I've had about a 95% clear rate with my /yell PUG groups on VD.
I've taken a myriad of jobs such as THF, DNC, WAR, SAM, DRG etc. I don't strictly yell for a specific piercing DD. If your healer has a good idle/dt set with blink/SS up while he/she is attacked by the Skathi/Frigg for like 15 seconds it comes down to people paying attention on the dance mechanic. I have my healer face the wall at the starting corner as shown on Velner's video.
Set up:
3 Piercing DDs (If I had a WAR in the PT to do the initial voke as noted below, I've gone RDM/NIN will Max/TP Bonus Sword and done 50K+ Black Halos, as blunt damage is also strong)
BRD
COR
WHM or SCH
As SAM/WAR, I voke the Freyja in the center, the other two piercing DD's face the same side as me, and we take down the Freyja within 15-30 sec max. I voke Skathi and we zerg it down, same with the Frigg. I've also saved Warcry until we start on the Skathi and the Frigg will face me and get off the healer (note, the Frigg and Skathi will go attack your healer for about 10-15 seconds as I noted above).
Fight time should be no more than 90 seconds total between the three Lamia.
You can kill the Freyja & Skathi before any dance/turning mechanics. I will emphasize using a Hybrid or DT set.
Frigg at approx. 75% or less HP will be more likely to use the dance TP move, but you may only need to turn once total. If you get charmed, your healer can run and you'll be good to go once the charm wears.
In short, as long as your DD's line up on the same side together and perform the turn mechanic together you can clear this no problem. If your group is a little under geared, you can go down to Difficult and run the same set up and get the clear.
Lamia Ambuscade V1
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Lamia Ambuscade V1
What's the deal with heavenly arrow? been soloing VE and E with trusts and on E skathi will spam it(at low hp), seems to be critical HP + short duration petra aoe.
See in most other peoples solo vids it never uses it once. Asura.Bronzequadav said: » What's the deal with heavenly arrow? been soloing VE and E with trusts and on E skathi will spam it(at low hp), seems to be critical HP + short duration petra aoe. See in most other peoples solo vids it never uses it once. You need to kill her fast at lower HP because heavenly arrow will be her favored TP move to do. Heavenly arrow will hate reset all the targets it hits. Using RNG + COR method, is there an appropriate distance that would not cause Draw In by Freyja?
Felgarr said: » Using RNG + COR method, is there an appropriate distance that would not cause Draw In by Freyja? Just don’t use any debuffs on her but you may do it to her two adds, geomancy bubbles are okay though. Asura.Anybody said: » Asura.Bronzequadav said: » What's the deal with heavenly arrow? been soloing VE and E with trusts and on E skathi will spam it(at low hp), seems to be critical HP + short duration petra aoe. See in most other peoples solo vids it never uses it once. You need to kill her fast at lower HP because heavenly arrow will be her favored TP move to do. Heavenly arrow will hate reset all the targets it hits. Best way for this is a skillchain if you can, can typically avoid taking any Heavenly Arrows at all. I usually do SAM for this fight so I do Fudo -> swap weapon -> Impulse Drive and that is usually enough to finish it from moderate HP. Can coordinate with other people or just have DRG do a Diarmud chain to do the same. Not sure what would work well for non-prime COR RNG setup though, pretty ignorant on ranged WS that aren't called Leaden Salute and Trueflight. Probably doesn't matter as much there though. 
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[712 days between previous and next post]Very close to zero percent chance I bother with this one.
With the tp move timer increase its so god damn easy
No better gil per hour than ambuscade and you need 10 billion for white ark angel *** (for the first like 15 runs) Asura.Eiryl said: » Oh yeah, this ones up A pup friendly one Make their HP zero
Keep your HP above zero
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One of the more annoying months for both soloers and groups but for those wanting to take it on, the usual monthly video.
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Able to get this down somewhat reliably 3boxing WAR(Impulse Drive) BRD(R15 Twash Rudra's) SCH. Only at like a 75% win rate, sometimes I get unlucky with EES or petrifying.
AOE Phalanx + Regen from SCH helps keep you alive if something goes wrong. They dont hit too hard, and I have been able to recover even if WAR goes down having BRD as the only DD. Honor Minuet Minuet Scherzo if not 1hring, can 1hr add an extra Minuet or Minne for defense. 2x Minne always on PLD trust (Valaineral). Cornelia and 6th is preference, I use Qultada. So what is the PUP strat?
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Have 3+ PUPS with :
VE Head and SS Frame Fire, Wind and Light maneuvers Inhibitor Inhibitor II Magniplug Magniplug II Attuner Speedloader II Truesights Turbo Charger II Coiler II Optic Fiber Optic Fiber II Auto-Rep. Kit IV I got these instructions from the previous page of the thread, seems solid. yo came back few days ago, tried some Ambu VD yesterday and could farm it consistently enough with this strat/comp:
2x DD (used WAR and DRG but any well geared DD is fine tbh although main boss is weaker to piercing) BRD COR WHM 1x PUP tank, but a real tank could work too. Strat: WAR or 1 of the 2 DD goes in to pull the Freyja and Frigg to the start corner, PUP grabs Skathi and tanks it far away from the party, while the 2 DDs make sure they're close to each other and keep both NMs close to let 1 dd tp the add and WS the boss. At that point 1 DD focus Big Boss with piercing dmg, while the other DD can tp and provoke on Frigg while WSing the Boss, which should die pretty quickly like that. If DD with the add pulls hate from the main Boss, can also WS the add instead of the boss every 1-2 WS, or use jumps if you have them to dump enmity. At that point you focus the Frigg (weak to slashing it seems) and once it's dead, you join the PUP to kill Skathi (bg says weak to blunt but whatever, any good geared DD will be enough) If everything goes well it takes like 1 minute to clear, more if you get charmed once or twice or if COR and BRD won't deal dmg. Things that can potentilly put your run at risk: Eagle Eye Shot unlucky triple hit on a single DD that could one shot (happened twice but can easily recover, just slows the run) For this specific reason, I strongly suggest NOT to use Berserk or Last Resort type of abilities until the first NM is DEAD. WHM gotta stay far away from both pup and DDs to make sure he'll be able to Stone the petrifications if they happen, while if you are NOT facing NM while that move goes off you'll also get 5 count doom on top of petri, so be carefull. Finally, once you learn the "positioning" for this fight, you're gonna pull to the corner at start and basically never move until you gotta kill the last add tanked by the PUP or tank, use this info to focus all your attention towards the chat log to avoid the charm dances, their animation is very long so as long as you're focused on the chat log you should be able to avoid them! IF DDs get charmed and everyone is positioned correctly, it's gonna be easy to outrun the charmed ppl until it runs out, no big deal! Clear time expected, between 1 to 3 minutes per run depending on group dps and how many times u get charmed! Good luck
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Asura.Zodiarchy said: » Have 3+ PUPS with : VE Head and SS Frame Fire, Wind and Light maneuvers Inhibitor Inhibitor II Magniplug Magniplug II Attuner Speedloader II Truesights Turbo Charger II Coiler II Optic Fiber Optic Fiber II Auto-Rep. Kit IV I followed the instructions from the previous page of the thread, seems solid. Followed up on this for VD runs.... We did 3x PUP 1x COR (companions/beast) All of the masters should be ready to move around and be constantly aware of where the other mobs are located. Standing far away from one another obviously makes it a bit easier and gives you a wider range of safety until your pet can come back to re-establish hate. PUP can use the attachments above but I'd recommend dropping one for a Strobe II or Flashbulb, the quick re-grab of hate can be super useful. We did 1 PUP pet on each Lamia. Whoever is on the center can Overdrive for speed but it isn't survival necessary. You can even rotate who has the center mob to use Overdrive with each PUP, always having one available for use. The hardest part is whoever has Skathi. Her petrify dance is one of the two status that can hit the pets and it can send Skathi chasing after the master frequently. The same is true for the big boss, Freyja, with her Terror move. Fortunately, her terror doesn't last a terribly long time so running around so that your pet can free up to come voke is very safe/easy. She also doesn't seem to spam / drop enmity on this move nearly as badly as Skathi but maybe that was just my personal experience. Whoever has Frigg has the easiest job and this one is usually the lowest health post-Freyja, so we did it second each time. This let us spam all the pets on Skathi last which limited her mobility dramatically. Not perfect, not "AFK" like others suggested, but it definitely is workable with this method! I'm sure improvements can be made so that the gaze is less prevalent. |
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