Jyeshtha SoloFollow

Long story short: I am working on VNM trials at the moment, Jyeshtha to be specific.

I can't quite seem to take it down solo, though.

It's not that the fight doesn't usually go simply enough. Auroral Drape/Sub-Zero Smash/Filamented Hold, spam headbutt, keep shadows up, flash when shadows go down to get them back up, etc etc.

This works 90% of the time, but the problem is, it takes a long time to kill something when you're having to put your MP entirely towards defense. That's a long time for that rare little slipup to kill you.

Every single time, at some point in the fight, I will end up without shadows for a split second during Mighty Strikes, which results in insta-cast break and.. well, the moment that happens, it's game over. May as well go afk the moment break lands, because there is no way you will be alive when it wears off.

I have tried to just kite it during mighty strikes, but it seems to be immune to Regurgitation's bind effect. Just straight tanking it does not seem to work, as it's a complete crapshoot whether or not it petrifies you, and over the course of how long it takes to kill, the odds seem stacked in favor of failing.

Has anyone solo'd this? And if so, how? More evasion-stacking so as not to get hit?

AFAICR, it's easy to land head butt stun on it, and it last a bit longer than your usual T+ mob.

I wouldn't rely on my BLU's evasion for tanking though. BLU is probably the only melee out there that has really bad evasion.

I've succeeded once, though I don't know if it was a fluke, as Death Scissors missed me with no shadows up.

I'm having more success in general with more or less the same strategy, just tighter execution.

I havn't been really gearing for evasion, just using a hastey tp-set and spamming headbutt. I can nearly stunlock it, and usually when shadows drop, Actinic Burst is there.

Really, the only way I have died has been to get hit with break during Mighty Strikes. It seems that it's all about keeping shadows up and getting a little lucky; there isn't much to be done when it two hours right after you cast :ni, with Flash down.

I'm sure it can be done, now, but I am not sure it can be done -consistantly-... maybe with a full evasion set. I'm trying to just burn it down with constant Delta Thrust right now, to give me less time to make a mistake. It really is the kind of fight where one mistake will be fatal, 100%, every time.


Edit: To anyone else planning to try this, I would recommend using Auroral Drape + Filamented Hold, ignoring paralyze as I have not seen Para go off once on him.

His HP is not amazing, and if you keep the attack up with Delta Thrust / a single CAEfflux skillchain he will go down quite swiftly. This seems better than trying to turtle and hope you survive long enough; just spam head butt every time it's up and be extra careful during Mighty Strikes. I usually can go ichi -> ichi -> ichi all day, but it's better to just :ni if shadows are low during it's two hour.

Edited, Aug 7th 2011 12:42am by ItsAMyri

Yea, I tried to delete the post when I realized I was wrong. I did help out on this guy long ago though. two rdms dot kite killed it back then. That was awhile ago though so I am sure theres a better way. I look forward to hearing what you find works out well.