Overview
Ever eager to put his lyrical skills to the proof, the wandering minstrel has crafted yet another tanka, this time deriving inspiration from your pitched battle against the auspice Suzaku deep beneath Hells' Lid. Knowing full well the suggestive power of his words, you once more close your eyes and set your mind adrift in the memories of that day, augmented by his dramatic flair...
Strategy Notes
- On entering the Hell's Kier (Extreme) arena, participants will notice four Pheonix corpses (Scarlet Ladies) scattered around its centre. Bear in mind that these will respawn if specific fire-based abilities hit them during the encounter. Also, healers should be mindful of Suzaku's auto-attacks throughout the battle whenever she is not actively casting abilities seeing as the main tank will be taking continuous damage.
- If left unattended, the central plume will resurrect all four Scarlet Ladies with a drastic HP buff that makes them borderline impossible to kill. If that happens, the adds will typically survive long enough to wipe the entire raid via unavoidable damage and debuffs. As a result, players must utilize the following mechanic, Rekindle, to their advantage.
- The group should first kill four small plumes, which will spawn on either cardinals or intercardinals, to provide enough space to avoid the AoE blast from the remaining plumes. At the same time, damage-dealers must be ready to move to a chosen Phoenix and resurrect it with their Rekindle marker, preferably without overlapping with other AoE markers and causing unnecessary damage to one another. If done correctly, the resurrected add(s) will tether themselves to the damage-dealer who raised them, allowing them to be pulled away from the central plume and into one of the four safe spots that were created by killing the small plumes. Once done, the remaining plumes can be ignored while the group slay the Scarlet Ladies.
- If Suzaku has not been slain by this point, she will begin repeating a set of familiar mechanics before initiating an enrage phase, indicated by another Phoenix Pattern. However, this sequence will have absolutely no safe quadrants to stand in at all, resulting in an inevitable wipe if she has not been defeated quickly enough.
Boss Encounters
Auspice: Suzaku
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Duty Information
- Duty Finder: High-end Trials (Stormblood)
- Roulette: Mentor
- Time Limit: 60 minutes
- Tomestones: 25 Poetics
Achievements
- The Scarlet Bloodletter (Achievement)
- Mightier than the Vermilion
Music
- Phase 1: Answer on High
- Intermission: Sunset
- Phase 2: Sunrise