Asura.Yunalaysca said:
Carbuncle.Asymptotic said:
I take it back.
Amarok is a little ***.
Not sure he hit me once the entire fight (I was tank).
Firaga III hit me for 156 lol.
so no real need for shadows?
I honestly don't know, because his hits all got absorbed by shadows or missed. He's a T2 NM so I'd imagine he can hit you with a mission. (Not like Rani though, who hit me for 150 through a fully charged Fan Dance)
Sulfurous Breath is absorbed by shadows.
I don't know what it does otherwise.
I don't know why you'd want to be anything but /NIN, because if you're going to do the NM multiple times, you'll need to kill Ansherekh. It also opens up a lot of other options of things you can kill in the zone. I don't think there's really a better sub for Low-man tanking NMs on DNC than /NIN.
The hardest thing about this NM is getting a popset, it's annoying and Ansherekh has a terrible drop rate on the Tiger King Hide.
I would not recommend attempting without THF + BLM, because of the difficulty of getting a popset, you want a good chance at Grellow and maximized droprates.
(The NM drops BLM body seals so it should not be hard to get a BLM to come. If you need to lure a THF, offer to kill Bennu for their +2 items in the same run. )
I tore up Altepa yesterday, with a setup of DNC/NIN THF/NIN RDM/SCH WHM/SCH BLM/NIN.
Benefits of this setup:
***DNC can tank just about any NM in the zone not named Ironclad Smiter, Rani, Cuijatender, or Emperador de Altepa. I dont' know anything about Orthrus. Maybe.
**The RDM and BLM/NIN however, can duo Smiter, so whatever at least on that.
**Most triggers are present: Black Magic, White Magic, and Ninjutsu. Missing BLU and BRD.
***THF can serve as backup tank on Hedjedjet if you fail to run away from Hell Scissors in time.
***DNC solo tank provides slow TP gain for the enemy using VV/RR/GH atmas, and damages steadily allowing for plenty of time to get grellow triggers in.