Turn 5 Snake Phase, How?

[Chokee]

Soooo.... how do you guys do this phase properly? There were times we get the snake down to between 1-5% then twin comes down, so that means we're not doing enough dps or managed the phase wrong.

the way we're doing it is like this: the 3 dps goes for the big snake while the blm AoE's to drop the first 2 small snakes down to ~70%. then we go to the other 2 small snakes, LB3 them down, then focus the big snake.

are we doing something wrong? or would you guys suggest something different?

[Cousinjimmy]

Many factors can go into this problem, but primarily it is a DPS issue. Rarely do we get LB3 on our runs because the DPS can be sustained at a higher pace. I suggest your DPS save all the cooldowns for Asp, and/or have your off-tank pop hollowed ground once the adds collapse on Asp, then use whm to spam holy 4-5 times with presence of mind.

[Chokee]

okay, we'll try that on our next run. thanks.

[carraway]

There are a lot of different ways to handle the snakes. We still go with staggering out the Disseminate debuffs to ramp up DPS on Asclepius; when he gets hit by LB2 along with the second set of Hygieia, I believe he is already at around 60-65% (sometimes lower, sometimes a lot lower). The timing generally ends up being: first Hygieia dies ASAP, second Hygieia dies as first stack of Disseminate is <10 seconds (usually around the first or second divebomb in the second set of divebombs), third Hygieia dies immediately almost after getting into position (LB2 drops it very low then it dies shortly thereafter), fourth Hygieia dies, kill Asclepius. When we stagger out the second Hygieia kill to stretch out Disseminate, we have one DPS (usually a BLM due to Manawall) watch the timing and make sure it dies.

What % is Asclepius at when you bring him and all of the Hygieia together for LB3?

[permbanned]

Mega-potions of STR/DEX/INT can make the difference between 5-10% remaining and a clean kill before Twintania drops, if you're not already using them.

[Chokee]

What % is Asclepius at when you bring him and all of the Hygieia together for LB3?

around 65-70%, and the first set of Hygieia are ~70% each.

Mega-potions of STR/DEX/INT can make the difference between 5-10% remaining and a clean kill before Twintania drops, if you're not already using them.

i am using mega-potions, but i don't know if the other 3 DPS are using it too. will ask them later.


also, is it possible to tank Asclepius with 4 stacks of debuff on the tank? that's the other part of our problem, by the way. our tanks get 4 stacks most of the time and the healers are having a hard time keeping them alive. can you guys draw me your tank's position, if you have free time please?

[permbanned]

also, is it possible to tank Asclepius with 4 stacks of debuff on the tank? that's the other part of our problem, by the way. our tanks get 4 stacks most of the time and the healers are having a hard time keeping them alive.

Yes, we have our OT tank Asclepius since they have CDs available to burn on it, though I'm not exactly sure on their rotation but I don't think it should be too hard to manage.

[Dano]

also, is it possible to tank Asclepius with 4 stacks of debuff on the tank? that's the other part of our problem, by the way. our tanks get 4 stacks most of the time and the healers are having a hard time keeping them alive. can you guys draw me your tank's position, if you have free time please?

yes its possible, I main tank Twin and the big snake, that means i have to save my cooldowns for when Twin comes back down (I do pop convalesces to help curing, worst case scenario I might pop rampart if i get too low) . Usually the mages can put up Virus on the big snake and Eye for an Eye for the main tank, Brds may put up Rain of Death but i don't think that's wise because it sorta kills their DPS. By that time there's only one mob on the field, just have your healers cure bomb the tank until it dies.

[Sheapy]

Just have your OT provoke the snake the moment the smaller snakes die. You lose maybe ~1 dps at worst case (MT having to throttle to not regain aggro) and it saves your healers a lot of mana.

[Sickkiee]

We use the 2 BRD's and OT to tank some plummets at the start of the fight (100%-85%) to build some LB. Meaning we always have full LB3 without sacrificing DPS. When divebombs hit, we kill 1 add, while having our SMN dot up the 2nd add. We then direct ALL dps onto the big add with 1 stack. We then do the 2nd set of divebombs then the OT grabs the other 2 adds, they bring it all to the middle, I LB3 all 3 (the dps quickly dot up the new adds) and by the time the LB3 hits all 3 are dead with 3 stacks on the big add. Then it's just a matter of dps popping CD's/pots etc. If your dps is not below the required amount then you should do this fine with 5-10 seconds to spare.