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Contents 1 Samurai 1.1 Obtain 2 Guides 2.1 Soboro Sukehiro 2.2 A Maat Fight Strategy 2.3 Video & Strategy 2.4 Alternate (Concede) Strategy 2.5 Macros for Self Darkness Skillchain 2.5.1 Note 2.5.1.1 Macro 1 2.5.1.2 Macro 2 2.5.1.3 Macro 3

Samurai

The fight takes place in Chamber of Oracles. If this is not your first Maat fight, you must walk to the BC; Maat will not teleport you. To get to Chamber of Oracles, you'll have to pass a couple weight switches in Quicksand Caves, so if you're not a Galka, you'll need someone to help you open them (opened by 3 Tarutaru, 2 Hume/Mithra/Elvaan, or 1 Galka).

Obtain

A Samurai's Testimony from one of the following:

• Blood Demon (Level: 64 - 66) (Castle Zvahl Baileys) (These are probably the easiest).
• Gore Demon (Level: 71 - 73) (Castle Zvahl Baileys)
• Yagudo Templar (Level: 72 - 74) (Altar Room, Castle Oztroja) Notorious Monster

Guides

Soboro Sukehiro

It is very unlikely that you will win this fight using a Soboro Sukehiro. I tried using a Soboro twice and i was defeated each time. Switched to a Zanbato, and won. Just my experience, you are welcome to try it.

A Maat Fight Strategy

Get ready to dominate Maat with Skillchains and superior stats.*EDIT* Make sure when you talk to Maat the first time you are unequiped. He will have lower stats when you fight him if you do this.* The best way to ensure a victory is to obtain the Myochin Kote and Nobushi Kyahan. Then get ether a Shogun Rice Ball, Tonosama Rice Ball, Naval Rice Ball, or Salmon Rice Ball for great attack and defense bonus. Enter the burning circle and use Meditate, making sure your TP is at or above 100% before you walk up to confront Maat. You can wait for the timer to reset if you want. When ready, equip your Myochin Kote and/or Nobushi Kyahan and use your riceball of choice. Engage Maat, and immediately use Seigan & Third Eye, followed by: Tachi: Gekko > Meikyo Shisui > Tachi: Yukikaze (Induration) > Tachi: Gekko (Fragmentation) > Tachi: Gekko (Distortion). After the smoke clears, simply continue to duel Maat - if he hasn't given up already. Drink a potion to keep health up at this point if needed. You may also want to bring an Icarus Wing for another weapon skill (Meditate > Icarus Wing > Tachi: Yukikaze > Tachi: Gekko) if you still have time/life left. Have fun with the fastest Genkai in the game!

-Maat will use Meikyo Shisui after being hit. -Note: Nobushi Kyahan are a r/e drop from a ToAU ZNM, rather unlikely to get it for your G5 quest.

• Dominate Maat in anyway you can, the easiest(and cheapest) way is to cap your great katana skill in besieged or in a good skill party. Enter the BCNM, Meditate, wait for meditate to recharge, use it again, use whatever food you brought (Sole Sushi +1 is a great choice as is any STR+ACC food) walk up to Maat, use Seigan+ Third Eye, then Sekkanoki Y+G, Meikyo Shisui Y+G+G, the fight should be over, if you get interrupted by Maat's ws's just keep on hitting as fast as you can, while his ws's stun you for a split second, so do yours, so as long as you don't wait the maximum time to complete a skillchain you will be fine. A blink band is not a bad idea and gives you the ability to take some free shots before you put third eye up, also allows you to start the fight with Hasso up for a little bit of extra damage. It of course is a good idea to bring along an Icarus Wing just in case the 1st 5 ws's don't do the trick or if you want to skip the 2nd meditate....still can't believe the strategy above doesn't include sekkanoki as it is a staple of the Samurai arsenal.

-as an example I used the above strategy with decent gear and broke the current record on my server (for the week at least), was never in any danger of death and spent no extra money other than a tp wing for safety. 5 ws's should finish maat even with fairly weak gear. finished the fight in like 1min28secJavelinX 08:38, September 8, 2009 (UTC)

Video & Strategy

Similar to the above strategy, but faster and safer. Use a Blink Band after entering, then your food (Meat Mithkabob), and Meditate. Immediately after attacking Maat; use Seigan and Third Eye, then your Weapon Skills. I recommend Tachi: Yukikaze, then Meikyo Shisui followed by Tachi: Gekko (Fragmentation), and one more Tachi: Gekko for Distortion. This leaves room for error if one of the lower accuracy Tachi: Gekko misses, so you can still close your chains with the remaining TP you have. I had an Icarus Wing with me just in case; however, you are unlikely to need one with this method, and I do not recommend potions as you will not have time to use them (even if you did, you would take more damage while using it than it would recover for you).

Alternate (Concede) Strategy

If you are fighting Maat for the first time (to break level cap), it is possible for Maat to concede the battle if you are able to perform a level 3 Skillchain, Light or Darkness. This is similar to Thief being able to win by stealing an item, rather than defeating Maat outright.

• For this to be possible, you must have a polearm skill of 150 (preferably higher) for access to the weaponskill Penta Thrust.

Bring a polearm along with an Icarus Wing to your fight. Equip your Great Katana upon entering the BCNM and meditate your TP. When your TP is above 100%, engage Maat and use Seigan + Third Eye then use Tachi: Jinpu. Immediately equip your polearm, use the Icarus Wing and fire off Penta Thrust, creating a Gravitation skillchain. Reequip your Great Katana, use Meikyo Shisui and then Tachi: Gekko. If all three skills land in a quick enough timespan, this will produce the skillchain Darkness. Maat should concede the fight during or after the skillchain's animation. This is an effective strategy for players who wish to do the quest early (~lv.66-69) or may not feel confident in their weaponskill damage output.

• It is recommended to macro the last two steps in the strategy as the window to complete a skillchain may expire when performing the actions manually

• Alternatively You can simply make sure your Weapon Skill with a Great Katana is capped at level 70, giving you Tachi: Kasha

and use Meikyo Shisui then Tachi: Jinpu -> Tachi: Kasha -> Tachi: Gekko to create a dark skill chain. it is highly recommended to wear as much accuracy gear as possible and eat accuracy food, that way all three of your weapon skills land. The Quest for Kasha is bound Samurai lvl71, therefore Samurai lvl70 can never use it unless you de-leveled from lvl71 beforehand. Putting aside Tachi: Yukikaze -> Tachi: Gekko -> Tachi: Kasha = light chain 'would' work as well.

Macros for Self Darkness Skillchain

Note

The following macros hit in order should create a Darkness (Skillchain) as long as you aren't stunned by Maat. Remember to allow a moment after the Icarus Wing has been used to cover for lag.

Macro 1

1. /ws "Tachi: Jinpu" <t>
2. /wait 1
3. /equip Main "NameOfPolearm"
4. /wait 4
5. /item "Icarus Wing" <me>
6. /echo "Hit Macro 2 after Icarus Wing has restored TP!

Macro 2

1. /ws "Penta Thrust" <t>
2. /wait 3
3. /equip Main "NameofGreatKatana"
4. /wait 4
5. /ja "Meikyo Shisui" <me>
6. /echo "Hit Macro 3 now!"

Macro 3

1. /ws "Tachi: Gekko" <t>
2. /echo " Darkness {Just used it.}"

macros DO NOT WORK missing /wait times in between equip changes and icarus wing and equip and 2hr. failed maat fight trying to use these macros without the edited /wait 1 's added