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[Vahlnir]

Problem I see with Hashbrown (....seriously auto correct? I'm not changing that.) is people panic too readily. There's a lot more time to react than you'd think, but it quickly devolves into headless chicken mode. It reminds me of Titan Hard and Ex when they were new. Of course nothing stops the party from panicking when the healers get squashed but that's just one of those things.

He will now be referred to as Hashbrown. Thank you.

[Enla]

He will now be referred to as Hashbrown. Thank you.

The resemblance is UNCANNY.

[XykeVayaris]

Not sure if it was mentioned yet, but despite the raid requiring i305 gear, people under i320 can die during the third boss limit break attack if they don't have any sort of mitigation, even if their HP is full. I find that problematic if you happen to have whm+whm with drk as tank.

That attack, apparently if you were to run to the sides away from the path of the boss' charge, you will take far less damage. (Read: 20k vs 4k) Yea it took me this long to realise when one of the random runs I had I saw some people running off to the sides while the majority stayed in the middle.

[Dualgunner]

TIL: Hashbrown is a monster

[ElHeggunte]

That attack, apparently if you were to run to the sides away from the path of the boss' charge, you will take far less damage. (Read: 20k vs 4k) Yea it took me this long to realise when one of the random runs I had I saw some people running off to the sides while the majority stayed in the middle.

Heavenly Subjugation is a raid buster so physical position shouldn't make any difference (just like hiding behind the stone pillars makes no difference in how much damage you take from Garuda's Aerial Blast--the only thing that matters is how many and how big the remaining pillars are). The only way you can shave off damage is by killing the adds faster and then stacking as much mitigation as you can. I wouldn't recommend running off to the sides unless your group agrees and follows you, otherwise you're just running away from some of the mitigation that might make the difference between life and death.

I haven't been hit by him since day 1 so I can't remember off the top of my head, but I'm fairly certain people are largely dying to Heavenly Subjugation because when he runs you over during the gaol phase it's just like being hit by Trample: it applies a short damage down debuff and a much longer vulnerability debuff (the adds might apply a debuff too, but again, I haven't been hit by Rofocale since my first or second run so I can't remember). The vulnerability debuff lasts long enough for him to perform his lengthy animation if you took a hit near the end of the phase, so with enough stacks and low enough max HP it's nearly impossible to survive even if his mana gauge is low. Otherwise, I've seen players with sub 30k HP survive in the middle of the room just fine.

I'll pay more attention the next time I go in, but I'm fairly certain the players who regularly get pancaked spent most of the add phase getting hit by things.

[XykeVayaris]

Snip

I'm pretty sure it does reduce damage, I guess it's like proximity damage. If it were to come charging down from the north running east or west will reduce the damage. I'll update with images or something when I get around doing it.

Edit: https://imgur.com/a/Kgp5j
There was an ast in my party, but even with one i doubt their shield can fully mitigate 20k+ damage for standing in the middle.

[LalaRu]

It is written nowhere that if I wanna enjoy the lore, I must refrain to use party finder. Me rude to you because you have lost ONE MINUTE of your (tentative) speedrun?

Then you surface dweller are rude to me because you don't want me enjoy the game, the lore, the scenery, the game.

[Mirakumi]

Getting tossed in an alliance with all the shit talking people who can't dodge mechanics. Then sighing internally.

[Nestama]

The resemblance is UNCANNY.

Hashbrown, Bringer of Taters.

[Neri]

Heavenly Subjugation can be mitigated by running to the side, away from his charging path. Once with a fully shielded, I took 0 damage contrast to those still in the middle of the arena took about half their HP off.