After an extended, winding highway full of cutscenes, you’ll end up as soon as once more tasked with staving off a world-ending menace on the finish of Remaining Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail. Within the growth’s remaining boss struggle towards Queen Everlasting, you and 7 fellow Warriors of Gentle will problem Tuliyollal’s biggest menace in a climactic trial. That is the one occasion within the Dawntrail principal story that doesn’t allow you to use the Responsibility Help choice, so that you naturally might need to know what you’re moving into earlier than getting into the Responsibility Finder.
Luckily, in case you’ve come this far within the growth, you don’t need to do a lot to arrange for this encounter. First, be sure you’ve geared up your unique level-99 Job gear that grew to become out there in Tuliyollal after defeating the level-99 trial. Past that, no matter equipment you’ve picked up through dungeons will probably be adequate. The ultimate boss struggle can really feel overwhelming throughout your first try. Take the time to concentrate on the mechanics of this battle in case you don’t know what’s occurring at first.
Right here’s what you’ll be able to anticipate to see throughout this remaining confrontation, in addition to tips on how to cope with them.
Tips on how to defeat Sphene, The Queen Everlasting in Remaining Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail
Start the encounter as you’ll another struggle. One Tank ought to start the encounter, and the opposite Tank ought to be prepared to make use of Provoke in case the principle Tank goes down. DPS gamers don’t have to fret about positionals for this struggle, they solely want to maneuver to dodge assaults.
Reputable Drive
After a couple of auto assaults, Queen Everlasting will solid her first recurring mechanic: Reputable Drive. You’ll see one in all her 4 fingers glow, with one other second hand glowing roughly three seconds later. As soon as the solid bar for Reputable Drive completes, she’ll assault both the left or proper facet of the sector twice within the order that her fingers started glowing.
To reply to this assault, place your self on the “protected” facet of the sector when you see her first hand start to glow, that being the other facet of whichever of her fingers glows first. In case you see her left hand (out of your perspective) glow first, be sure you’re on the
proper facet of the sector and vice versa.
After you see the primary assault resolve, transfer to the opposite facet of the sector earlier than she makes use of her second assault. You should use the arrow pointing in the direction of your occasion to simply inform the place the sector splits in half.
This primary occasion of Reputable Drive ought to strike either side of the sector. Nevertheless, because the struggle goes on, Queen Everlasting might solely telegraph assaults to 1 half of the sector if each arms on the identical facet of her start to glow. Remember that Reputable Drive will all the time contain two assaults.
Aethertide
Shortly following Reputable Drive, you’ll see Queen Everlasting’s second recurring spell: Aethertide. This causes the ground of the sector to show into inexperienced squares that drift in the direction of the boss. Additionally, a big swath of the sector will look distorted, as if it’s being pulled into Queen Everlasting’s mouth. You’ll need to get out of that distorted part of the sector ASAP, and be sure you’re standing the place you see even inexperienced squares.
In case you’re hit by Aethertide, you’ll be instantly knocked out. There aren’t any solid occasions to telegraph when every assault will land, so make dodging your first precedence. Additionally, the occasion will take gradual injury throughout this assault, so Healers ought to solid regen therapeutic on the occasion to maintain everybody topped off.
Aethertide will all the time assault 3 times, every in a cone-shaped AoE that strikes the left, proper, and center of the sector (although not essentially in that order). To dodge Aethertide simply, keep near the boss and in the direction of the middle of the sector.
Coronation (circles)
Subsequent, Queen Everlasting will use Coronation. This can spawn round AoEs on the bottom, every of which can lock onto one member of your occasion. The circle will perpetually comply with its goal till you see inexperienced strains and arrows seem on it, at which level it can lock into place and strike the world about two seconds later.
In case you’re focused by Coronation,, bait your AoE to a protected spot, await the inexperienced markings to seem, after which instantly Dash away. You must have sufficient time to dodge if achieved appropriately.
Whereas Coronation is in impact, the principle Tank will probably be marked by the Prosecution of Battle assault. Luckily, this doesn’t do an excessive amount of injury, so the principle Tank can simply deal with this by utilizing any defensive cooldown. Healers can concentrate on dodging and inflicting injury.
Digital Shift (The X Part)
Queen Everlasting will use one other Reputable Drive, adopted by an extended solid referred to as Digital Shift. This can knock the occasion up into the air and land them on the middle of a brand new X-shaped platform. Digital Shift will inflict average injury to the occasion, so both use occasion mitigation beforehand or put together a therapeutic spell after the assault lands to get your occasion wholesome once more.
Coronation (Tethers)
You’ll see Queen Everlasting solid Coronation once more, however its impact is a bit completely different at this part within the struggle. Two occasion members can have tethers hooked up to them, and an oblong AoE will seem between them. The AoE will successfully land in the midst of the 2 marked gamers, so every participant ought to transfer to the back and front of the sector respectively to dodge the assault.
The remaining gamers ought to transfer away from the middle of the sector in order that they don’t get clipped by the AoE as soon as it goes off.
Downburst
Subsequent, Queen Everlasting will solid Downburst, which is a knockback assault. This one generally is a little difficult to parse given the odd form of the sector. The simplest strategy to deal with Downburst is to make use of both Arm’s Size or Surecast to keep away from the knockback impact altogether.
To outlive this assault, you’ll need to place your self so that you’re knocked again diagonally throughout the “X” a part of the platform. Even when the knockback marker is alongside the highest of the platform, it’ll be positioned in such a means that you just’ll fall off in case you attempt to get knocked again horizontally.
Following this assault, you must see lasers descend from the sky and type a circle. Stand in the midst of these lasers, as anybody outdoors of this circle will take injury. Although this assault lacks a castbar, you’ll see it pop up once more because the struggle progresses, so make certain to maintain your eyes peeled.
The remainder of this part is pretty easy. Queen Everlasting will solid Highly effective Gust, which is one other knockback ability. Nevertheless, this may push your entire occasion horizontally, so you’ll be able to simply place in a nook of the platform and survive this assault. Afterwards, you’ll see one other solid of Digital Shift cost, which can warp you again to the default enviornment as soon as the ability goes off. Similar to earlier than, make certain to mitigate and heal as wanted, since this may inflict injury to the occasion.
Intermission
Luckily, by this level within the struggle, you’ve seen nearly all of the recurring mechanics Queen Everlasting will throw at you. You’ll see some mixture of Coronation, Aethertide, and Reputable Drive from right here, however you’ll be able to simply cope with every mechanic sequentially. Simply keep in mind what you’ve discovered thus far and also you’ll be advantageous.
Hold combating, and Queen Everlasting will solid Digital Shift but once more. Nevertheless, as a substitute of launching you again onto the X-shaped platform, you’ll end up in a brand new enviornment that may catch you off guard in case you don’t know what to anticipate.
The Floating Partitions Part
Digital Shift will knock you and the remainder of the occasion to the again fringe of the sector, besides you’re… floating? In entrance of you, you’ll see two rectangular platforms. Don’t panic, you’re protected now. Nevertheless, you’ll first need to transfer so your character is hovering over these platforms. Melee gamers will need to do that anyway, since Queen Everlasting will stay out of attain of your assaults in any other case.
Castellation
The gimmick of this part is the spell Castellation. When solid, Queen Everlasting will summon a large wall with holes in entrance of you. After a brief pause, the wall will rush in the direction of the occasion. To dodge this, you’ll need to line your character up with one of many holes within the wall. Remember that you’re floating for the primary iteration of this assault, so just remember to line your self up with a gap that matches your elevation.
In case you battle with depth notion right here, there’s happily one other clue that may assist you determine tips on how to place your self. Every gap will emit a delicate ray of sunshine that extends throughout the platform. In case your character is inside a ray of sunshine, they’re protected. Be at liberty to show the digicam round to ensure your positioning is good right here.
After the primary Castellation, you’ll see a message stating “Gravity will increase, making you fall.” Guarantee that your character is above a platform (you must see a purple circle beneath you), and Queen Everlasting will put together one other spherical of Castellation. This time, you’ll need to line up your character with holes on the underside of the wall. The ray of sunshine trick nonetheless works right here.
Subsequent, you’ll see the message “Gravity decreases, making you float.” This corresponds with one other Castellation. You’ll begin floating earlier than the wall rushes in the direction of you once more, so dodge this one such as you did the primary time round.
Floating Reputable Drive
To complete off the part, Queen Everlasting will swap it up by casting Reputable Drive. You’ll see her fingers mild up precisely as you probably did the primary time she used this assault, besides you’ll see the “Gravity Will increase, making you fall” message proper earlier than it goes off. Don’t fear, you’ll stay floating whereas Queen Everlasting makes use of Reputable Drive. Dodge the primary a part of Reputable Drive, transfer to the protected facet of the sector, and place your self above the platform so that you land safely after the assault.
After this, you’ll see one other solid of Digital Shift, which can revert the sector again to its default state. As soon as once more, heal and mitigate as crucial.
Absolute Authority
After returning to the sector, you’ll must dodge one other Reputable Drive. Nevertheless, this time, the assault is paired with the round lasers you noticed through the “X” part. Dodge Reputable Drive as you will have up thus far, however be careful for the place the lasers land on the sector so you’ll be able to place your self within the middle of them.
Your subsequent problem right here is the ability Absolute Authority. You may as nicely think about this assault Queen Everlasting’s Restrict Break. Absolute Authority begins with a really dramatized telegraph, with an particularly lengthy solid time and a loud alarm sound. You may’t miss it.
Absolute Authority will function a number of raid mechanics that fireside off in speedy succession, however don’t panic. Your occasion can survive even a botched execution of this assault.
Right here’s what you must anticipate from Absolute Authority.
1: Every DPS participant will see a proximity AoE assault marked above their heads. Every of those gamers ought to retreat to every nook of the sector, and Tanks and Healers will need to keep near the middle.
2: Tanks and Healers will see crimson triangular markers above their heads, and a number of other round AoEs will litter the map. All gamers will need to discover a protected zone the place no round AoE is situated.Tanks and Healers will need to transfer to the identical protected spot in order that they’re stacked collectively by the point the crimson markers go off.
3: The round AoE’s will respawn, so discover one other protected zone ASAP. Tanks and DPS alike must resolve Acceleration Bomb markers, which can rely down and knock victims up within the air if they’re attacking or shifting when the marker reaches one. Simply transfer shortly right into a protected zone so you’ll be able to cease shifting instantly.
4: The round AoEs will respawn yet one more time, and Gaze markers will seem above the Healers’ heads. Everybody ought to discover protected zones as regular, and all gamers will need to look away from the Healers to keep away from being turned to stone.
That’s lots of mechanics for only one assault! Nevertheless, you could discover that Healers have the fewest mechanics to cope with right here. What’s extra, your occasion will immediately earn Restrict Break 3 as soon as this assault resolves. So long as one Healer survives this onslaught, they will solid Restrict Break 3 and convey your entire occasion again to life.
I like to recommend piling on as a lot mitigation and boundaries in your Healers as you’ll be able to earlier than Absolute Authority finishes casting. Healers ought to concentrate on dodging assaults and therapeutic themselves, since solely one in all them wants to stay alive to carry the occasion again to life. In case you’re overwhelmed by the mechanics, simply concentrate on the necessities. There’s no want to take care of prime DPS uptime if it means getting hit by avoidable mechanics.
Divide and Conquer
Consider it or not, there’s yet one more assault Queen Everlasting will throw at you from right here. When she begins casting Divide and Conquer, line AoEs will goal every participant sequentially. They’ll comply with the marked participant and may’t be dodged like with the Coronation AoEs, so gamers ought to unfold out in order that they don’t overlap with different gamers.
The Kitchen Sink
At this level you’ve now seen all the principle mechanics Queen Everlasting will throw at you. She’ll begin utilizing all of her earlier assaults in speedy succession, so keep in your toes and maintain dodging by way of the onslaught. In case your occasion is feeling overwhelmed, think about using any defensive cooldowns you probably have them. Healers can use any two minute cooldown abilities to reinforce their therapeutic at this level as nicely.
You’ll see Queen Everlasting cost Absolute Authority once more. In case your occasion has dealt adequate injury (with Queen Everlasting’s well being hovering round 30 %), you’ll set off a part transition proper after the DPS resolve their proximity markers. Nevertheless, if Queen Everlasting nonetheless has lots of well being left, you could must resolve Absolute Authority simply as you probably did earlier than. On this case, you’ll be able to nonetheless rely on a assured Restrict Break 3 to avoid wasting your occasion, so make certain no less than one HJealer survives in any respect prices. The struggle’s mechanics will maintain looping till you’ve weakened her sufficient.
Remaining Part (The Victory Lap)
After a dramatic cutscene performs out, the music will change and the occasion will enter the ultimate part of the Queen Everlasting battle. Luckily, very like the ultimate part of the Endsinger struggle from the Endwalker growth, all the toughest elements of the struggle are behind you.
You’ll solely have to fret about two simply avoidable assaults at this level. The primary of those is Dynastic Diadem, which targets your entire enviornment save a small circle in entrance of the boss. Merely transfer into the protected zone to dodge this.
The second mechanic is Royal Banishment, wherein Queen Everlasting will repeatedly inflict weak injury on the occasion as two units of cone AoEs seem on the sector. Pay attention to the place the primary AoEs seem andwait for them to resolve.Then, transfer into these newly created protected zones to fully dodge the assault. Healers can use a cooldown for party-wide therapeutic to simply match the outgoing injury right here.
That’s your entire remaining part! After the dialogue finishes, the occasion will obtain an enormous injury buff, making the rest of the boss struggle a breeze. Simply maintain combating, concentrate on dodging, and also you’ll have your victory within the bag. Congratulations on ending the principle story of Remaining Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail!
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