Seeking old content info (Rav Ex, coz it's so last year!)
I've cleared Rav Ex twice but still very unclear about the double prey mechanic and how people (read: DF pugs) are handling it these days.
As I understand, if I am preyed, I stand at A or C while the rest hangs out at B and the tanks take it off me. Or do I pass it to them and they run to A or C. If I pass it to the tanks at A or C, where do I run to after that? to B? what happens with the purple circles?
Also they call DPSA, DPSB etc at the start - which phase is that for? thx for helping - I watched some vids but it's not explained very well...
Posted Jan 9, 2016, 4:55 AM UTC
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The two preys work differently in Ravana. Don't think of them as one and the same.
The first one, single prey, does a linear slash attack that you probably already know. Just don't stay in the LoS between Ravana and the marked member (or behind him).
The second one, double prey, targets two party members. What it does is it makes Ravana charge at the marked targets twice. The first charge gives the marked member a vulnerability down (or physical down) debuff. In itself, it does nothing major. The second charge, however, will kill you because of the said vuln down debuff.
There are two ways to deal with this. First is to let your PLD/DRK use their Hallowed/Walking dead to just cheese it (most commonly used strategy in DF). For this method, let the tanks grab the prey off the marked members. Everybody move to safe spots B and D. The two tanks move to A and C.
For the second method, you need to realize that there is about 5 second period in between the two charges. So, what you want to do is let whoever is marked take the first hit at A and C respectively. Two other members wait patiently at near A and near C. Unmarked members move to B and D. After the two party members are hit, the two waiting members grab the prey off of them (any party member can do this) and tell the previously marked member to move to a safe spot B and D.
ok thx. so i think most parties are going with the tanks taking the marks. so what do i do after they take it off me? run to B? and if so what happens with the circles? (since tanks r getting the second prey, where do the rest stand and deal with circles?)
Have a visual guide.
Basically, after the tanks take the prey off so you don't eat the second hit and die, the two people who had prey taken off of them and the person without a liberation circle on them will run to the middle, so they're already there to avoid the next AOE. (the one that covers the outside of the arena) and the rest will join after being hit by the other mechanics and then you run back out to avoid the AOE that covers the inner circle. (Start running out IMMEDIATELY after the outer circle disappears) And then you'll have officially seen all of the mechanics in the fight.
This is amazing, thank you. Do you know what they mean when they call out dpsA, dpsB etc at the start of the fight? I'd ask but I play on a jp server :( so it's kinda hard to communicate
Those call outs are for the ice circles so not everyone is cornered in the same area with fire surrounding them and no where to go. There will always be someone that runs to the wrong spot though. I have done it plenty of times myself :(. As long as circles do not overlap on a player and no one stand in fire its fine.
If one tank is a WAR the dps/healer should take the first hit then the war will take the second hit. It's very hard for a WAR to survive both hits because we need to target the boss to use holmgang. Not saying it can't be done, things just need to line up right to survive both hits.
Defiance thrill vengeance is enough to survive. Also nice to pop conv and get a shield but not necessary. Use equilibrium after the first hit. You'll survive with current gear no problem