Blue Mage: Masked Carnivale 29 Needs Nerf Badly!

[KageTokage]

The hands won't last more then a few seconds if you have Shock Strike ready and a lightning-element filler spell to spam on them (Electrogenesis is ideal due to being an AoE), so while they do hit kind of hard they should both be dead before they get a chance to start slapping you around the arena.

[Pepsi_Plunge]

The only thing I disliked is the arbitrary "Must have Exuviation to not die" requirement for act 2.

You need it for Stage 30 anyway and it's also mandatory for the Job-Questline, so this shouldn't be a problem.
Personally, I wish way more stages would be more of a puzzle with special spell requirements that you need to figure out first. I was expecting it as such and I'm a little disapointed that you can just "burn down" most of them with your basic set without thinking too hard about your skill-selection.

[jojober]

It doesn’t need nerfed. It’s tough but very manageable! When he starts summoning the hands, you have plenty of time to bristle so you can take out the first hand super fast. Aim right with glower and you can take them both out pretty quick. Maybe not the most efficient but worked for me!

[KageTokage]

You need it for Stage 30 anyway and it's also mandatory for the Job-Questline, so this shouldn't be a problem.
Personally, I wish way more stages would be more of a puzzle with special spell requirements that you need to figure out first. I was expecting it as such and I'm a little disapointed that you can just "burn down" most of them with your basic set without thinking too hard about your skill-selection.

I feel like if they're going to require a specific spell to clear a stage there should at least be a vague hint you can see beforehand like "The enemy uses debilitating effects" if you need Exuviation or "The enemy uses powerful attacks" if you need mitigation like Mighty Guard or Diamondback.

[Cabalabob]

This fight was a nuisance because when you messed up you had to do the fire guy again which takes ages. But it’s perfectly doable after like 3 tries.

The trick for me was reflux. The hands can be heavied and if they don’t swipe at you then they can’t cast palmistry. So what I did was swiftcast reflux on one of them, run to the other one to get as much distance from the one I’ve heavied as possible and use reflux and shock strike on the one near me which is enough to kill it. Then I just kite the other hand casting reflux using sardine on the boss when he needs interrupting (focus target him), kill the other hand by kiting, only takes 2-3 more casts, then diamondback the bosses buster. After that it’s smooth sailing to the kill.

[TTB-Kun]

it's difficult but it doesn't need any nerf.

1900 damage when you're taking hits from 2-3 mobs every 2 seconds and you have 18000 health is not exactly what I'd call "inconsequential".

adds in that fight dies instantly if you use the right spell, if not, it's your fault you're doing the fight wrong, it's not difficulty

[Nalien]

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[Voidedge_Ragna]

Its not that bad ... did it on my gfs char while visiting this week in 260 and it went just fine, reflux and thunderstrike will get left hand low or killed an additional reflux solves it for sure. Reflux the other hand which will cause heavy ... then you got 10 sec till fluid swing which may or may not be enough to kill right ... but sardine is instant just swap once then after fluid you got another 10 till diamondback which will be plenty to kill right.

Keep a cool head and thats it really. Alternative is spam every primal move on right after you took out left ... thrn you will be ready for fluid np.

[VeolE]

To be honest with you, I actually like the tough difficulty for it. Not only you kinda need certain spells, but also need to prioritize which hand to kill first, because I also remember one of them takes away your MP if you're not fast enough to kill it.

Like sure, it's really tough but even myself was raging on it a few times after wiping, wiping... and of course....wiping... Until eventually I've killed it lol. So, I'll say no on the nerf.

[Bonbori]

1900 damage when you're taking hits from 2-3 mobs every 2 seconds and you have 18000 health is not exactly what I'd call "inconsequential".

One mob, because the other dies before it gets to you, or shortly after. And then one or two Pom Cures fix whatever damage you took. And, as other people have said, if you're super super afraid of damage, you can just dump all your primal spells on the hands. Shock Strike alone does enough to almost kill one.