Before reading this, I highly suggest going to Bigi.wiki and look at each individual NM to better understand each strategy. I'd rather not be asked why we do something as you can easily answer your own question. However, if you're having a hard time understand the below strategies please let me know so i can make adjustments.
Songs and Rolls will be adjusted after our first few runs.
Tier 1 Butter Flies
Pretty straight forward, support and healers keep DDs from being para'ed. DDs will fight agaist the wall stacking on each other as the NM does an AOE knockback move. At either 75-50-25 % it will gain a massive DT boost two times. To remove the DT boost DDs will need to create light or dark skill chains. If light does work, then dark will and vise versa. DDs who are not assigned to skill chain will need to pay attention and not use any WSs until it's DT boost is removed.
Tier 2 Grasshopper
There are two ways to do this. The first is to keep him silenced and just Melee him down with no WSs or…Don't silence him and DDs are allowed to WS when the NM is casting a spell. The first is probably safer as DDs probably wont pay attention to the exception. The second strat will burn down the NM quicker though.
Tier 3 Scorp
This guy is a pain in the behind. Death scissors can one shot DDs. Monks will need to rotate Mantra on the scorp. At 50% the RDM or SCHs will need to keep at least one enfeeble on the NM at all times as he gains several new TP moves and a special AOE move (earthbreaker but with unique effects). The NM will use an AOE stun move with 30' range and will remove the debuff(s). If at least one Debuff is on the NM, the AOE move will not cause any DMG. Actually, any TP move will remove his debuffs so we have two options on how to proceed from this point.
1. Have the RDM dedicate themselves to reapplying dia on the NM. Basically just spam Dia until the scorp is dead.
2. The RDM will chain spell stun at 51 percent until it wears or the NM dies. If a Blu is present, he cause use terror if chain spell isn't enough. If the NM doesn't die and there is no Blu, then the RDM will spam Dia on the mob.
Tier 4 Gnat (Mastop) MUST READ! if there is something you don't understand please ask me in game. If this is too confusing your questions may help improve this section as you may not be the only one with the same question.
This guy can be annoying as fuck. There are a few ways we can go about this so I will list a few strategies that work. First thing to know though is enfeebles should be limited to Dia, poison and Addle (Rdm will need to spam these songs through out the fight). Geo debuffs are okay.
1. If a Ranger is present, he will go about doing his business on the NM. CORs can also help with Ranged DPS (cors should also use magic shots for magic dmg as light shots are pointless). Monks will DPS like normal. 1 SCH will spam tier 1 nukes (preferably the SCH with Antinian Staff or Soothsayer). The DRK or BLU will use Requiscat throughout the fight. Basically we'll have 1 type of each DMG consistently being used on the NM until he's dead. Also, Monks are to use Asuran Fists instead of Shijin.
2. If we use a SAM with Apex Arrow. Basically the rest is the same as Strategy 1.
3. If for some reason we are lacking ranged DPS we'll use this strat. CORs would still need to shoot and WS (not wildfire, so slug shot or last stand). The 4 monks will rotate Formless Strikes 2 and 2. This means that 2 monks will be assigned to formless (no WSs) and the other 2 monks will DPS normally. Once formless wears off, The other 2 monks who didn't start with Formless will now use formless while the other monks DPS like normal.
If Mastop isn't dead at this point, 1 SCH will need to spam tier 1 nukes like in the other 2 strats at this point (The assigned sch wont be using tier 1 nukes while the monks are using formless).
The DRK or BLU or Both will still need to spam Requiscat through out the battle.
Tier 5 Tax'et
If this NM is pulled without the gnat, the pld should hold with the dps until melees can hold hate on their own. The strategy is similar to the original. Monks should use Asuran Fists instead of shijin. The RDM will need to hold off on enfeebles for the fight as Bards will need to be assigned 1 of 3 songs for the entire fight.
Bards will need the following: Soothsayer Staff or high Macc set Songs, Nocturne, Requiem, and Threnody (The exact song for each 3 types isn't importantant).
The 3 Bards will be assigned one of the above songs to spam on Tax'et (No bard rotations on this mob). DDs should be on one side of the mob while mages can keep 20' range from the NM. It is very important that no other forms of enfeebles are used on Tax'et (Geomancers aoe enfeebles are an exception).
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