Things I wish I knew before entering Act3 Gate1
These are useful tips not many mention but veteran players know.
I used Memorizer's guide as visual reference. Thanks, Memo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIXVa4rI9kI
- Save me!
The boss always aggro the closest player after jumping.
After jumping reaper is the closest player to the boss.
The boss aggro-ed the reaper. You could "taunt" the boss to face away from stunned players. This is especially useful when both support and dps get stunned.
- AFK time
Support Awa timing during transition
When the dragon comes down and becomes stationary cast Awa to avoid any unnecessary damage.
- Inside safe
Class with skills that ignore collision such as DB, Sorc, SE and others I may not know, could get inside the boss's hitbox and ignore all sweeping attacks during dragon phase.
Arty and bard got inside the hitbox by push immuning the initial landing. They are safe from any sweeping attacks(causes knock down) and won't get pushed out as long as they don't move and casting non-paralysis immune skills is ok. It won't push you out.
- Dodge like a pro
The boss grabs the aggro target exactly 3 seconds after the guard.
Now go amaze your teammates. Don't be that guy who spacebar too early and get other people grabbed.
- It's a trap!
If you get hit by it your character flies off, so you would assume you could push immune it. However, the mirror attack is a status(stun+knock+damage). It can be ignored with battle items or skills that grants status immunity such as GT from bard.
You could see Memo got immunity from GT and ignored stun+damage+knock altogether.
- I see you
If you apply any DOT, you can tell where the boss is going to appear for guard.
Ping the boss's location to your raid members.
- I thought I was safe
If the boss failed to grab anyone, he will still teleport to a random player and perform the X slash.
Be on guard!
Be sure to check Memorizer for raid guides.
Thanks!
Posted Jun 3, 2025, 4:03 AM UTC