Overview
The Alliance and the Resistance cannot suffer a repeat of the slaughter at Specula Imperatoris. As such, they will not march upon Castrum Abania until they can be certain the fortress's main cannon will not be brought to bear against them. With the aid of an Alliance contact in Radiata, you and your comrades have devised a plan to infiltrate the castrum and seize control of the cannon. Several parties, including yours, will attempt to create a diversion inside the castrum, thereby allowing Lyse and her unit of Resistance fighters to proceed relatively unhindered to the fire control center. Weapons research is to be your destination, and one can only imagine what manner of foes await you there...
Duty Support
- Resistance Fighter: Gladiator (Tank)
- Alphinaud: Academician (Healer)
- Alisaie: Red Mage (DPS)
- Resistance Pikedancer: Pikedancer (DPS)
Enemies
- 12th Legion Laquearius
- 12th Legion Avenger
- 12th Legion Vanguard
- 12th Legion Bit
- 12th Legion Canis Pugnax
- 12th Legion Hoplomachus
- 12th Legion Signifer
- 12th Legion Optio
- Magitek Pod
- Hypertuned
- 12th Legion Roader
- 12th Legion Slasher
- 12th Legion Rearguard
- 12th Legion Armored Weapon
- 12th Legion Colossus
- 12th Legion Death Claw
- 12th Legion Packer
Boss Notes
- Subject Number XXIV was previously named Number XXIV prior to the patch 6.4 changes.
Boss Encounters
Magna Roader
- Wheel: Tankbuster.
- Magitek Fire II: Targeted Circle AoE
- Magitek Fire III: Group-wide AoE damage
- Wild Speed: Rushes around the room in line patterns. During this attack, two 12th Legion Optio adds will spawn and activate the cannons on the sides of the arena, bombarding random players with avoidable AoEs. Defeat the adds to commandeer their cannons and use its ability on Magna Roader to disrupt this attack. This attack will continue indefinitely until Magna Roader is hit with a cannon shot. Be warned that the Magna Roader cannot be harmed while it is speeding across the arena - wait for it to pause before firing.
Subject Number XXIV
- Elemental Overload: Partywide damage that is either fire, ice, or thunder-aspected, determining its next attacks.
- Fire
- Discrete Magick: Three telegraphed 120 degree conal AoEs
- Discrete Magick: Stack marker on random player (Fire II)
- Serial Magicks: Two sets of three conal AoEs, along with a stack marker on a random player
- Ice
- Discrete Magick: Crisscrossing line AoEs
- Discrete Magick: Telegraphed circular AoE (Blizzard II) on each player
- Serial Magicks: Two sets of crisscrossing line AoEs, immediately followed by circular AoEs on each player
- Thunder
- Discrete Magick: Two towers will spawn opposite each other and should be soaked by one player each (Thunder II). Failing to soak will cause these to explode for high partywide damage (Electrify).
- Discrete Magick: Telegraphed line AoE on each player (Sparking Current)
Historical
- Detailed mechanics not available from the source page.
Inferno
- Ketu Slash: Tankbuster.
- Rahu Blaster: Targeted column AoE.
- Ketu & Rahu: Ground targeted AoE and player targeted AoE.
- Roids: Periodically, Inferno will move to the back of the arena and get showered by the magitek device there to empower his arms.
- Empowered Ketu: Adds a Bleeding debuff to the Tank. The second empower adds Vulnerability Up.
- Empowered Rahu: Adds a multi-column room-wide AoE and a proximity AoE. Second empower adds two player-targeted AoEs.
- Legion Adds: Two 12th Legion Death Claws and one 12th Legion Packer will spawn. The two Death Claws will tether to random players and will incapacitate them should they reach their tethered player. The Packer will slowly move towards the back of the arena and attempt to use Quick Charge on the device. If the Packer is able to complete Quick Charge, Inferno will immediately upgrade his arms further.
Duty Information
- Duty Finder: Dungeons (Stormblood)
- Roulette: leveling
- Modes: duty support, explorer
- Time Limit: 90