RDM in promivion

[Standablaze]

Re: RDM in promivion

No doubt SMNs are great for promy but I recently done holla with:
2x WAR/NIN, 1 BLM, 1 RDM (me), 1 WHM, and 1 SMN

Worked very well to be honest. I meleed a bit with a sword and my equipment wasn't very good, worked fine. I done as much curing as the WHM and I brought plenty of drinks with me for MP refresh.

I'll be doing DEM (already done mea) with RDM again, aswell.

[Kutu]

Re: RDM in promivion

I did prommy holla with a group of 3 war/nins all using GA. A rdm/nin a whm and a blm. All the warriors just stored TP till 300% the rdm meleed there heart away and did decent damage. We needed very few animas. And to top it all off, each of the wars and the rdm popped an icarus wing at 10% and weaponskilled it to death.

Since i seen it happen, i think Rdms are pretty usefull as dd in there. plus they can cure themselves, saving you from mass curing everyone and getting hate.

[Gentoo]

Re: RDM in promivion

I've lost count of the number of Promyvions I've done, and I've only done them with summoner a couple of times -- when I was the summoner.

Frankly, I don't like doing them as Summoner though the set-up is perfectly workable. I just don't like having to rely on a 2hr ability to beat the bosses. RDM, in my opinion, is one of the pivotal jobs in doing Promyvions.

By far the best set-up I've gone in with was 2XRNG/nin, WAR/nin, SAM/war, RDM/blm, WHM/blm. My LS took has taken more than one party through all three Promyvions in a single night with this setup (different RDM's and/or Rangers)

The WAR can either kite the boss, or stand toe-to-toe. The Rangers pick it apart at range. If they steal hate, the Warriors Provoke is good enough to get it back. The Samuari, with an Archery skill not far off the Rangers at 30, can attack at range, and use Provoke+Third Eye+Meditate when the Warriors shadows are gone.

Having the RDM there making sure the boss is constantly Dia'ed|Bio'ed, Paralyzed, and Slowed makes it possible to do without 2 hours, and without Animas (although using either or both makes the fight go MUCH faster ). If the Warrior decides to kite the boss, Gravity is a must.

[Icemage]

Re: RDM in promivion

I mentioned the boss of Promyvion-Dem being largely pointless with Gravity since no one in their right mind kites it. It's easy to straight tank, which means the only use for Gravity would be to lower its Evasion (largely unnecessary, since it doesn't evade much anyhow).


Icemage

[Fayttt]

Re: RDM in promivion

That little tad of -eva can help out in the long run, though.