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Torqameda

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Hey. I was wondering... I need help with the Rank 5 missions. Anyone have any tips, and good party layouts for 5-1 and 5-2 for the BCNM things and ShadowLord? I know there isa 50 cap on them, and you neeed an alliance(?).
 
There's no cap in 5-2, only on 5-1.
 
5-1: This mission is quite a handful, but with a decent party you can win no problem. The best bet, or your best bet, is to find a MNK who is willing to 100-Fist the main mob. He'll spawn little skeletons that have less HP, but it's better to just ignore them. Find a healer or two, a MNK, and have at it. Obviously, a MNK is not needed for this fight. With a regular PT you'll have to be careful, and probably lulluby any of the skeletons that come out, or have a couple of people ready to take them out as they come.

5-2: 5-2 is actually significantly easier than 5-1, in my opinion. After trudging (and I mean trudging) up through the Castle, you'll hit the throne room. It's set up like a big BC circle, with stairs at the very north end that lead up. Here you'll face the Shadow Lord. His first form isn't too difficult, with only damage during his Invincible to worry about (so bring a mage or two). Once you beat his first form you'll get a cutscene and then the Shadow Lord will charge your group. You're going to want to have the low levels and mages run north, to the stairs, while the rest of the melee fight him where you entered the BC. He has a nasty AOE move that he spams that can kill low levels. This form has significantly less defense and goes down pretty quick.

As for help, I've always wanted to try and solo the Shadow Lord. So let me know when you're getting a group together. Best of luck!
 
well for 5-1 I went in with the setup, PLD (Me), RDM, WHM, DRK, MNK.
the first try we got slaughtered because the original plan as to 100-fist the Leader of the thing, RDM couldnt refresh because the minions were chasing him and the WHM couldnt keep track of whos who due to the massive minions whom spawned.

Are second try, We came in after everyone was ready, MNK and DRK went for the Sorcerers and I Kept hate on the Leader, After the 2 sorcerers were down the minions were easy, DRK used AoE to take care of them, After that we just took out the leader. WHM didnt have to cure as much as before

that was are wierd setup but it worked
But I consider a MNK or maybe 2 if possible, so they can go in 100 fist and head for the one you need to kill and your done, so ive heard

5-2 i cant help you there, i still need to finish that one but

goodluck

PS: ANyone know what lvl range you need to be in order to take the Shadowlord? without a lvl 75's help that is
 
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Well for 5-1 the setup i used was pld mnk mnk war(me) rdm whm. what we did was have the pld run in and invincible to grab hate from all the minions and kite them around in a circle. then me and the mnks went to town on the main nm and the rdm and whm were free from agro from the minions. if done right the pld has nothing to worry about because the main nm will go down every quickly.

and for the shadowlord fight he is basically lvl 63. the group i went with for that was 75drk, 66blm, 64war(me) and a 54drk. the only person to die was the 54 drk from the shadowlords AoE spells and because we didn't have a real healer. the 75 drk subbed nin for utsusemi to tank overall it was prolly one of the best fights ive been in to this day.
If you set a day to fight the shadow lord and im not working ill come help yall fight im currently a 66war/nin ill check back on this post to see if yall set a time for it
 
5-1 is much simpler then people make it out to be as long as you have a smart party. a MNK is pretty much needed though, and a dedicated healer is nice too. outside of that, as long as you have people to take out the minions (who are really easy, think strays compared to memory recipticals from promys) you'll do fine.

5-2 i have not done yet, but most any level 75 can solo it, sooooo, it cant be all that hard.
 
Well with 5-1 the Shadowlord rotates inbetween physical resistance to magical resistance. It is soloable by most 75 jobs but takes a long time. It is a very fun fight though
 
I tanked 5-1 as 50 SAM with a THF, DRK, WHM and a pair of 45's rdm and WHM. Wasn't much of a problem.
 
tonicfly said:
Well with 5-1 the Shadowlord rotates inbetween physical resistance to magical resistance. It is soloable by most 75 jobs but takes a long time. It is a very fun fight though
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5-2 you mean
 
WAAAAAYYYYY back in the day, I did shadow lord in a balanced party of 58-60 to answer the question of doing it withot HL help. I think we were Pld, Thf, Sam, Whm, Brd, Blm.
 
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