World of Darkness (Crystal Tower 3) Raid Guide - Part Two!

[@duraeusentenu]

wow....historically this is fun for education, since no one ever sees many mechanics in older ARR content anymore. It's fun to see the worms for the first time, in the final boss fight. Never knew about that. Also didn't know about all the other effects.

[@brk1988]

The muffled battle theme heard within Cerb's belly is a brilliant touch. That whole encounter is so creative. Props to ya SE, keep that momentum going!

[@roughdividegaming]

Been getting this raid pop up randomly as of late and never quite understood the mechanics this guide helps a lot

[@fyce]

Advice on Cloud of Darkness: the "hexagon" phase will take place shortly after a "sucking cloud" phase. During the clouds, the Limit Break will fill up very quickly due to the clouds being destoyed. So, after that, if you see that your alliance won't be able to kill their "hexagon cloud" in time, use a Melee LB (or mage if no melee available). It's better to "waste" it there than suffer a sh*tload of raid damage. Plus a Limitbreak on the boss will barely scratch her since her HP pool is super big.

[@SwedudeEPIC]

If anyone else are having problem hearing what she's saying over the loud music Turn on subtitles, it's pretty damn accurate! Good guides as always :3

[@aternialaffsalot]

As a newbie these videos are insanely helpful

[@shadowsymphonia21]

fun fact- if cerberus reawakens he gets 16 stacks of haste and then proceeds to face roll the raid ;-;

[@knifeparty88901]

This is my favorite raid currently. The final boss reminds me of a Phantasy Star boss, so awesome

[@knifeparty88901]

***** Ya! that's exactly what I was thinking of.

[@Matschholzi]

1. get as many dps as possible inside cerberus to get him down in less than 20 seconds each time he breaks loose from the chains. But keep an eye out for adds, the OT have to tank them while the healers are outside with them. 2. please please please don't stand behind the adds while battling the last boss. You will push them in her direction. This is really important, since not everyone knows that standing behind them is not only keeping the debuff but also making it even worse :/ and lastly: don't lb before 15% or you will have to deal with snakes and cubes as you mentioned in the vid.(this wiped almost every raid I've seen so far.)

[@k4fk42]

Having run this many times, I concur that this is indeed much faster than in the video, however what Mizzteq says is arguably the *safest* way to go about things.

[@Matschholzi]

Pixel Cat Thats true. x'D Some times they don't really understand why or how this strategy works and that leads to many wipes.. not to mention bitching cause they don't want to hear other strategies than the one that they are used too

[@k4fk42]

Matcha Tee Oh yes. Tons of bitching over whether to go ABC or all DPS in. Every time.

[@Matschholzi]

Pixel Cat Yep! Bitching in general because you know, using macros to explain the whole tower is soooo "elitist blablabla I don't read that cause I know it better, even though I might die cause I don't know the mechanics at all :o etc etc" Sorry for the rant. I did this raid too often for my bard chest. I can't take that anymore x'D

[@dangerwarg9682]

Matcha Tee The faster the belly goes down the faster the adds spawn. If you're healers snooze and/or if your OT is tanking in a very bad spot, or gets pushed too far away and into a very bad spot, then the OT will die. The wolfbane adds will still be up when you get to chain up the dog. Can be an issue if you're healers and/or tank are incompetent. And I've seen wipes happen more times with this plan that the safer one. Damaging the belly only does a high amount of fixed damage, that alone does not guarantee you a kill upon the 2nd time you beat the belly. He must be damaged from outside too. That all meaning you have to spend all that lost time you could have spent DPSing him outside for the rest of the fight. This means you got to deal with chaining him up twice and dealing with his attacks that sends him flying all over the place. Ultimately making *barely* any difference in how much time the entire fight takes. On top of that, anytime you go all DPS you run the risk that 2 of the 3 tanks go in the belly because one of them thought and/or wants to DPS with the DPS, which usually results in a wipe cause then the wolfbane or pushing the healers around, killing them and tank before the entire DPS in the belly are even finished. I'd just go with ABC since it's easier for them not fuck up the plan, and a lot of the time with the ABC, you don't have to put up with chain him up twice or deal with him that much longer.

[@shadowtony8]

Important to anyone and everyone reading this: *DO* *NOT* *DO* *ABC* *FOR* *CERBERUS,* *IT* *IS* *NO* *LONGER* *THE* *BEST* *STRATEGY.* Instead, if you're a DPS, go into the belly no matter what party you're in. ABC is very limiting and way less safe. You don't need a full party to grab 2 chains, you don't need a full party to deal with the adds (tanks and healers are good enough for adds) but you DO need as much DPS on the belly as possible to stop the boss from getting too many haste stacks. More DPS going into the belly means more damage to kill the inside faster, which means we get done with that section faster, which means we can move on faster.

[@tanok420]

just want to say thanks for giving raid info and helping others learn the fights you get all the player comms luv

[@achilles_wiggen]

Thanks for the guide- Altough i have already forgot most things in part 1 by now. :D

[@XChronicHash]

weird how this video doest show up when i search wod on youtube, this is the best guide out there! keep up the good work

[@NathanWubs]

Its the meteors, always the meteors, forever the meteors. They just want to be our friends. But no, so many adventures do not want to hug those meteors. Resulting in wipes. Up to even 5.

[@amalthea5]

Thanks so much for your wonderful guides! I'm a recent convert from WoW and am totally loving this game. Your guides have made the transition a lot easier for me to work on getting into high end raiding. Keep up the awesome work!

[@IGotsBadFeeling]

Well this helps a lot more than someone screaming BELLY at me. Like I have any idea wtf that might mean.

[@joergbock1976]

Thanks alot for your videos, they sure are more helpful than the people in those places. If more than 50% of the raid don't know what to do and things go bad, you're greeted with patronizing comments instead of short instructions (unless you wipe twice, then suddenly you get some explanations :D).

[@good_playlists]

the a,b,c method at first i laughed when someone explained it but it does make sense.. feint particle beam almost always hits someone, sometimes the tanks think they dont have to move because well, they're tanks

[@sandwormy]

Thanks mizztech... this game just does not tell you mechanics... I've been playing for a few months and I only found out NOW you can go into Cerebus's tummy meanwhile I'm wondering where the hell did my party go lol

[@beatnik09]

There's no video for Cerberus until you show how to get into his belly. Before that it's jut a black screen.

[@CaptionClosed]

Cory Parker That's your computer. There absolutely is a video.

[@kavenoff777]

I'm not seeing any video either, but I am seeing the giant text on the screen describing the mechanics. Screenshot here: imgur.com/a/8paLxgk

[@sty0pa]

@@CaptionClosed I have same issue.

[@Art2D2]

@@CaptionClosed Using a Google Pixel 3a, and I see no video. I know your comment is 5 years old, but your insinuation makes no sense for essentially an advanced pocket computer. I think it's an issue on KZbin's end.

[@NMS2k11]

Seeing no video either

[@Itoshira]

Same here again as with Heatwave: Ululation can be countered if you take 0 damage from the cast (the Abandonement-debuff will not be applied on you). This is not so important on DPS maybe, but it is very useful for your maintank as they mostly stand alone because of the cleaving attacks from Cerberus. The cast is a bit longer so enough time to get the shields onto the maintank. Scholars have it easier here, so better try to make the scholars doing this with Adlo.

[@Jeff_S...]

World first? Saw it in the chat at the end, is that true? If so, huge congrats!

[@Xylarxcode]

If you do this bad thing, you'll wipe the raid. If you don't this mechanic, you'll also wipe the raid. If you run here, you have to run there next time or you'll die. This glowing thing is good, but that other glowing thing is bad. That's so much information to absorb for someone who's doing this for the first (and probably only) time. Stupid MSQ locks you down until you completed this, though. Thankfully, these days most raid just kinda stomp their way through and carry your scrub ass if you're in this situation you didn't ask for.

[@leknubb]

I'm supposed to be the offtank and I'm having nervous breakdown

[@ZackstaDaxta]

New player here, this was by far the coolest content in the game I've done so far, and finally challenged me, so I'll take it.

[@Akyllian]

wish more games were explained like u did this 1

[@eveoleson5160]

I'm glad the video ends with a snowman doing the Manderville.

[@izayouisakamaki2344]

Black Mages should abuse Limit Break in Cerberus's stomach Lv1 or 2 knocks 2 of the 4 stomach lining walls health down to 50-70% making for easier killing

[@markusjohansson6245]

Funny. As a scrub I did this for the first time today. Many in in the raid had no clue about the mechanics (including myself) but we managed to steamroll thru the raid anyway. Guess it was harder back in the days :-)

[@thelengedaryhero6900]

For the feint Particle beams, I counted about 20 beams that chases the player. I believe that's the maximum amount of times that particle beam will try to hit you if you're not dead.

[@DavidBrendan7799]

This scares the shit out of me, I can't believe I have to do this before continuing on!

[@svenstevenson2245]

Dude even when this content is current I dont ever recall seeing the worms...

[@steverobles9294]

Not-so-hostile takeover by an Exile snowman

[@Suutashi]

4:10 This remains true for this raid years later even with higher item levels.

[@moonlitxangel5771]

This is still true today as well. Just had a group yesterday that wiped to the meteors towards the end of the fight cuz ppl weren't soaking the dmg from them.

[@Garrett938]

damn just happened today I picked up the chain and didn't know how to rechain him. good thing it de attach from my hand for some time and someone was able to re attach it. my whole life just flash right in front of me.

[@pauldent2677]

Hey Mizz, love the videos. Huge help as a first time tank and serious casual player. I'm a WAR now looking at end game. I have put all my points in STR on the advice of one of my FC and I am now a little confused what I should do (points and materia wise) to work my way towards completing binding coil. Any advice would be very much appreciated. Keep up the fantastic work.

[@NathanWubs]

Paul Dent focus on vit till you have 7.5-7.7k hp. After that the rest should be strenght.

[@FluxSonic]

I had forgotten Worms were even a mechanic in CoD

[@barrysmithhy1583]

there is zero chance i'm remembering any of this lmao way too much to take in for a new player

[@Art2D2]

Still pretty concise for the amount we have to deal with in the raid. I watched both parts just now and I know I'll forget something, but I at least have an idea of what to expect now.

[@I_Crit_My_Pants]

All you really need to do is make a notepad document of any noteworthy abilities for any boss/miniboss and reference it quickly before each fight, what I always do.

[@dangerwarg9682]

Fun Fact: Cloud of Darkness's auto attacks are all ranged. So healers got to be on top of this no matter where your tank is.

[@CaptionClosed]

RangaRiis What do you mean? I'm a healer... on top of it in what regard? I heal everyone who needs to be healed with tank taking priority and the other healer taking priority.

[@dangerwarg9682]

Did they die?

[@Oniryu24]

I am about to attempt this...and I think I will probably die alot

[@GarlyleWilds]

An addendum to any healers: Even if you're not the MT's healer, please help heal the main tank during Cloud of Darkness! Especially if they've recieved a vuln. debuff, but even without her 'basic attack' hits surprisingly quick and hard.

[@Akago]

Garlyle Wilds So long as all healers heed this, heal over time abilities are enough. I always pop regen on MT. A good macro to have as healer is "/targetenemy" followed by "/target ". This will target the closest enemy, and than target whoever they are attacking. In a 24 man raid, finding the MT can be a nightmare without something like that to assist.

[@CaptionClosed]

Garlyle Wilds Are there... are there healers that won't heal the main tank?

[@GarlyleWilds]

Caption Closed During Alliance situations, healers outside of the MT's alliance often swap to doing DPS or are centrally focused on their own tank.

[@CaptionClosed]

Garlyle Wilds oh of course, but that wasn't what I was asking

[@GarlyleWilds]

Caption Closed What were you asking then? Because that's exactly the answer to your question. In alliance situations, healers outside the MT's party regularly don't heal the MT.

[@thomasgriffin1379]

Did they nerf this raid and get rid of some of the mechs? I remember doing this way back when and it was a challenge. Doing it now with ilvl90 gear and it is generally a quick and easy run (as long as the cerb belly and final cloud/meteor mechs are seen to)

[@twowingedmoon]

a...tomos? atmos?

[@damiens4601]

My head hurts

[@QuixoteX]

You should put up a card when you say "Click Here"

[@yabiyabi]

Wait... I never saw the belly section before... o.o

[@NoName-we4gp]

Where's Part One? The video says if you messed up and looking for part one click here ---- where? lol

[@NoName-we4gp]

Miscella Emailded NM, found it! lol

[@DanielDavidAllen2]

@mtqcapture You say 'Atmos' (and even spell it that way!) in a few videos and it bugs the crap out of me! :) It's atOmos

[@redshooterfun]

Second toxic raid if you or anyone else don’t know what their doing

[@Slade0120]

I stg. Both new and experienced players get so toxic over this shit. I always resent getting it on roulette.

[@EC76209]

..........

[@animusdx]

FIRST

[@warcatbattalion]

its fucking atomos... a-to-mos, not atmos holy fuck

[@catarina9149]

beruangmacan Chillax, yo. Jesus

[@TheMapleDreamer]

beruangmacan i'm pretty sure she just has an accent