
LB5 - Red Mage - Some advice needed
LB5 - Red Mage - Some advice needed
So far ive fought and lost to maat five times now. Seems like every strategy ive read dosent help at all. Tried the sleep/nuke meathod, tried rushing in and blowing my 2hr spamming Areo III at him. Any advice or links you can provide will be greatly appreciated. Help a humble red mage out. 

- Eviticus
- 'Insignificant Adventurer'
- Posts: 1178
- Joined: Thu Oct 07, 2004 5:43 pm
- Location: South Western Illinois, USA
I've seen a movie clip of it done. Stone skin was used, a couple drinks, a couple ethers. StoneIII was the character's attack spell, it did quite a bit of damage. He was sure to dispel everything Maat had up, and SleepII him for the majority of the fight. Convert>CureIII>CureII was enough to pretty much put him at full.
Other then that, my highest is 42 so I have no direct knowledge.
Other then that, my highest is 42 so I have no direct knowledge.
In the end, I'm just talking out of my ass. So take it all with a grain of salt.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[b]Rank 10 Bastok. Rank 2 Sandy.[/b] Pup 75, Drg 72, Brd 71, Thf 37, War 39, Sam 38, Blm 40, Rdm 22, Whm 40, Mnk 37, Nin 14, Pld 38, Bst 15, Drk 30, Smn 15, Blu 19, Rng 13, Dnc 24, Cor 11.
Paragon of Dragoon Excellence.
Paragon of Bard Excellence.
Paragon of Puppetmaster Excellence.
[quote="Keavy"]Evi still winnarz.[/quote]
[img]http://e.1asphost.com/AJSB1986/wyv-burn.jpg[/img]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[b]Rank 10 Bastok. Rank 2 Sandy.[/b] Pup 75, Drg 72, Brd 71, Thf 37, War 39, Sam 38, Blm 40, Rdm 22, Whm 40, Mnk 37, Nin 14, Pld 38, Bst 15, Drk 30, Smn 15, Blu 19, Rng 13, Dnc 24, Cor 11.
Paragon of Dragoon Excellence.
Paragon of Bard Excellence.
Paragon of Puppetmaster Excellence.
[quote="Keavy"]Evi still winnarz.[/quote]
[img]http://e.1asphost.com/AJSB1986/wyv-burn.jpg[/img]
-
- Housecat
- Posts: 263
- Joined: Thu Nov 25, 2004 12:27 pm
Best advice I've heard is to sleep him when he chainspells. Even if you have to blow yours to do it, sleep him. Keep him asleep until it wears off. That means no nukes, no dia, no bio. Dispel everything off of him and give him every other debuff in the book, but keep him asleep until chainspell wears off.
[img]http://users.sisna.com/mschild/graphics/ffxisig.jpg[/img]
Another approach would be to get your thief to level 66, and try the thief Maat fight. From what I understand, all you have to do is steal from him to win 

[img]http://home.comcast.net/~crispl3af/level.JPG[/img]
Bastok Rank 8-1, Windurst Rank 10
Rise of Zilart Completed
Chains of Promathia Completed
Treasures of Aht Urghan Rank 2
Bastok Rank 8-1, Windurst Rank 10
Rise of Zilart Completed
Chains of Promathia Completed
Treasures of Aht Urghan Rank 2
- Neoshinobi
- Mad Cat
- Posts: 670
- Joined: Wed Jan 19, 2005 2:37 am
- Location: Ny
- Alya Mizar (Tsybil)
- Queen Cat
- Posts: 3640
- Joined: Tue May 25, 2004 9:18 pm
- Location: USA, upper left coast
Wherrre is your sense of chalenge?Baketsu wrote:^ Me being the Elvaan chicken that i am, i will probably go the WHM route.
Red Mage 99, White Mage 50, Black Mage 75, SCH 99, Summoner 14, THF 25, BLU 25, NIN 50, WAR 18, DRK 50, DNC 49, PLD 50. Goldsmith 72 +2, Cooking 60 +2, Alchemy 41, Fishing 33, Rank 8, Windurst, Lakshmi (Garuda, I weep for you)
Red Mage 26 White Mage 11 Black Mage 12 Thief 16, Cooking 1, Rank 3, Windurst, Quez.
Red Mage 26 White Mage 11 Black Mage 12 Thief 16, Cooking 1, Rank 3, Windurst, Quez.
Um, that would be leveling Dark Knight to 70 just for the limit break...Tsybil wrote:Wherrre is your sense of chalenge?Baketsu wrote:^ Me being the Elvaan chicken that i am, i will probably go the WHM route.
>.>
Heck... that would be leveling up dark knight to 70... forget the limit break...
Windurst Rank 10
Fight together, die together, leave no one behind.
[url=http://www.sloganizer.net/en/][img]http://www.sloganizer.net/en/style7,Kahvi.png[/img][/url]
Fight together, die together, leave no one behind.
[url=http://www.sloganizer.net/en/][img]http://www.sloganizer.net/en/style7,Kahvi.png[/img][/url]
I am guessing it's a little late, but people recommend fighting Maat at level 66 for any melee job. Maat won't have Asuran Fists yet, making the fight a bit easier.
Fox used vile elixirs +1 in order to beat Maat. Mine was 'easy'...
nuke > sleep > nuke > stun > nuke > die > reraise > nuke.
If only I'd thought of reraise the second time instead of the 5th.
Fox used vile elixirs +1 in order to beat Maat. Mine was 'easy'...
nuke > sleep > nuke > stun > nuke > die > reraise > nuke.
If only I'd thought of reraise the second time instead of the 5th.

[FFX|V] Mystiana Rulean >> BLM iL94 - DRG iL91 - SMN iL93 - SCH iL77
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/character/1463791/
[FFXI] Mystiana@Shiva >> 99 DNC DRG SMN [currently retired]
90+ WAR BLM WHM BST BRD SCH :: 494 Merit Points
Rank 10 for all nations :: Craft: [Cooking: 54][Fishing: 50]
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/character/1463791/
[FFXI] Mystiana@Shiva >> 99 DNC DRG SMN [currently retired]
90+ WAR BLM WHM BST BRD SCH :: 494 Merit Points
Rank 10 for all nations :: Craft: [Cooking: 54][Fishing: 50]
-
- Housecat
- Posts: 263
- Joined: Thu Nov 25, 2004 12:27 pm
Another dirty trick I've heard of is making sure you're very close to leveling (within like 50 XP) and taking one of those free XP items you get for completing certain quests (like the dragon chronicles from the Eco Warrior quests)
Then you use the item when you get in trouble for HP/MP and suddenly you're full again.
Then you use the item when you get in trouble for HP/MP and suddenly you're full again.
[img]http://users.sisna.com/mschild/graphics/ffxisig.jpg[/img]
- Alya Mizar (Tsybil)
- Queen Cat
- Posts: 3640
- Joined: Tue May 25, 2004 9:18 pm
- Location: USA, upper left coast
Naked??? I'm prrretty modest forrr a Mithra, I hardly am ever naked. Well I guess he is too old to care about much otherrr than combat. Or else distractable.Jaela wrote:Be sure to go into the fight naked, his equipment is basically a copy of your equipment when you enter, so get nekkid :3

Red Mage 99, White Mage 50, Black Mage 75, SCH 99, Summoner 14, THF 25, BLU 25, NIN 50, WAR 18, DRK 50, DNC 49, PLD 50. Goldsmith 72 +2, Cooking 60 +2, Alchemy 41, Fishing 33, Rank 8, Windurst, Lakshmi (Garuda, I weep for you)
Red Mage 26 White Mage 11 Black Mage 12 Thief 16, Cooking 1, Rank 3, Windurst, Quez.
Red Mage 26 White Mage 11 Black Mage 12 Thief 16, Cooking 1, Rank 3, Windurst, Quez.
-
- Housecat
- Posts: 263
- Joined: Thu Nov 25, 2004 12:27 pm
Well, you see you go into the arena naked. Then when he's distracted you put on your armor and beat the crap out of the creepy old Hume.Tsybil wrote:Naked??? I'm prrretty modest forrr a Mithra, I hardly am ever naked. Well I guess he is too old to care about much otherrr than combat. Or else distractable. :lol:Jaela wrote:Be sure to go into the fight naked, his equipment is basically a copy of your equipment when you enter, so get nekkid :3
[img]http://users.sisna.com/mschild/graphics/ffxisig.jpg[/img]
You could also wear twin mal-something rings and lower his agility so he is more of a target, just re-equip the good equipment fo rthwe rest of the figh
Jobs: RDM-54/BLM-32/WHM-26/PLD-23/THF14-WAR17-MNK8-DRG17-DRK18-BST3-RNG3-SMN7-BRD1
Race: Elvaan
Hometown: San d'Oria
Skills: Cooking 23- Smithing 3
EXP is hard to come by, treasure it!
Race: Elvaan
Hometown: San d'Oria
Skills: Cooking 23- Smithing 3
EXP is hard to come by, treasure it!
- Karou Ariyen
- Rampageing Lunatic
- Posts: 2848
- Joined: Wed Dec 01, 2004 7:38 pm
- Location: San d'Oria
- Contact:
i have G4 and then G5 for warrior, I dare to ask what's the plan for warrior to kick his ass... 


Warrior 81/Ninja 37 | Samurai 85/Warrior 40 | Puppetmaster 76/Warrior 37 | Dancer 41/Ninja 16
Solo WS=Raging Rush 2282 vs Boreal Hound | Salaheem's Sentinal's <> SECOND LIEUTENANT
Swift Illusion - Black Female Chocobo |Sahyu - Level 60 Soothing Healer |
- Talis Kitsue
- Kitten
- Posts: 44
- Joined: Thu Aug 11, 2005 7:39 am
- Location: Windrust, Vandiel
- Contact:
oh oh i heard about that way i heard they they use it same way you would stun them with an attack XD
surprsied + shock + stun = {death} {you can have this} maat
surprsied + shock + stun = {death} {you can have this} maat
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/TalisKitsue/tal.jpg[/img]
Talis : Bismark: 50 rng / 20 nin Rank 5
http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/profile.xml?122046
Talis: Valefor: 40 rng / 20 nin Rank 4
Kitsue: Kujata: 18 thf/ - Rank 1
~~~~~~~~
ZM 1-1 | PM 3-5 | WM 5-2
~~~~~~~~
Why do mithras get all the fun?? Dont forget about us manthras XD!!!! orz~
Talis : Bismark: 50 rng / 20 nin Rank 5
http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/profile.xml?122046
Talis: Valefor: 40 rng / 20 nin Rank 4
Kitsue: Kujata: 18 thf/ - Rank 1
~~~~~~~~
ZM 1-1 | PM 3-5 | WM 5-2
~~~~~~~~
Why do mithras get all the fun?? Dont forget about us manthras XD!!!! orz~
- Karou Ariyen
- Rampageing Lunatic
- Posts: 2848
- Joined: Wed Dec 01, 2004 7:38 pm
- Location: San d'Oria
- Contact:
KarouKaniyashia wrote:i have G4 and then G5 for warrior, I dare to ask what's the plan for warrior to kick his ass...
Warrior maat fight is one of the easiest ever, just bring a opo-opo necklace, a stack of sleeping potions, a incarus wing, and of course the rest of your gear
enter bc, put on opo-opo necklace and sleep till 300tp (1 stack will do it)
Use Raging Rush on him, use Icarus as soon as you do for another Raging Rush, for some sort of SC (I forgot which one)
Done. He should give up after 2 Raging Rush
- kittykitty
- Kitten
- Posts: 39
- Joined: Tue Apr 05, 2005 9:28 pm
- Location: Edmonton
thats an awesome idea...(the exp one) Im a thf so Im gonna have fun trying to steal ><. Watch the end of the fight too...Ive seen a few times where he just goes "I'm not gonna lose" and uses like 3 WS in like 10 seconds...and no Im not talking the sam fight 

Master Thief in training: level 57
Goldsmithing = 28 a beautiful work in progress
I can fly!
Goldsmithing = 28 a beautiful work in progress
I can fly!
- Alya Mizar (Tsybil)
- Queen Cat
- Posts: 3640
- Joined: Tue May 25, 2004 9:18 pm
- Location: USA, upper left coast
So I had this idea....
Even better than going in naked.
Wear a Fang Necklace -6 MND, Stumbling Sandals, Coarse Gauntlets, everything you can find to lower his stats, especaily MND for the RDMs.
Even better than going in naked.

Wear a Fang Necklace -6 MND, Stumbling Sandals, Coarse Gauntlets, everything you can find to lower his stats, especaily MND for the RDMs.
Red Mage 99, White Mage 50, Black Mage 75, SCH 99, Summoner 14, THF 25, BLU 25, NIN 50, WAR 18, DRK 50, DNC 49, PLD 50. Goldsmith 72 +2, Cooking 60 +2, Alchemy 41, Fishing 33, Rank 8, Windurst, Lakshmi (Garuda, I weep for you)
Red Mage 26 White Mage 11 Black Mage 12 Thief 16, Cooking 1, Rank 3, Windurst, Quez.
Red Mage 26 White Mage 11 Black Mage 12 Thief 16, Cooking 1, Rank 3, Windurst, Quez.