Charming Trio/Strategies
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Tips
- Recommended order is Pepper > Prune > Phoedme.
- Each member should either be capable of soloing one or kiting it.
- Melee should bring tanking food and multiple hi-potions and au-laits; mages should bring mp food, refresh drinks, and ethers.
Working Job Combinations
This section is not meant to discourage people from trying different combinations, but to illustrate combinations that have been tried and tested. Please feel free to try this BCNM with any combination you think might work, and above all, have fun!
- BLU is extremely powerful in this BCNM. Set Head Butt, Auto-Regen Combo, Sprout Smack (for Slow), Cocoon, Bludgeon, Metalic Body and Pollen. One spell must be taken out due to the fact that you are not given enough blu magic points at lvl 20 to set all the spells. If you are going as 3 BLUs, have one sub WHM for Protectra.
- DRG/WHM RDM/WHM NIN/WAR has been successful in this BCNM. RDM binds one leech, enfeebles (try Blind - Gravity only works from lvl 21 upwards) a second one while kiting it, while DRG and NIN kill third leech.
- 3 SMNs can take this by using Astral Flow and Shiva's Diamond Dust as seen in this video here.
- Can be successfully duoed by a THF and DNC. Effectively, at least, since our PLD went down in the time it took for him to quaff his drink. Incredibly touch-and-go, required Trance, but with DNC a refined duo strategy could be created.
Pummelling Pepper
Using a trio of basic jobs, this strategy can work well even for relatively new adventurers. The set-up is MNK/WAR, WAR/MNK, and RDM/WHM, with the WAR going in first to "body aggro" the leeches, and the MNK using Hundred Fists on Pepper.
Strategy:
- WAR/MNK shoots an Acid Bolt at Pepper to start the fight, getting the attention of all three leeches.
- MNK/WAR provokes Pepper and activates Hundred Fists.
- When Pepper is dead, switch to Prune.
- When Prune is dead, switch to Phoedme.
- RDM casts Slow and Paralyze, and heals the melee.
- Dhalmel Pies are effective for the melee, while an Apple Pie can benefit the RDM.
- Pear au Laits and Hi-Potions are also useful.
Strategy Pros:
- Hundred Fists quickly kills Pepper, the most dangerous of the three leeches.
Strategy Cons:
- Use of a two-hour limits the ability to repeat it quickly.
Making this Strategy Better:
- Having two of the participants able to be both WAR/MNK and MNK/WAR allows you to run to Windurst to switch jobs between runs, allowing quicker repeats.
Other Strategies
Duo: Two Warriors
Duo'ed with two warriors subbing monk. Neckchopper is essential for both, as well as 6-7 hi-potions. Start the battle off by going to the edge, where the leeches still won't aggro to you. Have one of the warriors use an acid bolt on the center leech. Each warrior aggro separate leeches, both attack the center one, using 2hr. Use hi-potions to keep your health up. After the first one is down, both attack another, have the warrior with acid bolt hit the new leech and keep going until all three are dead, using an acid bolt each leech.
Making the Strategy better
It might be best to have both warriors sub BLU, using cocoon and pollen, possibly wild oats.
<This section is put last, and lists off different job combinations that are similar to strategies listed above, that do not need a full explanation, as the basic strategies are already listed above. A good example would be if you replaced a healer job with another different healing job, the basic strategy does not change, but the combination has. Just list the combinations that have worked, and the rest should be self explanatory>
