[Damnation]

Failed on my first try, but with a very good excuse... Well, I was stupid. I forgot to use

my fish kabob AND switch back to my RG collar to fight Maat. So, I was fighting him with

about 260 defense, which, to put it mildly, kicked my ass. It was 6 am, I was excited in

finally fighting him, I just totally forgot about it.

But! I actually put up a VERY

good fight vs him considering my lack off defense. Infact, I almost won, was just 1

guillotine away, but, he bashed me at the last second (youll see it on the video).

[

url]http://www.dkguild.c.../ff/failure.avi[/url]
Note: This is about 24 megs. The

sound is a bit off, but who cares...

Key points on the video to watch...

1)

Right at the start, you will notice that I did NOT have any food activated (stupid me)



2) First engage, I did this perfectly. Problem was, I got that "unable to see"

crap, and he bashed me.

3) When he used Bloodweapon, I was able to stun right away. I

made a mistake of using hi-pot instead of running. I thought I was far enough.

4) My

Bloodweapon was nearly useless. I the DRK "misses" came at a VERY bad time. This is the

time when I realized I forgot to use food and switch back my collar.

5) At around 2:

33 of the video, you will see me second guess if should go for the food or not. I went

against it because I thought he would just beat the crap out of me while the food is

activating.

6) On my Icarus wing usage.... I took the chance of using it there,

figuring he would give up... Well, I was wrong...

7) And... finally, right before I

died. If you see, he bashed me at the LAST second before my hi pot activated.

Now...

My win... I was going to video this too, but I wanted a sure win (I didn't want to drag my

friends along if I managed to lose again).
Recording with FRAPS was just laggy. So...

all of you will have to settle for screenshot logs.

Thank's To Blackwing,

Demisomething (sorry, forgot your name, blackwings friend), Ririkai, Selvas and Tenacity for

my 2nd Testimony.

Anyway, not much to the fight really (rather dissapointing

infact). It's a Hi-pot usage battle and 5 Guillotines, win.

http://www.dkguild

.com/valor/ff/win.jpg
Note: This is about 4-5 megs.

You'll notice that on

the screenshot, I didn't even use my Icarus wing. I was going to use it after that last

Guillotine, but he gave up.

I was actually MUCH faster on my first battle. My

execution of my strat was a lot better. I was not able to stun him first the start to do Bio

II or Drain on my second battle.

The thing is, he was just hitting me too much

without the food. You'll see on the video that he always hit me for atleast 107. But, on

the screenshot (with the defense boost), he had a couple of sub 100s.

And Yes. I had

Selvas remind me to use my food and change my collar.

The moral of the story is...

Don't fight Maat at 6 am.

[Kayoto]

Awesome

video, Damnation. Too bad you forgot the mithkabob and your RG Collar [I wear that now,

forgetting that would suck. ^^;]. I have a few questions... for Samurai, do you think it

would be wise to wear my AF Gloves and eat a Shogun Riceball (+4 VIT, +4 DEX, +4 CHR, +45

ATK, +35 DEF, Double Attack+8 ) for the fight? Or should all melees use a fish mithka/

chiefkabob? And should I wear my usual def. decreasing and evasion decreasing items (like

Coral Earrings, ATK+5 EVA-5 and Sniper's Ring, Def-5 Drk-5, Acc+5 Rng Acc+5) or unequip

those items (or get different ones) for the fight? I'm just curious what to do...I have no

idea where to even begin. >< I'm pretty sure I should use my Polearm though, for Penta-

Thrust. If you have any level 70+ Samurai friends who have completed this, please ask them

what they did. ^^;

Maybe I should just save all this worry for when I'm actually at

LV70. X_X;

[Ianthe Fira]

Congrats!

It'll be a long time before I ever get that far...

[Serl]

im looking

forward to it. everyday im coming closer to this event. for me i has a lil insight on how

it will be from the movie. was thinking about at the begining or lil after. is to use blood

weapon + souleater to do good damage without loosing any HP from souleater. then go all out

after that. and what food item would u reconmend for using?

[Damnation]

Kayoto- From what I understand, the Samurai Maat fight is pretty simple. Perhaps one of the

easiest?

I would suggest using Rice balls. First, I would get 300% tp using a

combination of Meditate/op-opo and sleeping pots. Turn on your 2h, meditate after your third

WS, WS again, then Icarus wing. Maat should either be dead, or have given up by then.



Just watch out for HIS 2h. Run if he activate it...

Serl - I went with

steamed crabs over fish kabob for +Vit purposes. I switched my snipers ring to Phalanx rings

for defense. I went against using Souleater because I did not want to have the risk of

harming myself (As you see, you don't really need souleater).

The key to winning

the fight is keeping yourself over 50% hp. After your second guillotine, the will be around

50%, then turns on his blood weapon. Stun him right away and RUN. Do not sit there and just

chug down hi pots or he will regain all his HP back. After his blood weapon is over, you

should have close to 100% TP. Few swings + hi pots, guillotine him. Turn on Blood Weapon,

get 100% tp, Guillotine him, Icarus wing, Guillotine him. He will be dead, or has given up.



I spent about 50-70k for both of my fights. I went with the cheap way and didn't

bother with vile pots. Bring as many hi pots as you can (atlest 20), but the more you can

hold, the better off you are.

[Someguy]

Somehow

my post vanished -.-
First of all nice video And Congrats
So uhm, what was your

equipment? I see Celata, Chaos Cuirass and rest is Thick Armor but the other stuff o.O

[Damnation]

Stuff

you couldn't see... I used Lifebelt, 2 Phalanx earrings (changed from 2 snipers), Royal

Guard Collar, Slayer's Earring (from Coral), Assault earring, and some 8 def mantle I cant

remember (Yes, I am trying to save for a Haubrek o.O)

[Meo]

I did it on

my first try... using meat kabobs ^^a; Buffing defense didn't even cross my mind. From

everything I've heard about Maat fights for their jobs... you're supposed to be doing what

your job does best... and for DRK's... that's doing damage o.oa He hits me for ~120-130

per hit, but I was still able to beat him... ^^a His bashes hurt though ; ; It ended up

costing me a wing and about 2 dozen high potions... pretty much swing, potion, swing,

potion, swing potion for the majority of the battle.

I didn't get a screenshot

though :x wish I had ( T-T)

[Gilthanes]

I'm

mentally preparing myself for my battle with Maat within the next few weeks

Although

as I've heard Whm is alot more simple.. heal/melee.. starlight.. heal/melee.. starlight...

rinse and repeat till hes done enough damage to end the battle.

[Kayoto]

Either

that Gilthanes, or get your Club skill maxed and bash his head in with Hexa Strike. ^^;

[Smurv]

i wish rdm

was easy ;

[switch-ollie]

if

you took x-potions over hi-potions how many of those do you think you would need cause i do

alchemy guild so for me the only thing i'll have to buy as far as potions are the icarus

wings.... so what would the optimal potion set up be and i'll be using shogun rice ball

with my af gear

[Kayoto]

Switch-

ollie, you're a Samurai. You don't need an Icarus Wing. XD

If you're a high-end

alchemist, just bring some X-Potions and Hi-Potions and use Penta-Thrust spam in conjunction

with Meditate and Meikyo Shisui and you should be fine... like Damnation said, just run if

HE uses Meikyo Shisui.

With our AF Helmet, Switch, and good accuracy (I mean ALOT of

nice accuracy gear) you could probably get a good 3-4 Penta Thrusts just using Meditate the

first time, and then Meikyo Shisui for 3 more (wait for the Meikyo Shisui effect to wear off

before using the last Penta, unless you know it'll kill him... if you use the last one

while it's still in effect, it'll drain your TP back to 0%, but if you wait for the effect

to wear off and THEN use the last Penta, you'll get TP back for every hit that connects)

and that would [I hope] finish him off. I don't think an Icarus Wing is necessary for us

SAM... but I might be wrong. ^^;

[switch-ollie]

ya

i have life belt, mermans gorget and 2 sniper's rings for accuracy but ya i plan on turing

and running with my tail between my legs when he uses Keikyo Shisui^^... but you think penta

will be better then katana cause both myself and another sam friend of mine find that dmg

output is better with katana

[Kayoto]

Well DMG

output on IT mobs you fight in XP PTs is better with the Great Katana, I know that... but

with good accuracy vs. Maat (who I think is below IT, technically), you should hit with most

of the hits and the point is the TP return you get back... let's say you're using a

polearm with average delay against him and you hit with all 5 hits of Penta: You'll get

anywhere from 60-63% TP back, and with Meditate if you hit all 5 times the next time you'll

get 63% back again... and you can potentially get off about 3-4 Penta Thrusts in a row using

Meditate (I do it to IT mobs with a Bard in the party easily, and I'm pretty sure Maat

isn't as strong as a monster you'd fight in an XP PT...except maybe RDM Maat, hehe).



My point is that even though Great Katana is better for Parties for Samurai around

our level, Penta Thrust still operates very nicely on "weaker" creatures. I think it'd

work on Maat pretty well, as long as you had your accuracy up, but that's just a theory...

you never know. ^^;

Either that or I'd just use Tachi: Yukikaze... that is such a

nice move, and hopefully the "Blind" effect would work pretty well against him. But

either way, I hope our SAM fight isn't too hard... or too expensive, rather.

[switch-ollie]

ya

i thought about the tp return and how i'd be able to hit more weapon skills on him right

after i ht the reply button ^^ so ya in that effect yes penta would be better, you are very

right there.

[Babinski]

Does he

use Eagle Eye Shot in the ranger battle? anyone know? cause that would SUUUUCK

[switch-ollie]

yes

he will use your 2hour

[Kayoto]

Eagle Eye

Shot sucks at later levels. Sidewinder (a RNG WS they get at Lv.55) does a whole lot more

damage than their two hour... so it's really not all that bad for rangers. Besides, Maat

doesn't use a ranged weapon...his "Eagle Eye Shot" actually counts as a melee attack [

the NM Giant at the top of Delkfutt's Tower, Poryphion or whatever, also uses Eagle Eye

Shot as a melee attack]. Rangers can Shadowstitch Maat and just use a very expensive Gun +

Silver Bullets + Slug Shot and they whup him... that's what I've heard from high level

RNG, at least.

[Babinski]

Damn,

cause i havent leveled marksman ship at all....should i keep lv1 crossbow/bolts just to

level untill i get to 50?