Treasure and Tribulations solo?Follow

Just read a post on wiki about a guy that got the mimic down to 25% as NIN/RDM. Has anyone ever successfully solo'ed this on NIN? Would NIN/DNC fare better? You lose Bio/Prot/en-spell but gain Samba/Waltz/EvaBonus and you don't have to worry about MP. Use TP for curing, spam the wheel? Does Drain Samba work on mimics?

I saw that too, I've actually tried it a couple times. I haven't gotten past 50% though, since a badly timed double attack or getting lazy counting shadows will totally @#%^ you. The large box hits for ~200.

In my nin/rdm set I have almost as much evasion as a 50 Nin can get, and Int everywhere else... I don't do a whole lot of hitting, so I don't think /dnc would give you enough TP to make up for any damage taken.
Maybe with a bunch of meds and really good shadow management, you could do it, but I've given up on it. Throwing down 50 seals for a 1/3 chance of winning is not my style.

NIN/DNC here, never win :( down to 25% too.
xxx/xxx & 2h (optional) & instant warp (if not /blm) can works (0/9 so far here)

Edited, Jun 2nd 2009 9:40am by Neraya

You have a 1/3 chance of just straight up winning the BC with no fight. After that if you beat the mimic, you get a Armory Crate as usual.

Fast Cast is pretty nice too.

Confirmed soloable by nin/rdm. For some reason I totally forgot that I never got jubaku... the full set of debuffs helps SO much, and jack-o'-lantern's arcana killer is really nice. Stay on top of your shadows and debuffs and its really not difficult at all.

Did you end up using the wheel primarily for damage, or katanas? Did you use cap gear or synced gear?

Just wondering if anyone's tried to do this nin/drk?

When I tried, I wasn't evading all that much - floored at 20%, so I'm not sure how much more I'll dodge with all the evasion gear I can scrounge. It might jack it up to 40 or 50%, or it might not move it off the floor...

Seems to me intimidation might be a better route, though you're giving up the MAB.
/drk arcana killer job trait plus arcane circle just sounds like it'd be better than /rdm for this. Plus, iirc, the new adjustment to the "circle" effects gives some bonuses.

edit: from wiki:
~ When active, gives all party members' a chance to intimidate Arcana into skipping an attack.
~ Circle Protections grant a +15% damage boost to both physical and magical damage against the affected monster family(Arcane Circle vs Arcana type monsters)

Also, unlike Under Observation, you WANT to face the box while fighting for that 5-10% chance of parrying a hit.

Edited, Sep 1st 2009 9:14pm by Turnerbrown

1. Bringing someone along for poisona/haste isn't solo.

2. /RDM fast cast gives you 10% casting time and 5 % recasting time. To me, this is just as valuable to nin/rdm if not more than the magic attack bonus. Stack on Swift, Fuma's, maybe even warlock mantle and you should be able to ni to ni pretty easily. Also, the lowered recast on elemental ninjutsu helps so you don't have any pause between casts (i.e. if you are casting them one right after the other, by the time you get to the last elemental ninjutsu, the 1st one you cast is not usually ready to recast unless you are /rdm). Its pretty neglible, but it'll add up over time, and the faster you kill the less room you have to make mistakes.

3. The benefits of /drk aren't really that good. Arcane circle only lasts for 1 minute with a 10 minute recast timer. That means you can get 15% bonus for 2 minutes max, or you can /rdm and get MAB+20 for the whole time. The activation rate of Arcana Killer isn't static, so it won't always be 5% (it will of course average to 5% over time, but if you are counting on paralyze/intimidation procs to keep you alive, you are essentially just relying on luck to keep you alive). The only spell that being /drk gives you at 50 that you can use, is Bio, whereas /rdm would give you Cures, Bio/Dia, Aquaveil, Pro/Shell, Blaze Spikes (meh), en-spells (mostly meh), Regen and a variety of barspells. /Drk does give you last resort, which I guess it good but it doesn't make up the difference for the other benefits /rdm gives you.

4. There is absolutely no reason to /thf for this bcnm at all. All that /thf gives you is 10 evasion and flee. If you need the evasion bonus, /dnc gets it at 15 and would be WAY more useful than /thf.

When melee-ing, 5% ACC comes when your over 75% ACC. Below that, it takes more ACC/%. 75% ACC is when your ACC is level with mobs total EVA.