Coil Turn #4 Stone Skin mechanic.

[Ondori]

Hey guys/gals. Been on turn 4 bumping my head on a wall, however we have made major improvements and can get to phase 5 consistently now.

What im wondering is this. Just cause I still dont know which way to lean on this issue.

After 1st bugs are AOE'd down, MT takes K,S and OT takes K,S

The Left Soldier is killed by the SMN, and the right Knight by dps, then the Soldier and then the knight respectively.

Stoneskin seems like its taking forever to break for the DPS and or mages etc.

Whats going wrong with this? because we always have a 85% health Soldier left when dread pops, even though we can kill both before next phase starts.

Would just like to do it more efficiently. Any ideas on the Stone Skin? And exactly how long it taking to break it?

Thanks.

[Kalandros]

BLM and SMN are the ones to kill Soldiers, BRD can help break the stoneskin but the tank can do it by himself just fine - it doesn't absorb magic damage anyway, so the blm and SMN should be burning it down ASAP.

[Ondori]

Ya thats how we do it, was just wondering why its taking quite a bit to break it as I have seen other groups almost pop it instantly.

[Donjo]

I may be completely wrong on this, as I haven't experienced Turn 4, but I believe that the Monk skill "One Ilm Punch" is capable of instantly breaking Stoneskin. Could that be a factor?

[Ariyn]

One Ilm Punch does not take it off. The stoneskin simply has to absorb 3000 physical dmg before it pops. The way we do it is leave our BLM on the soldier while the physical dps burns the knight. Once first knight is down 1 brd helps me quickly pop and finish the first solider then moves to the other side. We usually have all 4 of them down just as the first dreadnaught is being sat in the middle so the dps can just turn and jump on him immediately

[Kalandros]

for the phase 2 adds (2 knights 2 soldiers) we have 2 BRD 1 BLM 1 SMN and we always bring them down evenly - first knight and soldier (on the dreadnought tank) go down pretty fast, then the 2 others are brought down just before or right as the dreadnought drops.

[Xell]

I may be completely wrong on this, as I haven't experienced Turn 4, but I believe that the Monk skill "One Ilm Punch" is capable of instantly breaking Stoneskin. Could that be a factor?

Haha..you're funny. One Ilm Punch actually having a use. Don't be silly. Why would they give mobs buffs that can actually be removed? That might make monk useful for something other than damage and mantra.

[Koltik]

Haha..you're funny. One Ilm Punch actually having a use. Don't be silly. Why would they give mobs buffs that can actually be removed? That might make monk useful for something other than damage and mantra.

It's useful for removing the Dull buff in AK. Of course the Dull is usually dead before it goes off anyway =P

[Xell]

It's useful for removing the Dull buff in AK. Of course the Dull is usually dead before it goes off anyway =P

And I use it every chance I get on them! Which, unfortunately, isn't very often.

[SeraphDark]

The stoneskin simply has to absorb 3000 physical dmg before it pops.

Is this proven? and a Fact? I am trying to figure out if it is indeed damage, or how many attacks hit the stoneskin before it breaks. I swift cast my Ifrit bet to break one while i solo the soldiers..
our make up is 2 brds, 1 drg 1 smn. dont have the luxery of two casters nor need it. If it is indeed 3000 hp, then i can pop rouse and spur to break it even faster.. otherwise id save the buffs for when it does pop.
Please confirm!!