MNK vs. Chimera? {Please assist.}

So after watching a few videos of MNKs burning down Chimera (3 or 4 in conjunction with 1/2 WHM and 2 BLMS) we decided to give it a shot. Incapacitating the tail was good, but Voice of The Ram pretty much wipes the party. Would anyone be so kind as to share more information on this? I know I'll get trolls in this thread, and that's fine with me. I'm genuinely attempting to better the strategy and learn. In advance, I appreciate your helpful responses.

Shameless bump for the one person who may know about this!

Hmmm just stun it? O.o
With 4x pounce and 1x shield bash for sure atleast should stick stun on chimera i think

The WHM needs to make sure Stoneskin is up on the group for Voice of the Ram. Everyone should be able to survive it if they're topped off. MNKs need to try to not eat Chimera's various TP moves while moving around for positional combos. If you have 2 WHMs or a BRD, you can try to rotate Prism Stoneskins/Regens/Cures/etc. When we did it, we preferred not to try to save Pounce stuns just for Voice of the Ram, and instead had the MNKs just go all out.

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Originally Posted by carraway

The WHM needs to make sure Stoneskin is up on the group for Voice of the Ram. Everyone should be able to survive it if they're topped off. MNKs need to try to not eat Chimera's various TP moves while moving around for positional combos. If you have 2 WHMs or a BRD, you can try to rotate Prism Stoneskins/Regens/Cures/etc. When we did it, we preferred not to try to save Pounce stuns just for Voice of the Ram, and instead had the MNKs just go all out.

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No point using a bard in that fight though. Does minimal damage to Chimy at best.

Thank you for the response! In the videos I've seen even the WHM/BLM stack on the tail after breaking it, is this good practice or should they stay out of range?

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Originally Posted by Catapult

No point using a bard in that fight though. Does minimal damage to Chimy at best.

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Songs are nice.

We tried monk burn today and pretty much wrecked Chimera. However Voice of the Ram did kill 3 people. We're thinking of using decoy to negate it. Next time we do it I'll be able to see if it works.

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Originally Posted by Estellios

Songs are nice.

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You can just cast the song and then change jobs.

You can bring 2-3 DRGs and incap ram head.

Isn't that the wrong side for Drg?

yea, drg incaps the dragon head.

Anyone have a link to these videos? I'm interested.

We just did a few of these melee chim burns with PLD WAR DRG DRG MNK MNK MNK WHM. Don't worry about dragon head, it's not important. But have the WAR use Godsbane on ram head and voice of the ram will be disabled.

Update! We have successfully completed this stage of the relic quest line. There is a video on youtube of our group, I'll post it here (I currently can't since I'm at work). You don't have to worry about incapacitating the ram head at all. Pounce from MNK should pretty much keep it stun locked. In the event it does go off, stoneskin and capped HP will save the party from a wipe. Keep in mind Voice of the Ram also inflicts silence, so we typically save benediction in the rare case one does go off.

Heya!

First let me thank everyone for their contributions here - our LS just did their first attempts at Melee on Chim and it was a lot of fun. Voice of the Ram was a little bit of an issue, but we see ways to avoid that.

What we do seem to be having trouble with are the sandworm "plumes"... what do you find is the best way for melee to avoid those being an issue - especially in the last leg of the fight?

Thanks!

I'm fairly certain the sandworms are in static positions in chimera's arena. As long as your tank keeps him away from them (or on top of one or whatever) it should be fine.

I could be wrong about this as I usually tank him on a wall for black mages but I'm pretty sure that's correct.

It actually seemed that most pics/vids I've seen with melee they were fighting him right in the middle - seemed to be a space there with no sandworms. I guess we can find out next time we give it a shot. ^_^

The center is safe, the worms circle the outside. Only trouble is the knock back, if your tank can avoid it, or eat the possible hit from a worm during knock back your fine.