Changes: Armed Gears

Latest revision as of 16:47, 19 June 2016

Job: Warrior, Red Mage
Family: Gears
Crystal: Lightning
Weak to: Varies, see notes below

Zone	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
Alzadaal Undersea Ruins	88	Armed Gears' Fragment (100%) Aurum Sabatons (34%) Earth Grip (55.1%) Oracle's Gloves (47.6%) Thunder Grip (21.8%) Tomoe (34.4%) ~9,163 gil	20~4,032 gil	1	??? HP
A = Aggressive; NA = Non-Aggresive; L = Links; S = Detects by Sight; H = Detects by Sound; HP = Detects Low HP; M = Detects Magic; Sc = Follows by Scent; T(S) = True-sight; T(H) = True-hearing JA = Detects job abilities; WS = Detects weaponskills; Z(D) = Asleep in Daytime; Z(N) = Asleep at Nighttime; A(R) = Aggressive to Reive participants

Notes:

Spawned by trading Ferrite to a ??? at (G/H-11) in Alzadaal Undersea Ruins. This is on the Nyzul Isle Staging Point map.
Initially has extremely high defense and magic resistance. The only significant damage can be done in relation to the type of spell Armed Gears uses. It is cured by spells of the same element and takes damage from its weakness. If Armed Gears uses Paralyze, use fire, avoid ice. Refer to Element for more information on elemental weaknesses.

If you are kiting, it is better to have your black mages stick to tier II spells initially, to avoid spike hate.
Avoid melee damage until the very end of the fight. Feeding Armed Gears TP is not a good idea with its area of effect abilities.
The enchantment on Twilight Scythe allows it to temporarily penetrate its melee resistance and inflict normal damage.
The sword weapon skill Requiescat penetrates its melee resistance.

Threnodies work nicely. Resisted once the whole fight.
Susceptible to Gravity but builds resistance.
Complete resistance to Silence and Sleep.
Loses a gear at 49% HP. Its defense and magic defense also diminish.
Loses a second gear at 24% HP, further diminishing its defense and magic defense.
Rages after 70 minutes.
- Hits for about 600-700 while raged.
- Enfeebling spells only have a chance of landing during the respective weak phase. (Gravity during Enstone, Paralyze during Enaero, but can be resisted still and resistance to Gravity, Stun and possibly Bind will build up.)
Can be kited around triple central pillars in a small room for an easier battle.
Uses Antigravity: AOE that knocks back (400-600 damage).
Uses Artificial Gravity: AOE that inflicts gravity (400-600 damage).
Uses Rail Cannon: AOE attack (430-860 damage)
Uses Restoral: (heals up to 3000hp).
Uses Heavy Armature: Protect and a large number of shadows as well as a very strong Haste effect (felt a bit weaker than Hundred fists). It is possible to Diaga the Shadows away and dispel the Protect and Haste.
Susceptible to Shield Bash and the Stun spell.
Uses Mighty Strikes.
Uses a random Enspell, weak to the element that the Enspell element is weak to. Changes Enspells periodically.
- Using Dispel in any phase and removing an Enspell does not change its resistance. However, it does seem to cause Armed Gears to change elements more quickly.
Restoral restores one gear as usual, but once it has lost a gear by being brought down to 49% HP it will not return to the enspell behavior if it's restored to 3 gears.
Can drop multiple Oracle's Gloves, Tomoes and Aurum Sabatons.

(see testimonials)

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 *[[Armed Gears' Fragment]] {{Drop Rate|100%}}
-*[[Aurum Sabatons]]        {{Drop Rate| 92|253}}
+*[[Aurum Sabatons]]        {{Drop Rate|100|294}}
-*[[Earth Grip]]            {{Drop Rate|139|253}}
+*[[Earth Grip]]            {{Drop Rate|162|294}}
-*[[Oracle's Gloves]]       {{Drop Rate|119|253}}
+*[[Oracle's Gloves]]       {{Drop Rate|140|294}}
-*[[Thunder Grip]]          {{Drop Rate| 40|253}}
+*[[Thunder Grip]]          {{Drop Rate| 64|294}}
-*[[Tomoe]]                 {{Drop Rate| 85|253}}
+*[[Tomoe]]                 {{Drop Rate| 101|294}}
-*{{Gil Dropped}}<!-- Please Note, Gil is divided among party members. -->
+*{{Gil Dropped|9163}}<!-- Please Note, Gil is divided among party members. -->
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-*{{Gil Mugged}}
+*{{Gil Mugged|20|4032}}
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 '''Notes:'''
-:*Spawned by trading [[Ferrite]] to a ??? at (G/H-11) in [[Alzadaal Undersea Ruins]].  This is on the [[Nyzul Isle Staging Point]] map.
+*Spawned by trading [[Ferrite]] to a ??? at (G/H-11) in [[Alzadaal Undersea Ruins]]. This is on the [[Nyzul Isle Staging Point]] map.
-:*Has extremely high defense and magic resistance at first. The only significant damage must be done in relation to the type of spell Armed Gears uses. It will be cured by spells of the same element and take damage from its weakness. If Armed Gears uses Paralyze, use fire, avoid ice.
+*Initially has extremely high defense and magic resistance. The only significant damage can be done in relation to the type of spell Armed Gears uses. It is cured by spells of the same element and takes damage from its weakness. If Armed Gears uses [[Paralyze]], use fire, avoid ice. Refer to [[Element]] for more information on elemental weaknesses.
 :*If you are kiting, it is better to have your black mages stick to tier II spells initially, to avoid spike hate.
-:*Avoid melee damage until the very end of the fight. Feeding Armed Gears TP is not a good idea with his area of effect abilities.
+:*Avoid melee damage until the very end of the fight. Feeding Armed Gears TP is not a good idea with its area of effect abilities.
+:*The enchantment on [[Twilight Scythe]] allows it to temporarily penetrate its melee resistance and inflict normal damage.
-:*Susceptible to Gravity but builds resistance.
+:*The sword weapon skill [[Requiescat]] penetrates its melee resistance.
-:*Armed Gears will lose a gear at 49% hp. Its defense and magic defense will also diminish.
+*[[Threnody|Threnodies]] work nicely. Resisted once the whole fight.
-:*Armed Gears will lose a second gear at 24% hp. Same result to his defense and magical defense.
+*Susceptible to [[Gravity]] but builds resistance.
-:*As HP lowers, Defense lowers.
+*Complete resistance to [[Silence]] and [[Sleep]].
-:*Can be [[Mug|mugged]] for 20 to 4032 gil.
+*Loses a gear at 49% HP. Its defense and magic defense also diminish.
-:*Will rage after 70 minutes: (as of September 2008 update)
+*Loses a second gear at 24% HP, further diminishing its defense and magic defense.
-::*Hits for about 600-700 while raged.
+*Rages after 70 minutes.
-::*Enfeebling spells only have a chance of landing during the respective weak phase. (Gravity during Enstone, Paralyze during Enaero, but can be resisted still and resistance to Gravity, Stun and possibly Bind will build up.)
+**Hits for about 600-700 while raged.
-:*Was kited around triple central pillars in a small room for an easier battle.
+**Enfeebling spells only have a chance of landing during the respective weak phase. (Gravity during Enstone, Paralyze during Enaero, but can be resisted still and resistance to Gravity, Stun and possibly Bind will build up.)
-:*Uses [[Antigravity]]: AOE that knocks back (400-600 damage).
+*Can be kited around triple central pillars in a small room for an easier battle.
-:*Uses [[Artificial Gravity]]: AOE that inflicts gravity (400-600 damage).
-:*Uses [[Rail Cannon]]: AOE attack (430-860 damage)
+*Uses [[Antigravity]]: AOE that knocks back (400-600 damage).
-:*Uses [[Restoral]]: (heals up to 3000hp).
+*Uses [[Artificial Gravity]]: AOE that inflicts gravity (400-600 damage).
+*Uses [[Rail Cannon]]: AOE attack (430-860 damage)
-:*Uses [[Heavy Armature]]: Protect and a large number of shadows as well as a very strong Haste effect (felt a bit weaker than Hundred fists).  It is possible to [[Dispel]] the [[Protect]] and [[Haste]], and Diaga the Shadows away quickly.
+*Uses [[Restoral]]: (heals up to 3000hp).
-:*Susceptible to Stun: Shield Bash and Stun Spell.
+*Uses [[Heavy Armature]]: Protect and a large number of shadows as well as a very strong Haste effect (felt a bit weaker than Hundred fists). It is possible to [[Diaga]] the Shadows away and dispel the [[Protect]] and [[Haste]].
-:*Uses [[Mighty Strikes]].
+*Susceptible to [[Shield Bash]] and the [[Stun]] spell.
-:*Uses a random Enspell, weak to the element that the Enspell element is weak to. Changes Enspells periodically.
+*Uses [[Mighty Strikes]].
-::*Using Dispel in any phase and removing an Enspell will NOT change his resistance.  It does seem to cause Armed Gears to change elements quicker.  Watch your spells damage, it's a good indicator of a change, but mob always has a weakness.
+*Uses a random Enspell, weak to the element that the Enspell element is weak to. Changes Enspells periodically.
-:*Restoral will restore one gear as normal, but once it has lost a gear by being brought down to 49% HP it will not return to the enspell behaviour if it's restored to 3 gears.
+**Using [[Dispel]] in any phase and removing an Enspell does not change its resistance. However, it does seem to cause Armed Gears to change elements more quickly.
-:*Can drop multiple [[Oracle's Gloves]], [[Tomoe]]s and [[Aurum Sabatons]].
+*[[Restoral]] restores one gear as usual, but once it has lost a gear by being brought down to 49% HP it will not return to the enspell behavior if it's restored to 3 gears.
+*Can drop multiple [[Oracle's Gloves]], [[Tomoe]]s and [[Aurum Sabatons]].
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