Frog Ambuscade V1

Oh damn, not even requiring JP? What's that setup like? I imagine you'd need soulsoother/ve?

I tried to once, but I'm classically conditioned for it to be like that, so it actually disturbs me to not have the window effect going :)

The same way you can play Taru, even though Tarus are clearly food for Galkas ;)

Where is the "-" button?

The Thumbs Down option on Youtube if you didn't already :3

Just go back and read a few pages, or look in the PUP thread at the half dozen or so posts about people asking about it. If you don't have JP, you'll probably need to drop an OF or lower the Mana Jammer or whatever (I'm not a PUP main, so I know nothing about optimizing). Though, you could just go play PUP for an hour or two and get 100JP relatively quickly killing bats in Dho Gates. It's really not a process anymore.

wtf this is the easiest month ever, whm rdm + 4 dd just kill it np. Never seen adds or anything.

Did the first as whm rdm war mnk 4/6

I mean its easily soloable/lowmanable on a lot of jobs on VD, you just have to avoid quenching hammer either via tp denial or job choices and have some kind of plan in case adds pops. I don't think I'll bother making an ambuscade video for this month since frog low mans have been done to death.

It never used it in 4 runs at all? No real TP denial.
Then I took GEO wondering if I could GEO haste... then it spammed hammer. Still won.

It takes some amount of time longer to apply rolls than it would if you went without. My opinion is that the time you save isn't much more than the time taken applying the buffs.




I don't care about saving time passively through buffs and you don't care about saving time actively through repairing and swapping gear. We do we!

just use a mnk ? AF > HF > VS > VS 2 minute fight never used a PUP.

30 second fight

2 Minute instance

touche yea its like 30 seconds at best

Then don't sit there waiting for buffs at the start? Just send the puppet in ASAP, you're still going to be standing around for a couple minutes out of range anyway. Perfect time for a COR who is also just standing around to toss some rolls on you. Maybe I'm not as optimized as could be, since I usually wait on the initial Beast Roll then run in, and get Companion's after I have the puppet set up and I'm just hanging back.

I get that you are awesome and all, and you don't need no stinking Phantom Rolls. As someone who is also awesome, I don't need no stinking Phantom Rolls either. But like... it's not that controversial to think that Beast Roll is better than no Beast Roll? And some people might not be as awesome as the two of us (they'll get there) and actually NEED the roll to kill the thing in their Overdrive. I find it better to talk about the options for people who may need them more than we do.

I mean, you already want as many actual players as you can get, even if solely for the additional Gallantry. Anything beyond the one PUP is not strictly necessary, but if bringing more players is better for points, why not have one who can come with the best buff in the game for your pet, in a pet-focused fight? If no RDM with me, I actually like COR/WHM to give both rolls AND Dia III (II+light shot). I think most people accept that things like buffs and Dia are a positive - even if they are not a requirement to win. It feels like you're actively arguing against things that make sense to use, for no reason other than to prove you don't need them.

Lies and slander.

Pretty simple even without a PUP. Was doing this tonight with MNK COR RDM SMN WHM. A 6th was there just to earn us some gallantry.

Our MNK didn't seem to be able to get TP quick enough to self skillchain. Possible with /dnc, but they wasn't used to doing that, so he went back to /war.

I was on RDM. Silence can take some time to land, so we just waited until that stuck before the MNK could begin. Frazzle III helped a little. Also applied Dia (Light Shot), Paralyze (Ice Shot), Slow, Blind, Distract III and Impact.

There is a small chance that the silence might half resist. That happened to us once and the SMN was caught unaware and died. Best to stop feeding TP and keep away until it is silenced again.

SMN was doing typical melee buffs pre-fight. Run in, do a mewing, run out. Rinse and repeat. WHM with Auspice (MNK capped on SB with Moonbow +1/Niqmaddu/Sherida), Boost-STR, Regen IV, and regularly using Cure III for Cureskin. COR did no rolls and was only there to hit Light/Ice Shot.

That's about it, really. I guess another DD with meditate and regain gear could run in and WS it every now and then to speed it up.
Easy month. Thanks to everyone for sharing their tips.