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For those of you who haven't finished M5-2, one of important missions, the content of this thread may reveal something you haven't seen yet and I'm afraid if it diminishes your interest on coming missions. I don't intend to bother you guys, nor do I want to ruin your dream. Therefore, I'd like this thread to be Rated "R6 (Rank6)" basically.
Well, as promised, I soloed M5-2. As a matter of fact, there are already a bunch of red mages at LV60s beating the Shadow Lord alone. I think the lowest record is LV63 (Mithra RDM63/BLM31). It's not something new.
However, almost all of them brought drinks and medicines and use them. I didn't want to do the same thing. As a result, I made up my mind not use them at all. I decided to bring only food. In my opinion, it wasn't as hard as M5-1 but it was tricky. To tell you the truth, I was killed once. This is my second attempt.
http://www5.sppd.ne.jp/grendal/FF11/M5-2.wmv
I subbed DRK because I wanted Aspir, Drain, and Vorpal Blade. I think any major subs such as /BLM, /NIN, /WAR, and WHM should work. Each sub has its own advantages.
Anyway, it took me 19 minutes and 29 seconds to defeat him. I ate Fish Chiefkabob but the average damage I took was still high, 49.9.
http://www5.sppd.ne.jp/grendal/FF11/statistic_01.gif
There are two stages of this battle as you see on the movie. His estimated HP is 10,000 and 3,000 respectively. The second stage is much easier for us because he only uses a weak AoE, called "Implosion." Phalanx and Stoneskin helps us a lot. Therefore, if we finish the first stage, it means we win.
The first stage isn't very hard but we have to be very smart. After his HP is down to 50%, he uses AoE called, "Dark Nova" and he has either "No Physical Attack Effect (when his sword shines)" or "No Magical Attack Effect (when his left hand shines)." For example, any physical attacks except for en- spells do 0 damage when he has "No Physical Attack Effect." These effects wear off when he takes certain amount of damage or after five minutes.
This is very tricky. For instance, what should we do when he casts Icespike while he has "No Magical Attack Effect?" Dispel doesn't work. Should we waste five minutes although we only have 30 minutes? In this case, /WHM works perfect.
Other than these special attacks, he uses LV2 Ga spells such as Aeroga II, Firaga, II and Stonega II. Bar- spells work pretty good, however. I forgot to include Barfire in my macro palette though.
Anyway, it was fun. I know a lot of people feel our role in XP PT is boring but I don't think I'm going to quit this job. There are still a lot of enemies waiting for me. A lot of people ironically say, "They want to be heroes (勇者様) or something" but yes, I want to be the hero of fools
For those of you who haven't finished M5-2, one of important missions, the content of this thread may reveal something you haven't seen yet and I'm afraid if it diminishes your interest on coming missions. I don't intend to bother you guys, nor do I want to ruin your dream. Therefore, I'd like this thread to be Rated "R6 (Rank6)" basically.
Well, as promised, I soloed M5-2. As a matter of fact, there are already a bunch of red mages at LV60s beating the Shadow Lord alone. I think the lowest record is LV63 (Mithra RDM63/BLM31). It's not something new.
However, almost all of them brought drinks and medicines and use them. I didn't want to do the same thing. As a result, I made up my mind not use them at all. I decided to bring only food. In my opinion, it wasn't as hard as M5-1 but it was tricky. To tell you the truth, I was killed once. This is my second attempt.
http://www5.sppd.ne.jp/grendal/FF11/M5-2.wmv
I subbed DRK because I wanted Aspir, Drain, and Vorpal Blade. I think any major subs such as /BLM, /NIN, /WAR, and WHM should work. Each sub has its own advantages.
Anyway, it took me 19 minutes and 29 seconds to defeat him. I ate Fish Chiefkabob but the average damage I took was still high, 49.9.
http://www5.sppd.ne.jp/grendal/FF11/statistic_01.gif
There are two stages of this battle as you see on the movie. His estimated HP is 10,000 and 3,000 respectively. The second stage is much easier for us because he only uses a weak AoE, called "Implosion." Phalanx and Stoneskin helps us a lot. Therefore, if we finish the first stage, it means we win.
The first stage isn't very hard but we have to be very smart. After his HP is down to 50%, he uses AoE called, "Dark Nova" and he has either "No Physical Attack Effect (when his sword shines)" or "No Magical Attack Effect (when his left hand shines)." For example, any physical attacks except for en- spells do 0 damage when he has "No Physical Attack Effect." These effects wear off when he takes certain amount of damage or after five minutes.
This is very tricky. For instance, what should we do when he casts Icespike while he has "No Magical Attack Effect?" Dispel doesn't work. Should we waste five minutes although we only have 30 minutes? In this case, /WHM works perfect.
Other than these special attacks, he uses LV2 Ga spells such as Aeroga II, Firaga, II and Stonega II. Bar- spells work pretty good, however. I forgot to include Barfire in my macro palette though.
Anyway, it was fun. I know a lot of people feel our role in XP PT is boring but I don't think I'm going to quit this job. There are still a lot of enemies waiting for me. A lot of people ironically say, "They want to be heroes (勇者様) or something" but yes, I want to be the hero of fools
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