Turn 5 Twister Strategies Compendium

[SonyaArin]

Strategies Listing

BE WARNED: The majority of these, our raid and many others have tried. However, as a sanity check, the entire purpose of this thread is to have absolute video proof to show this, so I will be listing things even in cases my bias says 'no' and will be leaving them inconclusive until EVERYONE has proof to see.

Strategy: Run
Status: Mixed Results
Criteria: When Twintania casts Twister, begin running and continue until completion of the spell. Afterwards, do not walk backwards into your tornado if you spawned on.
Successful Examples: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZTO3MQ2CNc
Unsuccessful Examples: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHo3AewOwog
Notes: These are the two basic examples of showing the mechanic kill everyone, and then kill not-everyone. In the successful video, 3 of the 4 avoid it, and the one who gets hit is the MT, showing that it can target the tank. Both of these videos are from the same raid, where positions for fanning out are very similar (and intended to be us repeating the same strategy). For example, Black Mage running to the same spot both times, dying once, not dying the other. This basic example should help clarify why most do not believe the explosions are position/class/anything based, and simply four people at random who are just supposed to move out of it.

Strategy: Sprint before cast
Status: Inconclusive
Criteria: Sprint before Twister casts and during the entire cast
Successful Examples: None so far
Unsuccessful Examples: None so far
Notes: One of the first things tried while we used to just 'run' but doesn't seem to impact the issue much. Don't have any video presently so leaving 'unproven' as per the standard.

Strategy: Jump out
Status: Inconclusive
Criteria: Jump away from the spot you're standing on at the end of the cast.
Successful Examples: None so far
Unsuccessful Examples: None so far
Notes: You will see this note a lot, but, skeptical that this is the 'trick' because the 'Run' successful example shows running with no jumping working.

Strategy: Stand Still
Status: Inconclusive
Criteria: Stand still before the start of the Twister cast, and do not move during the entirety of the cast
Successful Examples: None so far
Unsuccessful Examples: None so far
Notes: I'll mark this as one we've tried, but again, feel free not to take my word on it and provide a video for us.

Strategy: Spin in a circle
Status: Inconclusive
Criteria: Spin around in place until Twister is completed (with it? Opposite it?)
Successful Examples: None so far
Unsuccessful Examples: None so far
Notes: For all my beliefs otherwise.... man would I love for this to be it.

Strategy: Don't cast
Status: Inconclusive
Criteria: Take no action during the cast of Twister
Successful Examples: None so far
Unsuccessful Examples: None so far
Notes: We also tried this during our 'Stand still' attempts, but, same as above - feel free to provide proof for the community.

Strategy: Stack Together
Status: Inconclusive
Criteria: Have the entire raid stack on each other
Successful Examples: None so far
Unsuccessful Examples: None so far
Notes: Might be willing to combine videos for this, stacking on the boss, all being behind the boss, etc.

Strategy: Stack on Twintania
Status: Inconclusive
Criteria: Have the entire raid stack on the boss for the Twister cast
Successful Examples: None so far
Unsuccessful Examples: None so far
Notes:

Strategy: Move behind Twintania
Status: Inconclusive
Criteria: Has the entire raid stack behind the boss for the Twister cast
Successful Examples: None so far
Unsuccessful Examples: None so far
Notes: Would be willing to accept a video of 'on the boss's rear' for both this and the 'Stack on Twintania' strategy.

Strategy: Move infront of Twintania
Status: Inconclusive
Criteria: Have the entire raid stack infront of the boss for the Twister cast
Successful Examples: None so far
Unsuccessful Examples: None so far
Notes: Would be willing to accept a video of 'on the boss's mouth' for both this and the 'Stack on Twintania' strategy. Also, see the 'Run' strategy successful video, which shows the MT alone being infront of the boss and dying from Twister. Will call this Unsuccessful when I have a video of the entire raid there with them.

Strategy: Garuda's Feather
Status: Unsuccessful (see note)
Criteria: Have Garuda's Feather in your inventory to protect you.
Successful Examples: None so far
Unsuccessful Examples: None so far
Notes: In the 'Run' unsuccessful video above, I have Garuda's Feather in my inventory and died while running still. Since this is not video proof unless I show the feather first, I won't ask that you take my word for it.

Strategy: Wind Resistance
Status: Inconslusive
Criteria: Have 300 Wind Resistance when struck by Twister
Successful Examples: None so far
Unsuccessful Examples: None so far
Notes: This can be attempted mostly be just using a potion, but that's only a solution for testing purposes. Twister will come off CD far far more often than your potion will.

Strategy: The Living Scourge
Status: Inconclusive
Criteria: Keep at least one Scourage alive into later phases of the fight, with the possibility that it might interact with Twintania is some way (eat conflags/twisters/etc)
Successful Examples: None so far
Unsuccessful Examples: None so far
Notes: None

Strategy: The Sky is the Limit
Status: Inconclusive
Criteria: Change into first person view and look up at the sky
Successful Examples: None so far
Unsuccessful Examples: None so far
Notes: None

Don't Poo in Your Own Nest (Twintania)
Criteria: Kite each additional enemy into a Neurolink as they spawn (or once the second one spawns). This may immobilize the additional enemy, consume the Neurolink, transform the Neurolink, or give some sort of buff or debuff. Alternatively, each Neurolink or additional enemy may represent a Twister.
Examples: None so far
Author: Matthew Stars of Tonberry.

(To be continued, but I can only type so much without wanting to go grind Wanderer's Palace!)