New to Turn 5, any advice?

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A few tips for Offtank:

- People should be good with about 4000hp. The more the better, but it's honestly just there to absorb fireballs.

- I run Warrior/Paladin. Warrior main tanks Twintania (it's generally better) because he can have a damage cooldown up for EVERY Death Sentence. Paladin off-tank can stoneskin him as needed.

- Scholar is the main tank healer. Every death sentence during phase 2 and beyond puts a healing debuff on the MT that absolutely neuters White Mage. Lustrate bypasses that, and makes a War MT/Sch MH beautiful.

- For your job in Phase 1, it's pretty simple. Pick up the beginning 3 adds, and offtank as needed.

- During phase 2, switch to Sword Oath and DPS Twintania/Conflags. Throw Stoneskin as needed on the Warrior.

-During phase 3 (Divebombs) you will be picking up all of the Hygeias (Small snakes). Flash does this wonderfully. Flash until you're out of MP (Or if your Bard is ballading, until you feel like it) and then Start doing your Riot Blade combo on Asclepius for MP. You want 800~ for the next set of snakes. After the last divebomb, run to the opposite side (Pop Rampart as you run) to pick up the next two snakes. Shield lob one of the new snakes, then Provoke + Shield lob the other. As they all gather, Flash constantly and pop Sentinel/Bulwark. It'll save your WHM some panic, but you're going to take a lot of damage. The first two should die quickly to the LB, and you'll be in the clear. You can use Hallowed Ground if you want. This is probably your most in-depth phase, so sorry if it seems like a wall of text.

- Positioning the snakes for the LB. You and the MT should look like this:

(MT)<--Asclepius-- (You)---->Hygeias x4.

That set up will make it so asclepius gets hit by their debuff, but the MT isn't. It takes positioning practice, but that comes with the Territory of Twintania. You will have 4 stacks but it's no problem. After the Hygeias are dead, you switch to Sword Oath and DPS her down. Once Twintania comes down, back to Shield Oath and get in the Collar with everyone else except the Main Tank.

- Phase 4, easy peasy. You have to dodge Twister. Focus Target Twintania and put it in the very center of your screen. I don't use any programs to dodge Twister. They're pretty consistent in timing. Expect a Twister in between every Dreadknight, and during every other Dreadknight I do believe. As long as you have the focus target up, you'll see it coming. Watch videos on how to dodge.

- For Dreadknights, they always come down in the center. Make sure you have Sword Oath up for this phase. As long as you are #2 in emnity on Twintania, you will never be targeted by the Dreadknights. You can Stun them 3 times before they become immune to stun. The first Shield Bash lasts 6~ seconds, the next 3, and the final 1. That means you can get 2 GCDs after the first, 1 after the second, and it honestly should be dead by the third. If you have a Blackmage in your group, Lethargy and Blizzard 1 slow them down to a crawl. Literally impossible to wipe to them unless someone was too close to the center when they dropped.

- Phase 5 is even easier for you. The SECOND Twintania drops her 3rd Collar, run into it and stay there. She'll drop exploding eggs on your head that should be targeting other party members, but won't because you'll be there to eat the explosion. I stay in Sword Oath to help DPS, but you don't have to if you want that extra mitigation. I've never been targeted by fireballs in this phase, but if you do you should have Hallowed Ground up. It won't last the full duration of the firepools on the ground, so you might need to move out of there. Other people should be near their own collars, so if you have to ditch yours they still shouldn't die to the egg. Keep Stoneskining the main tank while you're eating the eggs.

That's really all there is to it. The hardest part of Twintania for the offtank is picking up Snakes before your DPS pulls them off of you, and positioning them. Sorry for the wall of text. Practice, practice, practice. You need to practice the mechanics. Dodging divebombs, having Twintania's focus bar in your peripheral vision to see Twisters, etc.

If you need help dodging divebombs:

- 1.) turn off nameplates/healthbars of party members/pets.
- 2.) Turn off ALL sound except Main Volume and I believe System Sounds. Anytime she uses Divebomb you should hear a beep. That's a queue to run.
- 3.) You should be AHEAD of your WHOLE party when dodging Divebombs. the game has a delay in other people's movements. If you're with your party/behind your party, it means they're all ahead of you and you're getting hit with Divebomb. You should ALWAYS be the first to move on your screen.

Wham bam thank you ma'am. Spend a couple of hours in DF practice groups, or your own static.