Tips for beating genkai 5 for bards?

[Siven]

I know that most of us are still a long, long way off from that, but it would be nice to hear the experiences of those that came before us. :) I know at least one player shared his tips in the genkai5 thread in another section of the forum, but perhaps others have some advice too they're willing to part with, maybe even adding to Teffie's excellent FAQ.

One thing the above mentioned player said was that having a high level WS is very important, so don't forget to bring your dinky dagger. So what if it does 0 dmg? :sweat:

[Malachite]

Instead of typing this all out again I'm just going to copy&paste my Pms to subjectivist(hope you don't mind subjectist).

Food: Steamed Crab

Potion: 10 Hi-Potion(normal kind, not +1 or +3 or anything)

Key instruments: Siren Flute(+2 Requiem) Horn +1(Elegy +2)

Xuande reccomends paeon but I used minne. My reason is that the damage per hit from Maat is greater though requiem has the potential to do more than Maat. It's easier to counter the effects of a few ticks of requiem with a hipotion than it is to counter a blow from Maat.

Theres a few items you can get to help but they're not necessary. They are opo-opo necklace, sleeping potion & icarus wing.

I got Maat on my 2nd attempt because 1) I forgot to bring my food & 2 I didn't use icarus wing to counter the fact that I forgot to bring food. Not having food screwed me over basically.

My opo necklace & sleeping potions were wasted because I used them before I got into the battlefield and when I did, it erased my TP. I'll kind of outline what I did and mark whats optional.

-Enter fight-
1) Eat steamed crab.
2) -optional- If you have opo necklace, use 4 sleeping potions now. This will bring you to 100% TP, use any more than that and you'll lose the fight because you ran out of time.
3) Soul Voice: Minne 3 > Minne 4
4) Engage Maat: Elegy then Requiem.
5) -Optional- I was using a dagger so this is what I would've done if my opo necklace was used properly. Cyclone > Eat Icarus Wing > Cyclone. It's a crappy skillchain but every bit of damage counts.
6) He will occasionally use magic finale and dispel one of your minnes. You'll want to recast these before Soul voice fades.
7) If he uses a strong song, use finale to cancel it. If you're lucky he'll use something stupid like Mage's ballad. Don't cancel those.
8) When he uses his WS, drink all of your potions. Some of them will be wasted because he'll hit you while drinking. But with elegy and Maat's naturally crappy speed hopefully you can get your health up enough with all of your potions.

Don't recast elegy & requiem unless you see the message that they faded. With +2 instruments you should be good for the entire fight. Maat's requiem didn't fade until 10 seconds before I won, and elegy never faded. Recasting them is just wasting precious time.

Another note > My dagger skill was maxed and I used demon's knife.
Yet another note > I was using minstrel earring & the lv61 carapace armor. I'm sure the earring made a difference, but i'm not sure if the armor did. The armor has the potential to go up to about +120 DEF if you're in red HP(assuming you have all 3 pieces). The more your HP drops, the higher your def gets.

misc equip that might help> Life belt(+10 accuracy) I don't think you really have to worry about accuracy, but I borrowed my friend's belt. You might want to invest in the +10 atk belt as it's really cheap. Tiger armor is also pretty good, cheap +10 atk armor. Your AF should be good too for the +HP. I'm a taru and when my sub was removed for the fight I only had about 750 HP without Af.

Xuande and Seymour also posted their strategies in the genkai5 thread(ingame forum).

Honestly, I have to think bard is one of the easier fights. My record is 2-1 for Maat. Fought him a 2nd time because I was bored. My only loss is from the first time I fought him, and that was because I forgot to bring my food and only had 5 hipotions :sweat: .

Just a few notes, you can adjust whatever strategy you use to your tastes. Nothing is set in stone for this. Xuande & Seymour used paeon. I used minne. Subjectivist used mambo. Probably best to change your strategy based on your equipment, or just personal preference.

[Rekiem]

Can't you just sleep the guy over and over and wait for Paeon to restore your HP slowly while he doesnt hit you since he's asleep? Or is he so easy that you don't even need to do that? :p

[Malachite]

Sleep doesn't last long on maat, even with soul voice & mary's horn.

[Siven]

Thank you so much for sharing!

:handsdown :handsdown :handsdown

[Aniga]

Need one more level and a Siren's Flute and I'll make a video of my attempt for all of you to laugh at :P

[Teffie]

I'll add this to my FAQ XD
Really useful Info.. I think im gona go try Maat when I get home :3 (even if I am only 66 haha XD)