MK4 is to hard

[KageTokage]

A general reason why a lot of people struggle with XIV's content is that they're waiting way too long to move for mechanics.

With very few exceptions it's safe to run into something as soon as you see the animation happening and the mentioned laser mechanic is a perfect example of one that gives you little to no time to dodge it if you're not abusing the damage snapshots to the fullest and not switching sides the instant you see a beam go off.

Like Wicked Thunder herself, the clones will have the arm that's going to cleave raised up; you can see this even before the lightning starts to crackle visibly—heck, even before the clone has fully appeared—and that gives you more time to read, react, and reposition. (Plus it's easier to pick out amidst all the purple.)

As a result, you can stand in the center of the arena facing the first clone and immediately move to the side that isn't the raised arm. Then turn to the second, and move there. That ensures you're safe for the first two cleaves. Now you're free to stand there and turn to look towards the third clone; as soon as the first cleave has gone off, you can move to the quadrant that's safe from the second and third, to watch the fourth clone. And so on.

This ends up being particularly important with Midnight Sabbath in the savage version of the fight because you're having to ID the cleave direction of two clones simultaneously on top of dodging other AoEs in the same movement.

I typically position my camera so it's directly behind one of the clones that's forming so there's absolutely no way I can misidentify which way it's cleaving.