Quote Originally Posted by XykeVayaris View Post
That attack, apparently if you were to run to the sides away from the path of the boss' charge, you will take far less damage. (Read: 20k vs 4k) Yea it took me this long to realise when one of the random runs I had I saw some people running off to the sides while the majority stayed in the middle.
Heavenly Subjugation is a raid buster so physical position shouldn't make any difference (just like hiding behind the stone pillars makes no difference in how much damage you take from Garuda's Aerial Blast--the only thing that matters is how many and how big the remaining pillars are). The only way you can shave off damage is by killing the adds faster and then stacking as much mitigation as you can. I wouldn't recommend running off to the sides unless your group agrees and follows you, otherwise you're just running away from some of the mitigation that might make the difference between life and death.

I haven't been hit by him since day 1 so I can't remember off the top of my head, but I'm fairly certain people are largely dying to Heavenly Subjugation because when he runs you over during the gaol phase it's just like being hit by Trample: it applies a short damage down debuff and a much longer vulnerability debuff (the adds might apply a debuff too, but again, I haven't been hit by Rofocale since my first or second run so I can't remember). The vulnerability debuff lasts long enough for him to perform his lengthy animation if you took a hit near the end of the phase, so with enough stacks and low enough max HP it's nearly impossible to survive even if his mana gauge is low. Otherwise, I've seen players with sub 30k HP survive in the middle of the room just fine.

I'll pay more attention the next time I go in, but I'm fairly certain the players who regularly get pancaked spent most of the add phase getting hit by things.