AAC Cruiserweight M4 raid guide

Raid (Normal) quick facts

You have climbed the ranks of the cruiserweight tier to reach the title match, and the stakes could not be higher. With that which gives your lives' purpose on the line, the match between the unenhanced warrior and the Howling Blade has all of Alexandria on the edge of their seats. It is time to see once and for all who will come out on top: the lone wolf, or the undefeated upstart?

• Category: Raid (normal)
• Difficulty: Normal
• First Appearance: Patch 7.2, *Dawntrail*
• Level: 100
• Item Level Requirement: 715
• Party Size: Full Party (8 players)
• Required Quest: The Lone Wolf
• Entrance: Greenroom
• Region: Xak Tural

Before queueing

Use the quick facts to check level, item level, party size, required quest, entrance, roulette, and time limit before queueing for AAC Cruiserweight M4.

• Repair gear and meet the listed level/item-level requirements.
• Tell the party if it is your first clear.
• Use the local wiki link for exact duty facts and related articles.

Boss and mechanic notes

AAC Cruiserweight M4 has local boss notes for: Lone Wolf: The Howling Blade. These notes are pulled from the local wiki and should be treated as source-backed prep unless separately marked as human-reviewed strategy.

• Extraplanar Pursuit: Raid-wide physical damage.
• Great Divide: A line stack physical tankbuster aimed at the main tank. Both tanks should stack.
• Wolves' Reign: An attack combination:
• A telegraphed small point-blank AoE.
• Three shades of the boss will extend in different directions, denoting late telegraphed circle AoEs at the edges of the room where they face.
• The boss will jump to the location of one of the AoEs and use a telegraphed line AoE in front of him with a fast cast. The boss will move to the other side of the arena.
• Finally, he will use a late telegraphed wide conal AoE in front of him, knocking back anyone hit.
• Heavensearth: Stack marker AoE on a random player, dealing magical damage.
• Beckon Moonlight: Summons four untargetable Moonlit Shadow adds, one per cardinal. Each add will brandish its sword to either its right or left, denoting a half room cleave (Moonbeam's Bite). The four cleaves resolve in the order the adds spawn (clockwise or counterclockwise). One way to dodge this is to go to the quadrant that is safe from the first two adds, then move diagonally across to the opposite quadrant after the first two cleaves.
• Shadowchase: The boss will briefly disappear and summon five untargetable clones in a pentagon formation, each of which will point its sword in front, denoting a frontal line AoE. Get behind any of the adds to dodge.
• Bare Fangs: The boss will reposition its Gleaming Fang implements to form a line. Two of the adds will begin glowing first, indicating a line AoE (Fanged Charge) through it with no additional indicator, followed by the other two adds.
• Terrestrial Rage: Meanwhile, three sets of circle AoE telegraphs will spawn at random players' locations, followed by another Heavensearth stack.
• Tactical Pack: The boss becomes untargetable and spawns two adds: a Wolf of Stone and Wolf of Wind, beginning an adds phase. Both adds must be defeated before the Saber Intensity duty gauge reaches 100, or the party will wipe.
• The adds can be stacked together by tanks.

Duty finder and rewards context

Use this section to decide whether the duty belongs in roulettes, high-end queues, mentor roulette, or repeat farming.

• Duty Finder: Normal Raids (Dawntrail)
• Roulette: normal raids
• Time Limit: 90 minutes
• Tomestones: 10 mathematics + 5 mnemonics

Completion notes

After your first clear, check whether the duty has mapping, clear, Blue Mage, loot, music, or collection reasons to return.

• Achievement: Cruising at the Apex I
• Achievement: Cruising at the Apex II
• Achievement: Cruising at the Apex III
• Music: Main: Unleashed

Verification boundary

This page is generated from local TJPedia wiki data. It does not invent missing mechanics, NPC coordinates, loot tables, or current-party-finder strategies. High-end positioning and current-prog tactics still need human review before being labeled as a full strategy guide.

• Source-backed: duty facts, local boss notes, achievements, and music.
• Needs human review: exact high-end progression strategy.
• Use official patch notes for changed requirements or rewards.

Related on TJPedia

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