Targeting the Captain
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Walkthrough
- Trade an Imperial Mythril Piece to Halshaob (H-10) in the south-east corner of the Nashmau Port.
- Go to the Black Coffin assault entrance, and enter when ready. Buffs wear upon entering.
- Buff up and walk to the rear of the ship's hold.
- There are 2 Windjammer Imps in the room where the NM spawned from the previous quest, kill those and proceed up the stairs.(Note: The Windjammer imps must be killed from behind in order to keep Bubbly's route in a linear path. If you use a sneak attack on the imps without them seeing you he will walk back and forth instead of around the cabin when you attack the Captain.
- Behind the door is Cutthroat Kabsalah (Corsair) and his pet Opo-opo, Bubbly.
- An ideal strategy would be to kite Cutthroat Kabsaleh while you focus your attention on taking down Bubbly. Bubbly uses all the regular Opo-opo TP moves (beware of Spinning Claw). Once Bubbly is defeated you can get to work on Cutthroat Kabsalah.
- It is possible to pull Bubbly without getting aggro from the Captain. However, even if you do get the Captain's attention, he moves very slowly and it is reported that you can evade him long enough to lose hate.
- If you wish to trigger the ??? Gloves chest, you must successfully initiate a surprise attack on the captain. In order to do this, you must land an attack on him when he is facing away from the doorway, without garnering Bubbly's attention. Upon attack, he will say something to the effect of being surprised [Ugh, What??], and Bubbly will link with him. You must maintain hate on the captain for the entire duration of the fight after executing the surprise attack.
- Cutthroat Kabsalah double attacks extremely frequently (100%?) and can use a ranged attack, as well as all the standard Fomor TP moves. He will also use the Corsair 2hr job ability Wild Card, bringing his TP to 300% and immediately using one of his TP moves.
- Upon defeating both Bubbly and Cutthroat Kabsalah, two chests will appear if you did not perform the surprise attack; a third will be present if you did. Open them, and leave the Ashu Talif via the lifeboat. If only Cutthroat Kabsalah is killed then only 1 chest will appear.
Notes
- Gravity was found to be ineffective on the captain
. A BST strategy involves kiting him with a pet on the top deck; up and down the stairs while the rest of the party kills Bubbly in the back room. However, the Captain can shoot straight through doors and buildings so kiting can be rather tricky.
- Bubbly heals himself for around 1500 hp whenever he does Magic Fruit.
- The Captain is resistant to slow, paralyze, elegy, requiem... with very high defense and double attacks so a Paladin tank is recommended. Damage output is typically 1/3 to 1/2 of normal. He was more susceptible to skillchain damage. A BLU can pull hate with self skillchains.
- Ranged Weapon Skills attacks can induce the surprise attack on the captain. Mistral Axe has been confirmed as to work on the captain.
Testimonials
- I go to this Assault regularly every week with my Nyzul static group. Setup is SAM/NINx2, RDM, WHM, THF, BLU. Strategy we use is the RDM pulls both imps with silence from the top of the stairs, runs past the BLU who uses Head Butt to stun the imp, while the SAMs dig into it. Next the THF pulls Bubbly and uses Flee, so by the time he gets back onto the deck, the Captain loses aggro and heads back inside. Bubbly is quite strong, but with both SAM tanking with Utsusemi and Seigan, it will go down relatively easily, taking on average 2-3 tier-three skillchains. Lastly the THF goes back to the ship hold and Sneak Attack the Captain for the 'surprise attack' bonus, pulls it out, and the SAMs goes to town on him. Gravity stuck most of the time, so it was easy enough for the SAM to run away if they are caught with both Utsusemi and Seigan down, while the rest of the party swings away at him. We've been to this Assault well over 8 times now, and never stuffed it up apart from the first run ever where we didn't manage to get the 'surprise attack' bonus. Average clear time is around 15 minutes, record was 12 minutes when both SAM unleashed their 2hr abilities. Hopefully this will bust some of the myths regarding this Assault
Game Description
Client:
- Halshaob (Port, Nashmau)
Summary:
- The Imperial Army has decided that the only way to rid the Empire of the Ashu Talif is to dispose of its captain. The Maelstrom Company is to board the Ashu Talif with a small force and end the threat for good.
Item Rewards
The ??? Box, through Appraisal, can result in a multitude of various items, such as crafting ingredients and automaton attachments. This list is very much incomplete. The Koga Shuriken is a 100% drop.
