Quote Originally Posted by Catapult View Post
IIRC, Nael will trigger his 2hr early if you do enough damage to him while he is charging.

You kinda need to force that, since the mages will otherwise run out of mana, even with Ballad.
You're intended to force him to do it anyway because he regens while he's charging. He will do it early and insta-wipe your group if 3 meteors hit the ground.