Royale Ramble

Type: BCNM Zone: Balga's Dais Restrictions:           Level: No restriction.           Members: 6           Time: 30 minutes Orb: Lachesis Orb (30 Kindred's Seals)

Mobs

Name	Level	Job	Family
King of Cups x 1	??	White Mage	Cardian
King of Batons x 1	??	Black Mage	Cardian
King of Swords x 1	??	Paladin	Cardian
King of Coins x 1	??	Red Mage	Cardian
Queen of Cups x 1	??	White Mage	Cardian
Queen of Batons x 1	??	Black Mage	Cardian

Treasure

Your armoury crate will load out of the following groupings:

All of: Orichalcum Ingot (100%)

Zero to one of: Coffinmaker (21.1%) Destroyers (33.3%) Dissector (24.4%) Gondo-Shizunori (21.1%)

One of: Hierarch Belt (23.3%) Palmerin's Shield (23.3%) Trainer's Gloves (22.3%) Warwolf Belt (30.7%)

Zero to one of: Adaman Ingot (0%) Claymore Grip (4.9%) Pole Grip (11.3%) Sword Strap (25%) Trump Crown (57.8%)

One of: King of Batons (Card) (26%) King of Coins (Card) (25.5%) King of Cups (Card) (29%) King of Swords (Card) (19.5%)

One of: Coral Fragment (6.4%) Darksteel Ore (5.4%) Demon Horn (4.9%) Ebony Log (8.3%) Gold Ore (5.4%) Gold Thread (5.4%) Granite (1%) Hi-Reraiser (3.4%) Mahogany Log (7.8%) Malboro Fiber (2%) Mythril Ingot (0%) Mythril Ore (5.9%) Petrified Log (13.2%) Philosopher's Stone (2.9%) Platinum Ore (5.4%) Rainbow Cloth (3.4%) Ram Horn (5.4%) Raxa (0.5%) Reraiser (3.9%) Vile Elixir (3.9%) Vile Elixir +1 (1%) Wyvern Scales (4.4%)

One of: Beetle Blood (6.5%) Damascene Cloth (3%) Damascus Ingot (7%) Malboro Fiber (5.5%) Philosopher's Stone (19.5%) Phoenix Feather (31%) Raxa (27%)

Notes

• The four Kings are loaded at the start. When one is attacked, the rest disappear and the two Queens load, for a total of three mobs to fight. Until one is attacked, they do not aggro.
• None are susceptible to Sleep or Lullaby, but they are to Gravity and Bind.
• King Cardians have TP Regain.
• Attacking any King spawns the Queen of Cups and Queen of Batons.
• All cardians have a "rage mode" where they become extremely evasive and resistant to damage. It has not been conclusively proven what triggers the rage but the following have been claimed.(see the discussion page for details)

• they only rage when bind or gravity is cast on them
• any white or black magic may cause them to rage.

• All three cardians can use uncapped Bludgeon which takes 3 shadows, and also "Deal Out" which is a hate reset move.
• Queen of Batons may open with Sleepga, so it is recommended to be out of range or have poison potions for the beginning.
• Queens can and will cast Cure IV on the King if they are in range.
• Queens will not close within melee range, but they will close to casting range. If you are within melee range you will get attacked (hard).
• All cardians will detect magic and aggro. So if you wipe and need to raise people, need to be outside magic aggro range to raise.
• All cardians have an additional effect to their damage. They do NOT always go off on each melee hit. Known additional effects:
  • Queen of Cups - Additional Effect: Silence
  • Queen of Batons - Additional Effect: Paralyze
  • King of Swords - Additional Effect: Attack down
  • King of Coins - Additional Effect: Dispel
  • King of Cups - Additional Effect: Absorbs buffs
  • King of Batons - Additional Effect: HP Drain (16-105)
    • Uses Blaze Spikes, which can deal 21 points of damage per hit.
• Cardians can use their respective job's 2 hour.
• Cardians have a chance to drop their respective card in the treasure pool prior to completing the BCNM.
• Bard song Goddess Hymnus is useless in arena.
• If you use Escape upon exit, you will be placed right outside Giddeus entrance, making the run around to next run much faster.
• Skillchain Damage Can make the cardians Rage. Tested and proven by x2 SAM set up
• Quick Draw however Does NOT seem to cause rage'd - tested on 12 runs thus far, and no rage

Strategy

• Royale Ramble Strategies