Thread: Skirmish Strat

I keep hearing about people who complete Skirmish quickly but what I would like to know is what basic strats do people use (mainly talking about the island with the goats, eyes, trio, ogre and tree). What jobs should we prioritize looking for?

We just kind of ran in with whatever everyone was currently on and didn't have much trouble with that particular island. The Great Elm is really the worst of it.

The team we used the 1st time around was 1 PLD, 1 WAR, 2 WHM, 2 DRG, 1 MNK 1 BLM. We did OK up untill Tree, one of the DRG and a WHM dc'd, though the WHM came back. We couldn't readd the WHM. The next time the PLD switched to WAR and the WAR to BRD, we wiped on the hog/cactus/fly. How could the Initial team presented be improved besides changing the MNK for another DRG/BLM?

I think the first setup you posted may be better. We used two tanks because of the tree's sleep move. Each time he uses it on your main tank, your tank is gonna lose hate.

It's nice to burn down the Skirmish mobs quickly if your goal is to grab the weapons as fast as possible, but the real perk I find from this content is the ability to test on various boss-mob types seen throughout the game (mobs with adds, physical resistant mobs, magic resistant mobs, tank n spanks, etc.). It allows you to test different gear sets, perfect or create new rotations, all within one instance. It's kinda like test dummies, good practice and a little reward if you are missing out on primal weapons, GC weapons or relics.

I have only fought that tree once and honestly, i can't tell what he does other than get a few hits in, sleep, and run after someone else. He's moving around so much that it's hard to stay on any one side of him. Doesn't help that there's not that big of an arena to plan positioning tactics.