Turn 5 Twister Strategies Compendium

[Catapult]

The Living Scourge.

I would like to see what happens if at least one of the three Scourges is not killed at the start.
Seeing how they are typically knocked out at the beginning seems a little too convenient for the hardest boss in the game. This is in an environment where previous turns of the coil have had rather important responsibilities for a second tank. (Pass-the-parcel on ADS and separation-management on Cadeceus.)
It is also not unheard-of for lesser mobs to interact with a boss. Examples are Cadeceus' slugs, Suparna & Chirada, and the Tonberry King's rancorous army. Twintania's Scourges may follow this trend. It may be that the Twisters will target the Scourge if one is still alive (or even Conflagration for that matter). Or perhaps one less Twister spawns for each Scourge alive.

[SukoshiSeppen]

Probably tried....but keeping an add alive until phase change viable?

Would also like point out that no one looks up...ever. I would say its a safe bet there has not been a single person who has looked straight up in that fight.

[Ceol]

Off-hand, the phase seems to be a simple 'dodge twisters while managing add space', because they can come off CD at the same time, so you can stumble a little if you're all trying to get near-ish (esp. melee + OT) the add while Twister is about to cast.

Ohh, I see. If Twister were just a "be running when she finishes her cast!" mechanic, would that phase be pretty easy? One shot spike damage, multiple people targeted with AoE circles they need to run out of, things that stun party members that need to be killed before a certain point... Sounds an awful lot like Titan HM.

[Soukyuu]

Also added Wind Resistance to the list, we've tried with some but no particular benchmark, HQ potion should put you near 300 hopefully so I'll set the req to 300.

Curious, why 300? Is this the current cap?

What makes Twisters so strange is the missing damage display.
For example, the golem AoE in AK hits you exactly for the number of your HP, no matter how much you have - so that's a certain 1hko.
What could the reason for the missing damage display be?

OT:

Do you really, I mean REALLY think hundreds of players that have poured dozens of hours into the encounter haven't tried not moving? Geez man think a little before you post.

Was it on the list of mentioned things? No. Did the OP ask for ideas? Yes.
Did you contribute anything to this thread except pointing out how silly my post is? No. Did I mention more than one idea in this thread? Yes.

Now tell me which contribution was more useless? Yours or mine? Not to mention the most simple things are often overlooked, because it seems too easy.

[SonyaArin]

I'm not sure that's true actually - unless that doesn't counter % mitigation? I'm pretty sure the golem in AK does like ~6-7k, I've been in groups where WARs or PLDs will survive with a CD. There's another insta-gib mechanic on Twintania and it also doesn't display damage, so I think that's consistent.

I say 300 because it's an obtainable number with either gear or with a potion, but not both, because the solution can't actually be to use both since potion would only be on CD for one in the entire fight (and it's a spammed ability).

Added Living Scourge/add alive.

[BlossomRose]

The most pausible idea to e is that one or multiple of the adds need to be kept alive, therefore keeping Twintania slowed, therefore making her casts more manageable.

However, I can't imagine that all the big FCs haven't already tried this to no avail.

[SukoshiSeppen]

Didnt see you read or mention my looking up at the sky idea. No one plays in first person. Especially not Raiders

[SonyaArin]

Looks like I missed it on the edit. Adding.

[Patorikku]

I am going to throw this idea out there even though it doesn't sound possible however I am unable to test it since I am not high enough level for this so just give me some thoughts. I looked up some items worth looking into one was a "Deaspected Crystal". It doesn't really say what it's used for (besides buying a Peregrine Helm) nor if it's usable. The reason I will assume its this item is because the game is really based around crystals (or at least I think) but, anyways here is my idea. Bare with me it's far fetched

Get a stack of them X99 should do. Now when the twister hits hopefully (not saying it will) the crystal will absorb most if not all the elemental damage to make healing manageable. It's cast time is every minute so it shouldn't be too bad to heal through but, I could be wrong. If it doesn't work I tried.

[Pellegri]

Crystal stuff

That is an item from 1.0 only and is no longer obtainable, same with half the items listed on the market boards that have never been listed. They would not make a boss that requires something like that when unless you were on a legacy server no one would ever kill it.