itself isn't difficult as such, you're not juggling lots of buffs/debuffs/shadows and constantly having to focus or multitask. The thing that makes Faust shitty is simply that it can choose to kill the shit out of you at any given moment. If its initial Typhoon takes 3 shadows/Stoneskin, does a decent amount of damage and interrupts your Bnid, and then it relentlessly spams a couple more Typhoons without melee rounds in between for you to time Ni or try to get Bind off there's not much you can do to keep yourself alive.

Exactly. Doesn't matter how good your gear is, how accustomed to the fight you are, or what you had for dinner last Tuesday. If Faust wants to kill you, Faust is going to kill you.

[rog]

The fight itself isn't difficult as such, you're not juggling lots of buffs/debuffs/shadows and constantly having to focus or multitask. The thing that makes Faust shitty is simply that it can choose to kill the shit out of you at any given moment. If its initial Typhoon takes 3 shadows/Stoneskin, does a decent amount of damage and interrupts your Bnid, and then it relentlessly spams a couple more Typhoons without melee rounds in between for you to time Ni or try to get Bind off there's not much you can do to keep yourself alive.

not if you cast bind/gravity before it reaches you in the first place. and if you have several seconds left on bind, then you can simply cast utsu asap after it hits you, and follow that with bind. if bind isn't ready by then, then it's your own fault for not casting gravity to begin with. if bind and gravity both resist, than you need better gear.

it's also possible to blink to prevent the knock-back, so you don't get interrupted.

faust really doesn't have any "you die now" tricks that can't be be avoided. it certainly may be difficult sometimes, but there is always something you can do to prevent it.

[Belkin]

"if bind and gravity both resist, than you need better gear. "

Not true at all lol

[rog]

"if bind and gravity both resist, than you need better gear. "

Not true at all lol

well, lets see, chance of full resists shouldn't be higher than maybe 1-2%, so for both to resist that's a .01%~.04% chance of both resisting <.<

and even if that DID happen, if you really came prepared you could still survive with a hermes quencher <.<

[drwaffles]

not if you cast bind/gravity before it reaches you in the first place. and if you have several seconds left on bind, then you can simply cast utsu asap after it hits you, and follow that with bind.

I'd like to see you try to cast anything (either Bind or Ni) if the sequence of events I detailed occurs. If his first Typhoon leaves you completely devoid of any shielding besides Phalanx/Protect IV/Taco and he subsequently spams more, chances are you're not going to be able to recover before your HP hits 0.

Don't try to argue that simple bad luck can't be the sole contributor to a wipe, and that there's always a way to avoid it, because it's simply not true. Anyone who's attempted Faust multiple times will probably be able to attest to that.

[Belkin]

Yeah really. I don't think anybody would think less of you if you just admitted Faust is a lot of luck haha

[rog]

I'd like to see you try to cast anything (either Bind or Ni) if the sequence of events I detailed occurs. If his first Typhoon leaves you completely devoid of any shielding besides Phalanx/Protect IV/Taco and he subsequently spams more, chances are you're not going to be able to recover before your HP hits 0.

Don't try to argue that simple bad luck can't be the sole contributor to a wipe, and that there's always a way to avoid it, because it's simply not true. Anyone who's attempted Faust multiple times will probably be able to attest to that.

it doesn't spam typhoon faster than you can cast utsu, and it usually doesn't use it faster than you can use bind, but by the time it uses it, you should have been casting long enough that moving won't interrupt you..and if not you can still blink before it uses it to prevent be knocked back. and, still yet, even if you do get knocked back several times, as long as you don't panic, and try spamming bind, but instead try to time it right after typhoon, it's not incredibly hard to avoid being killed.

i've killed it probably around 10 times, and (excluding the ones before my first kill), i've wiped 2-3 times. so i do know that it can be a pain in the ass sometimes.

i'm not saying luck isn't a factor at all; it is. however if you could play perfectly, and react to everything quick enough, then no it wouldn't be a factor. sometimes it may be extremely difficult to survive it, but it's never impossible (assuming sufficient gear/merits).