A Challenge From Lion! Part 2 Commences Today!

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A Challenge from Lion! Part 2 Commences Today!
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By Lakshmi.Byrth 2026-02-12 05:47:41
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I had forgotten about this fight, but I did it again this morning. It was harder than I expected due to Zeid's 50k hits.

The strategy that worked for me was:
* BRD/NIN (main)
* WHM/RDM (mule)

Steps were:
* August, Sylvie, Arciela, Ygnas trusts - I'd swap August for Koru-Moru if doing it again
* SV/CC + buffs at the start (mar x2, min x3)
* put up shadows and swap to Naegling/Centovente
* Horde the group (Zeid resist)
* Carnage Elegy on Zeid
* Savage Blade him to death (doesn't take long)
* Carnage Elegy on Lion / Aldo
* Wake Aldo up and go until he PDs (both use PD), then swap to the Lion
* Repeat

I just face tanked the rest of the fight after waking up Aldo. Lion is going to wipe your buffs regularly, so throw two marches back up whenever. Their melee hits don't do too much damage, but their WSs can do significant damage to trusts. I could land Lullaby on them while they PDed, but something would wake them up even if I changed targets. Perhaps Arciela?

Fight took 25 minutes this way, but swapping from August to Koru-Moru would probably speed it up a bit. With his Phalanx II, it's possible I could have swapped my WHM for a GEO and then the fight would have _really_ been faster. Nevertheless, I got the character selection tunes so I'm done with it.
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