LUCIS ROTATION! -- Sledd's guide -- very safe!

[sledd]

@ chrillix ... that 55 cp is not a loss. you only use it with intentions to end or kill the synth. Its not part of a finishing the synth process.
Ok... but i see so far all you disagree with the reclaim method. Fine... to each there own. Me personally, I would rather end a synth 10 steps in and try again when you know its going bad to get way more attempts per food then waste time doing the full synth to finish for a non hq. Also, if you want better chance at hqing it, that one mat that you do actually lose and don't get back from Talon is the only mat you can actually buy hq versions to increase your chance.
@aerolol ... yeah, as i mentioned in my second post up there, this is my lowest craft with a non hq offhand and no melds. I wanted to show the low end of the synth for the sake of people who actually never done the Lucis yet to show a rough minimum so people can make the call if there ready or not to achieve the synth.

Me personally, I craft a lot of 4 star items and i heavily rely on reclaim as an escape if things are going bad. Using reclaim or having it readily available Is a must at these levels unless you like producing a lot of non hq's or like just taking wild chances.
And suppose that 10% chance fail rate does happen to kick in... its not hard to get the 3x untradeable mat back. Besides doing the leves for 3, it literally cost in around 2k a mat from GC. Heres how: Hippogryph skin is around 999-1k range on my server usually. make a leather with it. raptor sinews same price roughly.. anywhere from 500-1500gil. stick the two togather and make a Militia choker (hippogryph leather and raptor sinew) trade to GC for expert delivery and get 644 seals. 44 more seals then it cost for one of the untradeables. And since hq and non hq turn ins are worth the same, you do a non hq choker that takes literally 4 seconds to make. so time and money not a factor...and if 2k gil IS an issue..then maybe you shouldnt be working on Lucis's just yet. Maybe its time to stablize some income. If that time to go get new mats from the rare 10% blow up is an issue? then whyt are people implying pumping out chance synths for and getting 75% non hqs for just to be safe. Thats way more of a waste of time.
Just my opinion.

But even without using reclaim and playing it safe by just finishing all the time, This rotation works pretty good for a consistant 8-10 range. Obviously there are tons of rotations that can achieve 11 IQ, but i wrote this for the reclaim and 1x ToT method ... the reason i said it was 'safe' in the title.