PSO2: Primordial Darkness - a simple guide

[@vyrde]

Additional notes: - Again, correction on TPD's overall HP: 800 million is just for Sodam, while Sodam & Gomorus combined have about 1.2 billion HP on UH difficulty. - There's also some attacks I forgot to mention: ---during Gomorus's 2nd phase: If its hands are not at the sides of the platform but _on it_ (the tips of its fingers gripping the front edge of the platforms), it'll wind up a thrusting attack that deals a good bit of damage. ---during Sodam's first two phases: If out of range from the person with aggro, it can also gap-close with a thrusting grab attack. - A note on heroine buff priority: Hitsugi is best when your MPA is doing good damage, while Matoi can help with survival for struggling MPA members. Harriet's 8 million damage might seem good... but take into account that's only 1% of Sodam's total health. And a personal take: - I don't think affixing/augmenting your gear is mandatory to have a good run. Having the proper base gear in the first place (+30/+35 15-star weapons, +10 13-star units) does more to increase the damage you deal overall. Moreover, I feel that having the skill to play optimally is more important; If you have the gear but can't put the stats to good use, you might not actually be contributing much to the run clear. - That being said, having good affixes _does_ make it easier to deal more damage and pull more weight if you have the basics down. I'd recommend affixing at least 150 Atk on your units, and getting a full set of SSA/SGAs on your weapon. I also uploaded the uncut run for anyone curious: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oovLfaOwpKyfZ5o

[@XxBoneReaperxX]

Just want to point out that Sodam isn't just a Donut boye; he's a Donut Cowboy. Dudes got cowboy boots on for petes sake.

[@RenoKyrie]

And remember folks, what matter the most is not just the gear Its how you help with the fight and if you are willing to hear others advice Others will find you "not helping" if you are playing the way others find not that helpfull like a Ranger spamming Steady Shot and never put Blight Round, Million Storm Braver Bow, or Hero Normal TMG and Cross cut Hunter Sword or ignoring certain mechanic during the fight(This happened a lot during Dragon fight) TPD really need player knowledge skills, even only basic knowledge can help

[@anp008]

yeah, it suprised me how there's still some people that don't know how to use Laconium Sword in JP server.

[@TheBrad171]

I love how I already have play/know this fight well yet still tune in for those funky factual beats

[@BlastEpics]

4:54 that timing in editing loving it

[@goldentiramisu7935]

always remember, Croesus/Millionaire and Orb/Dusk weapon series is a viable option if you don't have any good 15* weapon

[@meymai923]

all my homies go novel

[@zeehero7280]

@@meymai923 Novel models look like baby duplos though.. weapon camo is needed.

[@profitmuhammed]

My pub went with nox, dim weapon and phobos units, to add it up, it isnt enchanced to max(+35 wep or +10 unit)

[@ayaldev]

subscribed. consistently no BS and pure informational content. thank you!

[@arsyasnipman2330]

Thanks for the help, I didn't ko'd even once when this UQ appeared after maintenance

[@Rukabuk]

Oh man this one looks just as fun as I thought it would. Decided not to go in blindly to this one since everyone made it sound so serious. Glad I did. Hope I can learn those one shots and avoid them. An amazing looking and lengthy EQ to end PSO2 with! And thank you for making the guide! Great music choices and fantastic transitions, as usual!!!!

[@aghitsaplane4262]

The real boss is the drop rates :(

[@rovaljax]

Thanks for the vid. Hopefully this mitigates the incapacitations.

[@mudsy]

Klaus veen! I love this artist! Thanks for the video as well

[@KayamaAi]

I just attempted this today. Got a 5 death thing. Was kinda bad, but those were because our party couldn't pass the DPS checks quickly enough. Really fun fight however

[@SuperHexer123]

I really do love this fight, the pugs are very hit or miss in terms of ranking but for the most part I typically land an A rank. Out of all the runs I did last night I only died like 3 times total and they were mainly to some bad rng on my part.

[@aaroncobeng]

I watched this before trying it out and died 10 times. Sodam's fire combo gets me

[@XDD50Hz]

first try in UQ just now with some sort of experience in the story mission, just in 1st phase i popped 2 moon to save teammates smh, gotta love how a lvl100 dude can get popped like a fart in the wind

[@Catheur]

Ah yes...a guide on how to kill god with some sexy music on top of it. Today will be a good day

[@wezleeclinton5850]

Love games that put shit like this in as a pseudo-“final boss”, then add shit into it that’s unpreventable death. Love it. It’s 2021 and by God do I love shitty game design. Thank you Japan.

[@zeehero7280]

its not unpreventable when you can learn to avoid it, although a few of the moves seem to have been balanced with complete dev amnesia classes with fewer s than etoile exist.

[@wezleeclinton5850]

ZeeHero Fair point. I was just pissed after dying to the sweeping breath again, which seems 98% impossible to make it to safety if you're on the far right or left platform he starts it on. I've since learned the fight and just got my Cras gunblade for Luster, and I can usually pug it around 25-30 minutes with 0 deaths now. But whenever I do die, it's always to some random shit I can't explain and it pisses me off. Like sometimes Luster Will seems to just shut off and I get one shotted by an attack that only does like 400 damage despite having 1.3k hp.

[@JP-vh6ig]

very well made, thanks!

[@cartoonvideos5]

Very helpful, thank you

[@_kazz2926]

first try ever be fine with pubs thanks to this guide died once on last phase lots died but pull it through lmao

[@animutrap]

can't wait for my pugs to fail :D anyways great video as always Vyrde much love

[@DragonXZero]

Managed to beat it first try in UH, team of 11, we all died a bunch, ended up with a B rank, couldn't even complete the dps check and just killed it by hitting the hands...but I'm happy we were able to do it

[@kaiserkhazuto]

Sounds like ship 4....

[@DragonXZero]

@@kaiserkhazuto I was in ship 3, what's this about ship 4?

[@kaiserkhazuto]

@@DragonXZero That's exactly what happened to the first TPD run right after maintenance done. At least around 3/5 of the 12/12 MPAs...

[@ShuraVAL]

love your content

[@vero6029]

During the final dps check if by some magic we can't meet the check can we cheat dead by scion class skill/finisher?

[@Aldebaran99100]

any large i-frame ability works there, you might aswell hold a Photon Blast for max duration when he's almost dead if your MPA lacks damage

[@whitegarden.]

Amazing video as always. What´s the futuristic funky tune at the end called? That´s so good

[@vyrde]

"It's Kill or Be Killed" by Taku Yoshioka, from NMH 2.

[@whitegarden.]

@@vyrde Thanks so much for the reply, and all the work you put into your vids

[@SparkstarScope]

Went in the fight mostly blind, and I was pleasantly surprised. It took like half a hour, sure, but we won at the end, so whatevs. But I only got Gix and Ray drops. And then I changed my mind about not being salty over the time it took. :/

[@vyrde]

that's the TPD experience: nothing but Gix and Ray e_e

[@SparkstarScope]

@@vyrde Ha, guess I should start investing in getting that Ayer rifle from Zig and burning grind cap +1s from rainbows on it...

[@TheOneTrueOfficialLordGod]

Jesus. I think I'll play my first run safe with talis

[@13lace]

Haven't done UH yet and randoms are running into the goo on XH. This'll be fun

[@studiesinflux1304]

In case you were hiding from the UH randoms by sticking to XH, at least for global ship 4, you're still better off going to UH after experiencing a bit of the mechanics and having the minimal gear set mentioned in this video. There many more dead-weight players in XH; I assume it's players who expect to be carried for levels. That said, XH is a great learning platform for boss stage failures because you'll experience almost all of them.

[@BWtalks]

This guide would be useful if the servers would come up.

[@renderfailed2789]

Do the UH changes apply to hardcore story mode? (nice vid as usual, btw)

[@vyrde]

I think Hardcore story doesn't have the final desperation stage so i don't think the UH-specific stuff applies, but i'm not entirely sure (been a while since i cleared it). Might want to check in with someone else on that

[@myoumyou90]

No, Story Mode doesn't have Phase 3. I remember it well since i did redo the story for nostalgia...and the ending.

[@ActuallyJustRan]

Primordial pain

[@ReverieYT]

banger vid ❤

[@MysticLife777]

Sweet, I ain't gonna look like a nub.

[@ankokunokayoubi]

Did you play the JP version for this? The GFX update is so profound~

[@vyrde]

Yup, this is the JP version

[@m.jordan5181]

It seems like some of the graphical effects were actually *reduced* in the update. Texture quality was improved, but lighting and other effects took a hit.

[@vyrde]

@@m.jordan5181 That's the general impression i've been seeing related to the graphics update, yeah

[@ankokunokayoubi]

@@vyrde wow! cannot wait to be updated in NA version~

[@spyjer2878]

Die 7 time in my first try ... Gosh i really need to upgrade my crappy gear for become a really mate with damage and not dead meat -_-

[@Lakosius]

@vyrde You get the hp wrong , its 1.2 billion HP on UH . And you forgot to mention that both Sodams will raise their HP by 20% when they are Burned or Poisoned .

[@vyrde]

Oh right! 800 million was just for the second stage of the fight. Nice catch, thank you! As for the burn or poison, that's the first time i've heard of it actually. I know the damage doesn't count towards Sodam's HP, but does it raise their total HP as well?

[@Lakosius]

@@vyrde Okay , it got more complicated . First days it will be a nerfed version until it get defeated several times and its max HP will grow. it has 780 mil and will go up to 980mil and if it gets poisoned/burned , its 1.2 Bil.

[@vyrde]

@@Lakosius i'm not sure about the max HP increasing over time, but i'm pretty sure that the "increase" in HP after being poison or burn doesn't happen. Although it does damage ticks (10mil per tick), it doesn't actually count towards TPD's health pool; it might seem like it has more HP if you're counting from a damage parser of some kind, but in reality it's just inflated

[@Lakosius]

@@vyrde The max HP increase is for each subsequent fight so that people get a feeling for the fight first .Its not happening in one fight but after the 20th according to my sources it will have the max HP. according to the people that have done the in depth mechanics.

[@vyrde]

@@Lakosius not sure who your sources are, but i'm pretty sure that's not a thing. maybe they're referring to the solo Sodam ultimate quest, and not the urgent quest?

[@megalith]

Time for pain. I need to look for statics at this point given how lazy the general Global player bought into the Stamina or fuck affixes meme.

[@vittoriodio]

Ok, final lament is child's play compared to this abomination, it took ~6 runs (2 runs per UQ) to get an S rank with random people for me, but this....i doubt i'll get it in the first day, maybe even few days won't be enough, hard to say. And if people try to "level" their characters in this UQ i'll get pissed

[@zeehero7280]

Then get pissed. I do this at level 85+ and contribute more than most randoms end up doing. not my problem if people are stupid and judge based on character level/equip rather than how much they pay attention.

[@matthewhenry86]

the best tip: learn how to dodge and parry already and you should have no issue

[@Alphiea]

FIRST, DANG IT!

[@xenodarsh3475]

love how leeches still come to this fight with 13* weapons with 3 slots. GOD i wish you could fuqing kick these weebs out of the room or at least set up some type of value that keeps them from entering. Still want the room to be PUG but set it where only people with high enough gear score allowed to enter. -_-