Frog Ambuscade V1

Oh dang. I wonder if they'll change anything from previous runs of it, it was pretty easy before for a buffed MNK to kill it before it got that TP move off.

The Lord hath risen again

PUP solo

FYI only need one Turbo due to OD Haste cap. (pup)

All bow to our Frog overlords. "Mine name is Glenn... Cyrus' hopes and dreams... and now the Masumune, forthwith I shall slay Magus and restore honor!"

Still amazed how the gravity cheese was too OP and had to be nerfed yet the TP cheese is perfectly balanced as all things should be.

If you use one Wind Maneuver, then absolutely.
If you don't then I think you need both.
I think the suggested maneuvers are Fire, Light and Water, which would imply 2x Turbo Chargers are necessary.

I'm unsure why Aerix and Dissident are using the Soulsoother head instead of the Valoredge one, but I assume it's to get more Water capacity to equip both Manajammer 4 AND 3?

The Soulsoother head has more light as well so you can use better ARK and Opticfibers.

Time to dust off the old PUP!

awesome that you can take DRK to VD, so is mewing lullaby + silence from rdm the way to avoid getting wiped by quenching hammer cause of DRK RUN and songs?

Exciting stuff.

MNK, BRD (Minuetx3/HM), COR (SAM/Chaos), GEO (Fury/STR), RDM for Haste II to allow the extra Minuet, WHM for Auspice.

Using R15 GH etc. TK > SS > SS > VS (Radiance) brought it down to 5-10%, took a total of 5 WS's. Fight time was 30-40 sec.

In short, Well geared MNK, COR, BRD, WHM and two leeches could do this on VD np.

Is solo smn a viable strat still? I saw some posts and a few videos, but that was from two years ago. I tried twice and got to about 48% each time under ACAF.

Not a huge deal, ended up doing pup but I was excited to play around on smn.

tip for those running multiple PUPs and alternating overdrive. don't put multiple pets on it, feeding TP just gets it to use the TP drain move more and slows down damage from the auto that's in overdrive.

Does anyone know the attachments for pup to solo?

With Some Luck Have Been Able To Solo VD On SAM With Trusts...



No Love Haha...

Thank you sir.

Great month for soloers as Difficult wins only take a few minutes. Hope this helps others, have a good month all.

Would Neo Animator be an ok sub for Animator P+1?

I'm confused about how all the pups manage to kill the VD frog before OD timer runs out.

I keep ending up with about 10-20% hp left on the mob after OD is done. I use all the correct attachments listed many times before in this thread and I bring an alt on cor for beast/companions roll and i use grape daifuku + drachen roll from myself. and on top of that i engage at first with King of Hearts doing dia III as well.

Valor edge head/body + Optic fiber I and II, autorepair IV, Magniplug I and II, Attuner, inhibitor I and II, Coiler II, Turbo charger II, Mana jammer IV

ItemSet 393608

and thats the gearset i'm using with taeons being dt-4%, DA 5% and acc 24 or 25 per piece.

I have no idea why i can't beat this frog during OD, in the end after OD wears the puppet can stay alive long enough and kill the frog but its taking 10 minutes.

Anyone else having troubles or suggestions what to do different?

*little thing i found out trying to discover what dmg my automaton is actually doing to the frog, you can be 31,1" from the NM you will still die to the hammer, so i'm guessing the Aoe is a radius from the pet not the NM*

Really just try OD later, 95% 90%

Missing a turbo charger, I think flame holder would be a good idea too.

Higher/Better beast/comp (use trust Lhu/AAMR for bst roll+)

With dia3 + any bst roll and overdrive active I don't think atk would be an issue at all tbh.

Missing both a turbo charger and a bunch of gear pet:haste though so you're definitely a fair bit short on haste.

Yeah I figured that out after changing my sets/attachments more.
Got confused when i read only 1 haste attachment was needed to cap under OD. Runs are better now!

It's random on time remaining for me. Sometimes OD has 40 seconds left, sometimes it wears with 7%hp left. Probably due to rolls. I don't try super hard for 11s.

I have to ask, are you full timing the set you posted? Or swapping ohatas/klouskap during pet tp phase? I'm definitely no pro Pup and only use it for this ambu really, so I'm not sure if you are capping haste during tp phase or not.

Edit: late, glad you figured it out

Even both turbo chargers wont cap your magical haste during OD with no wind maneuvers. Turbo charger 1 and 2 with optic fiber 1 and 2 and no wind maneuver will put your magic haste at 40% during OD(Natively 25% haste from OD). Gear haste should be a priority for anyone struggling with OD timer. Most people I have spoken to about this ambu have decent sets specifically for bonecrusher but lack a lot of haste or perhaps have zero. Othas is a great option, Midnights path c, rimeice, klouskap, cape, taliah feet, adoulin ring.