Maat Strategies Only ^^Follow

If you have any close friends who don't mind lending you uber gear then by all means borrow away.

went in as: 75mnk/1blm

Eat carbonara+1
boost 9-10 times
/attack <t>
focus dodge hundred fists
-run in
chi blast = 400ish
when hundred fists wore off DK @ ~250%


beatdown and hope you outlive him
I won with 56 hp remaining, got really lucky with 3 or 4 counters very early and dodge a few punches. no potions(macro didn't work) no chakra...luck finally worked in my favor.

1/1 on the old man

Berj.

I went and fought Maat last night.. and I'd like to thanks to all that posted their Strats here.. it did really helped me alot.^^

Maat 0 / Riio 1

It was pretty straight forward and did a minor mistake which i didnt change Blink band to AF and never got to use the Blink band LOL

But for my surprise, Maat Missed me 11 TIMES w/ no blink band on..

I only have SH, 2xDodge earrings and Dodge ability on when i fought him..

what i did was: (btw, i used CC which i borrowed from a friend)

Ate Food Carbo
2x Hi-Potions
slept to get 100%
Boosted up to 8 times
Focus/Dodge/H.Fists
Chiblast
Raging Fist
punched him a bit
(at this time maat used 2hr)
ate icarus Wing
Raging Fists
2 punches
Maat Gave up w/ my 582 HP left w/out using Chakra or Vile elixir

Thanks again for all the great info here^^



Edited, Wed Mar 15 09:35:47 2006 by Riio

No you do not lose exp if you lose the fight.

Good Luck

Maat = no subjob.

Subjob = required for latent items to work.

Ergo, Subjob latent items no worky.

Which one could we use and actually take advantage of? We can't sub MNK while on MNK main...and the Axe Belt wouldn't exactly help us much. :3

Oh, EARRINGS...My bad, I missed that.

Well, one easy way to check is to put on something like a Genin earring, or another earring that provides a tangible bonus (i.e. AGI+4), then go into a subjob-less BC with the proper sub and see if you have the bonus.

First off this thread is uber helpfull thanks to all the post i finnaly beat that old Bugger tonight.

Here's what i did

EQ: AF legs,feet,hands, Borrowed S. Harness from Friend as well as 2 dodge earings, 1 sun ring 1 Verner ring, Brown belt, Tiger mask, Spike necklace, Blink band and Opo-opo were switched out, and Feral Fangs

Food: Carbonara (sp) and Peroski au luait

Meds: Icarus Wing and Vile Elixir +1

Went in naked cept for Cvl Mantel and Stumbling sandles (just in case)

Slept 100% tp used food's and activated Blink band switched eq, used some leftover hi-pots to get HP up.

Ran up to Maat engaged with my back to him, Boosted 8 times
dodge, focus, Hundred fists, Chi blast, Raging Fists

used Vile Elixir +1, raging fisted again at 100% tp used wing one more raging fist dead Maat left me with about 532 HP.

hope this helps anyone who hasn't fought the old bugger yet :p
this thread sure helped me.

Edited, Wed May 3 00:01:54 2006 by CrimsonDevil

Wanted to add extremly helpfull and very recommended for your item macros' instead of spaming just repet
/item "Icarus Wing" <me>
do that on all the lines you have for that macro. I did this with the Wing and Elixir and neither of them went off right away took till the 3rd line before it kicked in. Usefull so you don't accidentaly hit the wrong macro while spaming.

Edited, Wed May 3 13:27:15 2006 by CrimsonDevil

Gear
Weapon: T.M. Hooks +2
Ammo: Olibanum Sachet
Head: Empress Hairpin (Temple crown for Focus)
Neck: Peacock Amulet
Earrings: Dodge earrings
Body: Temple Cyclas
Hands: Temple Gloves
Ring.1: Puissance Ring
Ring.2: Venerer Ring
Back: Amemet Mantle
Waist: Brown Belt
Legs: Aikido Kosh*ta
Feet: Temple Gaiters

Items: Carbonara, couple of Hi-potions, Vile elixir +1

-Eat food
-Used two hi-potions to get to full
-Boost x 10
-Persikos au lait
-Boost x 11
-Focus, Dodge, Counterstance, Hundred Fists
-Boost x 12
-Chi Blast
- Vile elixir +1
-Raging Fists

Maat was at about 40% when I used Raging Fists, had a TP wing for another but didn't need it. Chi blast landed for 550.

Just got the record on Fairy. ^^

Edited, Sun May 28 15:11:19 2006 by Celenios

I am pretty sure Maat copies your stats, though it has yet to be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt. The first time I fought him I put on food before I went in by mistake and he seemed to take alot less dmg from my punches.

I fought him 4 times with my mithra mnk, the first 3 times I thought he was impossible but the 4th I totally smacked him down. He did a grand total of 230 dmg to me and I finished with 1450 hp. So I think luck plays a major role in the fight.

All 4 times my strategy was essentially the same.
- Go in, eat food and pop an au lait
- Sleep to 200 tp (My last run I was getting nervous and went at 150)
- Activate blink band and boost 3-4 times
- Swap in all my melee gear and activate dodge focus and hundred fists.
- Chi blast for 100-200 dmg
- Raging fists, wing, Raging fists

A few things I did learn from my failures though.

1. Avoid doing too much dmg off the bat, or maat WILL pop hundred fists early. I used raging fists > wing > raging fists at the very start of the fight and he totally whooped me. Definitely save it till he uses Hundred fists.

2. Item macros have a habit of not working when you need them. As somebody else suggested, put /item "Vile elixer etc" <me> in every line of the macro.

3. The time limit allows for alot of preparation, so take your time, double check everything again while your in the BC to help calm your nerves.

4. If you have meds use them asap, because once he pops Hundred fists the 1-3 seconds to pop an elixer or potion is going to leave you open to a few hits.

5. Macro everything! And keep your hands on the macros the entire time. This fight goes by so fast you simply don't have time to navigate any menus.

I mashed Maat at 68 last night. The key were Stun Jamadhars, mentioned in this thread only once. If you're reading this and can't find a way to kill the old man, try them out. They're cheap, 30k-ish, and very, very effective. I'm certain I would have won at 67 as well, and wish I'd had the stones to try it. The following is what I posted to my Linkshell's board:

Weapon: Stun Jamadhars
Ammo: Happy Egg
Head: Blink Band, then switch to Temple Crown
Body: AF (Scorp Harness if you have it)
Hands, Legs, Feet: AF
Rings: Mind rings for Chi Blast, Str rings for the fight
Earrings: One Guard Earring (lvl 35 +3 guard), One merman's (lvl 63, +6 attk, -4 eva). Dodge or elusive earrings, or the +Counter earring from 60 ENM "Pulling the Strings", or Vics or Minuet earrings also work
Belt: Brown
Back: Amemet +1 (NQ is fine if you're not uber)
Neck: Opo-opo for sleeping TP, Justice Badge for Chi Blast, Guarding Collar (+7 Guard) for the fight

Food: Carbonara
Meds: 2x Hi-Potion +3, 1 Icarus Wing, 4 sleep pots

Day: Darksday (This is important!)

#1 - Zone in naked, put on your gear, then eat the Carbonara. Pop your hi-pots to fill up HP.

#2 - Equip Monkey necklace and pop a sleep potion. This will bring you to 25% TP. Do them one after another for 100%

#3 - Equip Blink band run to the arena. Once there, use the band.

#4 - Start your Boost Cycle. Move close enough to Maat to engage and Chi Blast, but make sure you don't hit him til you're ready.

Alt-1:
/ja "Boost" <me>
/wait 15
/ja "Boost" <me>
/wait 13
/echo Initiate Alt-2

Alt-2:
/ja "Boost" <me>
/wait 15
/ja "Boost" <me>
/wait 13
/echo Initiate Alt-3

Alt-3:
/ja "Boost" <me>
/wait 15
/ja "Boost" <me>
/wait 13
/echo Initiate Alt-4

Alt-4:
/ja "Boost" <me>
/wait 15
/ja "Boost" <me>
/wait 13
/ja "Focus" <me>
/echo Initiate Alt-5

Alt-5:
/ja "Boost" <me>
/wait 15
/ja "Boost" <me>
/wait 13
/ja "Dodge" <me>
/echo Initiate Alt-6

Alt-6:
/ja "Boost" <me>
/wait 2
/ja "Hundred Fists" <me>
/equip ring1 "Saintly Ring"
/equip ring2 "Saintly Ring"
/equip neck "Justice Badge"

Alt-7:
/ja "Chi Blast" <t>
/wait 2
/equip ring1 "Victory Ring"
/equip ring2 "Victory Ring"
/equip neck "Guarding Torque"
/echo Initiate Ctrl-1

#5 - Ok, so at this point you're fighting, and if you're lucky your Chi Blast did ~500 dmg (mine did 508). Maat comes right at you hitting fast and hard - his punches did about 2x as much dmg as mine, so the goal is to end the fight ASAP.

Ctrl-1:
/ws "Raging Fists" <t>
/wait 3
/item "Icarus Wing" <me>
/wait 4
/ws "Raging Fists" <t>

Ok, you've already got Hundred Fists up so you're pounding on him for 45-60 a fist (if you're Galka), and lucky you! His first three hits get absorbed by your blink band (actually, his third hit was a counter that my band absorbed, but w/e). You click that ctrl-1 Macro, and Raging Fists should do about 400 dmg on him. My first did 385, my second did 424.

Now he's pissed, and he uses Hundred Fists on you. And that's bad news, because 1) he hits real hard, 2) he hits real fast, and 3) you're not going to dodge or counter many of them at 68. Which brings us to...

Darksday!

Since I was but a little Galka I'd been planning on using Stun Jamadhars on this guy, but it's our own cyber-hero Maasahn who actually pioneered the technique. He/she/it is the first Monk I know who used them to beat Maat and confirm their usefulness. I just refined it.

Here's why they're useful: When Maat's stunned, he can't punch you in the face.

Here's why Darksday is useful: Stun lasts longer on Darksday. The longer he's stunned, the less time he spends hitting you.

The Stun Jamadhars don't have a great proc rate - I'd guess 3% - but they're pretty much guaranteed to go off at least once during the span of your Hundred Fists. Mine went off right after he used Hundred Fists, giving me 10 consecutive hits on him before he came unstunned. By the time he did he was almost dead and I had 100% tp. I didn't even get to mash my Raging Fists macro before he gave up. If I had, I'd have killed the old bastard and no one would ever have had to fight him again, but oh well.

I finished the fight with 130% tp, 946 HP, and one unused Chakra. He only took 12 swings at me: 7 landed flush, one was guarded for half-damage, one I dodged, two were eaten by the blink band (the third shadow was countered down), and one I countered on to him. Stun proc'd once, he dodged one of my attacks and countered one.

And my only regret is that I didn't try this at lvl 67 instead of 68.

Edited, Jun 27th 2006 at 1:14pm EDT by Tadghostaltwo

I beat Maat tonight.

The first trip into the battle zone i forgot to bring a wing with me and i never actually activated my blink band.

For the second trip into the battle zone i printed out a list to help me remember everything.

My equipment was basically full af except pants where I used the level 50 +2 counter pants and feet where I used my wulongs (although I had AF on when I hit my ja macro)

In addition I used 2x avenger earrings, and my 2 woodsman’s rings (wanted the +acc for counter, but these were the only pieces I had on with –eva).

My weapon was my TM+2s

1. Entered the seal with everything unequipped.
2. Put on all AF except head and neck where I equipped my opo-opo necklace and my blink band and TM+2s
3. Ate Carbonara +1
4. used 2 x-potions to get to full health
5. Slept to 100tp (4x sleeping potions)
6. Equipped chiv chain in my neck slot and ran up to the battle area.
7. Targeted Maat and pulled my weapon.
8. Boosted 6 times
9. Hit Dodge, focus, hundred fists
10. Hit my equipment change macro to swap my kick boots back into place, this macro also had counterstance at the end of it since it wouldn't fit in the first /ja macro.
11. Ran into Chi Blast range and hit him for a mid 200 Chi Blast.
12. Used raging fists as soon as I could spam the macro (note there was no boost in the macro) and then continued to fight him until he used his 2hr.
13. When he used his 2hr I used my tp wing, and then raging fists again.
14. He gave up.


Everything happened extremely fast. Hundred fists didn’t even wear off until well after he had given up.

My first raging fists hit him for around 350 and the 2nd one hit him for 440ish.

He hit me once for like 230 and countered me once for 174.

I countered him 6 times. I am going to stress that again. He hit me 2 times in the whole fight. One of them was a counter of my own hit, and I countered him 6 times.

I had a vile elixir +1 ready to go, but I never bothered to use it since Maat hit me a total of 2 times in the whole fight for around 400 points of damage total.

1/1

very basic gear
AF
Purp belt
Spike Neck
Feral Fangs
Dodge Earrings
Pussinace Rings
Ament Mantle
Bibiki Seashell
plus
Carbonara+1
Icarus Wing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRE8nfdVMS0

sleep till 100
4 Boosts
focus, dodge, hundred fists
Chi blast RF
after he poped his 2hr
i followed with RF, wing RG again
and thats it

After it was all said and done, I looked over several strategies and asked many MNK players on my server and came up with my own. This is more for "how I did it" and wouldn't recommend doing it lol.

I did alot of research going into the fight and have heard many different things. The going in armorless doesn't seem to apply anymore; I went in with full armor on and still won. I was told it's just an old wive's tale now and shouldn't be taken seriously.

I didn't do my buffing until entering the BC.

-Entered BC, ate Carbonera, Peroski au Lait
-Slept for TP while HP regenerated
-Changed neck equip to Justice Badge for +12 total MND and boosted 10x
-Focus, Dodge, Hundred Fists
-Chi Blast, engage Maat
-Raging Fists when useable
-Used a Vile Elixer +1 as soon as my life was halfway
-Another Raging Fists for Maat's defeat

Gear:

All AF
Spike Earrings
Sun Rings
Opo Necklace for sleepy TP gain, Justice Badge for MND boost, Chivalrous Chain for DD
Brown Belt
Amemet Mantle
Spartan Cesti

I also want to thank everyone for the strategies here, and especially to everyone on my server who kept me motivated to beat Maat.


Edited, Sep 1st 2006 at 3:38am EDT by Thatsmypunk

Well, I went 1/2 on the old man
We'll not talk about my first experience ; ;
(First try at lv67 did not go so well, lv68 must have helped)

Anyways, same general strat as anyone here.
Carbonara, Boost some (I went only up to 8)
Dodge, Focus, HF, Chi
Hit Chi for some 400 damage (yea I was a little shocked at that)
Then we started duking it out.
At around 40% of his HP left, he Hundred Fists me.
I was probably sitting around 1,500 HP
I got in a couple of counters, and when I noticed my Hundred Fists wear off
I immediately Raging Fist'd him.
About 3 seconds after that, he gave in with me sitting around 400 hp.
So as you can tell, once Maat Hundred Fists, it's time to do him in ASAP!

I had brought an I.wing and Vile elixir +1 just in case (I was actually spamming my Elixir [mispelt Elixer, hence spam] macro as I finished him). Still had Chakra to use as well.

Gear - AF besides E.pin and Wulongs.
Dodge earrings, Puissance ring x2
Brown belt and Amemet mantle +1
Feral Fangs for weapons and Bibiki Seashell in the ammo.
Had I had a SH, I probably would have worn that for the +EVA.
Skipped O.kote and Spike Earrings for the -EVA.

He's not all that evasive, pack on the STR and ATK where you can do it with out hurting your EVA or DEF horribly (hi2u republigar).

3 minutes 1 second, new record :)

P.S. I wouldn't advise Counterstance unless you have at -least- the ENM60 solo earring for +5 Counter. Had I gone the counter route, I'd probably have wanted X-Counter's, lvl50 JSE ring etc. and forgotten all +EVA.

Stun Jamadhars = Guaranteed Victory

Well I Owned Maat last night surprised me. The first 2 times i went and fought him i was 66. the first time i got him down to 31% of his HP but i forgot to focus and dodge which is why i missed him about 7-10 during the battle. The second time i fought him i got him down to 22% HP but he crit me 5 times for 250+ each so that pretty much sums up that battle.

I had the same setup everyone else stated but i had SH on and during the fight i forgot to change the Promise badge i had on for my Chiv Chain. I countered him once but my Chi Blast was for 449 which really surpried me there.

From the minute i engaged him with Chi and finished him was 30 seconds later i ended with almost 700 but had hit my vile +1 macro before i realized he was dead

I was 69 when i owned him and can say it was quite fun.

HP 683/1737

{Galka} {Monk} {Yes Please}

Seraph: Warrick
69 MNK 37 WAR 30 PLD 30 WHM

Edited, Dec 7th 2006 8:36pm by thesouthernflash

well i just pawned him this morning leaving me 845hp left

1>went in ate persikos au lait, carbonara

2>equipp opo opo necklace slept till 100%, equipped blink band

3>boost 5 times, engaged but faced backward

4>focus, dodge, 100fist, then chi

5>ate vile elixer

6>tp=190 Raging Fists

7>ate icarus wing

8>Raging fists done lol

Stun jamaders=stun him for 10 hits i hit him
Blink band= i absorbed 5 hits
dodge earrings 2X
life belt
all AF armor
tiger mask

but thanks to all u guys finally after 4losses to him he got pawned

use stun jamahdars or however u spell it.. on my third try i used that with the sleeping tp etc etc.. stunned the old fart a lot which helped in my victory

before i start this post, i highly reccomend that you wait till you hit 70 b4 you fight maat, it makes a huge difference.

gear:
cross-counters
bibiki seashell/RSE ammo (hume)
empress hairpin/AF head/tiger mask/blink band
chivalrous chain/justice badge/ashura necklace
spike earring x2/avengers earring
Scorpion Harness/AF body
ochiudo's kote/AF gloves
garrulous + unyielding rings/aquamarine rings/kampfer ring
amemet mantle +1
strike subligar/aikido kosh*ta/AF legs/custom M slacks
brown belt/warrior's belt +1
kung fu shoes/power sandals/AF feet

went in naked, ate meat mith, put on gear & blink band and kicked maat in the cruch while wating for recast timer...

activated blink and put on hairpin, boosted 10 times. hit focus, dodge, counterstance, boosted again, hit hundred fists and chi blasted maat for a measily 350 dmg...

this is where it gets interesting... hit maat to 100% tp, raging fisted, maat dead... {huh!?}...

turns out maat missed me 8 times, countered me twice and hit me 4 times (one of which was guarded and only took 32 dmg)

I missed maat once, countered him 7 times, and raging fists hit him for 550 dmg.

so i stood outside the BCNM dazed and confused... and realised i didnt use chakra, any meds, my icarus wing and i forgot to use my regen drink xD

the reason why i recommend waiting to 70 is because maat can be anywhere between lv 66-70 from what i heard (And which i believe cos i fought him at 66 and almost won, then fought him at 67 and got flattened in no time flat), so at 70, the highest rating he can be to you is EM, and would explain why some people have a hard time on him and some dont, even at 70. guess i was just lucky :D

btw maat 2hred at about 40%

P.S. sorry for the long post ^^;

Edited, May 7th 2007 5:32pm by kairyu

Edited, May 7th 2007 5:38pm by kairyu

NameAlreadyTaken, I really want to thank you so much. Your strategy was perfect. I followed it and the fight was a breeze. Even with some gear differences (due to lack of cash) I was able to beat maat the second time I fought him. The first time I went ahead and WS'd when I should have used the elixir. That one change fixed everything and he dropped literally 50% HP and died.

Thank you so much!

Went 1/1

Went in naked,used carbonera(sp?) slept to 100% tp.
used blink band
Boosted 8 times
Used Focus, Dodge and hundred fists
put on mnd gear: temple crown, justice badge, devotees mitts, friars rope and saintly ring x2
chi blast for 500
raging fists for 400
bunch of normal hits finished him off. didn't even need my icarus wing or vile elixir.
Battlefield time was 6:27 but the fight itself was about 20 seconds. Hundred fists did not wear off until I got back outside the BC.

I was level 70
DD gear
o. hat
chivalrous chain
spike earrings
sun rings
o. kote
scorpion harness
amenent mantle +1
brown belt
AF boots
"counter +2" pants

Here's my record setting (6 min 18 sec)Bahamut Maat strategy!

Items:
1- Hi-Potions+3
1- jack-o-lantern (Maat missed 11 times, was the difference in the fight)
4- Sleeping Potions
1- Persikos Au lait
1- Icarus Wing
1- Blink Band
1- Opo-opo necklace

Gear:
Spartan Cesti, Smart Grenade, Emperor Hairpin, Chivalrous Chain, 2x Dodge Earring, 2x Sniper's Rings, Amemet mantle +1, Brown belt, Temple Hose, and Wulong shoes

Walked in used jack-o-lantern, equipped spartans, opo-opo, and blink band. Used 4 sleep potions. Boosted 3 times, used blink band. Boosted 3 more times, used persikos aulait and equipped gear, Boosted 2 more times, used Dodge, Focus, and Hundred Fists. Chi-blasted then raging fists. Hi- potion. Raging fists again, used chakra, then Icarus Wing and Raging fist. Fight over!!!

good luck everyone

Ok, whoever mentioned using the Stun Jamadhars... thank you so very much, they proced the instant Maat used his 2h, so he barely started punching again by the time I wiped him out.

Behold, the future.

:facepalm:

Does nothing. G'bye now.