Final Fantasy 14: How To Beat Phase Two Of The Dragonsong's Reprise Ultimate Raid

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The Final Fantasy 14 raid, Dragonsong's Reprise: Ultimate, has a couple of phases. The second phase is against King Thordan and can only be completed after defeating Adelphel, Grinnaux, and Cheribert in the first phase. The first phase itself is hard, but there is good news. Once the raid gets past the first phase, the party has reached a checkpoint. This means that even if the party wipes to Thordan, they can start at the beginning of the second phase and not need to go up against those three knights again.

Final Fantasy 14: How To Beat Phase One Of The Dragonsong's Reprise Ultimate Raid

The bad news is that phase two is even more difficult than the first phase, with the raid group needing a tank swap, lots of mitigation, partners, adjusting to tethers, light party splits, and dodging many attacks at once. The phase has even more enemies than the first, with Thordan as well as his many knights.

One part of this phase's set-up is that the raid will want to split themselves into two light party groups. Each one should have a tank, two DPS, and a healer. These groups will be utilized for two mechanics in the fight. There will also be mechanics that require partners, so a DPS should pair with Tanks and Healers. Players will also want to mark up the arena with 1, 2, 3, and 4 around the intercardinals and A, B, C, and D around cardinals.

Throughout this fight, Thordan will auto-cleave the area in front of him, so the main tank should be away from the rest of the party to direct the cleave away from them. Thordan's first named attack is Ascalon's Mercy Concealed. For this, the entire party should stack before the cast bar finishes. Once it finishes, players will want to move to the sides. Immediately after that, the main tank (wh