Steal + Gear VS Maat

[Eauijhkuu]

Saluations.

Eauijhkuu here.

I have a hearty ammount of Steal + Gear now that I've got all my AF and a few quest/ rare-exclusive items now. I can pretty much say that with latency put in, I could jump steal to +9.

My main concern about this was that I'm 68 and will have to take on my Limit 5 soon. From what I've heard, all I have to do is steal an item from Maat in order to win.

If this is the case, I wanna say that I've got this pretty much in the bag.

How much likely or easier is my stealing going to be with modifiers against this old geezer?
Please share your thoughts/comments.
Any 70+ THF with similar experiences or advice to give would greatly be appreciated.

[Aeolus]

Re: Steal + Gear VS Maat

I went 1/9 but for some reason when I stole the warp scroll the battle didnt end, he killed me and I failed the quest. Stupid glithce or something, neway I got f**ked over Then I went 1/5 and this time it worked lol but I had steal+7 or 8 and tbh I only really felt it helped while getting testimony's. I didnt use the steal ring as I wanted hide after I had stolen from the tonberries but I would get a testimony in about 1-5steals then back to maat. Best bet is to hide tho and run behind him and steal. That way you get the latent of ring if u have it as well. Best advice is to just keep at it cause its really just luck and youll get it eventually.

[pearlsea]

Re: Steal + Gear VS Maat

Im not a thf but ffxiclopedia has a good page on thf maat. http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/Shattering_Stars/Thief

[WishMaster3K]

Re: Steal + Gear VS Maat

Or you could try to take him head on, lol... My friend did that. It was a pretty epic fight.

[Aeolus]

Re: Steal + Gear VS Maat

I got him down to 30% before but I was only planning on stealing when I went, had a spare Icarus wing tho mwhehehe. Didnt have dodge or nething, main trouble I found was trying to get bb's and sleep bolts to land even with capped marx and about 10+ rng acc(again wasnt planning the fight) but I think it could be done pretty easily with the right prep. Gear up on your rng acc as much as possible, get some pretty sweet sneak atk gear as well. Sleep to 100% SnkAtk-Dancing Edge maat from behind obv Then sleep him with ur rng acc gear. (Phalnax and Blink would be good here as well from equips) Eat wing, beat on him with sleep bolts till you have snk atk again then sleep him, snk atk and dancing edge. After that I would try to bb and sleep bolt him to death. Its not that easy cause he does have alot of evasion but with enough rng acc its all good.

[711rocks]

Re: Steal + Gear VS Maat

I failed stealing 9 times, then decided to stop being a pussy and just melee him. 1/1 on melee. Do that it's easy as hell, and you're wasting time stealing tests & losing.

Stop starting threads with:
Saluations.
Eauijhkuu here.

[Akashimo]

Re: Steal + Gear VS Maat

yea @.@; first maat fight i did was on THF, failed it v.v; both going in head on and then going for a last ditch steal, lol. Got a vid of it posted on youtube.com just search for my name XD.... anyways. Just go with your best instinics is all I can really say.

[Eauijhkuu]

Re: Steal + Gear VS Maat

Here was my strat.

Use Reraise.
Steal from Maat @ beginning of fight.
If Item - Win.
If Fail - Die.
Reraise.
Rinse and repeat. (until I'm out of reraise):x

[pearlsea]

Re: Steal + Gear VS Maat

Here was my strat.
Use Reraise.
Steal from Maat @ beginning of fight.
If Item - Win.
If Fail - Die.
Reraise.
Rinse and repeat. (until I'm out of reraise):x

From what i heard, once you died your instantly kicked out of the battlefield but i would not know because im 1/1 on bst maat .

[Mog]

Re: Steal + Gear VS Maat

From what i heard, once you died your instantly kicked out of the battlefield but i would not know because im 1/1 on bst maat .

This information is wrong. You can reraise after being killed from Maat.

[Aeolus]

Re: Steal + Gear VS Maat

You have to return to HP if you die without reraise. You will be kicked from the battlefield after times up or KO status for 10mins I think like any other bcnm. Except no exp loss for multiple death or hping.

[711rocks]

Re: Steal + Gear VS Maat

Here was my strat.
Use Reraise.
Steal from Maat @ beginning of fight.
If Item - Win.
If Fail - Die.
Reraise.
Rinse and repeat. (until I'm out of reraise):x

Ya thats how I did it. So I guess I was actually 0/18 >.>

Melee him yo, it's fun.
Cap eva/marks/dagger (Easy way for eva is to go to cloister of storms zone in boyahda and let that steelshell beat your ass then zone.)
Eva+ gear (Only used torque, EH [No optical hat ; ;], Dodge earrings, SH, and some like crow pants and I was fine, if you wanted to grab more eva skill+ and eva+ it's probably better that way, I was outta gil though.)
Some rng acc+ gear (Had about 30)
Some acc gear (Had about 40)
Sleep to 100 TP > SA DE
Use some blind/acid/bloody etc
Use an icarus wing and DE his ass again, SA if you want, I didn't.
When he perfect dodges, flee and kite him.
Perfect dodge if you need to heal and use some bloody bolts and hipots.
Steal if you want.
You'll be fine.

[Kaickul]

Re: Steal + Gear VS Maat

Here was my strat.

Use Reraise.
Steal from Maat @ beginning of fight.
If Item - Win.
If Fail - Die.
Reraise.
Rinse and repeat. (until I'm out of reraise):x

Freakin melee him. Try this...

Equip yourself with the intention of fighting, not stealing.
Use reraise.
Use Icarus Wing.
Use Blink Band. (Remove afterwards)
Use Stoneskin Torque. (Remove afterwards)
Steal from Maat.
Success? Win!
Fail? Kick his ass!

[Eauijhkuu]

Re: Steal + Gear VS Maat

Lol.

Thanks for the advice.

[Konie]

Re: Steal + Gear VS Maat

melee maat with thf is easy i went 0/3 with steal setup then i was pissed off (my time of the month... poor old man) and i went 1/1 on kicking his ass

on another note, if u RR in maat fight he gets mad at you and spams assuran fists, see how many u can take :3

i used Perfect Dodge and he missed me 6 times and hit me on the seventh ^^