Talk:The Price of Valor

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The Fast Cast Effect

After the first Berserker Dance, he did indeed gain the effect of a strong Fast Cast, and started to cast Blindga and Dispelga. Need more confirmation. Prothescar 07:26, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Testimonials

• 2x Sam/nin, Blu/nin, Rdm/whm
  • Fight took around 1min (don't think anyone was even hurt)
  • Started with 3-way light > gekko + vertical cleave darkness (should have opted for self SC since cleave was lame)
  • Landed head butt as it readied Berserker Dance - stun did not block (all at other times proc'd)

• Duoed by 2 x blm/nin --Zmn Alexander. 04-15-2009
  • Fight took around 40 mins.
  • We kited around the lake avoiding demonic roses since NM likes to spam ga3 spells and tier 4 spells. He rarely comes to melee.
  • When one blm has hate, he would kite, and the other would go to reverse direction and nuke when they cross-path.
  • For the kiter, there is no need to get far ahead.
    • If the NM is casting ga3 spells, run out of range.
    • If NM is casting tier 4 spells, use drain or aspir or bio2. Nin sub should block all tier 4 spells.
  • He seems to build resistance to one element of nuke after a while. My blizzard IV did 250 damage. So, try to cycle through different elements.
  • When the NM uses Berserker Dance, he gains the followings.
    • Gains near-instant cast of all spells.
    • Casts Sleepga II, Dispelga, and Tier 4 spells.
    • No longer casts GaIII spells.
    • It is best to keep some distance from him when he has that effect until it wears off.
  • A Haunt spawns by the lake at night. So, try to do it right when the night ends since this will take like 40 mins to finish.
  • If someone aggros demonic rose, don't panic. Just sleep and logout.
  • One of us died during the battle, but, he reraised and the other blm kited during that time.
  • Mp didn't seem to be much of an issue because of aspir. We also had refresh from FoV and used black coat while running around.
  • It is important not to get hit with his melee since it has curse effect that halfs both mp and hp and slows down running speed. We brought some holy water. However, it isn't necessary if you are careful.
  • We wiped first try with nin/dnc and whm/sch after he used Berserker Dance and finished off nin with one melee hit and one tier 4 spell after casting sleepgaII.
  • Won with PLD\NIN, RDM\DRK, DRG\WHM, RNG\NIN and BLM\WHM. Having the tank sub nin worked well because of the tier 4 spells, and also the en-curse effect. rdm helped to stun the -ga III. poison pots helped if sleepga got off. Took some damage as the tank when shadows fell, and a cure from the drg's wyvern provided a quick save. rng did a majority of the dmg and took hate maybe once or twice. Keeping shadows up was especially important during the berserk dance thing, but with quick stuns and cures it was fairly easy. ---remora 05/17/09

• Soloed as rng/nin
  • Kited with w.legs
  • Attacked as he came into range after a -ga3 or during a tier4
  • Berserker dance effect lasts about a minute or so, stayed out of range for its duration
  • Seemed to come into melee range more often at lower hp
  • Using barrage tended to trigger a Berserker Dance
  • Fight lasted about 40 min
  • Got hit with Stonega3 for 700+ during 2hr due to animation lock