Requiem of Sin/Strategies


 * It will probably be necessary to wipe and Reraise in order to defeat all the Shikarees, so fight them away from their spawns.
 * It has been reported that if you wipe after killing Shikaree Z, Shikaree Z's Wyvern does not return to the central area, complicating Reraise.
 * A THF can get initial sight aggro, pull the pets away and kite/blink them while the rest of the party fights the Shikarees. If the THF doesn't attack the pets at all, a healer won't get any hate from curing them. THF and BLM can duo this BCNM with skill and familiarity. BLM must be able to kill each Mithra in 3 strong nukes, and THF can kite with evasion gear. Regen Gear is very good for THF here for he will be kiting for possibly 10-15 minutes. Advisable that BLM be Tarutaru, Mithra, or Hume. Has been done with THF + RDM also but slightly more difficult. Suggested DRG > BST > DRK > Rabbit > Wyvern.
 * 6 Summoners with Astral Flow can probably make short work of this BC.
 * An Operation Desert Swarm-style manaburn strategy works well here; 5 unresisted tier III -gas will kill all the Shikarees.
 * If you don't have enough BLMs to one-shot everything, have someone kite the pets away while the BLMs nuke/sleep/nuke.
 * Shikaree Z seems to resist nukes more often than the other two.
 * 3 well equiped/skilled BLM] plus 2 people with ES Sleepga can do this BC very quickly. First sleeper uses Elemental Seal Sleepga; it will sleep all three mithras but the rabbit is immune.  Kite off the bunny somewhere out of BLM -ga range.  The 3 BLM position themselves next to the sleeping Mithra and the other sleeper uses Elemental Seal.  The BLM timed nuked with a strong -ga III and the sleeper needs to ensure Sleepga lands with in 1 second of the nukes landing so the DRG mithra does not have time to summon her wyvern.  Second sleeper starts casting about 3 minutes Vana'time after the BLM; if you sleepga is late, just kite off the Wyvern and the BLM let out another -ga III volley to defeat all the Mithras.  The one or two remaining pets will die from a single Tier IV shot from two or three BLM each.  This method, once you get the hang of it, can do this BC in under a minute.
 * Can be duo'd with 2 skilled/decently equiped BLM's with practice and familiarity, with 1-2 wipes. (We finally got it down on our 4th or 5th try.)  It helps to get fully buffed and ready before entering, then run in and Elemental Seal Sleepga II ASAP- the idea is to Sleep Shikaree Z before she casts Shell.  It can be done, you just have to be quick.  Open with one BLM casting Elemental Seal Sleepga II and the other single-target nuking Z.  One BLM then uses Manafont, (the one that opened with Sleepga) and spam nukes on Z.  The other BLM can bind/grav the Rabbit and then assist nuking Z.  Once Z and the pets are pulled back out of range of the others, use AoE Tier III nukes to finish off Z and the pets.  The critical aspect is to make sure the Shikaree's pet is killed after the Shikaree is killed and before you wipe.  If you don't think you can finish off both pet and master in the same round, don't attempt either one.  At this point, Shikaree Z, the wyvern, and the Rabbit should be dead, (although it will be resummoned immediately,) and sleep will wear off- wipe at this point.  Reraise when safe, and once recovered, have the other BLM use Elemental Seal Sleep II on Shikaree Y, and both BLM's nuke down Shikaree X and the Rabbit hard and fast.  When Shikaree Y wakes, use the second Manafont and spam nukes while the other BLM uses all remaining MP to spam cures on the nuking BLM.  Takes about 15 minutes.  If things go bad, there should be enough time to wipe again after killing Shikaree X and the Rabbit and recover to kill Shikaree Y.
 * Rdmx2. My friend and I have been doing this fight for over a year now. Here's how it goes. Fully buff and enter the bc and take Reraise items. I use Elemental Seal + Chainspell and cast Sleepga, targeting the center Mithra. At this point the bst's rabbit will pop which my friend casts Bind and Gravity on. I then nuke the bst one time waking it, which is the Mithra on the left side. After that she will put Utsusemi back up, so I cast a second Sleepga to remove shadows and continue to nuke till dead. The second rdm helps nuke the bst down. After its dead the drg's pet should pop, although sometimes it can take a few seconds. At this point the second rdm uses Chainspell and takes the pet out. Then we usually wipe in a safe place. Although we have tried to go for the win from here it seems to waste a lot of time trying to kite 3 mobs and slowly nuke and DoT them down. After we have raised up, unweakened and rebuffed I run in Elemental Seal and Sleepga. Make sure the bunny isn't anywhere nearby as you don't want hit it with the Sleepga. Other than that don't worry as it won't aggro. After sleeping them we both dispel the Mithra that is standing on the right. They will have returned to their starting positions so you can't mix it up. Then it's a simple matter for both rdms to nuke the Mithra down. If the other Mithra wakes before you kill its partner have the rdm with Elemental Seal up, use it and sleep it till you're done. At this point repeat for the last remaining Mithra. The last step is to Convert and take out the bunny. Quite easy. Though as I said we have been doing this fight for over a year and it seems the drop rate on X's Knife is appalling, for us at least.