Carmine Dobsonfly/Strategies

Hello, this is the first guide I've ever written so please don't hold it against me if its silly. this guides purpose is to teach people how to SOLO carmine dobsonfly. as I'm sure you know the dobsonfly has 10 copies that all instantly link on aggro, other then that they're benign (non aggro). the trick to soloing this NM is so retartedly simple. anyjob that can EFFECTIVELY cast II]and ] and an ungodly amount of Re-raise items (on average it took me one RR earring Per dobsonfly)

How To Solo first off you will need: 10-12 Reraise earrings 44+ BLM or RDM Ninja Support job 1 Giant Scale a whole lot of patience for repeated deaths.


 * Note: YOu need only 2 RR items for emergencies if you can convince a RDM SCH or WHM to come along and sit outside of PT until its time for the kill)

now for the stratagey, i personaly used a mixture of a Raise mule and RR items for emergencies. when you reach the island Via the Unstable displacement at G-10 in Riverne site A01] all 10 dobsonflys should have already spawned, take heed for this, it is INCREDIBLY hard to solo these fast while all 10 monsters are up, they will kill you sometimes in a matter of seconds, so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do this carefully. the most effective strategy i have found to do is the following. 1. Regardless of surrounding mobs open up with thundaga on one monster. then immediately begin casting Bio. if you have the time feel free to cast additional spells in this order: Drain > Shock> Poison 2. you will have died by now, RR or get raised immediately by your R Mule, recast utsusemi ichi on yourself and rest MP if needed. 3. the second bio wears cast thundaga AGAIN on the monster that you originally hit with bio, then cast bio again, and drain > shock> Poison if possible. 4. now here is the fun part, your double weakened and if you went unresisted your fly should be at 50% roughly maybe a little higher. as you all know you CANNOT deal damage while weakened. but DOT's work. and surprisingly SO DOES DRAIN! drain shockingly enough does over 100 dmg per cast to these, they're retartedly weak to thish spell, so now your new nuking pattern is Drain > Bio II > Shock > poison. 5 continue step 4 until the dobsonfly reaches 2%, if you have a mule wanting the drop, its advised that you invite them now, your goal is to wait untill the last possible second and kill the dobson fly with drain. if drain doesnt kill it, cast bio2 and RLH (Run Like Hell) and pray your DOT finishes it before you die. if it dies white you get no item.

this guide was meant to show people with the determination to get their rare NM items done how to geterdun so to speak. i personally have gone years without this sallet and ring until i finally got angry enough and said "F&*&* this i want my sallet. panda come be my Raise mule and ill give you the second sallet" i wish everyone the best of luck on this endeavor and have a nice drops(took me all 10 fly's to get mine to drop)

this guide was written by Hideka of the CerberusHideka 14:34, 16 July 2008 (UTC) Server