the vault

[Aeliott]

I didn't notice any significant difficulty based on what healer was using... (on AST I actually found the last boss one of the easiest parts of the dungeon).

Anyway like others have said, if people avoid stuff there shouldn't be that much damage going out. Succor for Alter Pyre, Indom / Emergency+Succor after if necessary...single target on the tank...for the final phase when there are 2 sets of horse things don't forget the chain that comes out just after the second set starts moving. If you're not confident use Eos, but there's not much more to it. If people fail at dodging the horses Selene might be better for the AOE leeches so you can stay focused on healing though.

[MXMoondoggie]

The amount of damage going out in this fight is really low people shouldn't be dying at all unless they are doing something really wrong. In DF you get a lot of people who wrongly feel it's the Healer's job to carry them through all damage while they face plant everything. For the majority of the time the Healer should be focused on only the Tank. If that's not happening the DPS are really bad.

Most Vault runs I barely need to throw a regen on any DPS.

[Teeto]

Put the boss on focus target so you know his attack patterns:
1 - "Heavensflame" or w/e the aoe circle he drops
2 - "Holy chain" links so you know to run to sides
3 - "Altar pyre" the room wide aoe. Helps to precast aoe/indomitability after it

Don't bother stoneskin mid fight, takes too long to cast plus scholar's adlo is better. Like someone said place Eos at mid where no party member is there much, so they don't drop aoe circle on her and kill her. Manually move your pet if need to.

After the fire balls phase, burn phase where he'll just repeat same pattern. He'll do altar pyre, heavensward 2x, and holy chain while 2 row of horses wall come down to mow your party. So you can time it nicely here to weave some aoe/single heals and make sure everyone top up before his next aoe/any attacks. The fight can be overwhelming if it's your 1st time, but once you learn his attack patterns and anticipate the damage, it's easy. Don't be discourage, keep going at it

[technole]

The only banes of the fight is not being well-equipped (you can't deny being above i130 really starts being felt in the vault), lazy DPS that don't break chains with urgency, and tanks that take more damage than they should.

Sure helps if tanks turn their camera in an angle that allows them to proactively avoid horsies, since it's usually behind them instead of reacting too late. You can tell a good one from the baddies by the amount of damage (and any DoT) they take in that phase.

[winsock]

Have succor up before party AoE.
Anticipate heals so you don't find yourself needlessly burning stacks with lustrate.
Don't set faerie to auto.
Use your cooldowns.
Make sure you are avoiding horses, ground aoes, etc

Sometimes though, there isn't anything you can do. If the tethers are never broken and party member can't seem to avoid avoidable dmg, there isn't much you can do to prevent the death of someone determined to die.

[Cynfael]

It doesn't matter if she's on obey or sic much, she does fine there on auto.

There is never a good time to leave derpfairy on auto. Activate her abilities at the proper times to make this boss fight even more of a curbstomp. Spamming manual Embraces while using her WD to extend your DPS uptime is the way to go.

[Rox_Unlimited]

I always have Eos on Obey because as soon as fight starts she uses every single freakin cooldown. Selene however can manage herself so I leave her on Sic.

[Cynfael]

I always have Eos on Obey because as soon as fight starts she uses every single freakin cooldown. Selene however can manage herself so I leave her on Sic.

Even Selene I would practice on Obey. You can greatly increase her HPS with manual Embrace as well as choose not to blow her Fey Wind at the end of a pull or right before phase change downtime.

[DarkerOrange]

I know this is slightly off topic, but please, for the love of god never ever ever use your faerie in Sic. Learn to control her properly so she doesn't waste CDs, and manual Embrace is one of the best things about playing SCH.

[Werhusky]

I would even try to go Selene the Haste buff helps dpsing boss down faster and the aoe esuna helps a lot if ppl derp the knights. Just my opinion.

Drop the stoneskinning it only eats MP in this fight only Stoneskin if you raised someone to have him/her prepared for eventual next Chain. Keep Succor up for Prye. And move for the damn Chain. Thats all advice I can give you.

Did this fight in 3.0 on AST and SCH... funnily I found it on AST easier with Aspected Helios up if the evil Double Knights (people get hit here soooo often), Chain combo with Prye finisher comes.