Rage over Sophia

[AlphaFox]

To be honest I can see the issue some have with Sophia. I can only clear it with someone calling out the side and tilt (light or heavy), I can look around to both sides and I can't ever see the blue until its almost there but then as a tank I am not watching for possible attacks, swaps and all that good stuff. Can do the mechanics and all just fine, swap and buff when needed but when it comes to the tilt, maybe I am looking in the wrong location. The videos I've seen show having to look to the side unless her tethers also show the right color? Gets hectic, may need to eye that.

[TiaHariberux3]

To be honest I can see the issue some have with Sophia. I can only clear it with someone calling out the side and tilt (light or heavy), I can look around to both sides and I can't ever see the blue until its almost there but then as a tank I am not watching for possible attacks, swaps and all that good stuff. Can do the mechanics and all just fine, swap and buff when needed but when it comes to the tilt, maybe I am looking in the wrong location. The videos I've seen show having to look to the side unless her tethers also show the right color? Gets hectic, may need to eye that.

You just count the total amount of tethers that appear on her even=heavy odd=light then u basically run to the side without blue gg ez

[AlphaFox]

You just count the total amount of tethers that appear on her even=heavy odd=light then u basically run to the side without blue gg ez

Okay, but how do you see where it is without taking your eyes off, by the time I see it its already about to hit.

[alimdia]

Okay, but how do you see where it is without taking your eyes off, by the time I see it its already about to hit.

Count tethers, one side has 4, the other has 2, that's even, run to the side with more tethers all the way to the border.

One side as 3, other side has 2, that's odd, run to the side with most tethers and stop at the nipple.

One side has 3, other side has 4, that's odd, run to the side with most tethers and stop at the nipple.

One side has 1, other side has 1, that's even, take half a second to look at one of the scales, if there's no blue run there all the way to the border, if there's blue run to the other side all the way to the border.

Counting + most tethers should get you covered most of the time, you only have to look if there's an equal number of tethers and you only have to look at one direction.

Don't want to do simple math? There's an even easier method to tell.

Is there 1 more tether on one side than the other? always odd (1+2, 2+3, 3+4)

One side has two more tethers than the other, or the same amount? Always even (1+1, 2+2, 3+3, 2+4)

[LunarEmerald]

Okay, but how do you see where it is without taking your eyes off, by the time I see it its already about to hit.

I'm pretty sure the boss never does the tank buster during tilts. It's always before or after. There's no need to focus so much on the boss during them.

[OMGAFLYINGPENGUIN]

Okay, but how do you see where it is without taking your eyes off, by the time I see it its already about to hit.

Just goto the opposite side of the weighing skill with blue. you will sure never go wrong here. Sophia isn't hard by now because the mechanics has already been broken down. For tilt it's simple - like i've mentioned earlier, Even= Heavy, Odd= light. Go to the side that has no blues. That's it, it is that simple. During the tether part nothing dangerous will happen so you have ample time to count the tethers, rotate to screen to see which side has blue lines, and move to the respective side. But just becareful on the first tilt if dps is decent he'll thunder 2 right after the first tilt in the entire encounter.

As for tank busters.. He will use it once before the ADDS phase if dps is not enough (1:00), another at Phase 3 somewhere around 1:24, another at 1:56. Another right before quazar, the rest are all in P5 & 6. If you run enough you'll know by instinct when the TB will come and when to stack. Sophia ex isn't too hard don't worry, even a party with 6k Overall dps can clear before enrage.

I run mine using the RF, with japanese players who I can neither understand nor communicate with. So practice up, get familiar and you'll have no issue.

[Lan_Mantear]

Okay, but how do you see where it is without taking your eyes off, by the time I see it its already about to hit.

You don't really need to count so much. With enough practice you'll be able to tell from a glance. As you are learning there are a few things that can help you:

1) You should know when a tilt is coming, before it does position your camera to see one side.
2) Always run away from blue, if you see all red, run towards it.
3) If you see 2 blues, that will always be a large tilt, run as far away from it as you can.
4) Pay attention to the rest of your party, if everyone but you is bunched up in one area, you are probably at the wrong place.