Overview
Just as warriors temper their spirits in battle, so too does the wandering minstrel hone his craft through colorful retellings of heroic deeds. His rendition of your triumph over the Ultima Weapon takes the threads of history and weaves them into an epic tapestry. However, his ballad contains so many embellishments and fabrications that it bears little resemblance to your own tale, and you wonder if he was even listening to you. Nevertheless, you find yourself utterly captivated─whisked away to a battlefield that exists only in your mind's eye...
Strategy Notes
- Before the boss is pulled, assign 3 DPS to receive 2 stacks of Thermal Low later in the fight.
- The main tank should pull the boss close to the northern edge of the arena and faced away from the party. The boss will then cast Slipstream, and a healer will be marked for Mistral Song and should move away from the party and towards the main tank. The main tank should then move in between the healer and Garuda. After the attack, the boss will perform another Slipstream, then a Downburst on the main tank, and spawn 4 Satin Plumes and 1 Spiny Plume. The Satin Plumes will tether to 1 DPS each, and the Spiny Plume will tether to whoever attacks it first. If the plumes are left alone, they will inflict Sleep on all players, so they should be AoE burned down quickly. A tank should grab the Spiny Plume, as it hits with Cyclone, dealing heavy magic-based damage, and also debuffs with a stacking Thermal Low. The boss will also cast Feather Rain here, which players will need to avoid., then follow up with a Mistral Shriek.
- Thermal Low is a debuff that deals raid-wide damage when the debuff is removed. If a player receives three stacks, the party will be wiped when the debuff is removed. The debuff can be removed either by stepping into the bubble left behind by the Spiny Plume's attack Gigastorm when it is defeated, or by a tether from the boss called Mesohigh. This debuff persists through death.
- The tank should be sure to take no more than 2 hits of Cyclone. When they debuff 2 stacks, the boss will receive a stack of Aetherically Charged.
- The boss will then cast Friction twice in a row on two random players which will deal splash damage and inflict Thermal Low.
- To handle this part of the phase correctly, it is recommended that the tank holding the Spiny Plume only take two stacks, then defeat the ad. After the boss casts Mistral Shriek, the healers should top everyone off, then the tank can cleanse their debuffs in the large bubble left behind by the ad. Garuda will receive 1 stack of Aetherically Charged. Once the boss casts the first Friction, have all players stack inside the bubble, except for the three pre-assigned DPS, which will stand outside. This will give those DPS their first stack of Thermal Low. For the second cast, all players should move outside the bubble, giving all players at least 1 stack, while the pre-assigned DPS will have 2. After this, two of the DPS with 2 stacks should cleanse their debuff in the bubble one at a time, giving healers the time to top everyone off between each cleanse. After this, the boss will have 3 stacks of Aetherically Charged, 5 players will have 1 stack, and 1 player will have 2 stacks.
Duty Information
- Duty Finder: Raid Finder (Ultimate Raids)
- Time Limit: 120 minutes
- Tomestones: 100 Poetics
Achievements
- Ultimatum (Achievement)
Music
- Phase 1: Garuda: Fallen Angel (From Astral to Umbral)
- Phase 2: Ifrit: Primal Judgment (From Astral to Umbral)
- Phase 3: Titan: Under the Weight (From Astral to Umbral)
- Phase 4: Lahabrea: ???
- Phase 5: The Ultima Weapon: Ultima (Orchestral Version)