Maat 0/1

[Last_Viper]

Hello there.

I decided yesterday... on darksday.. hey, lets go and kick Maat into hell XD

I wrote my macros.. got food, some medicine and went in..

Sleep II
buffed me fully
aero III
sleep II
bebuff stone + blink
wait..
aero III
Sleep II resist
Sleep I
debuff
and so on, it was like easy pray.. but then he hit an asuran fist, slep cure IV, again easy pray
my aquaveil wear off (maybe i should have recast it next time)
after about 4-5 Aero III with no resist, he hitted me with 2 Asuran fist and interrupted my Sleep II and Sleep I.

I still had Chainspell + Convert.

He hit me 1 time with melee and 3 times Asuran Fist, lucky Bastard!!

Next time i will win (i hope so lol)

[Dragonsword]

Re: Maat 0/1

I wish you best of luck on your next try. I heard Maat will Asuran Fist back to back if you extend the fight beyond 7 mins or 8 mins mark, so you may wish to finish him quick.

Maat may become very resistant to sleep, its actually quite random so luck is a factor as well. You may wish to spend some gils on vile elixir (and +1 ^^ ) so that u can finish him quicker whenever you find him so sleepable.

My best wishes again and good luck. Its always a pleasure to learn some rdm kick his butt XD.

[Aeni]

Re: Maat 0/1

Any RDM tried to chainspell nuke hell outta Maat with Vile Elixir and Vile Elixir +1 to replenish mp? I'd figure you can get the fights down under 4 min doing that O_O

[Jei]

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i didn't use elixir. but I got maat down to like 10% HP before my chainspell wore off.
I was kinda panic on my battle, after I chain spell I didn't hit earo3 fast enough. Or I could have finished him off before chain spell ever wore off o_O
rolanberry pie, no meds

[FortMan]

Re: Maat 0/1

If you don't mind, I would like to ask a couple of questions and give a few pointers.

Hello there.

I decided yesterday... on darksday.. hey, lets go and kick Maat into hell XD

I wrote my macros.. got food, some medicine and went in..

Sleep II
buffed me fully
aero III
sleep II
....

1. Which spell did you cast for buff? In my expereince, you will mosty likely need Shell + Stoneskin + Blink (also maybe Haste to reduce recast). Maat hit very hard, so Protect and Phalanx aren't going to help much. I didn't cast Aquaviel when I won, so I am not sure whether it will worth it or not.

2. Bind and Gravity is your friend, so is step back a little so Maat will take longer to get to you, giving more time to sleep him.

<== Use sleep/bind/nuke-for-a-bit--and-then-chainspell strat. FInished at 5 mins, 11 secs. I did use Vile Elixir and +1, but finished the fight at about 350mp, so the +1 might not be needed.

[Last_Viper]

Re: Maat 0/1

hey,

i made bind and gravity macros.. but fogot to use them (noob ^^)
i have had vile and vile+1, dont`think i was behing a 7 minutes mark

for buffs i used haste, refresh, stone, blink, prot, shell, aqua.
my bad was that he interrupted me, he only resisted 1 sleep the whole fight.

i could save the protect and maybe aqua
bind gravity in the right time would have saved my ass

too bad that the good ideas come up to late ^^

but i will think about it next time and use my chainspell (wanted to use chainspell after the sleep when he killed me)

time record on maat was something with under 2 minutes... must be bind, chainspell + vile..

[Jei]

Re: Maat 0/1

the fastest way to beat him imo is boosts tons of int, once entered the BC run to sleep maat right away.
That way maat most likely won't have blink up. dispel him a few times, sleep2 him before he wakes, buff all you want, and chain spell earo3 right away.
when your MP goes down to around 150, SS blink, convert and cure4 2 times. all these should still have chain spell.
continure earo 3 and the fight can be over before chain spell wears off.

the risky part is you are relying on all nukes and sleep to hit 100% without resist. I think it can be hard for some race with lower INT like elvaan. My friend was 70Rdm Elvaan, borrowed my HQ dark staff, HQ wind staff and enfeeble torque, and his sleep got resisted 5 times out of 8 orz... and he already fought on darksday.

[MikeDee]

Re: Maat 0/1

RDM Maat is not "luck" it's knowing how to fight him.

Use staffs with the enfeebling magic / Elemental spell (Sleep = Dark Staff, Aero = Wind).

Run up, Sleep.
Buff (Pro, SS, Blink, Phalanx, Shell, Aqua, Refresh). (In middle of buffing BIND Maat).
Aero III
Gravity.
Sleep
Try to throw a Bind in there (Around 50-60%).
When Maat 2hr's, and if Bind is on you can run from him and go out of his casting range (also this stops him from Asuran Fisting you).
If Bind wears, and Gravity is on it gives you enough time to eat a spell from him and sleep him. If he does blink (Which he did to me) 2hr and sleep him.
When his 2hr wears just go back to Sleep>Nuke tatic.

I can't tell you enough how Gravity and Bind changed this match, that's why when RDMs say "OH IT'S ALL LUCK" it's not. People who do Bind and Gravity with Ele staffs win.

O and when I won I didn't use any med. I used 1 Pumpkin Pie+1.

[Last_Viper]

Re: Maat 0/1

Yeah thx for the info
i have the ele staffs and like i said, i set up gravity and bind macro but forgot to cast them

/throws his head against the wall

i also thought about Jei`s strategie, the fast way

as tarutaru i haven`t int or mp problems, i try to get new testy today

[knips]

Re: Maat 0/1

some tips that might help.

after you sleep him run to the opposite side behind him. when he wakes up he actually has to turn and face you. an elvaan rdm friend told me about this. she had fought him several times and she swears it helps.

i went 1/2 on him. first fight was on a dare with no prep. i learned a lot from that fight. i learned to make sure my macros were specific to the fight. i had sleep 2 and sleep 1 macrod with darkstaff equip in it. to this day i still have those 2 macros on my main pallette.

i used a tav taco. first fight yeah i got hit but i almost won. spent a lot of time fumbling while looking for spells from my list and panic got in my way. 2nd fight i didnt get touched.

and this might be rdm blasphemy but i didnt cast refresh on myself. i had a few yagudo drinks on me as well as a persiko au lait. it costs 40 mp to cast refresh and you get 150 back for a net gain of 110. yagudos are a slower mp refresh at 2mp per tick but you get 120 back and youre not 40 mp down. same with the aulait. regen and refresh are 2 less spells i have to worry about recasting. yes i reccomend having a macro to use the yagudo. the aulait lasts 10 mins and the fight should be over well before that.

bind and gravity are good to use but the recast is really long on those. so i would worry more about sleep and sleep 2 landing. too often sleep2 failed for me but for some reason sleep 1 had no problem landing...

best tip i feel is not to panic. panic will cause everything to turn to hell very fast.

when you run in sleep him right away. i noticed you didnt cast dispel. youre looking for basically one of two things. either dispel had no effect meaning theres nothing to dispel or you til you see that you dispel his shell. after you sleep him make sure that he doesnt have shell up. then buff up. if you have time to run behind him then do so before you cast aero 3.

and pacing. you might want to wait til he wakes up before you cast aero 3 or wait as long as possible to do so. this way it gives you time to regen hp and mp. maybe recast buffs.


hope this helps.

[FortMan]

Re: Maat 0/1

And this might be rdm blasphemy but i didnt cast refresh on myself. i had a few yagudo drinks on me as well as a persiko au lait. it costs 40 mp to cast refresh and you get 150 back for a net gain of 110. yagudos are a slower mp refresh at 2mp per tick but you get 120 back and youre not 40 mp down. same with the aulait. regen and refresh are 2 less spells i have to worry about recasting. yes i reccomend having a macro to use the yagudo. the aulait lasts 10 mins and the fight should be over well before that.

I did use yagudo drinks also, not only for MP beenfit, but casting time as well (yagudo is faster).

[Altae]

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I disagree with the fact that RDM Maat fight has no luck factor. On my 9th and final attempt, Maat did not use a single WS against me. He landed a few melee hits here and there, but just didn't WS me like usual. Don't tell me I did something miraculous after 8 failed tries to get him to not WS.

And there are times he'll use One Inch Punch instead of Asuran Fists. To not be on the receiving end of an Asruan Fists isn't luck?

Also, I beat Maat using Vile Elixer and Vile Elixer +1. Yes, you can finish the fight around 4mins. And didn't even need Bind or Gravity. Just slept him over and over.

RDM Maat fight may not be ALL luck, but I can assure there is enough luck there to thank God with.

[tdh]

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Odude 1 - Maat 1

I went in with 5 Hi-Potions, 1 X-Potion, Vile Elixir, Vile Elixir +1, Yagudo Drink, Regen Milk drink (Can't remember which one exactly. Cost me 17k) and a Pro Ether.

First run I had a lotta borrowed items. HQ Wind, Water, and Dark Staff. Druid Slops, Uggalepih Pendant, and I think that was about it. I traded the test to Maat nekkid, and went into the BC nekkid as well. (Per some silly suggestion some place.) Going into the fight nekkid was retarded. It robbed me of about 350~400MP to start the fight out. I buffed up. ProIV/Shell IV, Stoneskine, Phalanx, Blink, but didn't bother with Aquaveil. I Chainspelled, and blasted away. I landed 4 or 5 Aero IIIs for 376dmg each, and was low on MP and was going to Convert. He resisted 3 Sleeps before he dropped me to the matt. If I could have landed that Sleep, Converted, and blasted away, I could have dropped him in just over 60 seconds.

Round two went a little different. I had to return the HQ Wind, Water, & Dark Staff, the Pendant, and Slops. I got my 2nd RDM test before my 2hr charged. I borrowed a SMN friend's HQ Dark Staff then waited for Darksday. I had full MP when I went in. (825MP)

I walked all the way up to the edge of the Circle so I could see what he was doing. He won't mess with you until you mess with him. I did that so I could see what he buffed with. He cast Pro IV, and Haste.

I buffed up again, same as above. SS, Phalanx, Blink, Pro/Shell IV, then I Slept him. Dispel, Paralyze, Gravity, then Slow. The Slow had no effect due to the Haste, but I didn't see it being that big of a deal, so I did'nt bother to Dispel him again.

At this point I was ready, so I Chainspelled, and began the fun. 8 Aero III's, only one "resisted."

Time: 4:48
Damage Taken - Maat: 114+(344*7) = 2522dmg
Damage Taken - Odude: 176 Blizzard II + 50 Blizzard II = 226dmg

I used 5 Hi-Potions and 1 X-Potion. I accidentally used a Vile Elixir +1. /angry I was trying to use my Regen Drink, inventory shifted since I had just used a Yag Drink, so I wasted 300k on that item. I didn't use my Vile Elixir, or my Pro-Ether.

On a side night, I camped Mysticmaker Profblix for 2 months solid for the earring. (1/12) I finally get the earring and I used it in my lose, but forgot to equip it for my win. lol

Only problem I had was he did stick Paralyze on me. And it caused me some slight problems, but it wore off quick. (Are there items that will remove Paralyze BTW?)

Just as Chainspell wore off, I just put him to Sleep so I could Convert. I pop'd the Hi-Potions and the X-Potion, then Aero III, Sleep, and then Aero III which won the fight. Looking back, I had plenty of MP and time to Cure IV myself back up. It's been a while since I did this, but I think he landed one melee attack which Stoneskin ate easily.

I'm going to go farm another test here soon so I can break the tie! Then once I have my Joyeuse and Savage Blade I'm going to try and melee him down. I'll probably try him again at Lv.75 so I can try out Thunder III on him.

[Jei]

Re: Maat 0/1

congrats ^^

And by the way, Remedy cures many status.
http://ffxi.somepage.com/itemdb/2963

[tdh]

Re: Maat 0/1

congrats ^^

And by the way, Remedy cures many status.
http://ffxi.somepage.com/itemdb/2963

Sweet! Thanks Jei. I wish I had thought to bring some of these. That way I only need to bring one item and it basically takes care of everything I have to worry about.

Honestly both fights were going pretty easily. My heart was beating outta my chest, but it wasn't too hard. It was just the issue of landing Sleep that first time. Second time was nice and smooth.