edit: endwalker update! same shit, mechanic timing is based on halicarnassus' hp. when adds are out, stop attacking the boss and get them down first - *especially* important with lady armandine. careful with dots update for shadowbringers! chances are, if you're reading through the comments even after watching through the guide, you're probably wondering why halicarnassus is pulling in lady so quickly and wiping the whole party even if your dps is good. the answer: the pacing of the fight is based on what health halicarnassus is at. meaning, if you dps her way too fast before killing the adds, she's going to do the pull in before you can even get two hits in. you'll probably be fine for the first 3 adds, but for lady, stop dpsing hali IMMEDIATELY after she spawns, and don't hit her until lady is completely dead. THEN you can switch over and kill hali. learned this through a long night of wipes :)
THANK YOU SO MUCH. Just for others who are having trouble on this, when lady spawns and even when she is on 1 health and still is standing, DONT ATTACK THE BOSS. JUST COMPLETELY STOP ATTACKING AND WAIT FOR HER TO USE THE ABILITY THAT WIPES YOU. I think what happens is, if you attack the boss she gains power to wipe you. If you don't, her power goes down and you just don't end up wiping. Good luck guys!
Yeah, similarly in copperbell hard the first boss on the train tracks just sonic speeds past your party with the deadly fire and right into party wiping flambeau's with it, you have to dps him slowly.
I found your videos recently and they are all i watch before fights! I watch them over and over to make sure i understand what to do. You have very great guides :) thanks for all the help
One thing in the Helicarnassus fight is that in the last phase she will sometimes consume a character, one hit them, and then cast blood rain. I have only seen this a few times and I think it has to do with how low the character's HP is.
Did this for the first time just now. I know everyone thinks the last fight is a pain, but I actually kinda dig the fact that you can't just ignore the mechanics of the final boss and burn her down like you can for most other old content.
so i totally watched this to be prepared for my first time there only for my queue to already be at the last boss with them killing her as 3 second after i joined lol
in german (which it looks like to me) it would be how-ke the ending-e is a short e like in test if its not german or dutch, who knows? :D (but in german au is pronounced like ow in english, its just the a sound and the u sound, one after another :D)
I ran it with my WAR and is guilty of running all the way to the end of the hall, inviting a party of mobs to hunt me down. Luckily there was another tank (PLD) to help split the damage intake .. We couldn't find another dps since the launch of 2.1 was around 4am, that hype doesn't let you sleep D; lol Great guide once again, keep it up!
Just learned this, but if your party's DPS isn't high enough to kill her after two or so enchants she'll kill a party member and cast blood rain wiping the group.
I have been told (though I can not guarantee its truth at 100%, I still feel confident at 99%) that the BIG skeleton on the 1st boss only spawns when the little skeletons are not killed fast enough AND when they are allowed to pack in together. This is why as tank i do not pick them up and that I advise the dps to not stand close to one another. You might want to give this ..... "hypothesis" a try loll :P It is also certainly possible to NOT tank the adds on the ASH boss (let them be handled by dps). On the 3rd boss, I prefer to tank the boss "next" to the spawning point of the adds. Meaning I start the fight in the upper right corner. Once killed I move right away to the entrance to pick up the following 2 adds. And once those are down I move the boss right away to the upper left corner. Personnal preference. Great vid as always! :D
Can I just say I love your commentary about the second boss and the lasers what server u play on please say it's Gilgamesh Roxy heart is my character name
MTQcapture Love your videos and that sweet voice, but definitely need to work on the pronunciation. Your "Beguiling" made me wince repeatedly. The gui part rhymes with guy, not goo.
The bosses here cheat and can turn around while casting, so you can't avoid their Void Thunder XIV by walking through them. Also, if you take too long to kill Halicarnassus, she will consume one of the party members for Blood Rain after the charm -- 8k+ damage if your healer is doing their job. Not nice D:
edit: endwalker update! same shit, mechanic timing is based on halicarnassus' hp. when adds are out, stop attacking the boss and get them down first - *especially* important with lady armandine. careful with dots
update for shadowbringers! chances are, if you're reading through the comments even after watching through the guide, you're probably wondering why halicarnassus is pulling in lady so quickly and wiping the whole party even if your dps is good. the answer: the pacing of the fight is based on what health halicarnassus is at. meaning, if you dps her way too fast before killing the adds, she's going to do the pull in before you can even get two hits in. you'll probably be fine for the first 3 adds, but for lady, stop dpsing hali IMMEDIATELY after she spawns, and don't hit her until lady is completely dead. THEN you can switch over and kill hali. learned this through a long night of wipes :)
THANK YOU. After so many wipes, I finally understand how to do this fight. My repair bill owes you a debt of gratitude.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. Just for others who are having trouble on this, when lady spawns and even when she is on 1 health and still is standing, DONT ATTACK THE BOSS. JUST COMPLETELY STOP ATTACKING AND WAIT FOR HER TO USE THE ABILITY THAT WIPES YOU. I think what happens is, if you attack the boss she gains power to wipe you. If you don't, her power goes down and you just don't end up wiping. Good luck guys!
Thank you for this. Kept wiping over and over and didn't realize this is what it was
Yeah, similarly in copperbell hard the first boss on the train tracks just sonic speeds past your party with the deadly fire and right into party wiping flambeau's with it, you have to dps him slowly.
Thanks wiped 3 times before I copy and pasted this into party chat and beat her the next time! :)
lol @ the bards name Hugh Jass
I found your videos recently and they are all i watch before fights! I watch them over and over to make sure i understand what to do. You have very great guides :) thanks for all the help
One thing in the Helicarnassus fight is that in the last phase she will sometimes consume a character, one hit them, and then cast blood rain. I have only seen this a few times and I think it has to do with how low the character's HP is.
I've been anxiously awaiting your videos. Thanks for the upload :)
Thanks for watching!
Did this for the first time just now. I know everyone thinks the last fight is a pain, but I actually kinda dig the fact that you can't just ignore the mechanics of the final boss and burn her down like you can for most other old content.
I am in love with your HUD layout! :3 So clean and free for space
Thumbs up for Hugh Jass.
Thanks! You make amazing guides!
so i totally watched this to be prepared for my first time there only for my queue to already be at the last boss with them killing her as 3 second after i joined lol
I always pronounced "Haukke" as "Hawk"...
Me too. Lol I envisioned a hockey stadium.
I have absolutely no idea why, but I always pronounced it "hoke." Maybe because of words like "faux"?
in german (which it looks like to me) it would be how-ke
the ending-e is a short e like in test
if its not german or dutch, who knows? :D
(but in german au is pronounced like ow in english, its just the a sound and the u sound, one after another :D)
I always pronounced it as Ha-u-keh
cracks me up how every few months when this comes up, i have to rewatch this because the DF group is wiping and i forget why >.
I ran it with my WAR and is guilty of running all the way to the end of the hall, inviting a party of mobs to hunt me down. Luckily there was another tank (PLD) to help split the damage intake .. We couldn't find another dps since the launch of 2.1 was around 4am, that hype doesn't let you sleep D; lol
Great guide once again, keep it up!
Just learned this, but if your party's DPS isn't high enough to kill her after two or so enchants she'll kill a party member and cast blood rain wiping the group.
I have been told (though I can not guarantee its truth at 100%, I still feel confident at 99%) that the BIG skeleton on the 1st boss only spawns when the little skeletons are not killed fast enough AND when they are allowed to pack in together. This is why as tank i do not pick them up and that I advise the dps to not stand close to one another.
You might want to give this ..... "hypothesis" a try loll :P
It is also certainly possible to NOT tank the adds on the ASH boss (let them be handled by dps).
On the 3rd boss, I prefer to tank the boss "next" to the spawning point of the adds. Meaning I start the fight in the upper right corner. Once killed I move right away to the entrance to pick up the following 2 adds. And once those are down I move the boss right away to the upper left corner. Personnal preference.
Great vid as always! :D
Thanks a bunch, quickly looked this up after getting smashed on last boss xD
great guide btw!
Can I just say I love your commentary about the second boss and the lasers what server u play on please say it's Gilgamesh Roxy heart is my character name
I love your guides, but I see you haven't uploaded in a long time. Do you still play?
ty for all info.
Cool dungeon.
If your DPS is to good she can install kill on the last add don't where her down to hard
how to change enemys AOE colour?
I love this music...Why has no one put it up on its own yet?
People have but it's under strong copyright protection and it gets taken down very quickly.
Is that how you pronounce Haukke? I've always said How-keh since it's a Japanese game lol
I have no idea! Pronunciation is my weakness :)
MTQcapture
I've always said it like Hawk Manor.
Damian Craven same, it just looks like a fancy way of saying Hawk
Hockey manor -- that's just the Canadian coming out of her ;)
MTQcapture Love your videos and that sweet voice, but definitely need to work on the pronunciation. Your "Beguiling" made me wince repeatedly. The gui part rhymes with guy, not goo.
The bosses here cheat and can turn around while casting, so you can't avoid their Void Thunder XIV by walking through them.
Also, if you take too long to kill Halicarnassus, she will consume one of the party members for Blood Rain after the charm -- 8k+ damage if your healer is doing their job. Not nice D: