Ambuscade Volume 1 - May 2017
Interestingly enough despite the fact it runs around from the beginning and never directly attacks you attacking it will still aggro the MB regardless of distance.
Something else to note when I stood away from the MB the cactuar didn't use needles either though would still run up on me to fake me out
Then free nuked adds down (aero)
Then Mburst MB down. (Aero)
Took about 5 mins but less headache and easy peezy.
SCH 2 houred and we just will reset it.
Lets see the first douche crying for smn nerf.
Everyone needs to bunch up, firstly to soak the 10000 Needles and secondly to make sure the Consul's adds do not wander far.
Leg Sweep's Stun still lands for full effect even on VD. It stops the Consul from moving around constantly if anything.
Tomahawk from a WAR will let you do more damage when the Cactuar is not in range.
Two uses of Fell Cleave will kill most of the adds, the Valiants and maybe the Stalwarts will need a third use to drop them. Sonic Thrust will one-shot Hunters and Magisters but is difficult to aim.
I suspect Sodstorm is actually magic damage and is Darkness elemental. Lux Valiance takes a lot off of it's damage and so does Sacrosanctity. Without those it hits pretty hard. Will try testing it with Lux Liement to confirm.
The key to keeping hate on all the Consul's adds is to time your JA's in tandem with the Consul summoning them, as they seem to appear with no enmity on anyone and simply run around hitting people until the tank gets their attention. Foil will usually be enough but keep Pflug and/or Liement ready. Souleater from /DRK sub also generates a good chunk of VE and will bring back adds which may have gone wandering no matter how far away they may be.
If your tank, preferably a RUN because of their many snap-enmity JA's, can keep hate on all of the adds a WAR can Fell Cleave them to death. Non-Epeolatry RUN need to watch for x3 Eagle Eye Shot at once (Fell Cleave will trigger all three to use it at the same time).
Your healer needs to watch out for Sleepga II spam from the BLM adds and be ready to counter it. Sublimation charging will wake you up quickly but you need to watch for Sublimation being cancelled/charged too soon by your HP getting low. Maintain Stoneskin to prevent this but force-wipe Stoneskin if Sleepga lands.
Killing the Cactuar first prevents the Consul from summoning more adds but it's not very important if you can kill the boss quickly.
Will try get a video of me on DRG the next I do VD.
