Blue Mage Test

[Eohmer]

Alright. My friend's highest job is Blue Mage 70. He's to the point were he obviously has to fight Raubahn for his limi break. I already know where to go for details and such, so I'm not asking for that.

What I'm asking for is..

Have any of you actually experienced this fight? What were your strategies?

We're currently trying to get his Testimony, and it's a major pain in the ass. 2 nights and it hasn't dropped yet. I once heard a Blue Mage in our server once took 3 days to get the drop.

Anyway, anyone had anything to share about their experiences?

[Eohmer]

I guess I'm on my own on this one.

Update: We got the test at the end of the 3rd night of trying.

[Srxjo]

um.. i'm not high enough to give advice on the fight but when i went to get the test for a friend it always drop on the same day, i guess you has bad luc =/

[Vyren]

I'm also a 70BLU main and I've yet to get a testy after days of trying, so I'm actually leveling my SAM from 61-70 just to break the cap. As for the fight, it's pretty much luck. He can cast any BLU spell 1-70 whether it's set or not, and it only takes 1-2 seconds to cast, so it's basically buff yourself, run in, pull him with frost breath, then spam damage spells. Healing yourself takes too much time and isn't worth it, but it's GOOD if he heals himself because it's a few seconds he's not hitting you for. It's just luck for what he casts I'm afraid.

[Srxjo]

I'm also a 70BLU main and I've yet to get a testy after days of trying, so I'm actually leveling my SAM from 61-70 just to break the cap. As for the fight, it's pretty much luck. He can cast any BLU spell 1-70 whether it's set or not, and it only takes 1-2 seconds to cast, so it's basically buff yourself, run in, pull him with frost breath, then spam damage spells. Healing yourself takes too much time and isn't worth it, but it's GOOD if he heals himself because it's a few seconds he's not hitting you for. It's just luck for what he casts I'm afraid.

i feel sorry for you then, when i joined a party which only had 4 people in (including myself) we got it in 4 hours, and that was when we had bad luck normally always drops after 2 hours in the Test PTs i join

[Eohmer]

I just saw video of a Mithra fighting Raubahn, and she killed him fast...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgSCsh5ssB4

I think this is what she did...

Pre-fight
Warm-Up
Metallic Body
Cocoon
Zephyr Mantle

Actual fight
Frost Breath
Azure Lore
Chain Afinity
Savage Blade
Hysteric Barrage
Claw Cyclone

[Vyren]

I just saw video of a Mithra fighting Raubahn, and she killed him fast...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgSCsh5ssB4

I think this is what she did...

Pre-fight
Warm-Up
Metallic Body
Cocoon
Zephyr Mantle

Actual fight
Frost Breath
Azure Lore
Chain Afinity
Savage Blade
Hysteric Barrage
Claw Cyclone

She was 71+ and didn't NEED to break the cap. She did Savage blade >> Cannonball to solo light, which is unfair seeing as no BLU below 71 has savage blade. I have my testy now, and all the spells I need, so I'm fully ready for the cap fight, I'm just terrified of it. XD Here's how it should go, from what I've seen:

Buff up, ie. warm-up, refueling, diamondhide, yag drinks, icarus wing
run in, burst affinity, frostbreath to pull him, azure lore and cocoon as fast as your BLU but can do it, then spam the crap out of him with every damage spell you can muster up.

PERSONALLY I do not think SCing is a good idea. I have seen two videos, one where someone did, and one where they didn't. There is too big of a pause inbetween the WS and the spell for him to obliterate you and that's far too risky. You're better off just spamming everything you have with the ocassional headbutt, maybe vorpal him when you're near the end to finish.

[Eohmer]

Hmm, let us know how you did.

[Moaku Hyena]

I was very unlucky then.
Raubhan kick my ass many times, so I just brought my WHM from 67 to 70 and did the WHM GK5.

From my experience, it took me 5+ hours to get my BLU test EVEN WITH TH2, compared to the other ones. So you're better off bringing a skillup/ EXP party there.

[Eohmer]

Yeah, if they are going to make the drop so rare, they should atleast inclue one or two other mobs to drop it as well.

[Vyren]

Ok, so I did the fight TWICE yesterday. First time in the morning which was a lose, SOULY because I forgot to use my icarus wing before hand. He was down to 15, maybe 10%, if I had vorpal bladded I'd have one. I then farmed for another testy and tried again in the evening. My friend gave me some nice info from her PLD fight and a shitload of nice gear so I was lucky. XDIt went like this:

Went in naked, just because it's a roumour- Put opo necklace on, found out she forgot to gave me sleep potions. XD So I put the rest of my gear on + blink band, used that, put my head gear on, used food (I used Cabonara, or something like that. for the +15% HP) buffed up, diamondhide first, then refeuling, then warm-up since warmup lasts the least amount of time, popped some ethers and potions so I didn't have to rest.

Ran near by, he was casting diamondhide the ho. _ _; but never the less, I engaged, stood away, used burst affinity just because I'd seen it used before frostbreath for pulling, I don't know if it made a difference but it took a nice chunk of HP off, (my first fight, he used magic fruit just after to heal that damage >< )then as fast as I could I used azure lore and cocoon (because cocoon wears fast.) then when he got close, I simply spammed damage spells with headbutt's in there.

There is NO POINT healing yourself in this fight. It's VERY fast and all you should do is try to get him down asap. The whole fight basically depends on what spells he casts, if he casts alot of damage ones, you're done for. If he heals, buffs, or debuffs, that's a few seconds he's not hidding you for, so that's GOOD.

Also, I was right about not SCing. I think if you SC, there's too much of a gap between the WS and spell where he can heal, or smack you into high heaven. Instead, save your TP and either CA >> Spell him, OR I reccomend saving your TP till you run out of MP, then vorpal him to finish.

Hope some of that helped.

[Kyrial Arthian]

She was 71+ and didn't NEED to break the cap. She did Savage blade >> Cannonball to solo light, which is unfair seeing as no BLU below 71 has savage blade.
Actually, if you've done the Savage Blade quest on another job, you DO have Savage Blade at 70 on BLU. :P And that's without merits: you have 244 sword skill at 70BLU, and Savage Blade is 240.

Anyway, I've tried this fight twice, and lost both times. >.<; First attempt was at 69. Apparently I just got unlucky on this one, though I did make some mistakes. He cast Radiant Breath on me though, which is like his version of Maat's Asuran Fists. >< The second time, I was 74 (I'm just doing this for quest's sake <.<), and I messed up again. I always forget to 2hr, and he always manages to out-DD me no matter how hard I try. >< I just wish the test mobs were a bit easier... I can solo them, but it is hard, and the drop rate sucks with no TH. :/ Whenever I invite my THF friend out though, we always get it on like the first or second kill, lol. It's just hard to drag him out there. <.<;

[Rambus]

She was 71+ and didn't NEED to break the cap. She did Savage blade >> Cannonball to solo light, which is unfair seeing as no BLU below 71 has savage blade. I have my testy now, and all the spells I need, so I'm fully ready for the cap fight, I'm just terrified of it. XD Here's how it should go, from what I've seen:

I did want to try that at 70 but getting a test seemed to hard so I did not bother, I had savage blade at 69 blu from my sword merit off RDM.

so blu below 70 can have Savage blade if they leveled anther job.

[Kyrial Arthian]

I tried this fight again at 75, this time with merits and such. I went in and actually managed to not screw up my strategy, yet he still managed to beat me when I had him down to like 35%. >< I'm starting to think that my problem is buffing up beforehand, then resting back my MP. Next time I'm gonna try just using my Icarus Wing, then running in and attacking, so that I don't give him much time to buff. What I'll do is pull him with Blank Gaze, then hit Chain Affinity and Azure Lore, Savage Blade, Disseverment, then spam all the dmg spells I can.

On my last run, I realized something. Aside from what Vyren said about him casting any spell in like 1-3 seconds, regardless of actual cast time (which is true, I saw him cast Diamondhide in like 2-3 seconds after I died), he hits very hard with his sword. I was taking more damage from his sword than I was from Maat's physical attacks on WHM... and he hit me with Savage Blade for almost 500 damage. I shudder to think what would happen if he used Vorpal Blade...

[elfdrake]

Fought him twice now lost both times. He used Radiant Breath I am a taru its hard to swallow a 500 hit. Not complaining, well not much lol. Just wish I could solo the test mobs id do it every day. I won against Maat first time and was able to solo my test at level 69 from orc dragoons. Oh well wish me luck ill try later this week. :)

[Icemage]

Forgive me for asking, but can't you pull him with Radiant Breath? Why prefer the Paralysis effect of Frost Breath over the Slow + Silence of Radiant Breath? If the Silence effect goes off, you basically win, no?


Icemage

[MrMageo]

So this is basically the equivilint to the RDM Maat fihgt? depends on what spells he cast that can make it or break it (Like Maat and his 100% effective blink>.>)

[Losrase]

Forgive me for asking, but can't you pull him with Radiant Breath? Why prefer the Paralysis effect of Frost Breath over the Slow + Silence of Radiant Breath? If the Silence effect goes off, you basically win, no?


Icemage

Someone correct me if I am wrong. I think Frost Breath used to do high damage/remove Zephyr Mantle (shadows) and if Paralysis lands it is an extra bonus. All the videos I seen of the fight (I currenly level 69 and analyzing them all for my first attempt), it seems DMG > everything else. They only buff at he beginning of the fight, no healing during fight, and only high damaging blu spells are spam cast. I cant say that this is the best plan but it is the one everyone(forum posts/fight clips) follows. Your question makes me wonder is there a special condition (kind of like Maat fights like THF, WHM, etc.) that will make the fight easier if satisfied.

I am wondering if waiting to long to buff at the beginning of the fight, is it counter productive? A few clips I seen him buff in the middle of the fight which gives more time for you to do damage. If you wait to long buffing at the beginning, wouldnt that give him time to buff and less likely to cast a buff spell in the middle of the fight(assuming the spells he casts are random)?