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Job: Black Mage Notorious Monster |
 Shen with both Shen's Filtrates. |
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Zone |
Level |
Drops |
Steal |
Spawns |
Notes |
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84-86 |
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1 |
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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 a Shrimp Lantern to the ??? at the southwest corner of J-9.
- About 45 seconds into the fight (or sometimes once it reaches low HP, even before that) Shen will summon two Shen's Filtrates; at this time Shen also retreates into his shell for the first time, which regens HP. It is possible to kill Shen quickly with a full alliance of characters who have full TP, and use weaponskills and cast on Shen to do the most damage immediately at the start of the fight, to defeat it before the Filtrates spawn.
- Shen's Filtrates are two Water Elemental NMs; they are resummoned throughout the fight if killed, and automatically attack whoever Shen has hate on. The hate is shared with Shen, so cannot be easily pulled off the tanks. Recommended to use sleep spells on the Filtrates( -aga may agro nearby mobs). Special attacks from the Filtrates include 120-150 damage melee hits; fast-cast of Flood, Waterga III, Water IV. The Filtrates are immune to Stun and Bind but can be slept and silenced. Alternately, you can kite Shen and the Filtrates if Shen is not killed before they spawn. Recommended is to have a RDM, SCH or BLM outside the alliance to Sleep and Silence them.
- Around 20,000HP
- Special Attacks: Regular Uragnite special attacks (goes into Shell, during which it cannot be attacked, and regens HP), very high damage AOE poison; Spike special attack (over 1000HP direct damage); Suctoral Tentacle (Bind); Immune to Silence; casts Water IV, Waterga III, Flood, Drown
- Killable by: 18 level 75 characters or 12 well-equipped level 75 characters
- Reverend Mail is a 100% drop.
- ??? respawns 15 minutes after Shen is defeated.
Historical Background
Shèn 蜃, was a Chinese sea dragon in the shape of a clam, however, it could constantly(and would) change its own shape into what it desired. From this creature, the word 蜃景 shènjǐng, meaning "mirage" comes into being, from the many forms of Shèn. (Many words are such created this way, similar to 年 nián, which was a monster that came and ate people every year. Such is how its modern meaning (year) comes into place.)
The hanzi 蜃 is comprised of the phonetic element 辰 chén, one of the 2 hour periods of the day, and the radical 虫 chóng, meaning an insect.