Lost In The Crowd

Garlaige Citadel (S), Windurst area level 75 capped battlefield. Shredded Label is located in a small room behind Banishing Gate#2 at H-8. I used to have problem running around in Garliage Citadel because there are a lot of path that don’t show on map, I run around looking to get to other map and bam I’m back at where I was couple minutes ago I swear first map of Garliage Citadel is one of the most confusing area in Vanadiel -_- although it get better when I realize I just need to keep going north to get to other map. There are 2 Scolopendrids (DC scorpion) close to pop location, can kill them for TP or just leave them up because they won’t agro if you participate in ANNM battle (have Confrontation icon).

Courtesy of  http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Garlaige_Citadel/Maps#Floor_3

You will encounter

• Khadem Quemquoma (Scorpion) x 1
• Wildfire (Bomb) x 6

I use same party set up as Batallia Downs (S) battle. Strategy is also pretty much same, keep adds slept and take them down one by one while PLD hold boss. Wildfire is rather weak and don’t have any annoying or dangerous TP move, I don’t see it ever attempt to use Self-Destruct neither. DRK is useful for this fight because of Arcana Killer and ward, plus can stun boss if needed. I prefer bring at least a stack of Antidote to cure poison as well, sometime mage is busy or can’t cure you in time so better rely on yourself.

Khadem Quemquoma is a little tricky, it has access to normal scorpion TP move along with special move called Hell Scissors which acts like Throat Stab (ignore shadow, reduce HP to 1%?) good thing is it won’t use Hell Scissors out of no where, but follow this pattern of casting Poisonga 2 > use Hell Scissors up to 3-4 times. Yay? this mean you can avoid it pretty easy by running out of range, start running when you see it starts cast Poisonga 2 and you will be out of Hell Scissors range all the time. However due to battlefield area is small and is a tunnel shaped so sometime it is hard to run away because you don’t have enough room so I always hold him where 2 Scolopendrids pop (around middle of H-8) and start running toward north to point at game will tell you that you are about to leave battlefield area, use Antidote and recast Utsusemi and tank him there until next Poisonga then I’ll run toward south back to where I was holding him and repeat. Other people in my party are dealing with add at pop location so I don’t bring boss close to them. Oh don’t underestimate normal TP move too, sometime you will get this.

One thing I notice about Hell Scissors when I hold boss alone (no other melee touch it but mage will have have because BLM sleepga will hit the boss and WHM and RDM are buffing/curing me) it will ALWAYS use Hell Scissors ONCE after finish casting Poisonga 2 and never change target after use but when we are done with add and other 2 DD on boss it will use Hell Scissors up to 3-4 times and change target almost every time after use. Hell Scissors is clear hate/reduce hate/remove you from hate list whatever somehow even it doesn’t land because target is out of range. If Poisonga 2 is interrupted from boss being paralyzed, someone stun it or even it someone stop moving (will looks like it got terror, yeah weird), it won’t use Hell Scissors but if it finish casting Poisonga 2 but Hell Scissors is stunned or it stop moving (yeah it can happens -_- sometimes for me even) this won’t stop it from using up to 3-4 times however it is useful when target can’t get out of range in time (ie. he is trapped in H-8 dead end).

Remember not to lock target when you melee boss too so you can run away in time, also might as well to swap gears when WS (I think everyone do anyway ) to by pass animation so you can run away faster because sometime boss cast Poisonga 2 right before you WS or when you WS and you are struck in animation then get Hell Scissor in the face. I know it happen to me few times, I don’t swap gears when use Atonement so might as well fix that soon ._.

Lastly, Rolanberry Fields (S).