WP Second Boss: Does it matter in what order you kill the adds?

[Kat_Manx]

I did WP for the first time yesterday, I read a guide and the second boss that spawns adds with different colors, I read to first kill blue, then white, and then anything else.

However after doing 3 more runs every party had a different idea of this order. So, does it really matter in any way or is it just about communicating with each new party about what they prefer so the mobs die faster?

[GurrenLagann]

Well, the blue one (if I remember correctly) heals the boss... and the others does.. I don't know.. All I do is kill Blue add and kill the others in a different order.

[Drakan]

The adds have pretty Low HP, the best way is to have the tank gather them with the boss and the DD's AoEing them. 2 or 3 Fire II's make short work of them.

[Ispen]

Blue one heals, i just normally gather them up so they can be aoe down.

[AltaneenXIV]

Blue first, it's the one that is healing the boss if you're not killing it.
I'm not even sure what the other colors do specifically, I know one uses gravity so I suppose in a non aoe party you'd want that one dead next, I think it may be the white one.

If you have 2 aoe classes, just kill 'em all together. If you have only one aoe, I'd maybe ask the melee to focus on the blue one first at least. Though that could all change base on how geared your party is, and it's composition.

[Darkranko]

I was always told Blue first White second. After that I guess it didn't matter.

[Shneibel]

Blue need to die first, I dont know wha the white does but it is always second for most pt for some reason, but some other pt prefer purple first because it do paralize and their healer cant firgue how to use esuna or remove debuff, and green last, it have aoe or something

[Nekodar]

Blue need to die first, I dont know wha the white does but it is always second for most pt for some reason, but some other pt prefer purple first because it do paralize and their healer cant firgue how to use esuna or remove debuff, and green last, it have aoe or something

Purple second is to prevent healer from being paralyzed more or less. Paralyzed healer is often way worse than the alternative.

[Shneibel]

Purple second is to prevent healer from being paralyzed more or less. Paralyzed healer is often way worse than the alternative.

I ll mark it in red for you:

Blue need to die first, I dont know wha the white does but it is always second for most pt for some reason, but some other pt prefer purple first because it do paralize and their healer cant firgue how to use esuna or remove debuff, and green last, it have aoe or something

paralize is not a threat if you remove it and healer have time to do that, WHM or SCH both jobs have skill to assit esuna/(dont remember name of SCH skill)

[Raminax]

People don't just AoE down the adds?

And the few cases where DPS has been pretty poor, I've died horribly, even if I Esuna'd off Heavy/Paralysis. By the time you've gotten those debuffs off, the boss will have caught up and oneshot you.