[Fatfred]

Thinking about popping Kurrea soon. Any strategies or tips on this fight? Are the galliard trousers 100% drop?

[alexandir]

Quote from mikejustice on ALLA:

My Ls hit this up for an event this past week. Ultimately this battle boils down to endurance and luck. As mentioned, if he buffs up endlessly, where we've encountered two fights like this, he will almost literally be impossible to defeat. Luck comes down to whether he will debuff or not.

So we fight this guy about 7 times. First, you don't need an alliance of blms, second, you don't need to fight on the bridge, or in the tunnel. We only had two blms, and we fought about 40 steps from the ???, that's right, we were nearly right next to the ???, but not at the spawn site.

Mobs will not link, they will not aggro so long as your blms do not Ga. Even if they do, these mobs are relatively weak that any alliance can work around them. We fought near the ???, eliminating Kurrea's travel time. The LONGER he has to run and the longer the alliance is idle, the more HP he recovers from his autoregen.

The key is of course damage. You can hit him hard and fast before he buffs endlessly, or just consistantly and hope his def buffs don't continue to stack. More often then not, he will get a green face debuff within a reasonable time. Other times, the more rare occations he will not. These are the Kurreas you have to consider zoning, cause you literally are just wasting time. Know which battles to fight, and one's to take flight depending on your setup, and how the battle is progressing.

Our first 4 runs with 18 members we knocked him around like he was a rag doll. Our 5th run he buffed endlessly and never debuffed, and showered the entire alliance with 2-3 Ga's in a row. Added to this he hit consistant HP restore buffs after running back, taking him straight to 100% HP at one point, with a huge buff base. We zoned this one.

Our 6th and 7th, members had to leave due to how late it was, so we were down to 12 members from 18 or so, jobs which consisted of just barely enough, if questionable damage. Our 7th Kurrea, due to lack of damage, we again saw another non-stop buffed Kurrea, where he would never debuff and would always recover HP at ???. This is when you know to fold it up for the night.

Kurrea isn't all that difficult. However with the wrong setup, lack of members, and a bit of bad luck with buffs, he can be extremely difficult. Be sure to bring a few extra soups, as you never know when a round of bad luck will come your way. If he buffs way to much and you lack to proper damage, zoning is really the only answer.

[Hunt]

My ls did this about a week ago, struggling with the SC+MB combo camping away from spawn. Was a lot of luck, get it down to 20% then he would come back up to 80%. We decided to try TP burn(heavy on melee) so switched a few jobs got a couple brds and TP burned it ontop of it spawn. Went much smoother and faster, less death etc.

[Fatfred]

thank you very much for the great info! We are planning on this run within the next 2 weeks. I will post results....hopefully we will have a luck filled day.