Owain and Art are two different bosses that appear on opposite sides of the basement. They must be pulled by two tanks at the same time and fought by two different parties independently. Both bosses will also stay alive at 1 HP until both bosses are defeated (i.e. if Owain is still being fought by one group, Art will not go below 1 HP until Owain is defeated.)
Owain is a fire and ice element boss that has the following abilities:
Make sure you have a tank in Fire Defense, and a tank with Ice Defense in your party. As Owain begins in fire, begin the fight by having the Fire tank pull the boss and face it away from the party. Owain will begin with a Thricecull, followed by an Acallam Na Senorach. Owain will then use Mythcall, followed up by an Elemental Shift into Elemental Magicks combo. If the boss’s element changes, make sure to have the proper tank provoke and take hate, to match defenses (Fire tank should be tanking when he’s fire element, and ice tank should be tanking when he’s ice element). Make sure everyone dodges to the opposite element spears as the boss (i.e. if the boss has ice orbs surrounding him and is of Ice element, move toward spears with fire orbs surrounding them), in order to avoid the AoEs from Owain and spears of the same element. Owain will then repeat this initial rotation, so get ready to dodge Elemental Magicks again.
Shortly after another tankbuster, Owain will use Spiritcull, marking random players in the arena with a triangle marker, and two players with a circle AoE surrounding them. Make sure players with the triangle marker stack together behind the boss, while players with the circle AoE spread away from the party. This will be followed up by a raidwide into a boss jump, so make sure everyone is stacked in the middle of the arena for heals and to bait the upcoming Pitfall.
Pitfall should be baited at the middle, so have all players run north, and players marked with Piercing Lights to move anywhere else in the arena, likely southeast & southwest. Pitfall’s damage falls off fast as you move away from it, so don’t be too scared. As long as the bait is in the middle, and you’re standing at any edge of the circle, you will survive.
Owain will return to the arena and use two back-to-back Acallam Na Senorachs, so get ready for heavy healing. He will follow up with a combo of Elemental Magicks + Spiritcull, which means you will have to do stacks together while dodging spears. You can still have everyone dodge to the same spear if you follow the positioning in the diagram below:
Shortly after another Acallam Na Senorach, 2 hands will spawn and tether to random people in the arena, and Owain will begin using another Elemental Magicks combo. Make sure you put yourself in position to dodge the Elemental Magicks first, and then have the hands move toward you to remove their Vulnerability Down, and then have everyone burst them down.
After another rotation of Thriceculls, Spiritculls, and Acallam Na Senorachs, Owain will jump again, just like the first time. The fight should now loop until both bosses have been defeated. Ideally, you’ll skip hands and Elemental Magicks + Spiritcull, and the fight will be a breeze.
Art is an earth element boss that has the following abilities:
Art will begin by using Thricecull, followed by showcasing both Legendcarver, and Legendspinner. Dodge these abilities by moving out and then moving into his hitbox respectively. The order he uses these abilities is random, so be careful. Art will follow up with an Acallam Na Senorach, and then use Mythcall, summoning 4 spears around the arena. The main gimmick of this fight is that these spears will copy Art’s Legendcarvers and Legendspinners, and use them immediately afterwards. To avoid these, you will either have to dodge outside of Art, and then run into the middle of the arena (Legendcarver), or dodge into Art’s hitbox, and then into the spears (Legendspinner). Art will use one of these two abilities, followed by an Acallam Na Senorach into a Thriceull, then summon spears again with Mythcall, and then use the other of the two abilities (i.e. if he used Legendspinner before, he will now use Legendcarver, and vice-versa).
Immediately after this mechanic resolves, art will use Legendary Geass, and the arena will flash black. Make sure to dodge the circle AoE quickly, before the arena flashes black, in order to avoid getting the bleed/heavy from the black floor. Immediately afterwards, blue line aoes originating from the circle AoE will spawn, so make sure you dodge these after the black floor disappears. Art will then use another Acallam Na Senorach and then jump, becoming untargetable.
A random person will be marked, and a large black AoE indicator will appear on the arena. This player will be followed by a large Gravity Ball, so they should run along the edge of the arena to avoid it. At the same time, Art will use Pitfall, and a proximity AoE will appear on a random player. Make sure all players move away from the Gravity Ball and the proximity marker. The damage from Pitfall falls off quickly, so you can still be pretty close and survive, as long as you aren’t straight on the marker.
The fight will then continue as before, with Art using another Thriceull into Acallam Na Senorach, and then follow up into a Mythcall into a Legendary Geass. Make sure you aren’t moving while the Mythcall is casting, and wait until the black floor is resolved before dodging the upcoming Legendspinner or Legendcarver. Art will once more use a Thriceull into Acallam Na Senorach, and then follow up into a Mythcall, combining the Legend ability he did not use previously with a Piercing Dark. make sure you dodge appropriately while not stacking Piercing Darks together.
Art will use another Legendary Geass with line AoEs (dodge the same as before), followed by an Acallam Na Senorach, until he jumps again. The fight should now loop until both bosses have been defeated.
Raiden is a lightning element boss that has the following abilities:
Begin the fight by pulling Raiden with your lightning tank to the edge of the arena. He will begin with a Spirits of the Fallen, followed by a Shingan. He will then follow up with a Thundercall, which makes the edge of the arena electrified, so make sure to avoid it. Raiden will then begin channeling an Ame-no-Sakahoko, which will only display it’s very large indicator at the end of the cast. You must move far away from the boss before the cast time is finished to avoid the attack. Raiden will immediately follow up with either a Whirling Zantetsuken or For Honor, so make sure to dodge either into his hitbox or outside it, reacting to Raiden’s animation or the cast name.
*Note: I have never seen Raiden use For Honor until the second phase, so it’s possible that he only does Whirling Zantetsukens in the first phase.
After Raiden is pushed below 69%, stack together in the middle as Raiden becomes untargetable and moves to either the East or West sides of the arena. Wait until you see which side Raiden points his sword toward (it will either be toward his left, or right), and dodge after placing Ball Lightnings in the middle of the arena. Raiden will dash through the side covered by his sword with Lateral Zantetsuken. In essence, you’re just baiting aoes in the middle, and then dodging to the correct side.
Raiden will return to the arena and use another Spirits of the Fallen, and will then begin channeling Lancing Bolt. Have all players not marked move toward the center, while marked players spread out along the edges of the arena (not too far to the edge). Burn down Streak Lightnings as fast as possible before Raiden uses Ultimate Zantetsuken, and you will advance to the next phase.
Raiden gains the following abilities:
As soon as nails are killed, Raiden will follow up with another Spirits of the Fallen, immediately followed by a Blooming Lament, so make sure all players are stacked behind the boss to dodge easily. Raiden will then follow up with a Cloud to Ground, shortly followed up by Bitter Barbs. I’d recommend having all players dodge Cloud to Ground aoes together, and then have players targeted by Bitter Barbs move opposite directions to break them after dodging Cloud to Ground aoes. Raiden will immediately follow up with either Whirling Zantetsuken or For Honor, so dodge appropriately and prepare for an upcoming Spirits of the Fallen.
Raiden will again use Cloud to Ground, but will instead pair it up with Levinwhorl. Make sure to move to where Cloud to Ground aoes spawned and stay there to minimize damage from Levinwhorl, and prepare for another Ame-no-Sakahoko into Whirling Zantetsuken combo. Dodge it the same way as in Phase 1. Immediately after Whirling Zantetsuken, Raiden will use Blooming Lament, and place circle aoes on random players. These circles will continually chase players, so make sure you dodge out and continue moving out until all circle AoEs are resolved. Raiden will use another Spirits of the Fallen and then become untargetable once more.
This dash phase is identical to Phase 1’s, except he will also mark players with Landing Bolts. Stack in the middle, place Landing Bolt AoEs down first, and then move toward the safe spot. Burn down nails as soon as possible and the fight will then repeat from the beginning of phase 2, until Raiden is defeated.
Phase 1
Phase 2
Repeat Phase 2
Absolute Virtue is a wind element boss and has the following abilities:
Note: As Absolute Virtue is wind-element, a tank should constantly be keeping up feint in order to prevent party members from missing
Absolute Virtue is a fairly straightforward fight, as long as you follow the rule of “move toward the opposite color of his halo.” He begins by using a Meteor, followed up by an Eidos, which makes him glow with either a light or dark aura, also gaining a matching buff. Absolute Virtue then uses Hostile Aspect, spawning a set of ground aoes along the floor, in semi-random positions. These should all be the same color, and will match AV’s Eidios buff. After a short while, all of these puddles will grow and then immediately explode, so make sure you move far away from these glowing puddles. Later in the fight, when AV uses Hostile Aspect again, puddles of two colors will spawn, but the same rule applies: only the puddles of the same color as AV’s Eidos buff will grow in size. An example of how to dodge them is shown below:
*Note: Puddles of different colors will still do damage, they will simply just not grow, so make sure you do not stand inside the puddles, but at their edge.
After this, AV will immediately use Medusa Javelin, which is a very large cone targeting a random player. It’s a lot easier to dodge if you’re in melee range, so consider moving toward AV after dodging Hostile Aspect puddles. AV will follow up with another Eidos, but then will begin using Impact Stream, splitting the room in half. Move to the opposite color of his Eidos buff once more to avoid this attack. It will still do damage, so be wary. AV will follow up with an Auroral Wind, and another Eidos + Hostile Aspect combo. Remember that this will now spawn both colors of puddles, so dodge appropriately by moving away from the same color puddles, but still outside any puddles.
AV will follow up with another Meteor and then use Turbulent Aether, tethering random players with orbs. AV will also use Medusa Javelin shortly afterwards, so make sure players dodge the conal before resolving their orb mechanic. Make sure players moving their orbs toward the opposite color puddles, while everyone else stacks in the middle in order to prevent orbs detonating within the party, dealing heavy damage. After orbs are resolved, Absolute Virtue will jump.
3 Explosive Impulses will spawn in the edges of the arena in a triangle, so make sure players are all stacked together in the middle of the arena. 3 Absolute Virtues will appear along the arena, each of them with random Eidos buffs, and will all use Impact Stream in succession. You can tell which AV is doing the ability first by looking at the line in the middle of the Impact Stream (it will go through the casting AV), and the AV will also be doing a casting animation. Dodge all 3 appropriately, moving to the opposite color of the casting AV. These still do significant damage, so make sure to heal appropriately by using Eureka Potions and aoe heals.
After all 3 Impact Streams are resolved, make sure all players are stacked together in the middle for a final Explosive Impulse baited on a random player. Run to the edge to avoid damage from Explosive Impulse, and then immediately move back toward melee range of the boss to avoid an upcoming Medusa Javelin. AV will then use Call Wyvern, spawning 2 adds which must be tanked and defeated as soon as possible. These adds are lighting-element, so make sure tanks switch to defensive elements (Lightning), while DPS switch to offensive elements (Earth). While this is all happening, AV will follow up with another Turbulent Aether, and quickly follow up with a Medusa Javelin. Just as before, wait to dodge the Javelin before moving along the edge of the arena toward the correct puddle, while the rest of the party stays in the middle burning down the adds. AV will also use Auroral Wind on the tank at this time.
AV will follow up with an Explosive Impulse spawning in one edge of the arena, so move away from the proximity aoe. Another AV clone with an Eidos buff will appear, and use Impact Stream, while the main boss begins casting Eidos. This will essentially have you do a double Impact Stream, so dodge it appropriately by moving to the opposite color of the Eidos buff. This time, the add will always use it first, and then the main boss last. The fight then continues on with most of the same mechanics until a hard enrage at 7:30, which is a Meteor with a longer cast time, dealing 999999 damage to all members in the raid.
Phase 1
Phase 2
Proto Ozma requires players to split the raid into 3 different teams, each in a different main platform, as shown below:
Each platform must have a single tank assigned to be the “main tank” for their platform, as Ozma periodically attacks the highest enmity target in each platform. Ozma will also spawn Ozmashades throughout the fight, each transforming into either Star, Cube, or Pyramid forms and using their transition attacks (Mourning Star, Flare Star, and Execration), which are explained below.
Proto Ozma itself has four distinct forms, each having different abilities, and changing the nature of its auto-attacks.
Ozma has the following abilities in its sphere form.
Ozma will start in this form, and will always revert back to this form after every transformation. This is mainly a transitional phase, where the only mechanic is Black Hole, requiring all players to be standing inside the blue circles on the arena, with at least one person in each circle. All players standing in blue circles will gain the buff “Black Hole Buffer”, making them immune to Black Hole. This ability does not have a cast time, so you must run into blue buttons as soon as you see Ozma transform into Sphere. A short while afterwards, Ozma will spawn a set of Ozmashades, and will change forms immediately after the set of Ozmashades, causing you to do a double dodge (i.e. you might have to move out for the Ozmashade (Star)’s Mourning Star, and then immediately out of the platform for Ozma (Triangle)’s Exercration). If this is Ozma’s first Sphere form, it will spawn an extra set of Ozmashades before you have to do a double dodge.
*Note: Ozma will always auto attack the highest enmity target on each main platform. This means that if you have to dodge an Ozmashade’s Exercration, it is imperative that the current main tank be the last person to move out of the platform, or any remaining player will get auto-attacked and likely die.
Ozma has the following abilities in its Star Form:
This will always be the first form Ozma changes to, but all other form changes should be random. As soon as Ozma finishes transforming into Star form, it will immediately use Mourning Star, so make sure you move far from Ozma as soon as possible after dodging the previous Ozmashade. After dodging, immediately stack together in a group in melee range and stay there for the duration of the phase, as Ozma will periodically be using a soak attack. Ozma will soon summon Meteor Impact markers on players, which are very large circles, and should be placed toward the back of the main platform and in the blue circle counterclockwise of the party, as shown below:
Ozma will then follow up with Shooting Star, so make sure all players are knocked toward a safe spot. Meteor Impact resolves before Shooting Star, so make sure you’re in position to minimize Meteor Impact damage, and then move to avoid the knockback pushing you off the arena. Burn down the adds while you do this.
Proto Ozma will then use another Shooting Star while summoning another Ozmashade, so you will have to be knocked back toward the correct spot to avoid the mechanic (i.e. if the Ozmashade is star, you will be using Shooting Star to knock yourself toward the boss.)
Ozma has the following abilities in its Cube Form:
As soon as Ozma finishes transforming into Cube form, it will immediately use Flare Star, so make sure you move into Ozma’s melee range as soon as possible, after dodging the previous Ozmashade. After dodging, have your party stacked on one side of the main platform, while the platform’s main tank takes the other as shown below to avoid cleaves from Ozma’s laser.
Immediately after, a set of 6 orbs will appear circling around the arena, which must be taken by a tank. Make sure this tank is not the main tank of the platform. If done properly, each tank should be taking 2 orbs, so plan appropriately. While this is happening, Ozma will mark a random player for a stack Meteor, so have the rest of the party (not including the main tank and the orb tank) stack together in the same position. The stack Meteor inflicts magic vulnerability up, so it’s imperative that none of the tanks get hit or they will die to their responsibilities (orbs for orb tank, autos for main tank). Ozma will then follow up with a Holy, so make sure players are not knocked off the arena.
After a short while, Ozma will combine a stack Meteor, a Holy, and spawn an Ozmashade of a random form. Make sure the party is stacked together and avoids all mechanics. If Ozmashade is Triangle, you will have to stand as close to Ozma as possible in the side path. If Ozmashade is Star, you just have to be far into melee range. If Ozmashade is Cube, you will have to stand right behind the two lines to avoid getting knocked back all the way by Holy, but still dodge the Ozmashade’s Flare Star if Holy gets culled. (If your waymarks are placed correctly, you should be able to just stand on the waymark).
Ozma has the following abilities in its Pyramid Form:
As soon as Ozma finishes transforming into Pyramid form, it will immediately use Execration, so make sure you move out of the main platform as soon as possible, after dodging the previous Ozmashade. After dodging, have your party stacked near the front of the main platform, while one assigned ranged player (healer or bard preferably in order to self-cleanse), in the back of the main platform, baiting Ozma’s bleed attacks. Make sure to esuna bleed stacks.
Throughout this entire phase, Ozma will periodically be inflicting people with Acceleration Bomb. It is imperative that if you have Acceleration Bomb, you do not do any actions (including auto-attacks) or the bomb will explode and deal very heavy damage to all players near you. Ozma will then summon Meteor Impact markers on 2 players, which are very large circles, and should be placed toward the back of the main platform and in the blue circle counterclockwise of the party, as explained in the Star Form outline.
Ozma will then summon an Ozmashade, and immediately follow it up with a stack Meteor, functioning the same as in Cube form. Make sure to have ranged bait Attack after this stack is resolved.
At 10:30, Ozma will transform into Star form and begin channeling a very long Shooting Star, dealing 999999 damage and knocking everyone off the arena, serving as an enrage timer.
Ozma Star Rotation
Ozma Cube Rotation
Ozma Pyramid Rotation
Fight Rotation
*The fight basically picks randomly between Ozma’s 3 forms, and follows the rotations shown above. For the first star transformation, Adds will not spawn (Meteor Impact is just skipped).
All these triggers are relative to the main boss, get close means get close to the main Ozma, and so on.
Proto Ozma
<Trigger R=”Proto Ozma gains the effect of Stellation.” SD=”Go Far” ST=”3″ CR=”F” C=”BA” T=”F” TN=”” Ta=”F” />
<Trigger R=”Proto Ozma gains the effect of Pyramid.” SD=”Get Off” ST=”3″ CR=”F” C=”BA” T=”F” TN=”” Ta=”F” />
<Trigger R=”Proto Ozma gains the effect of Cube.” SD=”Get Close” ST=”3″ CR=”F” C=”BA” T=”F” TN=”” Ta=”F” />
<Trigger R=“Proto Ozma loses the effect of (Cube|Pyramid|Stellation)” SD=“Black Hole” ST=“3” CR=“F” C=“BA” T=“F” TN=“” Ta=“F” />
Ozmashades
<Trigger R=”Ozmashade:37B2(.*)-17:77.3121″ SD=”Get Close” ST=”3″ CR=”F” C=”BA” T=”F” TN=”” Ta=”F” />
<Trigger R=”Ozmashade:37A4(.*)-17:77.3121″ SD=”Get Off” ST=”3″ CR=”F” C=”BA” T=”F” TN=”” Ta=”F” />
<Trigger R=”Ozmashade:379E(.*)-17:77.3121″ SD=”Go Far” ST=”3″ CR=”F” C=”BA” T=”F” TN=”” Ta=”F” />
Acceleration Bomb
<Trigger R=”You suffer the effect of Acceleration Bomb” SD=”stop moving soon” ST=”3″ CR=”F” C=”BA” T=”F” TN=”” Ta=”F” />
Meteors (replace YOUR NAME)
<Trigger R=”1B:[0-9A-F]{8}:YOUR NAME:[0-9A-F]{4}:[0-9A-F]{4}:0039:” SD=”Meteor” ST=”3″ CR=”F” C=”BA” T=”F” TN=”” Ta=”F” />
Because you are not technically in an alliance inside BA, things like group markers and the letters identifying similar mobs will be different for each group. To combat this, we set up a standard set of markers for each of the bosses that we use for callouts. Here is how we mark the fights.
Raiden
Absolute Virtue
Proto Ozma
*Not pictured: D waymark behind Proto Ozma.
Credit for this primer goes to EM’s Clees Wheatbuns on Gilgamesh.
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