Need advice on OT Levi EX.

[Leigaon]

So I've been trying to clear Levi EX as SMN and WHM/SCH I can perform fine, but on Warrior I'm told to usually off tank.

When I go in I take the tail, the first two adds spawn. If they spawn on the side I'm on it's not really a problem, I turn around tomahawk the one near MT / OP and bring to corner.

If they are on the other side though by the time I get there it's already a slaughter on the first add so I usually voke / op or tomahawk..but my question is placement. Should I pull them on back to tail or is that too far? Or keep them in a corner where they jump over on?

So no one dies, but I don't like guessing placement on that fight. Then comes the single add, with good DPS he won't do his massive aoe wide move so I was told to try to stun his first one where he creates the AOE circle. But question is what do I do I can't stun his second move? Request the bard to silence?

Being Healer and DPS I see off tank usually taking the single add and keep him right where he is, some take him back to tail...or is it personal preference?

Also, when I tried tanking it first I got an invulnerable to stun when I used my warriors stun. Now does this mean that my acc isn't high enough? After that fight I went back and boosted my tank from ilv90 to 95 with gear but haven't tried it since then, but I'll change food if I need to if that sounds like an accuracy problem before I jumped my ilv up 5 levels.

[Ehayte]

1 - WAR OT is pretty hard to pull off. Its important to have the GCD stun on the single add, and Hallowed Ground for the 4 watery spumes. WAR is normally MT

2 - Most groups often have each tank take an add for the double adds. Your positioning when tanking the tail isn't very important as his AE move is Point Blank, meaning he would only do it directly in front of him regardless of where you are, there is not a cleaving targeted attack - just make sure you don't lose enmity.

3 - Once he starts casting Dreadwash (or whatever the non-circle panic spell is) it cannot be interrupted by anything, he can only be prevented from casting it by stun-locking him long enough for the DPS to kill him before he is able to get it off. This is while all of the groups I have seen have used a PLD as OT. With really strong DPS and some luck I suppose a WAR could do it, but not consistently I don't think.

[Kyana]

If you play WAR and there is a PLD in the party, the PLD whould tank the tail.
Tail damage is physical, so PLD got more tools to reduce incomming damage from it. Also keep up the RoH and Storms debuffs to further reduce dmg.

Whenever I did Levi both tanks took 1 add each.
Just have to wait a bit when tanking head, because Levi will use a line attack (Dread Tide) a few seconds after they spawn.
As for the position of the adds, it doesn't matter much for the OT because tail attacks won't hit other party members as long as OT got aggro from the tail.

The single add should get stunlocked to prevent any AoE fear moves. That's also alot easier for PLD if you don't have an order for who will do 2nd and if required 3rd stun.
The single add will start casting Dreadstorm (the AoE circle on the ground) after 3 normal spells or when his HP fall under ~80-85%.
Since Dreadstorm can't be interrupted, you have to stun him before that and keep him stunned because he will start casting again as soon as the stun effect wears off.
Most of the time you can save the 3rd stun for when he starts casting Dreadwash (the big AoE).
It helps if the MT also helps killing the single add. Just wait for Dread Tide (the line attack from the head)


TLDR:
Let a PLD OT.
If there's no PLD decide on a stun order for the single add.
If you're the only person who can stun... you miss a 2nd tank. Search the surrounding waters for the drowning tank and laugh at him.

[PetiteMalFleur]

I was going to say, the PLD needs to OT this fight. Maybe there's some potion use that could help but I just don't know.

If the add resisted your first stun it's probably because you had a melee dps in your group stun it first.

[Kyana]

If the add resisted your first stun it's probably because you had a melee dps in your group stun it first.

Yes, melee got to be careful with their attack because some attacks have a stun effect and people forget. DRG Spineshatter Dive or Shoulder Tackle for example.

[SeraviEdalborez]

A full stun resist on caster add is very unlikely. What happens is that Dreadwash and the ground hysteria thing both can't be stunned once he starts casting (STUN INVULNERABLE instead of STUN FULL RESIST or whatever). You have to fire the first stun (for puddle) a little early, right around 60-70%. The second stun needs to be applied as the first stun's duration hits 0, to stun in the small window available before Dreadwash.

[Nabian]

SNIP

Warriors don't OT this fight. If your told to OT, then tell your group NO! If you for some reason get stuck in a party with 2 Warriors then I would suggest using vote abandon as soon as you are able. It's possible but more headache then it's worth.

If your serious about clearing Levi Ex then use PF to build your parties. Should always have 1 Pld (for OT), and a ranged caster. Beyond that go wild with party setup.

PLD is the go to OT in this fight because of their stun. Warriors make excellent MT on this fight because of IB and the fact that SP reduces both magic and physical damage. PLD mitigation from ROH only reduces str which doesn't affect magic damage making War a much more attractive option for MT on this fight. The only time a pld should ever be MT on this fight is if you are using a 2 pld set up.

Make sure when tanking this fight that you try to keep SP up at all times because it will reduce raid damage from tidal wave.

[Jubez187]

To deal with Wavetooth add this is the best MOST optimal way:

Warrior MT adds DPS, and does first stun. Reasoning being if just the PLD does the stunning he/she cannot and should not use skills (I usually proc a Halone before he spawns off the Tail, and do a RoH>SW>COS) because you don't wanna get screwed by GCD. The warrior has an OFF GCD stun, therefore they can DPS and are a much better choice for doing the initial stun. After that point, the PLD OT should do the remaining stun (s).