The Minstrel's Ballad: Shinryu's Domain - Primal Guide

::Final Fantasy XIV - The Minstrel's Ballad: Shinryu's Domain EXTREME Trial Guide::
A quick overview of the primal encounter, guaranteed to get you through it!
Questions? Comments? Drop me a line and I'll get back to you! FINAL FANTASY is a registered trademark of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. FINAL FANTASY XIV c 2010-2013 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved

[@_Ikelos]

*Run onto the dragon's tail while dodging the lasers* WHAT THE HELL

[@thecoldduvet7381]

:') Was the hypest moment of my life.

[@obituaryollie9104]

@@thecoldduvet7381 sad

[@danielphillips5944]

I like how SE is giving healers more interesting mechanics to deal with lately.

[@khanzy.]

Shame that playing healer is AIDS-inducing in party finder, though. Like your paladin just forgets to use any cooldowns during akh morn and dies instantly. Or half your party clumps together for levinbolts. And these are clear parties.

[@sylveon4755]

Khanzeal right and dps is doing nothing but smashing one button

[@prismsage3957]

yeah it kinda sux to actually find a fire mage who relies on pots and elixirs... and a ice mage who will not change to maximize dps and thinks spamming flare is the way to go.

[@leviatra1227]

Yeah in Heavensward the Healers had nothing to do then Heal. In Stormblood the Gameplay evolved really good.

[@TheRismint]

With this guide we just got a no echo PF clear with most people new to the fight! Your guides are the best on youtube, thank you so much

[@cairohkyun]

"Do you have any Questions?" Just one... What? XD

[@SuikodenGR]

FINALLY!! I been waiting for this guide for a long time! ty! :-D

[@zanydruid6019]

Shinryu EX just came out two weeks ago...

[@ragnerangel194]

And MrHappy's guide came out roughly 2 days after it.

[@SuikodenGR]

Ragner Angel happy is a jerk. I stop watching his stuff

[@SuikodenGR]

When college started for me before 3.0, I lose the luxury to put lots of time to practice ShinEX without a guide. And I don't touch Mr. 'Happy' video cause hes just a jerk when I brought something and was all 'whatever...' lost respect for him.

[@ragnerangel194]

I watch a guide to get info on a fight, not critique the player's character. Plus your argument is far from convincing

[@PillsHere69]

6:55 "might be close to transitioning into it's next phase" You mean all that was just phase O N E??? *sobs in WHM*

[@tafmorris]

Been looking forward to this, thanks Mizz

[@syldris]

Additional Information here! - In early Phase with platform, Auto attacks lands on Two tanks(each wing attacks each tank) only when at least one of the tanks have the aggro of the boss. It doesn't have to be both tanks, but we only need a single tank to grab a boss, and the off tank can help main tank with Shirk. - In early phase, if both tanks die or neither of tanks do not have aggro of the boss, both wings will attack the player with the highest aggro. If there is only one tank with the aggro of the boss, both wings will attack one tank only, which means x2 damage on a single tank or any other player. - In Final phase, Boss's both wing attacks the player with the aggro on the boss only! It never hits the off tank, so off tank always feel free to drop the tank stance for the higher dps. - In Final phase, Tera Slash, the tank buster that leaves physical vulnerability Up to its victim, is CRITICAL DAMAGE. Tanks can use Awareness to significantly reduce the damage of the tank buster. Tips: - For Akh Morn, have two tanks share the 1st Akh Morn, and use their Immunity skills for 2nd and 3rd Akh Morns. 1st Akh Morn is very easy to stack up to mitigate the damage together, but 2nd and 3rd may be hard to share the tank buster together since the mechanic involves some movings during it's happening. - In early phase, Bring the first Tail Marker(healer) always to the SE platform, 2nd marker(DPS) to Center/NW platform, and 3rd marker(Tank) to SW platform. For DPS, if the center platform is cracked, move to NW. If center platform is NOT cracked, move to here. Also, during 2nd Tail Marker, it's always Levinbolt. Everyone prepares to spread out! - For Atomic Ray in final phase, if possible, using four waymarkers help a lot for players to notice where to go. Simply designate each atank/healer and a dps classes(2 players) to each marker(A,B,C, and D with NW, NE, SW, and SE), and simply move to there when the mechanic starts. If possible, give some enough distance between four markers to break. - For Wyrmwall or Breath, try to stay close to the center of the arena/boss. It will make the mechanics much easier to avoid huge AoE's. - In Final phase, Stay on the West or East side of the Arena. Boss will always turn to North side and starts casting three final Enrage spells, and small circles that brings you to Shinryu's Back spawn west and east side of the arena. This will give you more time to spend with killing everything before Enrage Spells. Try this, if your group is having trouble with dps issues to kill two wings and shinryu before the enrage. - During Active Time Maneuver, NEVER TOUCH "ENTER" ON YOUR KEYBOARD. Any key but Enter works. Use your mouse clicks too! Ah, you don't have Enter, Controller Users. Thanks for reading a huge text of wall.

[@Stahntaru]

Would like to add that pressing "/" key also triggers chatbox to be active so stay away from the bottom right corner of your keyboard.

[@syldris]

oh ur right. very true. I have to mention '/' as well

[@YukiYijiKusakabe]

So technically, OTs have to aim to maintain 2nd in aggro in case some freak accident causes MT to die, right?

[@Tekshipie]

"Players can use knockback immunities..." > BRD/MCH Players ;_;

[@Renoyi]

BRD can dodge it to with his backjump if its perfectly timed :3 MCH is rip. #MCHismyMainDD

[@fuyudragonil7001]

since 5.0 we got a anti-knockback too :D FINALLY! I was always the only one (of my raid) running to the edge to not getting knocked off of the platform -,-

[@gabrielmartin2197]

Damn, I'm just in the duty finder for this trial while watching this and my brain is already overwhelmed at 3 minutes.

[@someclevername8167]

You might have done this trial by now, but in practice it’s not that hard. Especially now that you can unsync it

[@minixmousy]

i love your guides so much, mizzteq. they make otherwise confusing mechanics easier to understand.

[@milanugrinovic]

thank you for posting this video. I love your guides.

[@FahrosXIV]

Watched this while doing a run on the treadmill tonight. Thanks for the awesome guides, as always Mizz. Glad I live in the multiverse where you make FFXIV guides! P.S. I got Neo down. Thanks for being a part of the training with that too!

[@thelengedaryhero6900]

The cracks from Earthen Fury have 2 patterns. It can be different each fight. If the middle is cracked from the ultimate, then it’ll be 1st tail in the back on SE corner, 2nd in front of Shinryu on the nw corner, and third on the back again in the sw corner. And most people use shinryu as north and not the compass itself.

[@trollsonparole2540]

Love you Mizzy! You make great guides, and when I set you to 0.5 speed I can pretend that you're Kesha!

[@MyVanir]

Totally unrelated, but monk animations are so awesome.

[@silverancient7840]

"Mysterious Debuff" lmao

[@willm3856]

It is accurate tho. No one really know where it came from.

[@chaldea158]

Your guides are always so helpful!

[@Demi_Nguyen]

This primal is not for the feint of heart

[@AceCombatGirl]

ba dum ts

[@2wongsdontmakearice588]

especially when the dps doesn't focus on it...

[@darkbluedragoon1059]

Doing the Godess' work, Hydaelyn bless you

[@EbonyChimera]

Thank you MTQ. Your guides are always helpful!

[@DarkKizzy]

Finally working on progressing in this. Love your guides! They are sooooo useful!

[@AarPlays]

FYI - Tanks, tera slash will always crit hit unless awareness is used.

[@paigedavis8198]

Thank you !! I love your guides they are right to the point and very organized. I went in this fight once and did terrible. I am going to try again. As silly as it sounds I had issues with first phase tidal wave as a healer I kept moving xD

[@xXCocoHimeXx]

Paige Davis Same I am currently tryin this fight and hell...just the first phase alone...hell.

[@milkyandco]

Judgements bolt’s paralysis has a 15% chance of occurring on each player. This was confirmed by the devs on the official forums due to people being confused about its occurrence.

[@taylorsven9508]

good lord my healer bones are trembling

[@lma0henry]

With fights like this, makes me wonder why most people say to me there's nothing to do end game o-o

[@Paradoof]

Cool, finally the Mizz-Version! Where have you been? Started to miss your guides :D

[@ladywyntrz2202]

Holy crap this is gonna be a lot

[@nyonelove7617]

These fights are so complicating in stormblood lol

[@xXMasterJ360Xx]

I wonder how fast this fight is now in the current patch. I still need a clear, but damn this has alot of phases

[@lanceroflunar6719]

just did the fight. we wiped in each phase at least once, but after 5-6 wipes everyone knew what to do and no one died in phase 1 and 2.

[@georgebosque7790]

i love it when she uses her puns in her opening speech.

[@Nihirr]

Finally a guide for this

[@mikelangelo3877]

"If u have any questions (...) please let me know!" Ok, first one: nani the actual fudge? Joking, nice guide, sorry for beeing late to the party :)

[@MultiJellybones]

I have just finished susanoo thanks to your help. Now I will try beating shinryu!

[@Wombeyy]

Well did you beat it?

[@MultiJellybones]

no :( no one accepts a srub like me in o2s. already beat o1s tho

[@angel.feathers]

What about now

[@seasluggy]

Fuck that!

[@Orridy0n]

Already cleared, just watching for the Puns

[@Eunhyukkie1]

am i who only thinks her ''S''-sounds is really sharp in ur ear D:

[@Darri3n]

"If you have any questions or comments, please let me know." I have many questions

[@brokenwing51]

Holy sweet honey ice tea, that's a lot of mechanics

[@DaLilShorty8999]

Jesus.....

[@LycanAspect]

Am I the only one that had trouble finding this vid just by search alone? lol

[@Dualwieldingbucklers]

Easter egg: MTQ's raid markers and inventory preview. "BAD BUTTS"

[@Lily_Catt-]

I'm a bit scared to do this! 😢😢😢 i do not want to fail this....

[@Mkfaour]

nice cat

[@jonerlized]

My irl reaction to this primal while watching this guide was O.O

[@vipercrb5622]

Here's to waiting for 5.0 Cheers

[@Axel-kk7fr]

Am i the only one who finds it surreal to play with people in these videos? X)

[@mattfystery]

This fight is still a bit complicated but I still think this was the hardest extreme in the game.

[@OrphanHart]

This. Hurts. My brain

[@TankyCrobat]

Here I am about to do this Synced years later for BLU completion. From the looks of the comments below, seems like this extreme still has people running for their money

[@zakjackson2021]

Thank you

[@henryjxg]

The puns though

[@Oneiroclast]

This fight is absolutely vicious at minimum ilvl. One vuln stack? No big deal, right? Turns out the next raidwide will kill you from full health if you're not a tank, and the next Akh Morn will kill you if you are.

[@blushy5830]

As someone who’s new to the FFXIV endgame, how does this fight compare to Savage content? Are they similar in terms of difficulty? Or is Savage content on a higher level?

[@yangwenli6878]

country bobby depends on the savage raid, but somewhat similar in difficulty

[@MIGAS32000]

@@yangwenli6878 I'll assume you never touched a Savage or an Extreme and ignore that. Savage is 100% on a higher difficulty level and doesn't depend on the fight. Extreme is very casual and braindead for those who play Savage. With that said, Savage is not that hard after you get into it. Ultimate is in an even higher difficulty level, with a much bigger jump from Savage than Savage from Extreme.

[@Turbulence911]

@@MIGAS32000 extreme and savage are the same level, ultimate is harder

[@bcollins634]

I have....SO many questions.

[@adityanoviant8180]

watching this battle make me feel like darksouls boss easy more like easy boss compare this. cant wait to trying this raid. just completed the main quest SB while ago

[@Wombeyy]

its not a raid its an extreme primal

[@Wombeyy]

Also the difference is Dark Souls bosses are usually unpredictable and need a lot of personal skill to beat, this is just memorizing a lot of stuff

[@zeehero7280]

Dark souls cannot be compared to any current MMO I know of, MMO bosses all have tons of health and rely on super complex mechanics (the good ones anyway) and Dark Souls bosses are pattern memorization and reaction time and can generally be beat in a few good hits if you know what you're doing and have skill.

[@deghihderaman3572]

Easy or Extreme. Kugane ost. is the best answer.

[@shiinshiinro]

I got the mount drop on my 4th run. I feel bad for my party members cuz I died twice at last phase, died from pair stack xD

[@AlexandraCristianaRO]

20000000000000 mechanics, how are we supoused to memories all that from our first time.. we need to do this dungeon 10 times aleast aswell to learn all of this ... 😭

[@lordjurisdoctor4802]

For the active timer. What buttons do you have to spam? I spam them all and I always die.

[@Herni2690]

2:18... magmel, yusa son famosos😂

[@ItsZorroDood]

What's up with the i - l mix ups? Akh Rhai and Wyrmwail.

[@Tiger74147]

Jesus! Guess I will actually need a raid guild for this one. @_@

[@lyom7277]

I really don't get the point of the Active Time Maneuvers - can someone enlighten me? Watching this seems to be a jarring break between the phases, requiring you to just mash whatever button to win. It seems to be hard to fail, so - why is that in? It has nothing to do with the fight, you're not dodging anything, not maneuvering yourself, nothing - you're just starting to hammer any old button for no reason other than it telling you "hammer the button or you die". Guess hammering "asdf;jkl" translates to an always-the-same awesome ninja jump?

[@AarPlays]

You're struggling to break from the chains. The point of that is to keep uptime on people so they can't "break" or let the mind rest. You are always "In" the fight. (until the transition animation)

[@magnedeusfenrir9582]

Lyo M It's part of the fight. You fail the ATM you die. A tank in a Susanoo ex run I did once didn't know he had to click on the blade's shadow and we ended up wiping.

[@lyom7277]

I guess. I would just imagine it'd be less jarring if the boss flies up, you need to spread, and a second later it crashes through the platform. When the whole UI disappears and the ATM animation plays, that's when I'd "let my mind rest" and feel like I'm outside the fight. I could even close my eyes and hammer shift for a few seconds. If it flies up, I have a second or two to run from the center, and it crashes into the platform right after that, it sounds like it'd much more "involved". If there any ATM where you have to respond to the situation on the screen? Like, different keys for different things that happen - because that'd be a nice "minigame" and make ATM much more than what currently seems to be an AFK check (which AOEs would be too, of course). (tho I see your point with trying to break from the chains, that does make sense. And I do see that this lets them show you something other than your character and still require you to do *something*)

[@Cordinbleu]

tbh that was the first time you actually had to click on something lol. Rabanastre's Rofocale fight was rough in the beginning too because you had to "activate" the runes during the dark phase

[@ScourgeGrave]

What's the name of the music in the background pls and thank you.

[@yukichigai9409]

One not-so-minor nitpick: he starts the battle in the East, not the North, at least as far as the minimap is concerned. For people like myself who work with maps semi-frequently (or anyone with a military or nautical background) that's going to make a lot of your instructions a bit confusing.

[@NovaStella_]

420th like!! \o/ I've never done a single weed in my life.

[@sinfulgokussj]

I like her waaaay more the mr happy

[@skwjisin]

I think I will just be rich and buy the shinryu scale on the market board....this is insane

[@MrEmberCraft]

It can be done unsycned too don't forget, so you can skip most mechanics

[@noelleratton9141]

could someone help me complete this? completion parties are hard to find

[@havelard]

We can hunt together if you want , tonberry here

[@KaianVestra]

Your s's are way too sharp

[@stanc7159]

SE got to nerf this fight just to unlock mentor roulette that's Olympics in ffxiv

[@nachi6808]

FINALLY

[@edmatsumoto4168]

Does anyone know how to get all raid enemy targets to persist like that in the HUD and also show the current spell cast? I find it tough as a healer to see what's currently being cast by the boss, and can't seem to find the setting for it in the hud.

[@hoangminhle1964]

3 years late, but uhm.. Focus Target

[@Viktoria_Thaelin]

need tsukuyami's pain video.

[@rosenrytter]

500 gz & thx

[@hotcoldman777]

Got my Wolf on the third try with a 98 Roll :-D .

[@FaolainHawk]

Hi MTQ. Sorry!! Worm is pronounced just like the dirtbug, and identical to "Wyrm", and Aether is pronounced "Ether". Please don't hate me.

[@fyeplays1717]

No one cares.

[@Titania.]

She lost me at wyrms heart...

[@Selvokaz]

what does she mean by the healers have to manage the death sentences??

[@fel7751]

Death Sentence is a tankbuster, so tanks/healers need to be prepared to mitigate/heal through it. All 3 of the Hakkinryus will cast this, so DPS should focus them first, which will help as well.

[@wietskeveneberg9939]

Head spinning.....

[@silasthornblood9038]

That is a looooong lost of instructions.

[@Rexprofile]

??? Wing = arm ??? ; P

[@madeofmars]

what the fuck

[@Villiscaband1]

Edit for your video. Icicle doesn't not give you vuln up.

[@gregcyr9432]

omfg valley girl teaching me to kill a dragon

[@bocher0267]

wow, still with the puns lol

[@gbtygfvyg]

It's Akh Rhai with an I (eye), not Akh RhaL Also it's Wyrmwail (whale) not wall.

[@NebulositySirus]

Easy.

[@sn2967]

Did you actually clear this one or just other people's clips like before?

[@Name_Tee]

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Revelation 22:13

[@リンリン-k2u]

Very clear; way better than other guides