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The attack which you must watch out for is the normal attack, which happens instead of Shadowstep if the boss already has the buff (the attack bar of the boss will be blue rather than yellow). This attack can kill you through {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat|nolink=true}} at high affliction stacks, so spam eat for this attack once its max hit is higher than your {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat|nolink=true}} threshold. This phase is not a race against time, so slow and steady will work for this phase. | The attack which you must watch out for is the normal attack, which happens instead of Shadowstep if the boss already has the buff (the attack bar of the boss will be blue rather than yellow). This attack can kill you through {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat|nolink=true}} at high affliction stacks, so spam eat for this attack once its max hit is higher than your {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat|nolink=true}} threshold. This phase is not a race against time, so slow and steady will work for this phase. | ||
==== | === Ahrenia === | ||
Recommended Gear | ====Recommended Gear==== | ||
{{Equipment/Recommended | |||
|style = Magic | |||
|helm1 = Glacia God Helmet | |||
|neck1 = Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs | |||
|cape1 = Skull Cape | |||
|body1 = Glacia God Platebody | |||
|legs1 = Glacia God Platelegs | |||
|weapon1 = Magic Wand (Elite) | |||
|shield1 = Scaled Shield | |||
|gloves1 = Glacia God Gloves | |||
|boots1 = Glacia God Boots | |||
|ring1 = Tormented Ring | |||
}} | |||
====Spell==== | |||
{{Icon|Gust|type=spell}} at {{Skill|Magic|86}}. It is highly recommended to wait until {{Icon|Gust|type=spell}} to speed the fight up, which saves on runes and reduces the chance of dying due to affliction stacks ramping up, but if the player accepts these downsides then {{Icon|Slicing Winds|type=spell}} can just barely out dps the healing of the boss and can be used. Having a lower {{Skill|Magic}} level will also necessitate an offensive magic shield in order to meet the accuracy requirement. | |||
====Prayers==== | |||
{{PrayerIcon|Protect from Magic}} + {{PrayerIcon|Mystic Mastery}}, or {{PrayerIcon|Mystic Mastery}} + {{PrayerIcon|Mystic Might}}. | |||
Note that {{PrayerIcon|Augury}} has a '''lower''' accuracy bonus than {{PrayerIcon|Mystic Mastery}} and gives less magic evasion than {{PrayerIcon|Mystic Might}}, so {{PrayerIcon|Augury}} should never be used when using [[Ancient Magicks]]. | |||
===== Attacks ===== | ===== Attacks ===== | ||
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===== Strategy ===== | ===== Strategy ===== | ||
For this fight, you will first and foremost need to achieve accuracy higher than | For this fight, you will first and foremost need to achieve accuracy higher than 25k. Since accuracy buffs/debuffs interact additively, this threshold will allow us to stay above the 20k net accuracy requirement for [[Ancient Magicks]] while accounting for max stacks of the Shadow Burst debuff. This threshold can be met outright with the recommended gear setup with {{Skill|Magic|90}}, or by substituting the {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Magic}} prayer with {{PrayerIcon|Mystic Might}} and {{Skill|Magic|86}}. One can also opt to use {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Magic}} for the majority of the fight to reduce the rate at which affliction stacks are accumulated, then swap {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Magic}} to {{PrayerIcon|Mystic Might}} only after dipping below the 20k accuracy mark. For {{Skill|Magic|86}}, this occurs at 37 stacks, and each {{Skill|Magic}} level increases the stacks you can withstand by 1. The only pet that increases accuracy is {{PetIcon|Chick}}, and this pet is equivalent to 1 additional {{Skill|Magic}} level. For concreteness, with this pet, the above quoted thresholds would be changed to {{Skill|Magic|89}} and 38 stacks respectively. | ||
Besides accuracy, the next consideration—as always—is DR. You want to try to get at least 50% DR in order to be able to auto-eat through the Fallen Light special attack even at full affliction stacks. The above setup with {{PetIcon|Leonardo}} gives 55% DR. With this DR, you can survive Shadow Burst as long as your max HP is still above 900. As soon as your max HP drops below this threshold due to affliction, you will need to hold to spam eat through Shadow Burst attacks. Hopefully you will be able to dodge enough attacks due to {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Magic}} to prolong this phase and maximise your DPS. Without {{PetIcon|Leonardo}}, the threshold is 920 HP instead. | |||
Into the Mist healing the boss means this fight is a race against time. This is why we're going to use 100% accuracy [[Ancient Magicks]]. {{Icon|Gust|type=spell}} is a good choice, but {{Icon|Slicing Winds|type=spell}} will also get the job done. Fallen Light can be survived with {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat|nolink=true}} at max affliction as long as you have at least 50% DR. It is important to use {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat|nolink=true}} for Fallen Light since that will allow you to attack without being interrupted by manual eating. | Into the Mist healing the boss means this fight is a race against time. This is why we're going to use 100% accuracy [[Ancient Magicks]], as the magic defence on {{MonsterIcon|Ahrenia}} is extremely high. {{Icon|Gust|type=spell}} is a good choice, but {{Icon|Slicing Winds|type=spell}} will also get the job done, albeit with a much, much longer fight. Fallen Light can be survived with {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat|nolink=true}} at max affliction as long as you have at least 50% DR. It is important to use {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat|nolink=true}} for Fallen Light since that will allow you to attack without being interrupted by manual eating. | ||
== Chapter IX: T90 grind == | == Chapter IX: T90 grind == | ||