Ive recently come back to FFXI since I was hacked, I started my friends 75NIN, problem was that the equipment isn't the greatest, anyway...
My linkshell has been fooling around in Ifrit's Cauldron lately and they decided they didn't want this NM alive anymore.
Attempt one: We got to the camp with me, 75nin/pld, a 75rdm/whm, 75brd/whm, 75drk/nin.
Cleared the area and the Bard pulled, I began to build hate using damage.
The Dark knight was the leader of our HNMLS and just happened to have insanely godly equipment and next to my sh*tty gear we were duo tanking. It was going well, at about 50% I took a double attack then breath and died, at this time we were sleeping 2 bomb aggros, they raised me and we held it till weakened was gone, then continued to attack. With four members this ted playing mywas a very long fight, unfortunately at 40% HP I was killed once again, and we held it again. When I was raised he used body slam and hit nearly everyone and we wiped.
With no mistakes he is very possible with 4 or even less people, although more would greatly help the bomb aggro problem.
Attempt two: This time we had the same set-up with the addition of a 75blm/whm.
Began fight same as last time(remember to bring tons of food as he dispels it very often but it's nearly a nessesity to be using it at all times for maximum damage potential) we got him to about 80% in 5 minutes this time, and he killed me with breath, this time the DRK was unable to hold him solo because of a tiny mistake and everyone except one person died, this person raised the DRK and then died. The DRK then, weakened, kited the Ash dragon around a lava pond for nearly 10 minutes while everyone got raised... then he died because of a random wyvern aggro... and we eventually wiped once more.
Although we were unable to defeat him this time, we learnt a lot and I hope you can learn using my information.
-Bard and Red mage combination greatly increases chance of survival
-Melee must have blink in some form, as his Body Slam Job ability will deal in excess to 1 000 damage if no shadows absorb damage
-Voidsong removes every buff on everyone within a large range and removes any debuffs currently on the Ash Dragon
-Not a lot of damage is required if you are prepared to fight for a very long period of time
-Not significantly immune to gravity or any other form of magic with the exception of sleep, neither Sleep nor Lullaby will effect this NM, although the bomb aggros are very succeptable to lullaby and will sleep without gaining a resistance for a reasonable length of time
-Be prepared to hold this mob, I highly recommend a secondary shield player or melee with NIN sub job to tank the NM if the main shield is killed, simply raise, and hold it without giving it TP for it's Body Slam ability and let the main shield recover, then resume
-Barfira does greatly reduce the damage dealt from the Flame Breath ability so in order to save MP, and possibly lives, attempt to keep this spell on at all times
Rewards:
Although I haven't yet defeated the Ash dragon...
-Dragon talon(100% of the time)
-Dragon blood
-Dragon scales
-Dragon heart
-Murasame(very low drop rate Great katana)
-And the wonderfully original title: Dragon Asher
Edited, Jul 1st 2007 8:08am by xspyrox
Edited, Jul 1st 2007 8:11am by xspyrox