3-1 GBA Boss Guide

Edit 7/5/2012 ~ Formatting/readably hopefully improved, lol.

This guide is made to stop the QQ. No other reason.

This guide is written with people 8x/9x with average refines in mind. You can obviously change this as you like if you find you don't need a second cleric or two tanks or whatever.

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Attacks~

1. Extreme Poison ~ Exactly like the the genie skill. This is an amp and is casted on whomever has aggro at that moment. Purify this ASAP. He says "Ignorant mortals! You're just killing yourselves." when he uses this.

2. AOE sharptooth ~ Sharptooth. Clerics need to puri this off of the tanks ASAP. He says "Only death can enlighten you with the truth of life." when he uses this.

3. AOE seal/debuff ~ This can cancel blue ball. Seal is random like sleep boss in FC, but he usually does get the clerics. Get BM, barb, sin, and the cleric's pdef/mdef/magatk buff back up as soon as possible. He says "Soon, you will be one of us." when he uses this.

4. AOE phys break/damage ~ This can cancel blue ball. Puri off of tanks ASAP. This can be canceled by the barb. If you find yourself not surviving this, use pdef charms to halve the damage. He says "Anyone who dares to challenge the might of the heaven, dies!" when he uses this.

5. Random stun/random aggro ~ This seems to randomly hit one of the DDs, veno/mystic pets included. He says "You are meddling with the fury of the stars." when he uses this.


Party Set-up~

IMPORTANT: It's recommended that you have at least 4.5k HP buffed minimum for doing this boss.

Get one or two competent clerics depending on squad composition. If you have/need two, have one cleric bb and the other spam-heal+purify. Switch if bb gets knocked down.

It is also recommended to bring two tanks if you're in the 8x/9x range. Barb and BM will do.

Last two spots are up to you. I prefer either a veno for chi switch/amp or a sin for bloodpaint/DD.

If you're some overpowered sin, you can pretty much just ignore this section and go to town with whatever.

P.S. Clerics should bring res scrolls. A genie with Absolute Domain and Cloud Eruption (if you're one of the clerics) is also very good here. Phys defense charms should be used as well if your party is having problems surviving the AOE phys break/damage.


So how do I kill this?~

First and foremost...it's recommended that you do not kill time boss over there before you kill GBA. This is so you can hit him and use his buffs. If you did kill him though, lure GBA out of the room into the hallway. This is in case something goes wrong and you need to res.

Now, at the start, one cleric needs to blue ball. Everyone MUST be in blue ball range. If BB is canceled, the other cleric needs to put it up ASAP and the first cleric takes over healing/purifying/buffing. If you are out of bb range, it is no one's fault but your own if you die. If you're a random 8x/9x squad and have two tanks, they should probably play aggro ping-pong. By that, I mean one should aggro then the other aggro and repeat.

After his HP goes down a bit, he'll start randomly using the attacks in the above attack section. He has a fondness for extreme poison though. Cleric not BBing needs to purify immediately or tanks can die very fast. This is also where the ping-pong comes in. For example, if the BM gets this on him, barb can flesh ream the aggro back to give cleric extra time to puri.

Beware of his AOE seal/debuff and his AOE phys break/damage. It cancels blue ball. Also, if BB is not up when he uses his AOE phys break/damage, everyone can very easily die. Keep BB up at all costs. Yes, venos. That means you should be chi switching to the clerics here. Not the tanks.

And if you can do all that, then you should really not have a problem with killing GBA.

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Thanks Section

Thanks goes to:

~The party, obviously. XD

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...I have just shot myself in my non-existent balls, haven't I?