Talk:Berstuk

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This NM is easily trioed by 2X BLMs and a RDM or 3XBLMs (it can probably be duoed as well). Its a standard nuke-and-kite strategy (gravity sticks but I had trouble landing bind, not sure about break). Couple of notes:

• Its probably best to kite him just to the south of the bastion prefect, as there are no mobs here to aggro/accidentally hit with a -ga.
• Make sure there is at least one person with erase, as he likes to graviga alot.
• When kiting, try to not drag him within melee range of other casters - he has aura silence which will interrupt casting and waste time.

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Duo-ed by BLM and RDM, both lv85. Addle and Paralyze will cripple him on many occasions due to the fact that all of his spells are high tier and have a long casting time, made even longer when addled (especially under the effect of Saboteur). Just pick of any of the large rock formations near and around #00 and kite him, trading hate with spells, keeping Bio II up and supporting each other. We found he would only rarely attempt to Graviga and favoured Water V and Waterga IV.

Blizzard III triggered !! and he dropped Tantra Seal: Head and Raider's Seal: Head. -- Orubicon 11:00, October 18, 2010 (UTC)

Easy fight with DNC, NIN, RDM, MNK. Started by kiting, switched to straight tanking it just to see how it went. Straight tanking was a lot easier with our setup, as long as melees stay at max melee range to avoid the aura. Stunned Waterga IV and Waterja with Violent Flourish, the oozes can be a bit nasty but definitely not bad if you have a healer (DNC alone as healer would probably work). Fought on Watersday. Megatonabomb 08:52, November 7, 2010 (UTC)

Seems to Favor MNK and THF over NIN and DNC

I don't know how you would solo him. It is definitely possible but there is a few things you want to make sure you do before hand. Find a good place to kite her (preferably around a rock formation) and make sure it has an our of at least 30'. I messed up in not testing my formation very well as I kept getting hit through it and when it would cast a spell I couldn't see him to Stun it fast enough or I couldn't run in any direction to not have it be cast. This would be MUCH easier with a partner (preferably someone to tank). Also don't plan to fight him any time during Water Day (Before, After, During) for some reaosn I tried him Before and After and I kept trying to cast Water Spells to stagger him. None of them worked and he just absorbed them, making it much harder. Much more useful to Saboteur Gravity. I did Addle and it didn't really help me more than having a longer and more slower Gravity every 5 mins. --Dot.Tobi 16:28, November 18, 2010 (UTC) Pet

As Rdm/Nin I have had no problems soloing this, it is not nearly as difficult as some of these posts would lead you to believe. His spells are weak (occasionally didn't even break stoneskin); this is what an mdt set is for. The fight is typical: gravity, addle, kite and nuke. Despite all of that I recommend bringing the appropriate jobs to proc yellow !!. --Vince 04:32, November 25, 2010 (UTC).