Sea Gods
Ru’Aun Gardens is famous for it’s gods – Genbu,
Suzaku,
Seiryu, Byakko, and
SE decided to make CoP a more hardcore expansion.
Simply
doing the missions to get to Al’Taieu can take weeks of dedicated
fighting.
Farming and spawning this set of gods is also more complicated almost
to the point
of bizarre, and the strategies these enemies use in combat would
cripple an
unprepared party.
But hey, that’s part of the fun, isn’t it?
All the Jailer strategies are firsthand experiences. The only thing I looked up online was to get the exact spellings and drops of what drops what since that's pretty confusing and I was not present when every single item dropped. After reading a 50+ page on KI I found that there are a lot of jerks out there that knew information on how to pop jailers early but were withholding it just to be spiteful and greedy, or posting confusing riddles or other crap in order to try to feel superior. Shame on them. May this guide once and for all smite your feeble efforts to hide information!
Sea gods are broken up into tiers. To make a comparison to their sky equivalents, the first four gods (Genbu, Suzaku, Seiryu, Byakko) could be called tier I and Kirin tier II because you need to beat the first four in order to pop
Combine hard mobs with shallow loot pools and you get sea gods. Sigh. Well anyway...
Every sea god (Jailer of something) has a 100% chance of dropping their weapon. Due to the gnashing of teeth from the players, they now have a 100% chance of dropping the virtue needed to spawn further gods. They have an outright atrociously low chance of dropping their torque. Though the weapons are sorta cool, the itmes they drop is somewhat limited. What was SE thinking by making the sea gods so unrewarding? I don’t know. The upside is that if you ever manage to aquire something cool you will be at a level above everyone else, even today. That's pretty glorious.
These are the first jailers you need to beat in order to get onto some of the more nasty ones.
Jailer of Temperance
Mob type: Samurai Zdei
Spawned by: killing a placeholder pot in a certain tower of the
Jailer of Temperance spawn map
The Jailer of Temperance is SE’s answer to melees that are bitter they have nothing to do at
Temperance has three forms and it can change form totally at will. It can have either vertical bars or rings around its body or neither of the two. When it has bars it can only be damaged by piercing attacks (daggers, polearms, arrows). When it has rings it can only be damaged by slashing attacks (sword, greatsword, katans, axes). When it has neither of the two it can only be damaged by blunt weapons (most monk claws, clubs, staves, and the Shield Bash) ability.
Any attack by the wrong weapon type will be totally ineffective. In fact, in order to gain hate on the Jailer of Temperance at all, you need to attack it with the proper weapon type first. Provoke will not build hate unless Temperance has been hit with the right weapon type. When it switches to slashing, hit it with a sword or katana. When in blunt mode, Shield Bash. If in piercing, you’re pretty out of luck for a little bit. The fact that PLDs have two ways to gain hate on this enemy (sword and shield bash) making them the prefered kiteres.
Temperance is totally immune to direct damage magic spells such as Thunder IV and the lot. This makes it one of the few battles in the game that you can’t win by throwing more BLMs at. BLMs are reduced to gimped healers for this fight. WHM sub recommended. Despite it’s direct damage immunity spells like Bio will land. RDMs that fought it found that debuffs such as Gravity stuck better when it was in piercing/bars mode, although that may just be dumb luck.
Temperance’s special pot ability changes with mode as well. In nothing/blunt mode it uses the nasty Optic Induration, an AoE heavy damage that petrifies. In bars/piercing mode it uses Decayed Filament , a poison AoE. In rings/slashing mode it uses Reactor Overload , a silence AoE. His 2-hour ability is Meikyo Shisui and it can use it multiple times. This lets it use it’s special pot move every 5 seconds or so. Pain.
The ideal alliance to defeat Temperance would have multiple MNKs, RNGs, and sword-using types such as DRKs and WARs and SAMs. A good healthy mix of melees makes the fight faster since someone can be hitting hard no matter what mode it is in. If you don’t have a mix of melees it will take a pretty stinking long time to take this thing down.
Drops:
 |
100% drop |
 |
100% drop Pops Jailer of Hope |
 |
Rare drop |
Strategy tips:
- Kite temperance to outrange it's nasty pot AoE moves.
- Bring as many melees as you can with a variety of weapon types. Blunt (MNKs), Piercing (THFs, DRGs, and RNGs), and slashing (DRKs, SAMs, WARs, etc) all make this fight much faster.
- Magical-based attacks will do no damage whatsoever. BLMs should sub WHM. A BLM/RDM won't be able to do much in this fight at all.
- To build new hate on Temperance you have to hit it
with the right weapon type first. Remember that Shield Bash is a blunt
attack.
Jailer of Fortitude
Spawned by: trading a stack of Ghrah M Chips to a ??? that spawns in a random tower on the first floor of The Garden of Ru’Hmet
Jailer of Fortitude spawn map
The Jailer of Fortitude is, in my opinion, the most amusing of the Jailers to fight. He's also the easiest. Fortitude comes with two Kf’ghrah mobs that are normal shapeshifting ghrahs. As long as either of the two Kf’ghrahs are alive, Fortitude has the bizarre ability of Return Magic or Reflect. ToAU Colibri have this move now but Fortitude was the first badboy with it. How it works is spells will still land, bu once a spell is cast on him, Fortitude will cast it back on its owner. You nuke him, he nukes you back. The upside to this is that if you cure him, he’ll cure you back, which interrupts his running and can get you some HP at 0 hate. Works with –aga spells as well; the original caster is the center of the -aga.
The Kf’ghrahs share hate with the Jailer while in ball or bird form. In spider form, however, their hate is independent. They can be peeled away from the kited Fortitude and killed mercilessly by an angry mob of melees.
With both Kf’ghrahs dead Fortitude loses his Return Magic ability and can be damaged by spells as normal without returning them on their caster. He loses his one big trick at this point but can still dish out pain with his Vorpral Blade weapon skill. His defense is also very high. Either continue to kite him or kite until your healers have a good amount of MP and tank him outright. With the Kf’ghrahs dead the rest of the fight is pretty straightforward. His 2-hour special is Invincible.
Drops:
 |
100% drop |
 |
100% drop Pops Jailer of Justice |
| Fortitude Torque VIT+5, Sword+7, Great Axe+7 |
Rare drop |
Strategy tips:
- As long as one Kf'ghrah is alive Fortitude will attempt to return magic on the caster. He won't interupt his casting to start a new spell though so while he's casting any spells will land normally.
- Kf'ghrahs will share Fortitude's hate when in ball of bird form. In spider form they can be aggroed independently and pulled away from the kited Fortitude to be killed.
- When both Kf'ghrahs are dead Fortitude can no longer return magic.
- Fortitude himself has hard hitting attacks and a powerful Vorpral
Blade weapon skill. He can be tanked outright but doing so will require
a lot of white magic.
Mob: Black Mage Euvhi
Spawns by: trading 1 HQ Euvhi organ to a ??? on the second floor of a random tower in the
Jailer of Faith spawn map
From its peaceful flowerily appearance you wouldn’t expect the Jailer of Faith to be the big nasty spellcaster of the Tier I’s. It has massively powerful earth magic at its disposal including Stone IV, Stonega III, Slowga, and Breakga. Breakga is a large AoE petrify move that will likely hit most of the alliance. During it’s 2-hour, Manafont, Faith also gains Quake II, Tier II ancient magic that it can cast quite quickly during the Manafont duration. Obviously you'll want to have Barstonra up the entire battle.
Most parties assign a WHM and a RDM in a separate, out of alliance party while fighting Faith to deal with Breakga. Since the move only hits members of the alliance the independent WHM can Stona key members (such as the currently kiting tank and in-alliance WHMs) to keep things going. It is imperative to Stona these people quickly so you’ll likely want your best white mage on this roll.
The best way to avoid a nasty death by overwhelming magic is to try to interrupt Faith’s magic. Stun will not land on this earth-based mob but weapon skills that aren’t of thunder or stone that can stun (are there any?) and just raw weapon damage have a pretty good chance of interrupting Faith. If that isn’t working so hot at least try to get out the AoE range when you see it charging up a spell.
The Jailer of Faith is clearly the most deadly of the early jailers. Even if you outlast it you will likely take a pretty high death toll, especially your first few tries.
Drops:
 |
100% drop |
 |
100% drop Pops Jailer of Pruence |
 |
Rare drop |
Strategy tips:
- Faith's magic is powerful but you can interupt his casting with a
powerful damage weapon skill. A fast tank can outrun many of his moves
if he keeps his distance.
- Keep barstonra up.
- Breakga, the petrify move, will hit a huge area. Keep a WHM
outside alliance to quickly stona the tank and other key members.
There are three Ix’aern mobs that drop deeds needed to spawn tier II jailers in addition to the coresponding virtue dropped by a tier I jailer above. Confused? That's too bad. Ix'aerns also have the pretty pathetically low chance of dropping a vice, which can be redeemed for a awesomesastic mage cape. All the mobs are named Ix’aern, but since that’s rampantly confusing, the witty among sea leadership call them by their job name.
Ix’MNK
Spawns by: trading 1, 2, or 3 HQ Aern Organs to a ??? that spawns in one of two places in the
Ix'MNK spawn map
Ix’MNK is an odd one because you can choose how hard you want the battle to be. Trading one organ spawns only the Ix’aern. Trading two gets you a slightly tougher Ix’aern and one of his Qn’aerns WHM or RDM buddies. Trading three gets you a pretty darn nasty Ix’aern and two Qn’aerns with him. Why would you want to trade more than one? Because it increases the drop rate of the Deed you need to move on. One organ gets you a 25% chance of drop, 2 about 50%, and 3 is 100% certain.
About 6 people can kill the solo Ix’MNK. For two, you want close to an alliance. A really well built alliance can probably take on three but it would be quite difficult with all three aerns beating on you at once.
Ix’MNK is obviously a monk. He has all the normal Aern moves like the AoE stun Biotic Boomernage. When he puts on his bracelets his attack speed goes way up. It’s not quite Hundred Fists but it’s close. And yes his 2-hour is Hundred Fists.
The Qn’aerns go down pretty fast with everyone ganging up on them. They use either Benediction or Chainspell (depending of if you get a WHM or a RDM Qn'aern, it seems random) to prolong their sad lives.
One of the biggest problems with fighting this guy is that normal Aw’aerns in the room will link with the NMs. Clear the room before popping the Ix. You’ll have to either deal with links as they spawn or pull the Ix and Qn all the way to the Ebon Panel room nearby (or smite the mob really fast, but that’s likely to happen if you’re fighting the 2 or 3 version.)
Rumor has it that if you keep one of the Qn’aerns alive it will raise the Ix’aern. Thus you can keep doing that until it drops the Deed of Placidity. The rumor also states that no matter how many times you let it raise it will only drop one Deed or one Vice, but never both and only one.
Drops:
 |
Pops Jailer of Hope |
 traded for...  |
Strategy tips:
- Using normal tactics, one aern can be killed by a decent party. Two arens will take two very good partes. Three can be quite dangerious straight up and requires a well prepared alliance or more.
- It's generally advisable to use there organs to pop it if you can
get the numbers, since the drop rates on one or two are poor.
- Clear the room before popping since normal aerns link with the
NMs. Consider dragging the NMs to a far away room to fight without fear
of links if trading three organs and less than an alliance.
- The Ix'aern's attack speed increases dramatically when he has braclets on.
- Mainly just a fast attacking normal aern. No real tricks here.
Ix’DRK
Spawns by: checking a ??? in the main square aern rooms at the base of each tower in the
Ix'DRK spawn map
The weirdest and hardest part about the Ix’DRK is trying to get the crazy thing to spawn. The ??? spawn point is in the center of a room of 4 aerns. When you check the ??? you get the message “You sense a mysterious presence…” but nothing will appear and trading does nothing either. In order to pop the guy you need to kill an aern in the room. Each time you kill an aern the message has the possibility of changing. ONE SINGLE PERSON in the alliance will recieve a message along the lines of "You are overwhelmed by sheer animosity!" and have the ability to check the ??? and spawn the Aerns; everyone else just gets a slightly different message “You sense an unknown prescence, but it does not seem hostile” or some such thing from the ??? spot. When people get that message everyone in the alliance has to check the ??? IMMEDIATELY because the ability to spawn the Ix’aern only lasts about a minute. If the person who can spawn it is AFK or something you’re out of luck.
Complicated and confusing, I know. You really have to trust your party members to watch out for that sheer animosity message after each aern death.
When the correct person with the animosity has checked the ??? “menacing creatures appear out nowhere!” The Ix’aern and his two Qn’aern buddies show up and link with any normal Aw’aerns nearby.
Like I said, worst part about him is spawning him. Once he’s in existence and you’ve dealt with any links and the Qn'aerns the Ix’aern mob is pretty weak. It has the somewhat sad DRK 2-hour Blood Weapon and the normal aern Biotic Boomerange AoE pain + stun. But even so you don’t need to kite it. Straight up tanking works just fine when he's alone. While he has his friends, however, you probably want to kite him around while you kill the Qns.
This Aern can rereaise multiple times; 3 seems to be the minimum and some sources report 10 or more times. I've personally seen twelve reraises. It doesn’t respawn the Qn’aern when it reraises. Kill it over and over until it stops returning to life. You know its dead for good when you get an item drop.
Either the Deed or the Vice will drop. Always one, never both.
 |
Pops Jailer of Jusice |
 traded for...  |
I got the first of these on Sylph! |
Strategy tips:
- Popping Ix'DRK can be frusterating. Be sure all party members watch out for the sheer animosity messsage every time you kill an aern. Only ONE totally random person will be able to pop the I'x'DRK but everyone else will get a slighly modified message if they check the ??? that will indicate that someone has been chosen.
- The ??? will move apparently randomly between the four large
rooms on floor one.
- You can pull aerns from the main hallway into the room with the ??? and fight them. These pulled aerns have a chance of triggering the sheer animosity like all aerns on floor 1.
- If you have to go AFK it's recomended you drop party so you cannot gain the animosity while not present.
- If the person with the animosity fails to pop the Ix'DRK in about
a minute the status will be lost.
- Once the Ix'DRK and the acompanying Qn'aern are spawned any
normal aerns will link. It is recomended you fight the NMs in the
nearby square room at the base of a Garden tower or near the zone line
if you can get there alive.
- Because of his reraise ability this fight can drag on a very long time. Always assume he will reraise after he dies and don't burn mana wastefully.
- Kite Ix'DRK and a Qn'aern while you finish off the second Qn.
Then kill the other Qn, and finally tank Ix straight up.
- Ix'DRK alone isn't a major threat and will not be able to
severely
damage your party even with his Blood Weapon 2-hour.
- Ix'DRK will reraise himself a minimum of 3 times and possibly
over 10. If he doesn't drop anything he'll reraise. When he does drop
something he is dead for good.
Spawns by: killing placeholder aerns on the second floor of the Garden. The room where Ix’DRG can spawn moves every fifteen(?) minutes or so.
Ix’DRG is the final Ix’aern NM and is probably the
one that
takes the most people and effort to kill. Its placeholder can be any
aern on
the second floor of the
For as much abuse as players give dragoons in game, dragoon NMs
are pretty nasty. This guy summons not only one but THREE Aern’s Wynavs
to assist him in the fight. These cool white dragons can’t be slept but
are susceptible
to about every other status ailment, including bind and gravity. If
killed they
will be resummoned after a short time. A NIN or RDM can keep these guys
busy
while the rest of the alliance focuses on Ix’DRG.
If you can keep the wynavs busy and pull Ix’DRG
away from
any aerns that may link, it’s not a difficult fight. Just watch out of
his
petrifying Medusa Javelin.
Either the Deed or the Vice will drop. Always one, never both.
 |
Pops Jailer of Prudence |
| Vice of Aspiration traded for  |
A ridiculous item if there ever was one.... |
Strategy tips:
- The room where he can spawn is random and moves often. If you have enough people, clear all the rooms at once to make him spawn almost immediately.
- Pull Ix’DRG out of the place where aerns spawn to avoid links.
- His wyverns cannot be slept but can be bound and gravitied, among other status effects. They will be resummoned if killed. Just keep them busy.
- Ix’DRG can petrify with his Medusa Javelin TP move. Watch out.
Tier II Jailers
These jailers are popped using the items from Tier I jailers and the Ix'aern mobs above, and are generally considered more difficult.
Jailer of Justice
Mob: Beastmaster Xzomit
Spawns by: trading the Second Virtue, a Deed of Moderation, and a HQ Xzomit Organ to a ??? at (F-11) in Al’Taieu
Jailer of Justice is an oddball little battle that always is on the edge of a knife. If everyone is doing their job the fight is almost laughably easy, but only a few mistakes and the joke is on you. Justice himself hits like a little girl and is squishy enough to be meleed without kiting. However there are two very bothersome parts of this battle that make it rather complicated.
First, he spawns an angry swarm of Qn’xzomits that will try to decimate your alliance. These little critters only have about 1500 HP but they will try to Mijin Gakure if given half a chance. The explosion will do a few hundred points of AoE damage to everyone in a rather large area and is based on the Qn’xzomits’s HP at the time of detonation. A few of these things blowing up at full HP will bring an alliance to its knees. Justice will only spawn one Qn’xzomit at a time, but if they aren’t killed quickly he can spawn another and another. If left alone they will aggro people and attack physically. They won't explode if unclaimed, but having six fast-attacking Qns on your alliance isn't a very safe strategey.
In case you're wondering about this, yes,
I'm on the sea bed floor dead. I lagged right through a wall and fell
down there during this fight in one of our early, poorer runs.
Justice will step up the pace and begin to spawn Qn’xzomits a bit more quickly as the fight wears on, so even if it seems like things are under control at the beginning, it can turn bad pretty fast.
Justice’s second trick is single target charm. Yeah, your tanks are going to get charmed. It lasts a pretty long time too and he can have more than one person charmed at a time. Sleep any charmed tank and make sure another is ready, then cure the tank to wake him up after the charm wears. Three non-weakened tanks on rotation should be able to keep Justice occupied.
If your BLMs are nuking the Qn’xzomits and chamed tanks being slept both in timely fashions, Justice won’t be able to do much to you. He’ll go down under a continuous assault by the melee members of your alliance.
Wiping on Justice is especially bothersome since he will spawn his max Qn's (6) before depopping. If you can piece together your alliance and attack before he disapears, your best bet is a BLM time -aga strike on the Qns to kill all of them at once followed by a Paladin Invincible to regain hate. That should prevent your BLMs from being slaughtered by Justice himself.
Strategy tips:
- Justice can be tanked straight up.
- It is important to eliminate the Qn’xzomits quickly. Black magic is the best way of directly killing them. They only have about 1500 HP so don’t overnuke and stagger rests so that there are a few BLMs with MP at all times.
- Inevitably some Qn’xzomits will Mijin Gakure your alliance. Make sure there is a Curaga in every party. The blue mage ability Diamondhide is also very valuable here. Summoners would likely be better off doing damage than casting Earthen Ward.
- Justice requires more tanks than usual because of charm. Three is a safe number unless a melee in the alliance feels like tanking while the normal tanks are charmed and slept.
- Normal Om’xzomits wander the area where Justice is spawned. They won’t link with Justice or his pets, but be sure not to aga them or something. There is no aggressive wildlife in the area to worry about.
- He doesn’t have low defense but
melees are the best way to deal with Justice himself.
Drops:
 |
100% drop |
 |
100% drop Pops Jailer of Love |
| Justice Torque STR+5, Great Katana+7, Scythe+7 |
Rare drop |
Jailer of Hope
Mob: Warrior Phoabo
Spawns by: trading the First Virtue, a Deed of Placidity, and a HQ Phoabo Organ to a ??? at (D-9) in Al’Taieu
Hope, like most jailers, is kited because his normal attacks just hit too darn hard. He spams Aerial Collision, an AoE physical damage move. His 2-hour, Mighty Stikes, is another good reason. The fact that his attacks can en-stun adds to thel ist. This fight takes place out in the open seas of Al’Taieu so you have lots of room to run around, but you also have to watch out for the roaming Yovra or Phoabo in the area as well. Most of them don’t come to close to the spawn point but take a minute to watch the local mobs and set up a good kiting path before the fight.
In addition to normal Phuabo moves like Aerial Collision and Voiceless Storm (gee, all the sea gods can do the moves of the normal Lumoria mobs, I sure wish there was a page that listed the normal moves too) Hope can cast Shock Spikes on himself via Plasma Charge. The effect here is twofold. First, those spikes HURT, doing between 30 and 80 damage (sources were unreliable about how much damage they do) Second, the shock spikes is a sign that Hope is about to unleash some nasty magic for a minute. Hope will use Burst II and Thundaga III. The Shock Spikes can be dispelled but even if it is Hope will continue to cast his magic for roughly 1 minute after the spikes went up, after which he’ll settle down for a while.
Hope is also faster than most mobs (and
definitely faster
than PC characters) and is immune to gravity. While he can be hit with
melee
attacks, it’s a real pain to chase after him the whole fight. Most of
the
damage against him will come from ranged attacks which means, as usual,
the
BLMs will be putting forth most of the firepower.
Drops:
 |
100% drop |
 |
100% drop Pops Jailer of Love |
 |
Rare drop |
Strategy tips:
- Set
up a nice kiting path that avoids local
monsters before spawning. Watch out for links during the fight.
- Keep Barthundra up.
- Hope's attacks occasionally en-stun when they hit, stunning the target for a few seconds. Try to keep in front of him if you have hate, which is difficult because he is fast.
- The Shock Spikes are nasty deadly stuff. Dispel them quickly. Hope's magic is cast extremely quickly and seems to be unstunnable. When you see the Shock Spikes go up, spread out to avoid damage from his Thundaga III.
- As long as your black mages stay safe, Hope is a rather straightforward kite battle.
Jailer of Prudence
Mob: two Thief Hpemdes
Spawns by: trading a Third Virtue, a Deed of Sensability, and a HQ Hpemde Organ to a ??? at (L-8) in Al’Taieu
Jailers have a grand tradition of being weird, and Prudence is no exception. The first and most obvious part about this battle is that when the items are traded, two Jailer of Prudences will spawn. Both are identical in all ways including name and move lists, and both have a lot of HP. Both must also be killed to obtain items; the first one killed will never drop anything.
Prudence is a THF mob, which means high evasion and occasional use of Perfect Dodge. Even so, he attacks so quickly that kiting him wouldn’t go very well, so straight up tank him. Melees can swing as long as they make sure perfect dodge isn’t active when they try to use their weaponskills.
Everyone should focus on killing one Prudence as quickly as possible. While both are alive and the two Prudences are together, they will use TP moves in unison. If they choose Temporal Shift (AoE stun) it barely matters if you’re stunned twice, but Sinulate Rush twice can do tremendous damage to softer players, often wiping them in a quick one-two punch.
If at all possible try to kite one Prudence while
focusing
on the other. This is complicated for two reasons. One, both can
teleport instantly
next to someone if they take hate. Two, the two mobs sort of share hate
in an
oddball way. Large spikes of hate one one (such as PLD Invincible of a
particularly cutting BLM nuke) will almost always cause the other to
teleport
in. This means that this battle is unfortunately rather luck based on
which TP
moves the Prudences decide to use on your parties. Of course, bad luck
can be
countered by throwing more fresh bodies at it.
When the first Prudence is killed, the second one will go
into the famous fishy “open mouth mode”. It will attack faster and hit
quite a
bit harder, but its defense will go down somewhat and it will use
perfect dodge
less. Cure bomb the tank and throw whatever you have left to finish the
second
off.
Drops:
 |
100% drop |
 |
100% drop Pops Jailer of Love |
| Prudence Torque INT+5, Great Sword+7, Club+7 |
Rare drop |
Strategy tips:
- There are two Prudences, so you will need to divide up a bit to keep one busy while killing the other.
- When the Prudences are in close proximity they will use TP moves simultaneously. Two Sinulate Rushes are particularly deadly.
- Try to kite one Prudence away, but be prepared for this to be a frustrating task.
- Prudence is a THF mob. He has high evasion and will use Perfect Dodge several times. Don’t weaponskil when it’s up.
- After the first Prudence is defeated the surviving one will open it’s face, attacking faster and having much greater attack power, but lower defenses. Cure bomb the tank at this point.
Tier III Jailers
Jailer of Love
Mob: Summoner Yovra
Spawns by: trading a fourth, fifth, and sixth virtue to a ??? at (K-12) in Al’Taieu
I hope you’ve got a few hours set aside…
Jailer of Love is the last of the jailers, but if you were expecting a climactic showdown, you should have known better. Love has an absolute ton of hit points and can cast powerful magic, but the battle, despite lasting a very long time, is just wearing him down gradually over a long period of time.
Love will use all of the normal yovra moves (which are very nasty) if you let him. So, don’t let him. There is a distance that you can stand from JoL that is far enough to avoid his melee attacks and all of his TP moves but not so far away to get drawn in. It’s a tricky distance but neutralizes the majority of Love’s nastiness if you can find it.
Love will spawn of affinity of one of the eight elements and will periodically change elements about every 3 minutes. When you see a big dust cloud you know he has changed element. Love can cast the most powerful magic a black mage can cast of each element. For the traditional elements (ice, water, etc) he can cast -aga III and single-target IV spells. For light he’s limited to banish and banishga III. Dark has no damage moves. Love will also use aoe versions of enfeebling magic tied to each element. So when casting wind magic, Love will use Graviga and Silencega in addition to damage spells. Love’s damage magic has a smaller AoE range than his enfeebles, which have a HUGE FREAKING RANGE - the largest AoE range I’ve seen from a monster. Thunder and Fire modes have no enfeebling magic so be prepared for a lot of damage spells. Cast the appropriate bar spells and carols on the tanks so help them weather the onslaught.
Because your tanks aren’t in melee range you have some variety in what tanks to use. I’ve seen it done very successfully with RDM/NINs in high enmity+ gear setups spamming RDM enfeebles and using shadows to absorb single-target spells.
Love will periodically spawn three sea monsters in a group through the entire fight - either xzomits, hpemdes, or phoabos. He will only spawn xzomit and hpemde groups three times each. These are best dealt with via a barrage of -aga magic from black mages specifically there to kill spawns. Until he’s done spawning those two sets his auto-regeneration rate will be so massive that damaging him is a futile exercise. Wait until he only summons hpemdes (sharks) before starting damage. He will spawn the sharks until dying.
Love’s 2-hour, which he can use more than once, is Astral Flow. He’ll use it immediately after spawning some phoabos and they’ll all immediately use Aerial Collision on their current targets. So you might lose a few BLMs every now and then, but he doesn’t use the 2-hour very often.
Because you want to keep Love at a specific distance in order to keep him out of melee range of the tanks, BLMs that pull hate is impractical. SMNs using gardua is a great source of hateless damage on this fight. Once the tanks are secure with their hate you can send melees in - if they take hate Love will use a TP move on them but won’t actually move anywhere.
It takes a very long time to wear Love down but if you’re doing everything right the battle is mostly uneventful. Just watch out for that -aga magic. Ouch.
Drops:
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100% drop |
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Decently common drop |
 traded for... Novio earring |
Rare drop |
 traded for... Nova earring |
Rare drop |
Strategy tips:
- Have the tanks stand outside Love's melee range but close enough so they won't be drawn in to avoid all of Love's TP moves and melee attacks.
- Wait until Love only spawns phoabos before damaging him - that's a sign that his massive auto-regen has been neutralized.
- Watch Love's elemental casting and cast barspells and carols to
ward against his magic.
Absolute Virtue
Mob: Dragoon Aern
Spawns: Chance to spawn immediately upon defeating Jailer of Love and will aggro the alliance that killed Love.
Good luck! I have no theories on how to beat this guy, so I’ll just put some pictures of me doing crazy stupid stuff here.
Strategy tips:
- Ebon panels
- Virtue weapons
- Wall of Justice
- Please don't hurt me.
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