Just got done fighting this NM as a duo, RDM/WHM, and NIN/DNC (me). Was a very long fight due to not using WS's on my part, but extremely easy. Build TP for /DNC off the saplings, having the RDM rest to full while NIN solo's the last sapling to pop NM (8th one). RDM just stays out of AOE range, and at the beginning of the fight, allowed me to establish a nice hate set using Ninjitsu debuffs. From that point on, RDM pretty much is a low heal, haste, paralyna and poisona slave. Dealing with it's TP moves was easy, I either evaded some (capped evasion on NIN, and moderate evasion gear, Antares Harness, Ohat, Boxer's Mantle, Ungur Boomerang, etc), or when they did land, due to it's terrible accuracy and extreme weakness to ninjitsu (I'm also capped in that), it hardly laid a finger on me most of the time. Confirmed that silence does not stick. Divine Waltz helps alot, and building your finishing moves is a must for the hate reset Entangle, Animated Flourish is great for reclaiming hate off that. RDM should stick to only casting what is absolutely necessary, NIN does the debuffs, not the RDM, no Protect IV or Shell IV or nukes (they are not necessary and in fact dangerous until the mob is ~3% or so, and screws up hate for the NIN) as this is a waste of MP due to it using Leafstorm, which erases EVERYTHING off you, except for Reraise. BUT by ALL MEANS tick this sucker, Dia 2 works nicely, and will lessen your fight time a little bit. Having the RDM follow these simple instructions enabled her to not have to convert the entire fight. Leafstorm also slows the tank, but Haste from my RDM overwrote it, so keep that in mind. Gotta love SE for putting in the "RR doesn't get dispelled by mobs" update. On it's Graviga and Paralyga spells, just time your shadows to land exactly after the cast finishes, a few minutes into this NM and I had the timing down pretty good on that. The paralyze is not very strong, most times I was able to finishing casting regardless, or use my waltzes. Hope what i've wrote here helps, if you plan to use this setup be prepared to fight him for a LONG TIME. I think our fight was at least 40 minutes. Oh and on draw-in, I didn't see it use it, not once. That's not to say that it can't though. Does not rage, I heard rumors from people that it does, I def can tell you it does not. And btw, capped Katana, and I very rarely missed, used absolutely no food!! (actually forgot I had it >.>) Killed it once so far, w/o TH, and got two rosewood and 1 ebony log. Kind of a let down, def bring some TH with ya if you can, even if the THF only whops it once to put it on the mob, which I recommend because two people fighting it in the matter that we fought it will only feed it TP to kill you with. Happy Hunting! Gadanae - Diabolos Server 6:45AM EST, Dec. 13th 2008.
Fought this NM after a maintenance one time for about 20 minutes before a THF friend arrived as RDM/NIN, did not once use Draw In even though that I was constantly kiting it around with Bind. Removed Draw In from list of special attacks. --Damien 20:59, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
Popped this as Beastmaster and it does in fact use Draw In --Rander 04:25, 26 February 2008 (UTC)Rander
I just duo'd this as RDM and BLM and altough we kited it the whole fight, it never used Draw-in for us either. Rather weird considering other bound NMs that can Draw-in tend to use it. Alrehn 17:03, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
I have fought this notorious monster several times with 2 other people, it has never ever used Draw In anytime I've fought it. Bebedorah 07:49, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
Easily duo'd by MNK/NIN and RDM/WHM, don't even need extravagant gear, just skill. --Elaxia~ T~C 05:00, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
Used to duo this a lot with NIN/WHM and RDM/WHM. --Caitsith.Dana 02:54, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
Just fought this Notorious Monster and can confirm Draw In as a move. Depending on who has hate if you leave to the "Alley" away from the two main areas he resides in you will get drawn in. Fought with 5 people pld/war, sam/nin, rdm/nin, rdm/nin, blm/nin.
Strategy:
This is a very long fight if you do not actually hit the mob. Best idea is to have rdm/nins kite mob and melees stand in between rdm and NM's path. Once Bind is release and NM approach will hit one to two times before bind is recasted. Depending on job use WS or skillchain when able if you recieve hate kite and do not hit till hate is reset or rdm recieves hate. Also has a nasty 2 hour that is AoE and will hit 300 to 400 damage on each character make sure hp is up to reasonable area. If you wipe will depop, and saplings will respawn in a hour or so - Biglen- 01:00 November 4, 2008
The "nasty 2 hour that is AoE and will hit 300 to 400 damage" is not its 2hr Blood Weapon, its just Pinecone Bomb. We killed this today with a Ridill WAR/NIN, THF/DRK, RDM/WHM, and 2x BLM. Its an easy fight if you bind/gravity and nuke+DoT him, stun sleepga, and keep para/gravity off everyone.--Thecharger 00:36, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
can drop over the 30,000 gil listed duoed with a friend and we each got 15,546 without any gilfinder.