Clips
When I am studying, I find it helpful not only to watch guide videos where everything is perfectly executed, but to also see clips where something goes wrong.
The point here is not to shame random strangers (who are probably more skilled than me) — it's to learn common pitfalls to look out for in my own prog.
Pre-DD
'I don't know when we have to move'✗, just ✗
- this group's first time seeing P4
- no notes, this is perfect
akh rhai✓ clean personal execution
- BRD went out too soon and dropped an off-center Akh Rhai that killed PCT
- don't move until the wings pop
aggro problems✓ clean personal execution
- GNB starts at 2nd aggro, but because he has dmg down, the BLM quickly overtakes him and dies to autos
- 3 support get tethered
- GNB should have suicided as soon as Gaia hit 20%
outranging shields✓ clean personal execution
- shields need to be reapplied after the first crystal pulse, a few seconds before Darklit cast
- everyone please hug Shiva when the Akh Rhais stop
Tethers
weird starting positions✗ melees stacked
- extreme example, but shows how confusing it is when the shape isn't easily identifiable
- just do LR spots 4head
no bowtie✓ clean personal execution
- hourglass = tank and west DPS need to switch
- switch starts out okay, but then the WAR second-guesses themselves and turns around
tethered water flexed✗ unnecessary flex
- DRG and DNC both had water
- DRG probably panicked when they saw the DNC not flexing
- the stacks resolve after Spirit Taker, so stay calm and tell DNC to swap after
Spirit Taker
Water Stacks & Wings
Somber Dance (Tankbuster)
Post-DD
❄️🟥 RED ICE
south/tricky dodge✓ clean personal execution
- WAR died before CT and I guess they didn't voke
- wipe on akh morns because DRK has aggro on both bosses
♻️🟥 AERO
purple tether tower✗ head won't pop
- does the dodge first like you would on non-tether side
- I guess you really do gotta boop that snoot specifically, the hitbox is tiny
🌊🟦 WATER
stack NE, exas W then S, poo SE✓ clean personal execution
- WHM gets knocked too far N and hits the crystal
- movement through the exas is SMOOOOTH
- tank makes a baby cry when the akh morn kills them
❄️🟦 BLUE ICE
stack NW, exas E then S, poo SW✓ clean personal execution
- nearly walked into someone else's poo while placing rewinds, but carefully avoided it
🟣🟦 ERUPTION
stack NE, exas W then S, poo W✗ too slow for poo pickup
- you can watch the blue thing at D disappear without anyone touching it
- I believe this is time-based: here it despawns at quietus, but in Tori's water clip, it stayed up until at least rewind
- (makes sense they'd be staggered because E/W pop earlier)
- what they could have done: dodge 1st exa → poo → dodge 2nd exa
💛🟦 UNHOLY (STACK)
stack NW, exas E then S, poo E✓ clean personal execution
- watch PLD (aero) at 3, he walks through his own poo while dodging exa, stealing it from the NIN (water)