[FFXIV] M2S Guide - AAC Light-heavyweight M2

[@yukizuri]

We back! As for last savage tier I will be skipping first fight (at least for now) cause strats are moving quickly and I lack footage. 🚩Feedback suggests changing up OT and H2 pos (1 melee in each pair for uptime), you can stack the 2 shares in Love me tender 2. 👉 raidplan.io/plan/FJKtVEdz9JUgnAGc ⬇⬇⬇⬇ ──── ※ Socials ※ ──── 🔴 Twitch ‣ www.twitch.tv/yukizuri 🐤 Twitter ‣ twitter.com/yukizuri_wp 💬 my Discord ‣ discord.gg/VEyQ4JGjwT ☕ Tip me on ko-fi ‣ ko-fi.com/yukizuri

[@Stormcloak0]

@@yukizuri thank you for listening to feedback, it's not only about uptime and fighting for life with another melee dps but as well avoiding moving between north and south for the whole fight to switch between tbs and mechanics, it's really miserable. Being north also helps OT having a better look to MT for regen and shields and everything else. Because of this guide some groups even want me to do TR north pair/spread and then ask me to go south for the 3rd beat for no reason at all when i can resolve it north where i've been the whole time, a misunderstanding that has led to some wipes and frustration. It can also happen that if MT temporarily dies or a swap is needed the OT has to change position and dance between north and south once again.

[@yukizuri]

I'm sorry for the troubles! I hope you'll go through and wish you a good prog!

[@StoryBearKuma]

Your combination of graphics and actual recorded gameplay makes for the best guide possible, at least to me. Also really appreciate how you keep the explanations very short and concise for easy conveying and remembering. Hope to see more from you, and very thankful for your work here!

[@yukizuri]

Thank you very much for your comment on the format! I'll try and live up to expectations :P

[@michaelbart7014]

I agree so much. Its so nice to have both, it makes it easier to read and understand whats actually happening and look at it over and over, and then pair that with "ok but what does it ACTUALLY look like" and its why I come here first for guides as long as they exist :)

[@FrozenPear]

If you pair tanks with ranged and melee with healers you can do pairs/spread where you have TR north and MH south with full uptime and with more consistent positions. So basically swap OT with H2 in your clockspots/pairs and then have north to south: R1 R2/MT OT/Boss/M1 M2/H1 H2. For pairs ranged joins melee.

[@yukizuri]

Thanks for the feedback, I adjusted the clockspots in my following guides.

[@enpi-me]

T_T

[@Deetrz]

Went from fresh prog to enrage in one lock out in PF using your guide. Love your videos!

[@yukizuri]

Congrats and good luck on the clear ^^

[@yulii666]

LOVE your guide! The footage helps solidify your strategies as well, much appreciated.

[@yukizuri]

Glad you liked the format! Good luck on your prog :)

[@insentia8424]

For the 1st alarm pheromones: I recommend staying as a group, bait 3-4 then move to a safespot clockwise or counter clockwise, bait another 3-4 and keep repeating in the same clock direction. It helps with caster uptime while helping the melees and makes it very comfy and less chaotic to dodge.

[@yukizuri]

Alright so as opposed to the video waiting a bit more between each hit? We'll try that! Thanks

[@insentia8424]

@@yukizuri Yeah, you basically recreate the situation that was there at the start of the mech by moving to a safespot, so you can just do the same thing again and repeat until the mech is over.

[@AcraViolet]

Thanks a lot for you wonderful guide! Got a clear with it withing 2 lockouts. She's such a fun boss I don't remember the last time i had fun progging anything lmao. The only thing we did differently (pf) was Love me tender 1: we sent all 1 hearts to North, and all 0 hearts to South: one camp gets both stacks (they don't apply magic vuln, only give you 2 hearts) and the other camp chills until it's time to spread and towers. Thank you to that person who shared that raidplan :D

[@yukizuri]

Congrats on the clear! And yes I've seen that strat popping out! Def should try it.

[@anwoprinz]

as always thank you so much for your hard work into putting together guides, this is so helpful!

[@yukizuri]

Thanks and good luck!

[@TheRealLink]

Well illustrated with both graphics and gameplay. This helps a lot, thank you!

[@yukizuri]

Glad you liked the format, good luck!

[@TheRealLink]

@@yukizuri What's tripping me up in M1S is just the directions of the crossings (first is centered and facing north, second is just shifted over) but it's the third and fourth that were getting me badly. Would you have a tip for that? I think I'm too focused on looking at clones. It seems like third crossing she always rotates 90 so facing inward toward center (she's facing right or left), and the final with tornado AoEs is also facing inward (she's looking north or south).

[@TheRealLink]

@@yukizuri Yeah I mean Hector's guides are good too but it's nice seeing gameplay also be shown since most mechanics are faster than shown for illustrative purposes of course. Thanks again for the speedy guides.

[@yukizuri]

@@TheRealLink I don't remember anything about M1S tbh. Will have to wait reclears, and np, glad you likes the guides!

[@ShiroeWolfus]

Congrats for the clear on the 1st day but a guide on the 2nd. Incredible. You're Amazing. Thx in the name of the warrior of light

[@clifegainslock2695]

Dude, congrats for the clear but on doing guides this dude is miles behind, he completely left out quality just to dish out a guide in the quickest manner

[@yukizuri]

Hey clife. That saddens me a bit since I've tried to actually make them better, listening to feedback and all. I'm genuinely interested in what you liked in say guides from last tier P10S-P12S that you can't find here?

[@Tenebris_Anima]

@@clifegainslock2695 pushed enrage because of this video today, so I'd say the quality was pretty spot-on. if you think that the mechanics aren't explained 100% it might help to try and think about what you're seeing. personally, I feel like this guide is so visually spot-on that it's hard to not understand how mechanics resolve, so it might be a you-issue c:

[@demoncat5322]

yea its an impressively put together and really easy to understand guide too, incredible work its out on day 2

[@kirronable1840]

@@yukizuri The guide is great to me! Thank you so much for making great content c:

[@RicardoSantos-oz3uj]

Love the combination of graph + video guide. It makes things clearer. A pity there wasn't a "Final Sting" enrage :)

[@yukizuri]

Glad you liked the format ^^

[@philou637]

For Love Tender 2, we can also do a "Cheese" mecanic with all 0 heart on one spot and rotate together. 2 Stack on 4 people do not that much of damage and only give 2 hearts for everyone ^^

[@yukizuri]

You're right! Will add it to the pin.

[@jannicksteil]

Thx for this Guide. I cleared it! 🎉

[@yukizuri]

Super well done!! Congrats!

[@magicmangoes6127]

Only suggestion is to separate centre/outerstage and love me tender 1 into their own timestamps :)

[@JestaSaint]

Good guide, Good job, Thank you very much 👍

[@yukizuri]

My pleasure :)

[@Tenebris_Anima]

actually goated guide, thanks a lot ♥

[@yukizuri]

Thanks! Good luck

[@rodwilkerson9136]

I lov this fight and song ❤

[@yukizuri]

I'll let you be my little drone, honey ♪♪

[@Saihamaru]

i doubt i'll need this until at least next week, but thanks anyway for the quick upload :D

[@yukizuri]

Good luck on your clears! o7

[@MyVanir]

For the Splash+Beeline positions, my group just did the p8s octo spreads, since the boss is fixated north anyway. This also gives the natural pairs for when you need to move out.

[@yukizuri]

Nice! Do what's working for you!

[@MyVanir]

@@yukizuri Yeah, this boss is pretty yolo-friendly in its mechanics.

[@lilzael]

beat 2 its better to just put both stack markers south. there's pretty much no downside if all the 0s get hit by both stacks.

[@yukizuri]

We didn't try that but that would work yes! Thanks for the idea

[@GhosttheassassinSJ]

alarm pheromones is pretty much yolo lol. i just accept the downtime cause man. its so rough for melee uptime there.

[@yukizuri]

Only way for something a bit more stable is mario kart as a group but that may stink for some casters.

[@MyVanir]

I just hold my tank's hand the entire time and try to get what positionals I can between TN stack uses.

[@kaycex1]

bro made m2 b4 m1💀

[@blushingralseiuwu2222]

Tbf, M1 is pretty straightforward until mouser 2 where everyone panic lol

[@yukizuri]

Yeah I did the same on the previous tier and I liked it. Main reason is that the first fight is usually getting a lot of different strats for it (think P9S football) and video guides are getting obsolete real quick in that context, which is a bit annoying since they take a lot of time to make. TL;DR I don't like to make guides where i know the strat we did might change a lot

[@Kairax]

@@blushingralseiuwu2222 You're saying mouser 2 is where everyone panic? We panicked at mouser 3. Now THAT'S a panic spot.

[@MyVanir]

@@Kairax My group never even saw it. We saw tethers once, then the paladin just covered a melee and he lb'd the last % of health.

[@AhriVedercii]

IM GONNA GO FUCKING INSANE

[@yukizuri]

I'll be your queen bee, Honey B Lovely ♪

[@tacticalbanana6990]

Thx for the guide. Will there be one for m3s?

[@yukizuri]

Yes I'll try and edit it now.

[@tacticalbanana6990]

@@yukizuri thank you!

[@gentlejello]

thank you pookie

[@yukizuri]

o7

[@chritofgodfighter4210]

donnes tellement pas envie de le faire, pas ton guide, le fight j’entends :) gg en tout cas 👍

[@yukizuri]

C'est un peu la pagaille mais ça va le faire! ^^

[@peanutscontainedmay]

what's a mathcup

[@yukizuri]

It's a competition around finding prime numbers and... Typo corrected thanks! ^^

[@stevekenny11]

why not use the same spreads / pairs as in p8s phase 1, its literally the same @-@

[@yukizuri]

I'm sorry I forgot what P8S phase 1 pos were. As long as you split supports and dps you can do whatever you want though! As said in the very first seconds of the videos these are just suggestions.

[@cutsceneenjoyerzz]

0:40 spreads make no sense, please clarify

[@yukizuri]

You can put healers bottom if you want! The idea here was to both get melee uptime and consistency with pairs for the healer north (who doesn't have to switch from north to south).

[@Steakhousegaming]

My group did quickmarch spots and it made it super simple. Ranged paired with tanks, Healers with melee dps. Healing wasn't an issue at all.

[@yukizuri]

@@Steakhousegaming Thanks for the feedback, added in pin comment.

[@ceilingliquid7925]

are towers basically just ffa?

[@yukizuri]

Kinda. Just don't get to 4 hearts and prio outer for range to keep melee uptime. Stick losely into a quadrant but adjust if needed.

[@korguy88420]

Yuki's guides are higher production than Hectors. Its also more pleasant to watch

[@Nimoot]

That's definitely your opinion... my group NEEDS Hector's guides or we can't clear fights...

[@trustytrest]

@@Nimoot That says a lot more about your competency than it does about the guides themselves.

[@yukizuri]

Hector does a tremendous and good work! The only important thing is that your team clutch it in the end! Good luck on your progression.

[@yukizuri]

I think we both have a very different style and they both resonate with different kind of players! Thanks for the feedback ^^

[@undercoverspy123]

@@yukizuri respect to anyone putting out a guide and doin this for people, I love both personally I love yours because you explain then play your pov lets me process what my eyes should actually be looking for.

[@Raion-chan]

Can you stop doing guids? Or ask Hector to stop doing guids? Now we have two different tactics on PF either yours or Hector one, and party finder cant decide on doing it one way. So your guides are opposite of being helpful. We really need only one tactic on PF, if we have more than one, we're screwed.

[@yukizuri]

XD I get what you mean but both strats are basically identical. Refer to a raidplan/pastebin for pos and roll with it! ^^

[@maybayV2]

They're fine, bad strats, like beat 2, will get phased out. You can also always make your own PF.

[@pompsxo]

thank you so much !! ❤

[@yukizuri]

You're welcome, good luck on the clear!