Low man sky strats

[Obilisk]

i was wondering if anyone could give me a general guide to doing low man sky gods. we have a group of about 8-10 people, and we where wondering if anyone good give us some hints.
this is our PT setup

mem A- NIN,PLD, RNG, DRK
mem B- PLD, RDM
Mem C- BLM,RDM
Mem D- WHM,SMN
mem E- BRD
mem F- BLM
Mem G- BLM,RDM, WHM
Mem H- THF, RNG
mem I- BLM, RDM
mem J- BLM, NIN, RNG, WAR

anyway, we where hoping to NIN tank genbu, and sazaku, and hopefully have Mem A & mem B, dual tank Byakko and Sieryu with NIN/DRK and PLD/NIN. would this be the way to go? what to we have to focus on?

[Marsala]

PLD/NIN
PLD/NIN
BLM
WHM
BRD
BLM
RDM
RNG
BLM
RNG

Just have the BLM stun lock / nuke and have the RNG go at it. That is basically all there is to know. If shit hits the fan on byakko just ele seal bind because you should have 4 of them.

[Furionstormrage]

What Marsala said, and on 2hours:

Genbu: lol and poke him
Seiryu: Sentinel
Suzuaku: Shadowbind or CS+Stun
Byakko: see Genbu

Very easy to handle

[rithridan]

Might want to bring one of them as a THF for lolTH

[Tomiko]

Suzuaku: Shadowbind or CS+Stun or Silence it

Fixed.

[Foustian]

What Marsala said, and on 2hours:

Genbu: lol and poke him
Seiryu: Sentinel
Suzuaku: Shadowbind or CS+Stun
Byakko: see Genbu

Very easy to handle

Sentinel isn't gonna last through all of Hundred Fists, and even while its still up for the last 5 seconds or so you'll be taking a considerable amount of damage (unless of course you have some nice damage reduction gear). Invincible is a much safer bet if its available, using Sentinel once it wears off.

Course if you have 2 PLDs and you can easily switch hate once the first Sentinel starts to wear off, then it would work quite well.

[Arouz]

can also shadowbind and get out of range for his 2hr

[recuperi]

I'd had a group of people that were planning on doing some low man Byakko. They were planning on doing it with a ninja and a thief evasion tanking (not just light evasion but full out). I never got a chance to do this because I was too lazy to finish out my evasion set and eventually the person we were going to try to get a haidate for quit the game But yeah I think that might also be a possibility on the kitty, assuming you keep dual mambo and blind and all that on fulltime (I know this isnt completely optimal but we were working with what we had).

[DanielRemora]

Seiryu: Sentinel

just ele seal bind because you should have 4 of them.

[Neosutra]

Since when is 10-12 people low manning sky?

Solo = low man.

Duo = low man.

Hell, Id even say a party is low manning gods.

Minor gods are a joke, just dont break shadowbind.

Kirin might be a bit tough for you but the 4 minor gods should be a joke.

I suggest CS stun Suz though until your melees learn to not break shadowbind after being told not to 40000 times.

Good luck.

[Furionstormrage]

Invincible works, although I've never had a problem staying alive just using Sentinel, since they changed it, with a few stuns thrown out when it wore, but all the methods listed work great.


If we weren't doing Byakko I'd pop Invincible without a problem, and not like Byakko has killed me often, but he has spammed attacks and TP moves fast enough to take me from full HP to under 100 often enough for me to like to have it as a backup, but that's just how we do.

[Obilisk]

Since when is 10-12 people low manning sky?

Solo = low man.

Duo = low man.

Hell, Id even say a party is low manning gods.

Minor gods are a joke, just dont break shadowbind.

Kirin might be a bit tough for you but the 4 minor gods should be a joke.

I suggest CS stun Suz though until your melees learn to not break shadowbind after being told not to 40000 times.

Good luck.

all 10 people will not be there every time. we will have 6-8 most of the time. also, this group is mostly focused on sieryu/byakko- i think they would be abit harder to duo-trio

[orson]

6-8 Experienced players should have no problems bringing any of the gods. Just use the same strategies as always and if the tanks can get used to DDing while tanking all the better. Focus Tanking/Support/Healing > Dam obviously you usually need a bit of dam but even a Nin and a Pld will eventually bring down Byakko if they have the proper support and experience.

It's hard to sit there and say this is exactly the strategy to use as well because sometimes you'll have different jobs and different people. Lowering the amount of people tends to simplify things so there's less chance of stuff going wrong but when stuff goes wrong being in a small group you have to be even more on your toes when Byakko hits the Nin tank triple att > claw cyclone > triple att.

[TaruDjinn]

Genbu is a joke, just make sure tank is /NIN, he still hits like a truck.

Suzaku is also really easy, I prefer Shadowbind to CS Stun, as he still get some spells off, and will kill your RDM afterwards.

Seiryu really easy, Shadowbind or even just Bind him during Hundred Fists.

Byakko, need good tanks, sub NIN and having melee TA WS is the way to go.

As people said, keep them stunlocked and just wittle them down. Need non-retarded melee however, who know to actually disengage when they see the mobs 2 HR Animation, seen it broken so many times. Also gotta watch out for those stray avatars doing blood pacts

[Furionstormrage]

Suzaku is also really easy, I prefer Shadowbind to CS Stun, as he still get some spells off, and will kill your RDM afterwards.

Not really, I've never had a RDM die CS+Stunning Suzy.

If he goes after the RDM, I just Cover them, then Cure, JA, whatever is up and needed, but I've usually got enough sunk in to keep it on me.

[Wizerd]

Genbu is a joke, just make sure tank is /NIN, he still hits like a truck.

I lol'd. :/ Melee do shit damage to Genbu - Unless you have like all melee, there's no reason not to kite it. It's just so much less stressful. Only reason I see to keep him still is a skillchain, but that's what Flood and Waterga III are for.


Also, I prefer evasion tanking for Byakko, because if he does happen to do Triple Attack > Claw > Triple Attack, you still aren't taking any damage.

[TaruDjinn]

Genbu is a joke, just make sure tank is /NIN, he still hits like a truck.

I lol'd. :/ Melee do shit damage to Genbu - Unless you have like all melee, there's no reason not to kite it. It's just so much less stressful. Only reason I see to keep him still is a skillchain, but that's what Flood and Waterga III are for.


Also, I prefer evasion tanking for Byakko, because if he does happen to do Triple Attack > Claw > Triple Attack, you still aren't taking any damage.

Yeah, but hes talking about "low manning" with 6-8 people at any one time, and unless he gets 6-8 BLMs or RDMs, might be good idea to have a tank, espicially as he is so easy to tank and it would make things go alot smoother.

[Wizerd]

Genbu is a joke, just make sure tank is /NIN, he still hits like a truck.

I lol'd. :/ Melee do shit damage to Genbu - Unless you have like all melee, there's no reason not to kite it. It's just so much less stressful. Only reason I see to keep him still is a skillchain, but that's what Flood and Waterga III are for.


Also, I prefer evasion tanking for Byakko, because if he does happen to do Triple Attack > Claw > Triple Attack, you still aren't taking any damage.

Yeah, but hes talking about "low manning" with 6-8 people at any one time, and unless he gets 6-8 BLMs or RDMs, might be good idea to have a tank, espicially as he is so easy to tank and it would make things go alot smoother.

I dunno, I find Genbu is harder with a tank, since he hits for shit-tonnes, and even harder when lower HP. 2 BLMs is sufficient for a fast kiting kill.

[eva00r]

What if I have a 6 men setup like these ?
PLD,
DRK,
SMN or BLU,
RDM,
WHM,
NIN or PLD or BLU or BRD

-no BLM or RNG

any suggestion?

[DanielRemora]

What if I have a 6 men setup like these ?
PLD,
DRK,
SMN or BLU,
RDM,
WHM,
NIN or PLD or BLU or BRD

-no BLM or RNG

any suggestion?

Definately no Byakko. The others are doable, but your kills will be painfully slow.