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BRD: Honor March, Minuet IV, Minuet V, Madrigal, Aria

First set of songs at Acuex (Nitro). Second set of songs right after Aminon’s on-pull Incessant Void (SV/CC). Third set mid-Aminon right before Soul Voice wears off (Nitro). Fourth set during Dhartok (Nitro). Fifth set during Skomora (Nitro). Sixth set during Triboulex. Final set before Aita (SV/CC/Nitro).

Can do a bit of optimization on fights where you’re reapplying songs mid-fight by WSing right at the beginning and singing after; you’ll build a bit of TP back between songs. If your RDM is particularly prodigious you can give them Dirge in place of one of their Minuets since they can’t use High/Super Jump to shed hate.

RDM: Haste II w/ Composure and Naturalist’s before entering. Reapply Haste II after E before splitting for B/C Fragments. Reapply Haste II in sets timed with BRD songs for maximum efficiency: 3 people at the end of a fight where the BRD is singing, the other 3 between or at the next objective. Don’t bother applying for D, simply reapply on the way to G.

COR: Bolter’s Roll between each objective. Chaos + Samurai Roll for bosses whenever possible. You will be using Cutting Cards on the BRD to ensure that their SV/CC are back up in time for the final 2 bosses. Crooked Cards as a bonus when you can, but because of how often you’re overwriting rolls you’ll never get full value out of it, it can be used to speed up problem bosses though. Because of Bolter’s, rolls can be annoying to keep up. Ideally you want everyone packed close enough that you can realistically roll your first new DD roll on the way to a boss, then apply the second as you get to the boss’s room. This will never happen because ‘reasons’. You don’t want 30 seconds on your Phantom Roll recast at the end of a boss, so for many of the upstairs (A B C D) bosses you don’t even want to apply a second roll because of this; with a sufficiently powerful group they die in less than 45 seconds without Chaos Roll; focus on Samurai Roll. For basement (E F G H) bosses, leverage Random Deal and Wild Card (if available) to apply both rolls. On Triboulex you can open with Chaos and then Random Deal into a Samurai (which may need to be done as the group is running to and beginning to fight the boss; you losing one WS is worth giving the rest of the party significantly higher WS frequency). For Aita and Gartell, you want to discard the chance of hitting the party with your 50% job bonus chance and start rolling before everyone is gathered. This is to ensure that your Phantom Roll timer isn’t misaligned and you can get both rolls up while still being able to Bolter after. Double-Up the first roll (chaos ideally) onto everyone when all 6 are in the boss room (or as soon as possible) and then do your second roll. Since the BRD is singing before Aita you have plenty of time for that second roll before engaging. For Gartell you don’t have the same benefit of extra pre-fight time where everyone is gathered, so instead wait for everyone to engage and hit him at least once after Gravity lands to drop Bolters, then roll your 2nd roll. Wild Card is detailed in the boss section for Aminon.

Some optimization: before Aminon you can apply rolls on Botulus; this also allows you to try to fish for 11s.

GEO: Indi-Fury, Geo-Frailty. For Gartell and Aita you will be kiting, so this changes to Indi-Gravity, Geo-Frailty, Entrust Indi-Fury. By this stage of the run you may be able to get a reset on your Entrust from the COR to be able to get it up on both of them. For Aminon, Entrust Indi-Precision or Indi-DEX.

• From start, run North to Acuex. You need to kill 3 of them with a magic spell; you can set this up for quick kills with Pyrrhic Kleos -> Evisceration -> Burst Blizzard V. By the time these three are dead and you have Shard A, buffs should be in order.
  

• From Acuex, run North to Ghatjot (Gadget A). You can have someone rest briefly to spawn a bonus chest anywhere between Acuex and Ghatjot; depending on your buff timings you can send someone like the BRD to go do this while you finish up the Acuex. Engage and kill.
  

• From Gadget A, run South back to the Entrance Device and teleport to Device A, or run East and South through the Hecteye directly to Bitzer A (in my experience they’re about the same amount of time); cast any spell next to Device A for a bonus chest. You can also have someone touch Bitzer A while naked for another bonus chest. Go down to Basement E. If you have Regen V from outside this isn’t an issue, but if you couldn’t do that you may encounter some problems with Ghatjot’s poison. Try to stick with someone who can heal you if necessary until you reach the next target: Botulus. Find him and pull him to a safe hallway, then kill. You want to deal a majority (51%+) of your damage from behind the Botulus to get the Metal E chest. Magic weaponskills work well here to avoid pulling hate, DNC can be a bit lax on damage output to avoid hate issues if the rest of your team is pulling their weight. Can use Shield Bash and Violent Flourish to stun TP moves, especially Slimy Proposal. You can also have the BRD stun every TP move with Flat Blade.
  

• From Botulus, run to the unlettered Gadget in the Western hall of the Flan room. Select “To the deepest dark!” for Hard Mode and get ready to engage. Kill Aminon and head back out, run back down the hall to Dhartok (Gadget E) and kill.
  

• From Gadget E, find the Bitzer (if you haven’t already) and go back up to A. From here you’re splitting into two subgroups: group 1 goes to kill 5 elementals at B (COR and GEO), group 2 goes to kill 3 Corse at C (DNC BRD PLD RDM). COR kills elementals with Leaden -> Wasp/Viper -> Leaden and Indi-Regen is enough to keep them going. DNC kills Corse with Ruthless -> Ruthless (Fire V) -> Ruthless. Alternative split strategy: DNC BRD PLD, COR GEO RDM; Ruthless -> Ruthless -> Savage -> Ruthless w/ Flash, Lullaby, or Threnody burst for objective credit. Group 1 can do a /hurray emote on Bitzer B to spawn a bonus chest before going for their elementals. Group 2 can pull the Corse over to Device C for a bonus chest as well but whether this is worth the extra time is up to how comfortable your group is with the run. You can also materialize at Device C after killing the Corse and then touch Bitzer C (which you have to do later anyway) for a bonus chest.
  

• After both objectives are complete, group 2 should put up Chocobo Jig II then go and meet group 1 at the elemental room/Device B to receive Bolter’s. From there, run North to Leshonn (Gadget B). Engage and kill.
  

• From Gadget B, run South to Skomora (Gadget C), engage and kill. After this you will have an unremovable Curse. Bolter’s Roll + Chocobo Jig II to counter this, with Crooked Cards on the Bolter’s if you have to (you shouldn’t need it with 18% movement gear and Jig).
  

• From Gadget C, run West past the first large room full of fomors into the 4 smaller rooms separated by hallways; find a room or hall with 2 or 3 fomors and pull 3 together. Kill all 3 after performing a 4 step skillchain. For DNC, do Wasp/Viper -> Gust -> Wasp/Viper -> Ruthless -> Ruthless. For PLD, COR, BRD, and/or RDM you can do Burning/Red Lotus -> Shining/Seraph -> Burning/Red Lotus -> Shining/Seraph -> Savage with any combination of those four jobs. I recommend having indi or geo wilt in case someone pulls hate as these things can kill squishier team mates very quickly.
  

• From the fomor, head further West to Degei (Gadget D). Engage and kill.
  

• From Gadget D, head North to the starting Device and teleport to C. Go downstairs to G via Bitzer C, make sure everyone is topped up on HP, and run to Triboulex (Gadget G). Engage and kill.
  

• From Gadget G, find the Bitzer if you haven’t already, stare for 30 seconds to pop the bonus chest, and go back upstairs.
  

• From Bitzer C, run up the ramp and take Gadget C over to Gadget D. This is a good time to get that rematerialize bonus chest at Bitzer C if you didn’t earlier, and you can also grab the final upstairs bonus chest of the run by dropping your Obsidian Wing at Device D. Use Bitzer D to go to Basement H and run to Aita (Gadget H). You can also send someone to check the side rooms for the Bitzer which guarantees a 1 minute time loss but could save 3+ minutes depending on Bitzer placement. Engage and kill.
  

• From Gadget H, find the Bitzer and return upstairs. Take Device D over to Device B, and take Bitzer B down to Basement F. If you find the Bitzer on the way to Gartell (Gadget F), touch it while wearing a full set of Empyrean armor (lockstyle works, doesn’t have to be +2/+3) for a bonus chest. Engage and kill the boss.
  

• You’re probably out of time now, but if you aren’t you can go upstairs and kill Porxie/Leech for some extra free Gallimaufry and red bonus chests, or if you are a groupie of the God Tier patreon level you can have someone exit at Bitzer F and reenter Basement F from Bitzer B which will spawn a set of Naakuals. Killing each one gives just under 100 gallimaufry each and killing all 6 gives a red bonus chest containing 1500 gallimaufry.
  

Ghatjot: Tank and spank. Dia III and away. Avoid making any water based skillchains; DNC using Ruthless Stroke instead of Rudra’s Storm avoids Distortion. Everyone else can use Savage Blade/Black Halo.

Leshonn: Tank and spank, or if your group isn’t strong enough, you can theoretically grav kite it just like Gartell by casting Spontanaeity Grav II -> Grav II. In any case, pop Dia III. Losing songs here really sucks and is generally a run ruiner. It also makes him hit really *** hard when he sucks off your buffs. You want to avoid wind or thunder skillchains. DNC should stick to Rudra’s Storm, everyone else is safe to use Savage Blade/Black Halo/Imperator/Mordant Rime.

Skomora: Tank and spank. Dia III. Avoid darkness based skillchains. DNC uses Ruthless Stroke, everyone else is safe to use Savage Blade/Black Halo/Imperator/Mordant Rime. Don’t let two Imperator go off in a row somehow though or you’ll make compression. If that’s happening you have bigger problems though.

Degei: Tank and spank with a caveat. Dia III. If you’re having trouble with the knockback, pull him to a corner before fighting. His element changes depending on whatever TP move he uses. This changes which WSs you should be using as well as adds a proc element: if you can’t kill him fast enough, anyone who can cast a T1 spell (aka ⅚ of your party) should cast the ascendant element of the element that he is in; for example on Eroding Flesh, cast Aero. Do this a couple seconds after the TP move or it doesn’t work. Failing this will cause him to build tremendous damage resistance very quickly, so either kill fast or respect the mechanics. For Astral elements, Rudra’s Storm/Savage Blade/Black Halo. For Umbral, Ruthless Stroke/Savage Blade/Black Halo.

Dhartok: Mostly the same as Ghatjot. Distract III, Dia III, murder. You’ll be able to remove the poison this time. Shouldn’t live long enough to spawn any poison clouds. Ruthless Stroke/Savage Blade/Black Halo.

Gartell: This one is a kite fight. It happens after Aita so you will still be superbuffed from that fight w/ SV songs. PLD runs in and does hate stuff while the RDM Chainspells Grav II and Dia III. Getting him close to the center of the room before GEO bubbles go down can make kiting easier. Then the PLD runs it in circles to keep it in the Geo-Frailty bubble and you can go in and beat the ***out of it as normal. Rudra’s Storm/Savage Blade/Black Halo/Imperator/Mordant Rime.

Triboulex: Frazzle III -> Distract III, Dia III. Very similar to Skomora except now with more annoying status ailments. You can sort of avoid some if the PLD stands at max melee range on one side and the rest of the party stands at max melee on the other, but knockbacks can make this really agitating. Ruthless Stroke/Savage Blade/Black Halo/Imperator/Mordant Rime.

Aita: The other kite fight. Everyone stand way back as the PLD runs in to bait the first TP move, you want to be well out of range in case it's Eroding Flesh to avoid being Slowed. Doesn't matter as much if the RDM gets hit, can Panacea and rehaste yourself. Stymie Gravity II, Dia III and have someone proc whatever element he started in (PLD could do this if they have time). Getting him close to the center of the room before GEO bubbles go down can make kiting easier. Bolster for this fight for a stronger Indi-Grav as he runs faster than Gartell does, and even with Bolster he will end up faster. Keeping him in the bubble is more annoying as a result of this, even w/ Widened Compass. Do ur best. Stay against the walls and basically run corner to corner to ensure you stay far enough that he won’t try to fire off any TP moves. This keeps him elementally locked and also prevents shitty status effects like Slow. Beat his *** as fast as possible to avoid potential shenanigans and ensure that you’re managing enmity with Jumps/Dirge as needed because it is a catastrophe if he turns from the PLD and spawns fetters on your ***.

Aminon: The big kahuna. He's actually pretty simple. He starts the fight with Incessant Void which 9.9/10 times your PLD will get hit by, so don't buff until after that. An 11 on Tactician's Roll is one of if not the most important buff in this entire run for saving time, get it if you can. Pull him to the corner near the door and choose one of two layouts: 1) the PLD can wear knockback prevention gear and stand away from the wall, letting everyone else stand with their backs to the wall (besides DNC) and not have to worry about being kicked out of WS range. The other, worse imo way is having the PLD in the corner and everyone else without a wall behind them, forcing constant repositioning for the whole party. In the rare event that the PLD still gets knocked back, dont panic. Let them run it back into the corner and turn back around. Otherwise it's a game of keeping his TP as close to 0 as possible with Absorb-TP and shitting on him with TP that you get from Tactician's Roll and Absorb. The DNC also gets TP from Reverse Flourish every 30 seconds. DNC also wants to keep Box and Stutter Step as high as possible w/ Quickstep tossed in if needed. Keep Dark Threnody II, Frazzle III, Slow II, Paralyze II, and Dia III on the entire fight. If your PLD is struggling with keeping people alive, you can immunobreak Slow and have the BRD apply Elegy, then immunobreak their own Slow II. This will reduce your TP generation via Absorb-TP however it will also make the fight much easier to keep up with healing-wise. Everyone can use Last Resort for another attack boost and should be using their strongest weaponskills; DNC alternates between Rudra's Storm and Ruthless Stroke, RDM can do Black Halo or Imperator, GEO Judgment, COR Savage Blade, BRD Mordant Rime, PLD Chant du Cygne or Atonement. For keeping up steps, DNC needs to be engaged, but you don't want to ever actually melee Aminon and you want to stay in range for WS: to solve this, either idle in a knockback resistance set at max WS range and apply steps from there, or reposition to max WS range every time you're knocked back. Keep up with the absorbs, debuffs, and WS and he should go down before Soul Voice songs wear; if you lose SV songs you're going to have some serious problems that I don't actually know how to solve.

On Random Deal and Wild Card: your DNC controls these. Call for RD after the Climactic/Reverse Flourish post-nitro songs. Call for WC after using the final Climactic Floursish in your Grand Pas/Trance rotation. In the case of Wild Card resetting itself, use it again only if Aminon is still above 30%. Sub-25% gets risky with feeding him extra TP from more weaponskills. You could use the second Wild Card to reset the GEO's Entrust later on for H and F boss.

RDM should use a big Impact TP generation set (Occult Acumen/Store TP) and should have remarkable Aspir gear to keep up with MP.