New HTBF Shinryu 2.0

Dagger:
D133 Delay190 DEX+15 AGI+15 CHR+15
Accuracy+40 Magic Accuracy+40 Dagger Skill+248
Parry skill+248 Magic skill+248
Quadruple Attack+5% Weapon Skill CHR+3% (same as Utu grip)
Additional effect: HP, MP, or TP Drain
LV99 Warrior / Red Mage / Thief / Beastmaster / Bard / Ranger / Ninja / Corsair / Dancer

Cloak:
Cannot wear head equipment
Defense264 HP+96 MP+97
STR+60 DEX+55 VIT+30 AGI+25
INT+80 MND+64 CHR+61
Accuracy+85 Magic Accuracy+85 Magic Attack+85 Evasion+155 Magic Evasion+231
Magic Defense Bonus+16 Haste+9% Enmity-15
Able to use Impact
Lv99 White Mage / Black Mage / Red Mage / Dark Knight / Summoner / Scholar / Geomancer

Helm:
Def156 HP+114 STR+41 DEX+28 VIT+48
AGI+29 INT+27 MND+31 CHR+29
Accuracy+20 Attack+60 Magic Accuracy+20 Evasion+83 Magic Evasion+86 Magic Defense Bonus+6
Haste+4% Triple Attack+4$ Regen+3
Set:Auto Reraise
Lv99 Warrior / Paladin / Dark Knight / Beastmaster / Samurai / Dragoon

Ammo
STR+3 VIT+3
Physical Damage Limit+3% Damage Taken-3%

Ugggg, that fight was always super annoying in abyssea...

Are any of the abyssea clears even hard anymore? The only one I can think of that might not just be a 2-3 second kill is Grauberg.

Does this mean item level Impact cloak and armor with auto-reraise?

Also, WTF does mechanics are more annoying than Lilith mean? Do the devs really need to intentionally make things more annoying than knockback on autos, doom, and charm?

Base Shinryu has knockbacks, hate reset+ aoe reduce HP to 1, 10 count doom, resets all JA timers, absorbs damage during certain phases, and if you even wanted something to drop you were trying to proc blue !! during all of that. It definitely has the potential to be more annoying than E Lilith.

Base Shinryu has knockbacks, hate reset+ aoe reduce HP to 1, 10 count doom, resets all JA timers, absorbs damage during certain phases, and if you even wanted something to drop you were trying to proc blue !! during all of that. It definitely has the potential to be more annoying than E Lilith.

I'd forgotten about Cataclysmic Vortex (HP to 1) as it's been so long since I did the fight prior to item level.

Hopefully the devs figure out a different approach to game design besides simply taking tools away from the players (no sub jobs in Sheol Gaol, encumbrance and strip shield for the most recent Ambuscade, etc.) or faking content progression by gatekeeping it behind terrible drop rates or time lockouts. I'd like to see some legitimate complexity to fights rather than ALL THE DEBUFFS, inflict weakness, reduce MP, reset TP, etc.

I'm also waiting to see how the magic evasion on Sakpata/Nyame will affect Shinryu's TP moves.

I'd forgotten about Cataclysmic Vortex (HP to 1) as it's been so long since I did the fight prior to item level.

Ugggg, that fight was always super annoying in abyssea...

Are any of the abyssea clears even hard anymore? The only one I can think of that might not just be a 2-3 second kill is Grauberg.

Glavoid pops should be the worst.

Add that with competition

Impossible to gauge

Most people got their gear via brew. it wasn't a particularly easy fight to spam for loot when it first came out. I actually don't remember any of it's mechanics either.

If HTMB Shinryu has an actual mechanic to increase drop rates, I'd be stoked.

They added it to Lilith. I wouldn't be surprised if they went this route. Annoying, but adds another elements of strategy.

I should clarify that I meant a mechanic available for all tiers of difficulty. My hours of playtime are usually outside of NA peak, so I constantly have to solo or dual box since I can't communicate in Japanese on vanilla and auto-translate is limited for any manner of complex conversation. With how poor trusts perform in instanced battles versus mechanics (i.e., being trusts), I'm usually stuck staying as close to 119 as possible to keep from losing more than winning.

Really disappointed we aren't getting a dedicated mage set here. WAR DRK PLD has enough already, they don't need another high tier set. Meanwhile I am stuck wearing either Inyanga or Nyame for MEVA on WHM. Twilight Cloak is nice and all, but you're only going to be wearing it for 5 seconds once per fight.