Guys please help MAAT WAR again !!!!

[Ryuumu]

Hi, im a WAR/NIN around the 60's and im goin to fight Maat soon. I need some tactics on how to beat him, like useing a axe and shield or a great axe. Please post some tactics on how to defeat him, thanks :).

[Matera]

My Warrior's level 20... But I heard the strategy is fairly solid and linear.

Blink Band, Attack and Defence gear, Sushi, Potions, Icarus Wing, GAX is all I believe you'll need. Persikos may help as well. Bloody Bolts too, if your Marksmanship is high.

Go in, use blink, get Defence gear on, Pop sushi. Run to Maat and get 100% TP on him. Use Warcry, Aggressor, Berserk, and Mighty Strikes. Hit him with your best WS. Pop the wing, Hit him again. Hopefully you'll be able to get a third WS off before your Mighty Strikes wears. Use Bloody Bolts and Pots to keep your HP up.

Depending on how you're feeling after that, you may want to cancel Berserk and put on Defence gear.

Have fun, and if you're around the 60s, you still have a while before you really have to worry about it. :)

[Jei]

from what I heard and planning to.
Go in, wear opo opo necklace and sleep yourself to 200-300 TP
run up to maat. mighty strike, berserk, aggressor, warcry
engage > raging rush > icarus wing > raging rush.
fragmentation skillchain
and you win.
any G axe 65-70 should do.

[Taskmage]

My friend Cellsplitter posted a vid of his Maat fight here (http://www.ffxionline.com/forums/homemade.ffxi.videos/53243-cellsplitter.vs.maat.html). He used an Opo-opo Necklace to sleep to 300% tp, used all of his job abilities before engaging Maat and did Raging Rush, Icarus Wing > Raging Rush Fragmentation. You probably won't break any records that way after sleeping so long, but the fight was over in like 5 hits, so it seems like a pretty sure strategy.

Double Post Edited:
Aw Jei beat me.

[Matera]

I don't know about sleeping until 300TP... I've heard people run out of time that way.

Heck, my Rng friend ran out of time doing 200TP if I remember correctly.

[Taskmage]

I don't know what the time limit is, but Cell's time was 7:58.

[UnnamedGalka]

He used an Opo-opo Necklace to sleep to 300% tp

It's a little risky, since sleeping all the way to 300% eats up a lot of time...but since the actual WAR fight against Maat really shouldn't last more than a few seconds, I suppose it's fine.

But yeah, the common WAR G5 strat is: Opo Necklace+Sleeping Potions -> Aggressor+Berserk+Mighty Strikes+War Cry -> Engage -> Raging Rush -> Icarus Wing -> Raging Rush -> You Win.

I've also seen a video of a WAR beating G5 with a hand axe, using Rampage in place of Raging Rush. She didn't make Maat cry Uncle as fast as those who had used a Great Axe (he survived the initial WS salvo and it took her two or three more chops to do him in -- I actually think she just got unlucky and missed on a few of her Rampage swings), but nonetheless, she still got the job done.

[LyonheartLakshmi]

A good warm up for Maat is to do the Pulling the Strings ENM in Movalpolos (http://ffxi.somepage.com/enm/16). Though the level cap is 60, it's still high enough to learn Raging Rush. You won't be able to use Opo opo necklace to build up initial TP, so you'll have to rely on good old melee to build it up. The Fantoccini has a lot of HP, so it's quite common for it to survive 2 Raging Rushes + Fragmentation damage. But it should go down after a few more hits beyond the SC.

I say should since the biggest difference from the Maat fight is the sheer randomness of the Moblin Fantocciniman. The Moblin causes random effects to occur through out the fight. Sometimes it benefits you, while other times it benefits the Fantoccini.

So far, I'm 7-0 in this ENM. I hope the Maat fight is as easy.

[Bravura]

I recommend going in at 70 because of better gear options, also use a Rune Copper because it has the highest base damage, unless you can afford a Berserker's Axe.

I just slept to 200%, the fight doesnt last very long.

http://mysterytour.web.infoseek.co.jp/ffxi/us/tips/genkai5.htm

[Ayrlie]

i did this at 66

gear: dd setup. used tiger rings instead of sniper rings. AF head, gloves, legs, feet. haubergeon. 2 coral earrings. royal guard necklace. lifebelt.

ate coreul sub. used opo-opo necklace and slept to 300% tp. full buff next to maat, attack maat, hit 2 or 3 times, hit raging rush, icuraus wing, raging rush on windsday. maat gave up after combo did over 1800 damage.

don't bother wasting gil on hi-potions, he will hit over 200 with mighty strikes and warrior evasion is horrible. beat the living crap out of him with that great axe, you only have less than 20 seconds to beat him once you engage.

[Auroch]

hmm.. i always see people beating maat with a Great Axe. Is it possible to beat him with dual wield axes? im pretty sure it is but i would like to know what u need to do and wut equipment you need to do it...it would be cool if there was a vid....but there isnt :worry:

[UnnamedGalka]

Is it possible to beat him with dual wield axes?

A WAR can't dual wield against Maat, since this particular BC bars your subjob.

But yes, like I've said, I've seen a video of a WAR beating Maat with a single hand axe.

[sulci]

I beat him with one axe, at lvl 68... Blink band, 300% tp, calamity, icarus, rampage (but i messed up and didn't even get ws off...)... few more hits and he gave up. won first try, my first maat fight evar! :D

lazy wars ftw :D

[Jenifa]

you get plenty of time to get 300% TP with sleep potions and opo-opo

yup just beserk - aggressor - mighty strikes - war cry - raging rush - ic wing - raging rush - /cheer

[LyonheartLakshmi]

I tried to fight Maat last night. Lvl: 66. GAxe skill: 217. GAxe skill cap: 232 :worry:

I eat Meat Mithkabob, and equipped extra +acc stuff at the expense of +STR/+atk.

Pre-WS melee: 2 out of 3 attacks connected, for roudly 280 dmg each.
First Raging Rush: 680 dmg. :huh:
Second Raging Rush: 281 dmg. :cry:
Fragmentation: 20 dmg. :wasted:
Maat's HP left when I died: ~50% :o

I guess I better get my GAxe skill closer to cap before trying again.

[Hearshot]

Max great axe skill would be the most important thing i can suggest, everything else is quick and easy.

Expect to never win using Axe. (if you really wanna try tho, 300TP calamity for fun :) )

[Ryuumu]

Hey guys, its me again as a WAR70/NIN35 (Iv been 70 for quite a while now) iv been tryin to skill up gaxe but its only 176, my friend killed maat at 70WAR like me but with her gaxe at lvl 209. As you can all see my gaxe is severely under lvl'd and all my friends are passing me up ; ;. What do you think about axe/shield at lvl 70, (My axe is capped, my Gaxe isnt capped)

[tdh]

I've asked this same question. Why couldn't a WAR build up TP, Mighty Strikes Rampage, Icarus Wing, and Rampage again and try to knock it out. I figured I would try this once I got to Lv.70. (Keeping in mind I'm already RDM75 and I have Merits that would help me with this.) But I have never once heard of a WAR doing it.

Wait... I just noticed your on Lakshmi. I'm often looking for Skill Up parties, and I may be able to help you. Look up Odude in game, and I should be able to help you out. I should be able to keep hate off of you fighting Crabs, and get you to at least Lv.200.

[Mhurron]

I've asked this same question. Why couldn't a WAR build up TP, Mighty Strikes Rampage, Icarus Wing, and Rampage again and try to knock it outMaybe single handed axes can only match the damage output of a G.Axe when you can /nin. It could probably be done, but I would bet G.Axe would get it done faster.

[Hearshot]

your rampage won't match your raging rush. Think of winning with axe as next to impossible, but try it for fun if you want. (i tried with rampage 3x before giving up and getting gaxe for it) Rampage does not chain with Rampage, theres one reason off the bat.

Go out and cap Great Axe, it will be very very easy to win. Not to mention you'll be that much closer to unlocking Steel Cyclone.

[tdh]

Maybe single handed axes can only match the damage output of a G.Axe when you can /nin. It could probably be done, but I would bet G.Axe would get it done faster.I have no doubt that Great Axe will probably do the job faster, but I wanted to try with Axe. I've already done G5, I just wanna go and beat him with all my other jobs for the simple fun of it. So I can try a time or two. I'll probably try it with Great Axe and with Axe just for comparisons sake.

But I was just thinking about my WAR friend who I do a lotta stuff with. I've seen him drop 1k Rampages on VT mobs, so I figured it could be done Vs. Maat as well. At the very least, I wanna try!

[Galka1911]

just a sidenote i used a Rune chopper for this fight equipped Electrum ring place of my usual Venerer and popped a yag drink... double attacked each normal swing luckily

the Haste+ really saved me

[Zamphire]

This fight is easy as cake. I never leveled WAR past 37, but I had a 70 friend who had fought maat 3 times and lost. I offered to try, went and got another test and set up. Useing ONE HANDED axe and a shield, was that shield that has the Enchament: Phalanx on it, Opo-Opo Necklace, Icarius Wing, and about 5 hi-pots. She didn't even have her O-hat at the time, I was wearing just normal exp gear. Went in, slept tp to 100, walked up to him engaged him Warcry > Berserk > Agressor > 2hr > Rampage popped Icy wing > Rampage at this point he's below half. Using Hi-pots to keep me alive, I finish him off with normal hits, make it out of the battle in 5min 48seconds.

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j120/Zamphire/LS%20SS/sara.jpg