Fenrir Prime Solo

[Seijurohiko]

Just to show that pimped out JP tarus aren't the only ones that can solo big game. :)
http://files.filefront.com/FenrirSolowmv/;6050150;;/fileinfo.html

[Taskmage]

Nice :thumbsup:

[KoukiRyu]

That was definitely super duper pro man, congrats and excellent job! @_@

[Jei]

Eclipse Bite for 1k damage?? damn... When did it use its 2 hr between? Or did you got out of range when it did?

my Taru Rdm/nin only has 800HP... I wanna try this but looks like I'll have to macro on crimson greeves with light staff at all times when I run around o_O;;

[Gaignum]

Very very cool man, loved the video.

[Aksannyi]

Holy crap, that was so cool.

[Murphie]

It was a pretty enjoyable video! And I could actually read the menu and chatlog, which is more than I can say for a lot of vids out there, so good job there.^^

Awesome accomplishment.

[Aksannyi]

It was a pretty enjoyable video! And I could actually read the menu and chatlog, which is more than I can say for a lot of vids out there, so good job there.^^

Awesome accomplishment.

Quoted for agreement. I hate videos where I have no idea what spells are being cast and whatnot.

I particularly like the macro titled "ohShi" - I'm not sure what that one did, but it was a clever title. :)

[Jei]

If you need translation for spells and abilities in Avesta vids let me know. I suppose I can do that ^^b

[Murphie]

It's not translation that's an issue for me, so much as most vids are blurry and/or too small.

[Aksannyi]

It's not translation that's an issue for me, so much as most vids are blurry and/or too small.
Exactly. Some of them are such terrible quality that you can't even tell what spell it is by the in-game graphics.

[tdh]

I was so impressed with this because he damn near made it look easy. Like I could have just logged in, taken my Moon Bauble over to the mountain, and flogged the silly Puppy. lol

Took my group 5 times to drop the thing. In the end I was fortunate enough to get the kill. Managed to get a completely unresisted Water III to land 400dmg and kill the thing. Our poor NIN hit the dirt so many times it wasn't funny any more. 5 seconds in, he'd take 1500dmg and we'd all scurry out to start all over. On the 3rd try, the SMN was trying to line up the 2nd Astral Flow, which would have finished it off, but Fenrir got hip to it. Just before Leviathan started his annimation, SMN died.

The fights were all fun, but man Seijuro ... you made it look easy. lol

[UnnamedGalka]

Great job!

"Owsie-Wowsie!" I say to that Eclipse Bite he managed to clobber you with while your shadows were down. You were so lucky that it didn't outright 1-shot you. Thank goodness for Stoneskin, right? And thank goodness for that Bind landing when it did. Both of those factors saved your life.

I'm probably going to attempt this myself once I finish meriting RDM.

Though, do you think Dia II (or III) would've been a better DOT to use on him? With him being a darkness-based creature and whatnot, I'd assume he'd resist Bio too much for it to be of much use.

[Kirsteena]

Bio and Dia are never resisted. Look at level 7 goblins landing Bio on your 75 character... Bio to put att down on a mob, possibly dropping Eclipse Bite's damage, is going to be worth a lot more, plus I believe Bio II does more DoT? I could be wrong though.

[UnnamedGalka]

Bio and Dia are never resisted. Look at level 7 goblins landing Bio on your 75 character... Bio to put att down on a mob, possibly dropping Eclipse Bite's damage, is going to be worth a lot more, plus I believe Bio II does more DoT? I could be wrong though.

Oh, I know that Bio can never be completely resisted (unless a mob has magical immunity, which Fenrir does not). What I meant to say was that Fenrir would resist the actual damage that Bio dealt, plus his resistance to Bio's ATT penalty - to the point where the damage shaved off his attacks wouldn't be significant enough to really matter.

[Jei]

Can it really be resisted that way? I don't know.

[Seijurohiko]

On my first try, I used Dia II because I was worried he would absorb Bio damage, and that the DoT would end up healing him (I recall seeing this effect on those Draugar mobs in Arrapago Reef). When I saw that Bio II indeed inflicted damage upon landing (even if it was rather low), I opted to stick with it for the higher damage per tic it has over Dia II. The combination of Bio II and Poison II on a mob is comparable to landing an unresisted Blizzard III every 2 minutes (at least for an Elvaan anyway lol).

As far as I know, the added effects of Dia and Bio are static once landed on a mob, reguardless of the initial damage it does. This explains how low level goblin can land the full Dia effect (5% defense down, 1 damger per tic, for 60 seconds) on a level 75 character with magic defense bonus gear and traits, high light elemental resistence, and Shell IV, even if it lands for 0 initial damage.

The DoT from Bio does vary however, with higher levels of Dark Magic Skill.

[Icemage]

At the very least Bio is superior since little things like that Eclipse Bite and other random hits that get through Utsusemi are going to hit for less damage. I seem to be in the minority, but I really think Bio III is more beneficial than Dia III as a merit spell if you do a lot of solo.

The MP cost is high, but any time where you're in danger of being one-shotted or are under a constant barrage of physical hits, Bio III is going to help you more than Dia III (this goes doubly if you're kitenuking).


Icemage

[Aksannyi]

I watched this again today, and I'm still impressed. Question, though, would this kind of strategy work against Maat?

I'm thinking no because of the inavailability to have Utsusemi up in a Maat fight, but has anyone been successful with the DoT/kite/nuke strategy?

[Taskmage]

The normal Maat strategy isn't too far off from kiting, only skipping the DoTs and using Sleep instead of Bind/Grav. Since he casts spells it's more work to keep him silenced and at a distance from you if you let him stay concious, and a good sleep can buy you time to rest a few ticks if need be while a bind won't.

[Telera]

Hmm I noticed this one a little late, but I just thought I'd say that it was quite an impressive video. I get nervous even watching things like that, but you made it look almost simple to do. Not that it was, I'm sure you had to have a ton of things to pull it off, but you did it so well, it looked like elementary work.

[Pawkeshup]

Wow... Just... Wow...

Sen, can you post up what gear you used for that? I recognized most of it. Not like I have the ego to think I could do that, but when I get to 75 RDM with some merits it might be fun to try.

[na2tt300zx]

can someone attach the vid to the post so i can watch it, my work computer blocks that site =(, but i think i can see attached youtube videos

[na2tt300zx]

nvm i cant see youtube inbedded videos ><

[Jinz]

so is the link dead now or what? :o That link only loads the front page of filefront for me :[

[Taskmage]

Seij's files seem to all be gone off filefront, but you can still find the video in low quality on youtube if you search for fenrir solo ffxi (http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=fenrir+solo+ffxi). There are 3 fenrir solo vids. The one that's divided into three parts is Seijurohiko's.