Pickup Guide | E8S Refulgence Savage

[@rithli]

Don't let your anime daughters become scary ice ladies. 🥶🥶 ⚠️ One thing to note about LR: The timing for popping the orbs based on the diagram is OK, but the actual visual queue to pop the orb is after they shrink to a smaller size. ⭐️ Want to help the channel grow further? Consider joining my Patreon or peeping the Ko-fi page. www.patreon.com/joonbob x ko-fi.com/joonbob Thank you to everyone has been supporting me so generously already. A special shout-out to my Clancy Producers: Funky and Shu.

[@devinayaz9210]

Look I am going to be real, i havent actually done a youtube comment in years I have been doing savage fights all my life I been going to MTQ and Mrhappy for so long, and honestly I was pugging and saw this vid I am sincerely shocked I have not seen any of your previous content The diagrams, the music, the artistic design, the well timed effort in the videos showing how to implement the actual design along with a nice fast paced graph and proper art for it Its such a step up from the rest that I sincerely wish I saw this video with at least more than 100k views Sincerely amazing work. I will likely never comment again for years, but I just had to really get it off my chest how amazing this was to see, It was actually fun to learn and listen to this.

[@rithli]

Thank you very much.

[@ThatXavierCosta]

@@rithli This is honestly a breath of fresh air when it comes to raid guides. It makes visualizing the different parts of a fight infinitely easier. The amount of time, work and iterating you've put in this is VERY apparent, and it's honestly quite inspiring. I hope your Channel grows a lot, because god damn do you deserve it!

[@dedexter88]

seconded

[@Thenongboonka]

Couldnt agree more

[@shugg7218]

Your guides are always great. As someone with a fair bit of clears into this, just a small tip for people who hotbar-tunnel like me: For the fake/real halos above shiva's head regarding whether the stack marker is shared or split in the first phase: the stack marker itself can tell you if it's real or not! if it's "real" (stack with partner), there will be no outer-ring on the marker, just the standard 4 arrows pulsating and pointing in. if it's "fake" (spread out) there will be a ring around the arrows. Upvote to help that poor tank who keeps killing your melees.

[@LeReVaQ]

One more detail that I failed to notice thinking the Halo was a lie. The halo shows up ONLY after the gate does its atk/flare shows up

[@xaarxyc]

This is extremely well done guide. No pointless talking and great visuals.

[@tealfox6430]

YOOOO watched this at 0.25x to understand all the movement, then watching it again at normal speed I feel ready to take on Shiva \o/ I looooove your guides! They're so crisp and clean! The diagrams followed immediately by actual footage from different perspectives help me visualize the fight better than words on a document or someone vocally explaining what to do. These are top tier and probably take a TON of time. Thank you so much for your work!

[@rithli]

Thank you. 👍👍👍 Start collectin' them e8s books.

[@josepadron335]

neat trick for winged mirrors, if her glowing wing is facing an red mirrors go to her front, if facing blue go to her back way easier then visualizing

[@rithli]

Yup a lot of people have pointed out that one.

[@patte7875]

@@rithli but at 7:25 min you show it the other way

[@YunaLeow]

this is some serious god-tier editing skills

[@zolmation]

honestly!

[@jontuna8957]

In my process of clearing E8S, I have always relied on this video and watched for almost 50 times. Excellent pick-up guide. Great music to go along as well. And am done with it. Thank you.

[@rithli]

Congrats on the clear!

[@kateblazeit1419]

Awesome, awesome guide. I still link your Titan guide for refreshers when people need to learn for TEA farming. Some notes for people that may be struggling with prog, or need to find uptime for clear: For Light Rampant: If you start with 0 Lightsteeped and are chain, you will go in. If you start with 1 Lightsteeped and are chain, you will stay out. If you start with 1 Lightsteeped and are orb, you will go in. If you start with 2 Lightsteeped and you are orb, you will stay out. For Stillness/Silence: Shiva will be kept mid. You can use the big lines on the 3/4 markers and literally micro step between the two, it can be done in a single slidecast. The timing is: Ice disappears -> move to safespot -> castbar finishes -> slide to the other side. Holy Mirrors: There is an uptime strat which involves moving to the center and using the diamond points in the middle. Go to the diamond with red mirror, look straight at it, move to the diamond where blue would have been (where Shiva is now) and move to the edge of the inner circle. Check if real or fake and adjust accordingly for final mirror. It makes more sense using this picture- i.imgur.com/Ir7oPmY.jpg (courtesy of the BLM balance). It's a huge uptime gain, and ultimately feels safer and more consistent. Wyrm's 1/2: STACK TIGHT. If you are in the explosion from when a red head is cleansed, YOU WILL DIE. It is by far the #1 cause of wipes during Wyrm's 2, especially. Thanks for the fantastic guide again! Really helps for people to visualize mechanics!

[@HatsukaRaigeki]

Jesus christ on a motorbike. That music choice & editting. Subscribing.

[@michaelknudson1164]

I'm impressed you managed to fit all that into a video that's roughly the same duration as the fight itself! The Shiva art is also beautiful and including the strat names was a nice touch for people facing multiple strategies for some mechanics. A note for Gunbreakers on WL2, I believe the dragon head damage goes through invulns. It's not much, but if you pop superbolide too early, eating a head at 1hp can kill you, so if you're taking the first morn afah, hit the head first, then invuln.

[@rithli]

Thank you! Funny coincidence -- Our off tank was telling me about the GNB invuln thing today as well. Good thing to point out, for sure!

[@Solera1412]

It also goes through Hallowed Ground. I've been to many reclear parties where the PLD got killed by taking the head after popping HG

[@DirtyDeli]

Skipped this tier but decided to practice E8S with 5.4 static and was shown this video. This is probably the best guide I've seen since I started playing in 2013. Amazing work! Thank you!

[@Rassiel13]

Aside from the fact that these diagrams stick out vividly even while we're progging, and everything's super clean and clear, one thing I love about these videos is that your choice in music slaps something -fierce-. In all seriousness, you're a treasure to XIV's raiding community, keep doing what you're doing mate; Cheers!

[@rithli]

Thank you for the kind words! I'll do my best to keep it up.

[@patbone1990]

I'm not even lvl 80 but I keep coming back to enjoy these these amazing pick up vids. Best tutorials for any game I've ever seen.

[@MorganeLainard]

One of my raid buddies made me discover this youtube channel and damn it's good. Good job with all the visuals, everything is clear as crystal and pleasing to look at

[@fuffybear6865]

I have gotta say, this is the best guide I have seen thus far. I can attest to this cuz I've been searching for guides over each dungeon and this one is by far the best I've seen for visual learners xD have my subscribble.

[@rithli]

Thank you. Subscribble received.

[@mohammedali8574]

Man what an amazing style to make guide it is simple straight to the point and accurate I will for sure support you in patreon

[@rithli]

Blessed 🙏

[@mohammedali8574]

@@rithli do you think you will dive into TEA ?

[@jelly9026]

joonbob yeah would love a TEA guide but I understand if it’s too long

[@ICE-ing]

I honestly re-watch this video for the editing and music. The guide explains well too. Looking forward to seeing more from you next raid tier.

[@Thenongboonka]

Ive never subscribed any VDO for the guide but you are the first one because your production is THE BEST by far!

[@abdulazizalbelushi7005]

Can i take a moment to thank you from the bottom of my heart and say that because of this epic guide and the breathtaking art you created i finally got my clear and the got lucky with the mount drop as well now im farming it for weapons and BiS body/chest piece. You're a legend my friend a true living legend your passion shows in every detail you put in your guides :)

[@rithli]

Congrats on your clear.

[@abdulazizalbelushi7005]

@@rithli thank you ^_^ though i have to say we still sometimes clip on another on LR, at least one member get pushed for UKBM which can get frustrating but its truly a fun fight tbh.

[@KisaSeira]

I just LOVE the style of your guides, and the explanation animations. Actually, your guide videos make those raids look a lot more cooler and fun than they actually are, but that's another reason why I love them (I hate doing E8S, but then I look at your guide and the music, and I am like, "fine, fineee, I will go again and try to prog"

[@Evan-fl8hj]

Honestly my static and I have been struggling with a ton of mechanics in the fight but I think with this guide we’ll finally get the clear this week!

[@rithli]

Dayummmmm

[@shadecr559]

You are a great inspiration to all visual Guidemakers here. Keep up the good Work!

[@rithli]

Thank you 🙏

[@AleXannon92]

watched this guide and cleared within 2 hours. prob the best guide out there right now. Subbed.

[@rithli]

Damn that's pretty awesome hahaha

[@warofexodus]

very impressive guide btw. i have always checked mtq capture for videos but your guides are very high quality. keep up the good work!

[@rithli]

Thank you.

[@DemonSlayer-lo1cl]

Turned on notifications just for this thank you!! Finally an updated guide :D

[@rithli]

Hope this helps. 🙏

[@reapingtrace2532]

im still amazed by your editing and visual aid for these savage fights, it helped me understand the fight better!

[@SaiMako19]

Just starting my savage journey and boy these edits are god-tier. Thanks a lot!

[@rithli]

Good luck to you!

[@kinetic3789]

Joonbob, thank you for this guide. This is how you make a guide. It's incredibly succinct and well articulated. Thank you so much and keep up the good work.

[@FynitieLockheart]

Will be attempting E8S in a few hours with my static, thanks for these quirky, animated guides

[@rithli]

Good luck with prog!

[@FynitieLockheart]

joonbob Was stuck in Light Rampant for 1 hr + xd

[@akunamasutra]

@@FynitieLockheart We reached enrage after 1 month, so be proud of your 1h ;p

[@Teclo25]

The style, speed, and music in this video make it so fun to watch even when progging has been so painful. Thank you!

[@spozygo6686]

This is the very first guide i've watched from you and all I gotta say is. THE BEST GUIDE FOR SHIVA EVER. so clean, so logic. Thanks man, i've watched tons of guides on how to do shiva and i always missed something. Your guide is really easy to understand and shows everything.

[@ArtOfStarseeker]

Thank you for this awesome guide! I finally understand how LR works, and how most of mechanics work! Looking forward to get the clear :D ♥

[@rithli]

Good luck!

[@kiramoth2766]

Amazing, ty for your work again joonbob! My only feedback is that i personaly find this tip for hallowed wings more useful than "visualise another shiva on the blue mirror" : If shiva is cleaving a Red side, initial safe spot is in fRont of her. If she's cleaving a Blue side, safe spot is Behind her. Obviously, on the side she's not cleaving. Dope that you included uptime scythe and uptime kbm!

[@rithli]

That's actually way easier to remember lmao. Thank you!

[@kiramoth2766]

@@rithli no problem, i was stunned when someone else in pf told me that trick lol completely cheeses the mechanic

[@cereyza]

Could you please explain it to me in a bit more detail or in another way? I'm trying to understand the tip and I guess it's just not clicking for me. In the video, animation Shiva cleaved the red side, and the initial safe spot was behind her.

[@rithli]

@@cereyza If you look at the diagram in the video, she has a positional/hitbox circle under her. The arrow is pointing south, so you can assume that she is facing south. At the beginning of the mechanic, Shiva may or may not turn towards a direction. If you consider that and read Luc's example it might make more sense. My short description would be: Glowing wing pointed at red: Go to safe half + to her front. Glowing wing pointed at blue: Go to safe half + behind her. I did try this out for this week's clears and based on how you process visuals, it might be faster/easier for you. Hope that helps!

[@cereyza]

@@rithli I'm such a derp! I forgot that she is facing south in the diagram. Thank you for taking the time to give me some clarification!!!! 🖤

[@aramitz2125]

Discovered your videos since I needed to visualize WL2 properly (and it's kinda hard to train, since it's after 12 mn of fight...), and the concept is great. Extremely clear explanations of complex mechanics, PoV with steady camera, and music encouraging focus; overall, very nice. Thanks for your work.

[@rithli]

Thank you. Good luck on that eventual clear.

[@PianoKhang]

Thank you, watched the guide like 30 times before I attempted E8S for the first time and cleared it on the 2nd day

[@rithli]

Nice work! Congrats. 😄

[@RaiseoLyrion]

Amazing video, I hope you'll be making more of these because I'm hooked.

[@rithli]

Glad to hear it! I have some smaller stuff planned for pre-patch 5.3 and a handful for 5.3 itself.

[@maanalrugaib7282]

never seen such clean video like this. more content, more guides, more everything! good job

[@okineeiico6751]

TBH im so impressed on how art design and editing timing everything of ur work TBH its so satisfying thank for making this vid !

[@yasuray5762]

This is so perfectly made!

[@KasuriRinen]

Thank you so much for the guide!! Its all perfect and i love the amazing visuals you created to better explain mechanics

[@KaikipBT7]

Your videos are always insane with the editing you deserve so many more subs. Thanks for the guide.

[@rithli]

Thank you!

[@DorkestDemise]

I am forever grateful for this life saving guide. As a dragoon you have no idea how hard it is to not tank the floor. Sniffle.

[@ShrympyRS]

Holy crap someone in PF linked this video and its fucking clean. Just cleared E7S and was looking for guides on E8S, this is great

[@rithli]

Happy progging! 😀

[@ShrympyRS]

@@rithli just got the clear

[@Klashikari]

Visually pleasing and concice guide as usual. Kudos~ Btw, probably a trick for KB mirror uptime strat a lot of people know already, but just in case: for those who are afraid of relying on the enmy list for whatever reason (distracted because you have to focus on a gauge + text or whatever) or if your interface in not in English, there is an additional visual cue for the timing. When Shiva turns towards the main tank after her hallowed wings cast animation, you can use Arm's Length/Surecast.

[@rithli]

Thank you! Great tip. I didn't know about this one but seems like a lot of people are pointing out this one.

[@kumomeme7852]

all your effort for this informative inforgraphic animation is great. good job

[@kasumimi]

Holy shit, 10/10 quality guide. From editing, to music, to animation, to the separated sections on the video player. What an underrated channel!

[@rithli]

Thank you.

[@kasumimi]

@@rithli Thank you for helping us

[@aschenteworks]

Another way to know when to hit your knockback immunity for KB Uptime is to hit it once Shiva becomes moveable again. She'll turn toward whomever is the MT and that's when you hit it. That's worked everytime for me and I find it a bit easier than watching for a precise spot on a cast bar

[@rithli]

Good tips!

[@scenepointjudge]

Indeed - as soon as she turns to auto attack, AL/SC. Looking at the cast bar for that is dumb dumb strat.

[@Solera1412]

@@scenepointjudge It's not as dumb as it sounds. The castbar is dependent on server ticks so no matter if you're lagging or not, you will always hit it right if you use the castbar as an indicator.

[@princegomenasai3943]

subbed for the wonderful editing and especially the music. Good quality content deserves to be appreciated.

[@rithli]

Thank you very much. 🙏

[@GilderoyGlockhart]

This has been helping my static out a ton! We’re at Icelit atm and have been using this as reference all the way. The clear is within reach! Thank you so much for this extremely well-produced guide.

[@Knight313]

Best Channel for FFXIV, amazing design, arts, music, sorting, please keep going.

[@cyionz9559]

Man, loving your visual guide very much. Keep up the good. Always appreciate your work.

[@KuroKitsuSan]

Also a tip: Anyone who can't particularly see her Halo during The mirror true/false mechanic after light rampant. Theres a roaring sound affect that only goes off during FALSE. It will be silent if its TRUE.

[@plaindoll9]

this guide is extremely clean, i love it :D

[@rithli]

Danke danke

[@giannandreaferrara9680]

Thank u thank u thank u thank u thank u thank u thank u! We can finally clear this. We are using a completely different strat for LR, but i guess Iliya is the most common one in PF

[@rithli]

Woooo get the clear! Yeah Ilya's by far the most popular strat for LR at the moment in PF. But if you're in a static definitely use what works. Even my static did a different strat for LR and I just conformed to ilya while in PF. Less headaches that way. 😂

[@AngelMeteor]

Just cleared E8S yesterday, after months of progging it with friends. This video was the best cheat sheet one could have ever asked for and helped me push from post-adds to enrage just within 1 session. Thank you so much!

[@rithli]

Congrats! :)

[@vgaymer]

the editing/production values on this is top-notch. kudos!

[@rithli]

Thank you.

[@Koibito247]

We’re finally here thank you, love the visual guide as usual. Excellent work, clean and easy to grasp. Now to execute! ^_^ thanks Joon

[@rithli]

Get that clear. :)

[@Darksin757Production]

first time seeing any guides from this channel i didnt know you existed but now im very pleased to depend on you for the futureee /o/

[@rithli]

Glad ya found me! 👍

[@bellajhicham4442]

I love that guide its well made and informative I always recommend it to anyone I find

[@rithli]

Thank you very much.

[@SnowAngel019]

The editing on this guide tho?? We have to stan.

[@TheRealLink]

What a video and guide! Obviously some strats vary but this was overall very spot on.

[@kaynub1]

What an amazingly well created video. Thank you so much!

[@seanbram]

yay! been waiting for this all day :D

[@rithli]

It's here woooooo 🙌

[@IzanaKunigiri]

My group is at Wyrm's Lament 1 as of this guide, having seen the iced arena once. This guide will more then likely shave time off our prog. Thank you for the hard work making some of the best guides there are. we use Primal Uptime for Light Rampant instead of Ilya though. So Many Different LR Strats out there....

[@rithli]

Thank you thank you. Yeah Ilya's just what's common for PF. If you can get far with a different strat, more power to ya.

[@jechthuxley2518]

These edits are so good omfg

[@Kotori--Chan]

best guide you'll ever find !!! keep up the amazing work pls

[@rithli]

Good luck to you and your static! 👍

[@IMMAOILMAN]

Rithli the master Jedah, teaching people how to handle scythes in multiple games. Glad to see you're still kickin!

[@seyahtan24]

Wow! This is some high quality production guide. Top tier editing! Earned a sub!

[@LyviannaXIV]

Ah, how I wished we had this when we started progging this in week 2. Great job as always, appreciate your work for the community!

[@CaerEsthar]

I cleared E8S tonight because of this guide. It is the single greatest resource for the fight.

[@rithli]

Eyyyyy congrats!

[@AstonishingAce]

Oh hey, nice you finally got your clear, Caer! I've been in a couple parties with you! cheers!

[@CaerEsthar]

@@rithli Thanks, man!

[@CaerEsthar]

@@AstonishingAce Oh, nice! Thanks, man!

[@LeapyearLady]

This guide is better than most I've seen. My group almost got to enrage last night so this hopefully will help me get the clear

[@rithli]

Eyyyy get that clear!

[@yukinkosnowflake]

My group will be attempting to kill Shiva today and your guide has helped us a lot understanding all the mechanics. Thank you!

[@rithli]

Thank you and best of luck.

[@yukinkosnowflake]

We actually cleared on the first pull x) Again thank you for making such a nice and detailed guide

[@rithli]

Hahaha that's amazing. Congrats! Time to get those weekly books.

[@CHONGDiscovery]

By far the most entertaining savage guide i have ever seen

[@jumbokiddo8063]

This is such an amazing work. Great job man. Everything about it is awesome.

[@umomo1947]

how am i expected to memorize this with boppin beats blasting my senses

[@heylookitsnana]

Small note to casters watching: That BITING FROST graphic at 0:17 implies that SOUTH is safe. IT IS NOT AT ALL. The damage radius is much further and crosses past the center line a LOT. Follow the casters in the captured video at 0:30. The radius of the Biting Frost is larger than the radius of the arena.

[@rithli]

Good looks. ☝️ Listen to the Lala. Always best to overshoot that mechanic alot.

[@madaofgc9256]

Thank you for making these guides mate, your content is really good keep going can't believe this channel has only 3.5 k subs still wtf

[@rithli]

Thank you! 😂

[@madaofgc9256]

@@rithli Hope to see more of your guides in the future mate. Have a good one

[@FelixBorealis]

I came here for the guide. I stayed for the music. Well-made guide btw! I can see the clear now, thank you!~

[@rithli]

Hells yeah. Get that clear!

[@FelixBorealis]

joonbob I GOT THE CLEAR !!!! Thank you SO much for the very VERY informative guide! It helped me went through Icelit Dragonsong on first try, and Wyrm’s Lament 2 is so much easier to understand with the animation- 😭😭

[@rithli]

@@FelixBorealis Icelit in one go is pretty impressive. Congrats! Now it's time to get those weekly clears. 😂

[@TheColdForge]

FINALLY CAUGHT THIS IN MY SUBSCRIPTIONS THANK GOD

[@rithli]

Hells yeaaaaaa

[@haremru]

Finally!! One of the best guides!

[@Agniratha]

My first on-content raid tier. even now I'm going back and watching this, not only is the strats still the standard for PF's around the light DC, but it's also just a banger of a music playlist.

[@Tapabomb]

As always, excellent job!

[@rithli]

Thank you!

[@sylvieclos]

I'm digging all these remixes you put in.

[@memelissa7169]

I got my clear with a couple friends in pugs after 2 weeks of suffering, only 2 hours before maintenance for 5.4! Thank you so much, I don't think I would of made it without this video.

[@rithli]

Just in time. Congrats!

[@memelissa7169]

@@rithli Had to clear the dramatic way, right before maintenance and with 1-2 seconds left on enrage. I can't wait to see your videos for 5.4!

[@rithli]

​@@memelissa7169 Happy to hear that. I've got a couple planned. :)

[@memelissa7169]

@@rithli No spoilers! :D I'll be looking out for them

[@DaSoulbanana]

A bit late, but as always : best guides in the community again! Please continue your hard work! Though I really wish this one came sooner. haha

[@perpetualblue8067]

You've done it again. Awesome guide!!

[@rithli]

🙏🙏🙏

[@cerisedaemon]

I'm still progressing in E7S, but watching this made E8S look a lot simpler than another guide I watched. 11:13 was super satisfying to watch! Thanks for all your work!

[@rithli]

Thank you and good luck with the E7S clear!

[@angelultima]

I really like your guides, good job!

[@rithli]

🙏🙏🙏

[@alexmaganda5827]

Liked and subbed damn the effort you put into this great guide

[@jupiter4602]

my goal was to clear before 5.4. just got my clear today with an amazing pug who formed yesterday and were so good that we decided to reconvene today. thanks for helping me on my journey to today :D

[@rithli]

Grats on the clear!

[@MTLxSpider]

you can use anti knockback when shiva turns around to auto attack main tank. It is a good visual queue as well

[@rithli]

👍👍👍

[@justaman4887]

HOLY SH*T how the hell didn't i knew about this guy's channel before This is isn't a guide it's a piece of art. actually art isn't even fu*king close

[@rithli]

Ya found me. Thank you for the kind words. 🙏

[@Akai.Sora.]

you are amazing. ty for the best guide of E8s.

[@TacSmash]

I don't normally watch these kinds of guides as I'm a week 1-2 clearer, but I needed something to give friends i'm helping clear. I have to give this some mad props to the work put in, editing, and music choice. 10/10, here's a like. Maybe a sub later. ;P Really good stuff, dude. This is friggin' amazing and I recommend it to anyone trying to learn this.

[@rithli]

Thank you very much. Hopefully your friends find the guide helpful. Good luck with their clears.

[@TacSmash]

@@rithli it's quite popular! They said they're using it and sharing it. Keep up the good work.

[@rithli]

@@TacSmash Aaaaa I'm happy to hear that. I'll do my best.

[@CryptoHighwind]

Even my Static finally understood LR with this.

[@rithli]

Just gets easier from there. 👍

[@CryptoHighwind]

@@rithli Done cleared it B-) Thanks to your Guide, keep beeing awesome.

[@rithli]

@@CryptoHighwind Ooh damn just caught this. Congrats to you and group!

[@josherosVT]

haven't seen anyone mention it yet, but for the KB cheese mirrors, my group uses arms length RIGHT as shiva turns back around to face the MT and it works everytime. hope this helps

[@rithli]

Yup a handful of people have mentioned it. It's still a good tip though.

[@KarlGermyn]

Your guides are the bessssssssssssssssssssssssst

[@rithli]

You da bessssssst

[@matthewdichigo]

Amazing guide as always and i love the music choice!

[@xHigherxNowx]

great video! I will absolutely never play Savage after watching this