so... how the hell do u beat captain madison in satasha hard?

[Remus]

you only need to kill 2 tentacle near the entrance and stay at that side then caster like BLM can hit the boss, no need to kill all tentacle. About world end, IF the hp of caster (assume ilvl 100) is full or at 3k hp, you will not die, world end deal around 2k+ dmg

Wasn't the skill Stranger's Tides?

[Sylve]

you only need to kill 2 tentacle near the entrance and stay at that side then caster like BLM can hit the boss, no need to kill all tentacle. About world end, IF the hp of caster (assume ilvl 100) is full or at 3k hp, you will not die, world end deal around 2k+ dmg

An easier way to deal with the fight (albeit, takes a bit longer) is to focus down the {Krakens Arms} and ignore the Tentacles. Kill enough Arms and he wont do the KO shot.
It take slonger because you're spending less time on boss, but it makes the fight pretty easy.
Krakens Arms -> Kraken Main Body - ignore Tentacles.

[saber_alter]

that was a tough fight. my first blind run through one-shot it, but both dps died during madison's trigger-happy phase and i only survived by popping HG.

[Sadana]

My group wiped a bunch on this one. We tried the fight over and over while testing single theories. We were not really overgeared for this dungeon. At least two of us were < ilvl 100 (just so you know).

A couple things we learned:

DON'T ever stop attacking when he starts shooting. >< I think we got up to 20 someodd stacks on that. (Had to check.).
We tried spinning him as he shot. This isn't it either, but we think we glitched him once cause he stopped moving for quite some time and just stood there complaining. :/ (We didn't get through the dungeon this way.)
When he rushes someone, the others attack his back. This seemed successful.

No matter what, going day one into new dungeons with a group of friends is one of the most fun things about the game (imo of course ). Hope yall have fun trying the fights!

[Klive]

As PLD, I used cover when he was shooting the healerr. If cover was a CD i spammed Stoneskin on the healer. We one shot him on the first go.

[Achtzen]

I guess no one noticed the little bird.

[CrystalObsidian]

My group spent most of the dungeon's timer figuring it out but after reading this forum, it seems just hitting him really hard does the trick.
Burn him as much as you can, especially when he shoots his gun. If he's not firing and there's adds up use that time to kill the adds, but otherwise burn him!!

[dragorian]

se made this dungon as a means to stop speed running and to make every one work together in df other than that it is a dps/tank/healer race

[Jerrek]

The way me and a few guildies found out how to do it:

When he targets someone with the musket fire they will get a crossheir mark on them, the tank needs to get in between the target and the boss. You'll get a message saying he's missed a shot, or something along those lines.

Also focus firing the boss helps aswell

We didn't have more than 3 shots go off using this way.

[Krr]

Out of curiosity, has anyone tested LoSing Captain Madison during the gunshot attack? Like, just run behind him as he's casting. I have a theory that this might cause him to miss, in addition to the DPS method, but I'm not sure.