Dawntrail Extreme 1 Guide

[@obliviona1]

the little squish that the circles do when jumping is very important thank you for including it

[@ngwoo]

Perfect way to illustrate jumping instead of specific movements

[@tranl1050]

Welcome back Hector! Nice to have you back

[@HectorHectorson]

Good to be back.

[@chernobyl169]

Can we just take a few moments to appreciate the jump in quality in these videos

[@honeyxew469]

Little tip for the volcanoes if they’re giving you trouble! Always look towards the same one~ if it’s erupting, run away, if it’s not, run to it! This makes it so instead of looking back and forth, you’re focused on one location

[@sadi5713]

there is also a button to look behind you. Just saying

[@Raven3557]

Headphones work well too

[@psymar]

​@@sadi5713on keyboard yes, on controller I have more limited buttons

[@ww1990ww]

PF now: Watch Mr Happy guide PF Tomorrow: Hector Guide

[@alexisangelle4488]

so damn true

[@madmulk9]

It better be, happy fires is really weird

[@alexisangelle4488]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/ameYeKSKlKqoi6M

[@nicology13]

True. I like MrHappy, but sometimes he rambles and goes off script.

[@zayunaheimdell1317]

so many better guides and strats and Hectors why do you all flock to him so badly?

[@oltro15]

The fact you cleared, then learned the fight well enough to document it and then edited this video the day I caught up with the story is insane

[@asatowolfe]

More than anything, I appreciate the spoilerless title and thumbnail. While I know Trail #1 was announced long before the game's release, I had managed to avoid it only to get spoiled by another recommended video before making it there in the MSQ; when I wasn't even looking for content related to it. Thanks for the consideration to the community who are there for the story but are fans of your guides enough to have them recommended. ❤

[@FieldMarshall3]

Im not the best player so i have not tried Extremes yet, it always looked confusing to me. But i have been watching someone do this fight for the first time while also watching this guide to explain what's going on, and this is honestly the first time i understood every single mechanic and how to resolve them. I have heard people say this Extreme is pretty hard compared to others so i assume that means your guide is really good at explaining things. Thank you.

[@doragonsoruja]

This fight is easily done blind, the only thing that's really hard about this fight is having everything happen quickly and having to look around the arena along with 35k damage autos.

[@GeminiOrion9]

@@doragonsoruja I don't know what job you're doing but the ice phase is horrendous blind. If you don't know the safe spots and tells in advance then you won't have enough time to calculate it in the middle of the fight. While I had a good raid leader to help guide me I still had a hard time discerning the "why" in where we were supposed to move to.

[@doragonsoruja]

@@GeminiOrion9 Majority of the mechanics are repeats from either normal or stuff that has happened earlier in the ex fight. The only part that took more tries than others is the part where you have to dodge the circles that shoot in 8 different directions

[@GeminiOrion9]

@@doragonsoruja Which is the ice phase. Even though some of the mechanics happened earlier in the trial combining it with the avalanches can make dodging all of it like threading a needle, *especially* if the raid party goes into damage control mode because teammates start getting wiped or similar issues. Most EX's get bad when you lose focus but I feel like specifically *that* phase punishes losing focus more than others and creates death spirals easier.

[@nikkowasawas5725]

im also complete newbie to extreme and just cleared recently. Its only hard at the beginning as youre still adjusting to the hectic mechanics while doing your rotation(messing up is fine) but as you retry(took me 8hrs to clear) the hectic mechanic becomes clear and easy to do. As someone who only did PF(this made clearing harder than it has to be) after mech most of my challenge is having good teammates. so you either try to join static teams(i dont do this cause of my rule) or just be patient with randoms.

[@Andrew-l3h]

im watching this videos thinking its not too hard, i just cant seem to bring myself to hit join on a pf. its like an unseen force stopping me from wanting to try. been suffering with this since shadowbringers.

[@nekontagion]

Are you still on the fence? I’m dragging a fresh friend into this fight on Monday on pf. Wanna join? Lol

[@psymar]

I assure you if you join PF you won't be the worst

[@JustCallMeCatch]

PLEASE DONT EVER LEAVE AGAIN (Welcome back, I've really missed your guides)

[@Theheadless1858]

Yay you are back! I was a little concerned there for a minute. Your format really helps me in ways other content creators don’t

[@EFafnir]

I think he was gone because he was helping create Tessan Twintails UCOB guide

[@natchuralone1806]

I definitely smiled real big when I saw a Hector Lecture. Your guides work so much better for my brain than any other ones. Thank you so much for all the hard work you do ❤

[@ShadowShikome]

1:26 ive done a few practices rounds and ive noticed something from the last couple ive done. Dunno if anyone else commented but you don't need to hug the wall. You can go wait either the A or B markers after the second line to wait. it makes dodging and moving into the top of the marker much easier

[@Naryoril]

I did my first few attempts of this fight 2 days ago and got a bunch of clears yesterday. In every group there were 1 or 2 people doing this, so i tried it myself. I'm not going back to the wall hugging.

[@briebee4988]

Here's a tip if you have a good headset: For the volcanoes, you can actually hear which direction is going to erupt based off the direction the sound is coming from in your headset. Obviously, this might also be based off of my sound settings in game. But this works for me.

[@MegaEngelchen01]

I've loved Mister Happy's guides for several years, but unfortunately my English isn't good enough to really understand him. 🤣🙈 Then I found your guide. What can I say? It's great! So easy to understand and you can see much better when you need to go where! Thank you so much for the work you do here. I would have needed guides like this 10 years ago. You have a new follower! 🤗🥰

[@punipun28]

in my DC we might do it differently, but I always watch Hector Guide to better understand the mechanic, cuz Hector always explain it in details, also nice touch of cat video on the end. I stayed cuz of the cats 😻😻😻

[@Nothing-Special-]

This was the first EX I've ever tried. I can't thank you enough for this guide!

[@aj4sure125]

Yoshi-P really took those tanking complaints seriously..

[@kumoko3728]

what do you mean its not even that hard to survive that buster a sage literally just presses panhaima and you only need to pop a 40% mit

[@aj4sure125]

​​@@kumoko3728It's a joke my guy :') (also kinda missed the point of my comment)

[@ye9945]

@@aj4sure125 FFXIV players in a nutshell. Fragile Egos everywhere

[@aj4sure125]

@@ye9945 lmaoo exactly. Tank is my role in XIV and while my comment is a joke, it's also in regards to the fact they actually made the tankbusters interesting in the game. No shit they're easy to mitigate 😂 that's not what I'm saying. The whole tank swap back and forth while requiring both the tank and the rest of the party to face towards the boss to survive is a very interesting twist on tankbusters and I commend them for that!

[@PKrazorleaf]

@@kumoko3728 Its a stage boss, pretty sure thats what he meant. Still no tank responsibility again.

[@Iwinfiltrator]

i find this format easier to understand than the chaos of in game footage using freestyled strategy's like most other videos

[@CadokaFenoira]

A little note about killing the first feather, by the time the final feather drops, everyone will be in that back corner, killing the second feather gives more uptime for melee, where the first feather will kill the melee or tanks who try to attack it when the final one lands.

[@mrmoore8490]

Sir..Thank you for the cat video at the end. Made my day!

[@Scooppi]

Thank you. Just cleared this tonight as a 39-year-old healer. I'm feeling pretty good about my abilities still as an old man!

[@jons9433]

I'm in the same exact boat, this guide was essential

[@psymar]

I'm turning 37 soon, and in terms of ffxiv you're not that old... check out the grannylalafell stream on twitch sometime

[@chrisuribe6134]

I actually understood this guide way more than Mr Happy’s…

[@Mstcartman]

Came here for the strats, stayed for the cat

[@saiduqyulesca4885]

A really nice and well made video end of the video: KITTY!!!

[@layerex3957]

I just cleared my very first on-release EX thanks to your guide (and the awesome folks I teamed up with). Thank you!

[@zeehero7280]

Always a bad thing when the boss consorts with the Ruinous Powers.

[@fieldofyellowroses]

Your kitty at the end is so cute. Thanks for the guide!

[@Buu__uuB]

Just got my clear from starting fresh in just 2 hours. Thanks Hector

[@Silneth]

Fantastic breakdown, thank you for going point-by-point with such clarity!

[@Mooglehulk]

MOOGLE SMASH! THANKS FOR AWESOME GUIDE KUPO HAPPY YOUR BACK!

[@onewinged20]

Thanks for the guide. Looking forward to this fight. edit: oh right and good job paying the cat tax

[@MrT3ik0u]

3:17 Lmao i love that bouncy animation 🤣

[@Matrh88]

Went into this blind with blind group and we managed to get half way into ice phase. Nice to see the mechanics so condensed here. Really makes it easily digestible. Will try to get a clear today! 💪

[@ksadiablo]

Thanks Hector and welcome back!

[@amyunderwood2113]

This was the guide that got us to clear last night FINALLY. Thanks for this. to Ex2!

[@Stone_Stronghold]

at 8:28 please do a follow up video and tell people to hit one of the feathers in the back instead it lets melee get easier up time without greeding the proximity damage and just cuts down on risk of accidental deaths from trying to get uptime.

[@Squidniii]

ty hector im bricked🧱👍

[@chrisharmon2682]

Wow, no wonder all the party finder groups are using the Hector method. Great video!

[@willieoelkers5568]

Ugh, gonna try this as my first EX sometime in the next few days, feels like prepping for an open note exam.

[@leffed2109]

I have only done the first normal trial (am leveling my crafters and doing side-quests etc) but I wanted to say how happy it made me seeing a guide from you again! Really appreciate your work ❤

[@frei757]

Hector. I love you bro. Bless you and your guides ! you're the absolute GOAT

[@gavinv2772]

GULP...

[@je4155]

this guide helped me get through my very first high end duty! these guides are awesome

[@Eleiem]

Thanks for the guide. Joined a fresh party and we clear after 40 mins with these strats!

[@MrCeltius]

I found that if you line up the front of its face / beak to the tower for Mountain Fire you should be behind it every time.

[@MrGamerCaptain]

your cat is so green

[@CrystahlK]

Is there a specific reason you don’t show actual gameplay footage? Being able to have the in-game comparison to a mechanic you described would do wonders as, personally, the lack of it makes your guides.. not effective as all for me and probably others yet PF insists on them :(

[@cassianpicaro]

my favourite FFXIV strat youtuber is back, all is well again \o//

[@Turret0pera]

Sweet guide but I'll never get over how you pronounce stuff I'll never forget Azdaja and now this

[@waveyTV]

Came for the guide, stayed for the cat

[@kinakomono]

Cleared it on 2nd wipe, ty very good video

[@Glenningway]

This fight will seem like it hits very hard, but once people get better gear mitigations will be more manageable. I've made it to enrage in PF twice now, hope in a couple weeks I can still get clear parties otherwise I'm SOL haha.

[@iamme1743]

Hello, I love you, goodbye.

[@vielara]

Another fantastic guide, welcome back!

[@Jinxyoutoheaven]

This has way more going on than Zoraal Ja fight. Ugh I’m my wings of resolve but I would like the new paintbrush for my picto.

[@Naryoril]

The placement of these graphics in the tower mechanic doesn't match what i have seen with the marker placement in the game. In particular, the A and B markers ingame are in the respective safe zones when the attack comes from the sides, which makes the correct position to stand in very easy.

[@BlackXSunlight]

11:28 I have trouble actually seeing the saffe spot when this happens. It's usually a blur of orange and then the waymark covers a good portion.

[@louiskusters9452]

I just started to do this fight and I noticed for the valcanoes I noticed I could just rely on sound to hear which one was going to erupt. The directional sound is really good.

[@sadi5713]

if you listen closely you can hear Hector press his keyboard button(laptop mouse?) to advance his presentation.

[@sweepingtime]

Thanks again for the guide and the nice diagrams.

[@lv.99mastermind45]

What's your cat's name?

[@HectorHectorson]

Maverick

[@BBQMork]

I found this video fine except the way you pronounce the bosses name. otherwise thank you for the video!

[@tatlxtael2303]

“It’s only the first EX how hard can it b- oh… oh this is gonna be fun in pf, those ice stars are so precise”

[@bankai7623]

Thank you for the guides. Keep ignoring the jealous streamer haters and keep at it.

[@terribleawful]

this guide is so awesome and makes things so easy to understand! now if only i could build up the courage to actually get in there and try it lol.. it would be my first EX

[@Nuinwing]

Gonna get in there today as a first timer, am nervous as I main healer so really worried that I end up floor tanking a lot and causing wipes.

[@terribleawful]

@@Nuinwing you got this !!

[@rtiq270]

As long as you watch a guide and have confidence, you'll go further than most people on PF. Don't be afraid to ask for help! A lot of people are jumping into EX for the first time, so don't feel pressured to nail everything first or even third try. I've been progging TEA for months and we still occasionally wipe to the first phase or limit cut lol

[@Nuinwing]

@@terribleawful That first try was indeed a floor tanking session but I got to see every mech, then RL got in the way and I was able to give it a 2nd try today(nearly 2 weeks later). Had some trouble with impatient people leaving because some mistakes were made but after they left and we got new folks, we managed to clear it 3 times. I got no loot but I'm happy with the knowledge that I can now do the mechs with confidence.

[@OMG_TheRealZeus]

the first party i was in died one time kicked i wish nothing but bad luck on all of them

[@Kizoja]

I did some blind with my static today and I was getting jebaited by the tank tower because 90% of our pulls, the third hit of the tower would not refresh the DoT on me (I didn't realize this til later when I looked at a clip). 10% of our pulls the DoT would refresh, I assume like it's supposed to, and kill me after my Living Dead fell off. I was only looking at the ones I'd die on at first and would see the last tick tick just after LD falls off, but most other pulls I wouldn't die so I didn't bother looked closely at those. It wasn't til it started happening again that I checked out a pull I didn't die on and noticed the DoT not refreshing on the 3rd hit.

[@SchwarzerWerwolf]

Watched this in preparation for my first run. There will be a lot of pain.

[@DrakeWurrum]

What exactly is the "RMMR/HTTH" I keep seeing in PF strats? I have yet to see a guide explain this. Is that an Aether DC designation for spreads?

[@Ziraa]

Just cleared it thanks to you And i don't usually do extremes or any hard content

[@Landryn00]

This is the first extreme I've tried and god damn I Love tank swapping holy shit. I've been missing out on fun content for so long, this is awesome! Gonna get a clear soon, ready to move on past prog now :> I... did not know duty completion existed so I kept doing progs lol

[@GelatinousGesticulation]

Thank you so much! My only gripe is how the markers are set up, not being color coded for the light parties, like 2b and 3c on the same side where you would go for cone and donut makes more sense to me and would reduce confusion in pf pugs, but that was incredibly helpful!

[@kiljust]

Now i get why people put "hector strat" in the group finder description. this is the Crème de la Crème of FFXIV boss guides

[@grinjiggy3024]

The Sastasha line was SO VERY true. The game has been dumbed down so much to adhere to new peoples that dont want to think about mechanics and fight design.

[@FlareAndrew]

They definitely missed an opportunity here for a unique enrage. It could have been "And the boss transitions to ice phase, and you get a double avalanche, causing you to fall off the arena."

[@isshi6617]

nice guide but with dk and pala it is possible to invuln the tank tower :)

[@TarossBlackburn]

There is the knockback around the end, though. But you can resist that one.

[@Insanemonk11]

I'm not usually an extreme at launch person, but since I'm already here, I'm just wondering if it's worth it for 10 iLvl, and the fact I'd be doing in with PuG's

[@Scooppi]

Just join a group that says 'practice' and you should be fine after watching this video a couple times.

[@UpdateJM]

Why not putting THHT for fire partner stack (3:00)? Healers can heal on both sides better without wasting effort?

[@LorenorSword]

Currently the hardest part of the fight is to find tanks that use their mits....

[@luxtrigo1900]

Finally!

[@TaeSikCha]

I'm so going to fuck this up

[@wavypavy4059]

I managed to clear from fresh in one sitting with a pf group because everyone was communicating well and checking reference videos, so thanks for putting good stuff out there

[@thehighfolk]

i find that bumping sound on ur mic really relaxing. im not even being sarcastic, it really soothes my nerves while studying this.

[@AikiAimi1]

Ty for your guide I just manage to beat EX1 today and we manage to beat it 2 more times after that (I'm playing AST H1 position)

[@aidan802]

if the permanent DOT is mitigated by the party does it reduce the DOT tick damage for the whole duration?

[@christopherworzalla7157]

Do you have a heartbeat indicator or tap the desk to do your timing? I'm not sure what it is, but its during your pauses.

[@wolverestskyrider]

What sucks for healers for the safe spot in learning parties is, when you spot heal you lose the target so you don't know where the arrow is ^.^ So you have to assume other people are in the right spot.

[@LotusBoi1989]

first time getting into ex's when they're current, and holy crap. just the guide kinda broke my brain a little

[@imvannier]

Dawntrail is gonna be the first time I do extreme's and savages. I'm already part of a static a buddy of mine formed and I'm hella nervous lol

[@lotharschramm5000]

Lucky you, I wish I had buddies to play with. Too much social anxiety to do it on my own :( hope it goes well for you

[@geovanicaon20]

Hi, Hector! There is a lot of demand for portuguese guides which Id make but I dont have the skills to edit videos and stuff. Therefore I'd like to have the opportunity to add PTBR to your videos if you want. Lemme know pls!!

[@HectorHectorson]

Send me an email at [e-mail] and we can try to work something out.

[@geovanicaon20]

@@HectorHectorson just did!

[@AzarathRathen]

Maybe a stupid question, but for lightning phase with the feathers, why are we having to kill a feather at all? Their explosions seem small, so can't we just stay on the furthest floating tile and just keep hitting the boss? Or is it because melee can't reach the boss unless we kill a feather to get closer? What am I missing?

[@HectorHectorson]

Lightning will target the highest point. If you are floating, that means it’s targeting you.

[@AzarathRathen]

​@HectorHectorson Oh, so we're getting blasted with lightning while the feathers are up? Edit: Never mind, I see what happened. We get blasted with the lightning after the feathers, so if there is no safe solid square to stand on, we get destroyed. Pieces are coming together in my brain. 😅 Actually... okay, just ignore me, I'll see it the more clears I get under my belt. I'm only at 5.

[@josemite90]

Come here to say THANKS! I cleared yesterday thanks to your guide! Keep up the good work ❤

[@rrsekai]

my goat

[@resniz8980]

Welcome Back Hector🙌

[@thehighfolk]

man ur goated for this guide. i cleared after 1 lockout and a bit. thank u

[@squishy9178]

We missed you! Welcome back!

[@zankies8735]

Groups of random pf tanks only are beating this extreme. Its interesting to see. EX1 is not supposed to be hard but i wonder how long itll take for EX2 and savage to be cleared without healers or dps.

[@lotharschramm5000]

Well tanks were overpowered in EW and they made them even more ridiculous in DT, so... not bitter btw, I'm a tank main. But sometimes it feels too easy.

[@meverlinger]

3:34 Helpful guide but I do request that you be a little more careful with the words and terminology you use. You explicitly say "tank swap" here, and it led me and possibly others to believe that tank swaps actually have to be performed here, when it's just tanks taking turns in the towers. Though you do elaborate on the mechanic, and other videos use the word "swap" as in "swap [places]", outright saying "tank swap" only serves to confuse.