I honestly hate the POTD 180 boss

[Recon1o6]

180 boss is the hardest op. Controller has nothing to do with it. I beat it with controller but it was a scrape

You want to get pomander of lust up on it around 21% and push him into starting his meteors when he's mid going to the side of the arena for cleave or charybdis so you have more time
He starts using meteor at 15% health.
His meteor does 80% of your health every 8 or 9 seconds. So if you're a healer or rdm with sustain potions, you can attrition it.

Dont stand directly in front of him during the cast. He can still auto you.

[Noumenon]

180 boss is the hardest op.

Completely depends on the job. 180 is trivial on Warrior. On something like Bard it suddenly becomes extremely hard.

So what exactly is it that KBM players can do that you can't with a controller...?

Probably meant macros that click off buffs (food buff or HP-modifying buffs like Thrill of Battle).

It is not needed technically on all but the hardest jobs (like BRD or maybe PLD), it's just a comfort thing. Of course if the rotation you're copying does factor that you'd need to come up with your own rotation.

Also most jobs are really just spamming 1-2-3 at Lv60, so there's ample room to put a macro on your hotbar, it's not like you need something like Air Anchor on your hotbar in PotD.

It's really unclear exactly what OP means, maybe he's talking about disengaging from the boss to push to 15.0? (PC users can press Escape, I'm not sure if controller users can easily do that) Or pop lust? (As I've mentioned it is not needed to do it as tightly at 20% as possible, you can do it whenever it's below 25% at any comfortable spot for you).

I have a feeling though that none of these issues are the real problem, it's that the nerves is getting to OP. Understandable, but no strategy or guide is going to help if you just get too anxious in the moment to perform.

If OP mentions which job he is playing on, I can probably link a VOD. OP can then practice on a dummy.

Also if OP is playing something like PLD or BRD, yeah that's the problem, play on WAR or MCH. It is way, way easier. (It is ridiculously, ridiculously easy on MCH and you don't need to even bother clicking off the food buff, see example: https://youtu.be/1q4me_OsKds?si=oTdX...mom1Yc&t=14581. It's even easy on BLM where all you simply need to do is execute your normal Lv60 rotation and just clip in Manaward and Sustaining: https://youtu.be/EoJ2nFDKq-c?si=KYKf...EnYvNQ&t=10620)