The Weapon's Refrain (Ultimate) - Visual Guide

I've been wanting to remake my UWU guide for a long time, give it the love it deserved. I have decided that I will be a bigger presence in the future when it comes to Final Fantasy XIV content, so please look forward to it. Art isn't my job, but I'd love to change that in the future, so I'll keep working to improve.
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LPDU, Light Partyfinder Does Ultimate, is a community targeted at the light data center created to help streamlining and consolidating strats and providing a platform to advertise PF groups for ultimate content.
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Disclaimer: (0:00)
Summary: (0:20)
Garuda - Mechanics: (0:46)
Garuda - Pull and Adds: (1:21)
Garuda - Thermal Cleanses: (2:26)
Garuda - Mistral Wheel: (3:50)
Ifrit - Mechanics: (5:33)
Ifrit - Transition: (6:07)
Ifrit - Nails: (6:46)
Ifrit - Dashes 1: (7:51)
Ifrit - Dashes 2: (8:46)
Titan - Mechanics: (9:58)
Titan - Transition: (10:33)
Titan - Gaol Line: (11:07)
Titan - Landslide Mario Kart: (12:49)
Ultima - Beyond Limits: (14:20)
Ultima - Active Phase 1: (14:58)
Ultima - Ultimate Predation: (15:21)
Ultima - Active Phase 2: (16:24)
Ultima - Ultimate Annihilation: (17:57)
Ultima - Active Phase 3: (19:34)
Ultima - Ultimate Suppression: (20:03)
Ultima - Aetheric Boom: (21:45)
Ultima - Primal Roulette: (22:09)

[@LunGreenStar]

Since I first tried clearing UwU legit a WHOLE YEAR AGO, I've been wathcing your guide for EVERY SINGLE ATTEMPT: And now I can finally say that today, on the 28th Feb 2024. I finally cleared UwU, my first ultimate. And I just wanna say big thanks for this guide and for everyone who's been apart of my journey. I've probably watched and replayed this guide over 200 times! Keep it up

[@RinTheBard]

What were your prog points were you actively doing it for a year were you taking breaks? But Gratz on the clear, but it should really only take 3 weeks to clear or about 30-35 hours of prog that’s about where I’m at rn on ultimate suppression

[@LunGreenStar]

@RinTheBard well we all go at our own pace and speed but if you want the full timeline then here you go: 2023 late January: my TEA static and I decided to swap from TEA to UWU so we started in Februrary where we raided twice a week for w hours. I think it took us 1.5 months to get to Annihalaiton for the first time 1 month more we would still be very hardstuck in even reaching there. and then when the last savage tier dropped. we disbanded cuz we wanted to do the new tier with our savage statics then I think I did the tier for 3 months not touching uwu once. and then I had a long break which lasted until the start of this month ^^ so it's not been 1 year continuingsly it's just been 1 year since I started it

[@RllyHappy]

Congrats! It doesn't matter how long it took you; you did it! I'm sure you'll have many more ultimates in your future! Just a side note, Rin's timeline is odd. Time varies greatly based on experience, whether you're PFing or in a static, how many people you have with you who have already cleared or progged, etc. There is no "appropriate timeframe" to complete an ultimate, especially off-patch. Great job on your achievement!

[@LunGreenStar]

@@RllyHappyThank you! and yea it only took me this long cause by 1 year, i basically just mean from 1st attempt to kill, which is only just so long cause i kept doing other stuff in-between and then i got busy irl xD If we were to JUST talk about how long I spent in uwu, it'd probably like like 1.5 weeks in total lol

[@0g00n8]

CONGRATS ON THE CLEAR!! I am visiting this video from time to time so i am 2 months late on the news lol

[@RenjiOboro]

As someone who used your original video to help get my clear and 12 more, I can't thank you enough. Now I can share this with those I want to help get the clear, so thank you for all your hard work! This is EXTREMELY well made and conveys all the important bits very well.

[@C_Kiri]

Important PSA! For anyone who's like me and was having a lot of anxiety about Ifrit nail dashes because cardinals and intercardinals feels like a lot to keep in mind! You don't actually have to keep track of whether or not you're starting at a cardinal and if the Blue Ifrit is also on a cardinal or if it's on an intercard or whatever! Here's how I started keeping track of it and making it SO MUCH easier on myself: - Find your starting position (Nail 4; 'top left' of the Z). You can always find this if you lose track by looking out the arena for the two close Ifrits, it's the one on the left. -Then point camera toward the center of the arena to look for Blue Ifrit. -If he is to your left, move once (45 degrees) -If he is behind you or to your right, move twice (90 degrees) -If you're Searing Wind PoV just reverse all this/use the other 7/8 players for reference. That's literally it. Everyone makes it sound like you gotta have extremely good and consistent spatial awareness to keep track of the nail orientation around the arena, and where the cardinals are, and 'is that one opposite you an *inter* or a *cardinal*'. That shit doesn't matter actually! Because the order you kill the nails is consistent every time, and the shape of the nail orientation is consistent every time, and your starting place is the same every time, you can just think of it this way, and in my experience at least it simplified the mechanic to a degree where I would almost call it free.

[@cosmictricks1814]

this literally changed my life bro. everyones talking about cards and intercards like i i know my directions. if i could give you a nobel prize i would.

[@reila1292]

Very good quality guide, both visuals and content wise. You show both diagrams and ingame footage from each role's pov, explanations on mechanics are easy to understand and I especially love all the little things like the helpful practical tips inside the box on the bottom, icon/color coded text showing if a mech deals physical/magical damage etc. 10/10 will recommend.

[@krystalynnx]

This is my go-to guide for UWU. The clear graphics/HD quality video shows a ton of mechanics I struggled to view in other videos, and your explanations are spot on to help learn efficiently! I'll share with my free company static! Great job! Thank you! 💕

[@grandruby5343]

This was such a beautiful remaster of a video that was already pretty good. The way the primal all starts off with what goes on during each mechanic was really good, and then walking through each Ultima mechanic, and seeing all the different ways to resolve them other than UPR. A fantastic remaster and will definitely be using this when I go back in to relearn the fight. Nice job!

[@MrJjjakey]

Wanted to thank you, just got my clear today and it wouldn't have happened without this video. It is really awesome finding a guide that reflects PF almost perfectly.

[@chaos_blue1089]

Your old guide was one of my first looks into UwU, and now I've got all but 2 of the Ultima weapons. This was a massive glowup, having all the Primal abilities covered at the start and then going through the mechanic timeline, as well as the Annihilation/Suppression multiPoVs was great, and that's not even talking about the edits!

[@kokopossum]

This video is extremely well-put together and it gave me the courage to clear my first Ultimate. Thank you.

[@ericliffrig3088]

My group just started progging two weeks ago and are so glad to see your guide updated with such great visuals! Thank you so much

[@cowan1234]

Thank you for this guide! I just cleared after progging off and on since SHB!

[@runarhrothgar]

And that’s it .. I went ham practicing this for about 5 days in PF and I got 2 clears yesterday .. thank you so much! ❤️❤️

[@Serenaya]

Was an honour to be a part of this. Incredible work, man. Keep it up!

[@oatmealftw]

Literally at Ultimate supression prog with my group using your guide. Super happy to hear you're back!

[@NewHiroshima]

Bro.. what the hell, I've cleared uwu first time with my static thanks to your old guide.. and now watching this remake makes me want to cry. You're really awesome and the best one at your job!

[@Tessan]

Glad I could help!

[@BioRoxas]

My static is using your old guide and it's awesome to see the upgrade and newer video to help out! Thank you for your hard work!

[@thesparrow1116]

I got my uwu clear with your first uwu guide and currently clearing UCoB with ur current ucob guide, seeing you make a guide with Rin Karigani is insane and I'll def be using this again for doing the fight with friends on diff roles!

[@CianaCorto]

Your first guide helped me clear UWU. I hope this guide will help many more future Ultimate Legends.

[@vaderglenn]

It's impressive how good this guide is. Props, been sharing it to friends who started uwu recently and are almost cleared. Will continue to recommend this guide for new people trying the fight. Thabks again!

[@Andrew-jx8gg]

Watched the old guide while preparing for uwu, then this new vid dropped and it is much more detailed and clear. Helped me get my first clear in a few weeks! Can not express my gratitude! This is the best guide! Thank you!

[@bunnydo22]

This video was INVALUBLE to me in clearing this fight, thank you so much for making it, and for making everything so clear and concise!

[@danavzaradel]

Finished with my static party this week following this guide, my very first ultimate fiight. Best guide ever.

[@pyn_rae]

got my first UWU clear using this guide, hoping to do ucob soon but im very excited for a TEA guide. please keep up the good work, these guides are amazing, the most concise and consistent ones out there WELL DONE.😄😄😄

[@CrowDalova]

We’re cleaning up gaols and are getting ready for Predation, this is so helpful! Thank you so much! Wish us luck, and godsspeed to the other groups pushing through it!

[@uba754]

Finally got my clear today after SO long! Thank you for this guide it helped a ton.

[@soosfief2474]

We cleared yesterday - was watching this guide like a hundred times lol. Thanks for this!

[@friendsrecords5398]

Thanks a lot for this. Nice to see you doing this again! Saw you in my party one day and I was wondering why the heck you would do UWU again haha, now I see the reason. Great video!!!

[@yoshiukill563]

Tess, I just got my first clear, I'd like to give you a special thanks because without this guide I don't think I would've been able to do it. Thank you.

[@BellaNocturne805]

Thank you for creating a video that goes into detail for each casts etc. I needed that so I can heal this place.

[@HezrouDhiaga]

I've never done Ultimate and but had an interest. Found this guide and it was very digestible and I think I can go in and prog it ;u; Very well made and very comprehensable. Kudos to all you guys do!

[@shawnscouten5184]

Thanks for making this guide, I just cleared uwu in pf and this guide helped me all the way there. Few guides are as clear and concise as this one. Great work.

[@aku9615]

Thanks to your guide, my friend and I cleared UwU! Thanks again for the well made guide cannot wait for more LPDU ultimate guides!

[@runarhrothgar]

Your awesome guide combined with PF eventually helped me get to enrage with no deaths of my own, Ty ^^ Now to find a party where I can get my first clear

[@MrHardcoreMode]

Look at the glow up on you dude! your editing and film work is amazing

[@GTaichou]

This is possibly one of the most uplifting guide videos I've seen. Thank so much for sharing!

[@CharaExMachina]

why are there no savage guides in this style i fucking love this and it helps so much

[@goth.bunny.]

hector lecture guides are pretty similar

[@bassisku]

It's simple savages are much easier and they get outdated quick. Nobody really cares about savage guides after their patch, but ultimates stay relevant forever so doing 100hrs of effort is worth. Like this guide is only 1 year old, when UWU has been around for years. Also there are tons of good savage guides like hector lectures / mtqcapture for savages, but again RELEVANCE. If u dont have week 1-2 guide on those its gonna be useless for a lot of people. So you cant invest hundreds of hours of work with tons of people. Also Savage strats dont get standardized as quickly so making a general guide for strats that everyone uses or is "optimal" takes a while.

[@puppetman2597]

Thanks for making this guide dude. Just got my UwU clear today for first time, and it didn't take that long to learn

[@racar1380]

thank you !! awesome

[@shi4833]

Amazing work 👏 looking forward to more videos

[@scarletfreeman9211]

Thank you so much for this guide. Just cleared an hour ago after watching and rewatching this for hours.

[@ColbyGonzales30]

Finally cleared my first ultimate today thanks to this guide! 🎉🎉🎉

[@seyahtan24]

Wow. This guide is amazingly done!

[@EuReKaSeVeNf4N]

Appreciate the guide! Just got the clear last night in PF and this was great to study up on the fight. I link this to all my friends who want to do the fight too. UCOB and TEA are dying next!

[@brownism]

Got my clear today because of you, thank you. And well the other seven people too but I appreciate the work you did for me so I can run.

[@A_Random_Canadian]

This guide was so good! My static and I cleared our first Ultimate in 20 days of prog! This was such a big resource for our clear! Thank you so much for making it!

[@denisburchert3353]

great Guide, no... literally the BEST GUIDE out here. cleared it within 20h proc. saved me ton of time and frustration. tyvm and see you on the next guide!

[@Harmless-zm6zl]

I'd love a TEA guide from you!

[@BloodDragoon]

This is so inspiring with some of my favourite music in the background! ty

[@Amelia-zv3jp]

If anyone is wondering in beyond limits "Why didn't my bar refill" it's because you didnt have the candy the primal drops upon dying. No one ever told me this so food for thought LOL

[@meggerrsss]

love the format of this guide!

[@gravitycat6862]

I'm currently doing a PF for this and this guide is absolutely wonderful. Made it through Garuda a few days ago, now for the rest.

[@KV803]

I really wanna clear an Ultimate some day.. even if I don't really like the looks of the weapons or the title, I still wanna say I at least tried. I ain't got a static and probably won't ever have one thanks to how busy I can sudden get during the week. Still, I'm determined to do one some day and out of all the current Ults, I think UWU's weapons might be one of my more favorite ones so I'm thinking of starting off with it when I feel ready. I'll be sure to have this guide nice and saved for future use. I swear, one day I'll clear this.

[@constmar]

GOOO TESS!, cleared it a month ago, great production value!

[@leisuregaming1335]

Mario Kart is doing me a confusion. They all put Mario Kart on PF and yet they just run away wherever. Id say its more like Mario on crack.

[@MissPoplarLeaf]

Thank you so much for this video! I started progging UWU recently and this has been one of the most helpful resources I've found. Saw Titan on my third day of prog and I attribute a lot of that to you! Edit 1/23/24: I CLEARED A COUPLE DAYS AGO FOR THE FIRST TIME! Got two more clears after that, so I've got the shiny weapons I wanted. Thank you again for the guide, this was the first resource I ever saw for UWU and it helped me a ton.

[@katotori6376]

Im now a part of the Ultimate Legends !! Thanks for that awesome guide !!!!

[@docartyom7940]

i like how there is just kingdom hearts music playing in the background

[@arulleach1351]

Im so happy this just dropped. You are an absolute legend TY

[@arizona4751]

thank you for your guide, i just cleared yesterday and it really helped!

[@zackfair6203]

10:40 Love the ROxas theme from Kingom hearts there xd

[@TheProky]

Thanks for personally helping us reach Supression more often yesterday :D Edit: We got the clear few hours ago! Thanks for the guide :3

[@sportzwiz321]

I just cleared, your guides are amazing!!!

[@Tessan]

congratulations!

[@custardpup6385]

got to Ultima last night, it's so close I can almost taste it ;-;

[@custardpup6385]

I cleared!!! My first ultimate, I was so emotional. Wouldn’t have been able to do it without this guide, thank you so much ;-;

[@Redemptionn310]

This is actually so fucking godlike. Great job!

[@hywolfgaming8932]

i just saw the LPDU in duty finder and saw this YT video. im glad theres such things dedicated to this data center.

[@asurin007]

This is some quality work.. props for that.

[@amsaa91]

Ngl that change to the voiced version just as Ultima wep enrages almost got me tearing up bc of how beautiful it was

[@0g00n8]

Almost? That shit got me bawling dawg

[@Balsley1105]

I’ve just started UWU and made it to fire boi nails and chains. This is my go to video for the next few weeks 😊

[@Balsley1105]

Update, I’ve recently received my 8th UWU weapon since progging back in the spring, thank you for the guidance To new proggers to UWU: Be patient, encourage yourselves, take criticism like it’s candy, you will encounter salty players on your progging ITS OK, don’t prog then prog more, prog then clean up your prog point then move onto the next. It’s all about memorization, patience and mental fortitude. gl

[@petsy9979]

i got my clear thanks to this :D just wanted to point out that for garudas mistral wheel, the notes say MT North>East and OT South>West but the strats on discord mention MT N+W and OT S+E. just a minor thing tho!

[@Tessan]

Counter clockwise strats are whack! They should change!

[@Ianmarcus1]

The original video was instrumental in me clearing, definitely sharing this!

[@kaiserbh9248]

WOW thank you SO MUCH FOR THE UPDATED VID

[@waveyTV]

Perfect timing since my static is progging UwU! Nice!

[@TrueBlur]

I got my clear last night thanks to this guide and a lot of party finder! (Also love all the sonic music in the guide, it gets me real hyped :3)

[@Kaptitanbear]

fantastic guide, thank you for it

[@Sarah-vc3io]

big fan of this aesthetic and overall how the video is set up. 10/10

[@Dracobyte]

Thank you for another video!

[@guranouyPoliteFrog]

i cleared as BLM in a big week in PF, thanks for this awesome guide, the end of the guide hype me up so much with the music !!!

[@fearsome-Chan]

Hey I’m a black mage main how was your damage? Peoples are telling me not to run black mage because of low damage output

[@guranouyPoliteFrog]

@@fearsome-Chan my DMG matched melee, it's just way harder, i did it both as fake melee and range ( range is harder ) and overall smn is just busted, but BLM do fine

[@KyMiyu]

Youre looking at a Ultimate legend. Thanks Lads.

[@turbo6328]

Progged UwU using your guide, I saw Titan during the first evening of prog, and got my kill on day 4, all thanks to your guide. Shit is of phenomenal quality.

[@Bankai90]

Your guide helped me clear uwu via pf in under a week. You're a boss man! Any chance you might do one for TEA in the future? Those weps are cool too ._. xD Thank you a lot for this guide

[@multiact8800]

I am attempting uwu as my first ever ultimate soon, this guide is so easy to understand good job, now i can finally enjoy the thing i joined ff14 for

[@bubblegumalcohol5925]

just started doing uwu today and made it to titans and this comes out? coinky dinky :3c

[@Lionlicious]

Good luck! You can do it. :D

[@grandruby5343]

Respect titans landslides and be able to do Gaols and you’re good.

[@barzer1380]

thanks a lot man!

[@siegeg4892]

The mechanics seem so easy here, but it feels like a whole new story when you are actually there. At the rate I'm going, I'm never going to clear any of these fights.

[@happygaysounds]

Once you put your mind to it and focus on one phase (or even one mechanic) at a time you'll get there. On the other hand, joining random PFs is a different story albeit a bit of a gamble because you might try for a Titan prog group but then the party ends up struggling to do a clean Ifrit.

[@Spiritchuckpvp]

The mechanics are fairly simple, but they happen very quickly and are very punishing if you mess up, and everyone has to be on the same page.

[@honella7146]

Kingdom Hearts music is the best part ❤️

[@someonesomewhere5667]

The song playing during titan.....weight of the other promise.....weight of the land.....its also roxas' theme...rocksas.......heh nice.

[@soralese]

Those wings.... I want them too.

[@funkecagado9551]

Tessan you helped me and my homie clear a couple days ago thanks man.

[@astartesiri8184]

This is so neat

[@Mira_Lana]

Thank you for making this video!

[@gmingme2714]

Great vid. What's the music at the first part ?

[@wolfstar124]

Gonna see if I can convince my static to prog uwu in-between savage tiers this time Any plans on a guide for TEA? Update; In an ultimate static because my savage static has a few new members and we're going at a bit of a more casual pace than before, but in the ultimate static we're up through titan gaols after only a few hours which is nice, here's hoping we see ultima this week!

[@Skoogles]

best FFXIV guide I've ever seen tbh, hope the other ults get the same treatment

[@bassisku]

Great guide, got me my first clears.

[@Jiapanda]

Just another comment saying we cleared yesterday thanks to this vid, thanks a bunch!

[@vajra6888]

just got my first ever ultimate clear, in PF nonetheless. Thank you so much for these guides

[@Th3RazieI]

Nice guides. But I am afraid most people in PF can't remember more than 1 or at max 2 primals and their Mechs

[@popcorn.164]

The avengers level crossover no one expected

[@PlusOne2Crit]

I could swear i've had both tanks targeted by gaols with no deaths before.

[@Retto420]

I cleared last week. 05/16 After giving a look to Supression on this video really helped me where to go if I'm gaol + bait or minstral song or LP your guide made it possible for me to get my first clear in my first ultimate! Thank you very much! And Idk if is normal to be unable to move my arms for 45 seconds and unable to say a single word cause the excitement of lots of time invested finally getting that clear but I think that is gonna be living in my memory for the rest of my life.