The Minstrel's Ballad: The Weapons Refrain (Ultimate) Pug Strategies

With all pugs it is recommended you only join parties for your current fight experience level. For those who are new to Ultimate’s please watch/ read basic guides under the main ultimate page then apply the strats for your DC. All content and strategies provided by their respective discords.

Navigation
NA Datacenters: Aether, Crystal, Primal

EU Datacenters: Light – Chaos

Oceania Datacenter

NA Datacenters

Aether and NaUR

Clees guides

Garuda


  • Main Toolbox
  • Bait feathers infront of garuda, then run through her, keeping her mid.
  • BLOCK PRIORITY
    MT: A, B, C, D (North/CW Prio)
    OT: D, C, B A (South/CCW Prio)

Ifrit


  • Main Toolbox
  • Aether does Z Nail formation
  • Searing: Pull Ifrit in between two close nails.

Titan


  • Main Toolbox
  • Mario Kart for Claustrophobia.
  • Melee will go counter > clockwise > counter. (Right > Left > Right)
  • Ranged will just keep moving clockwise. (Left > Left > Left)

    Stop at the edge of the weight after dodging to stay with the group.

Intermission


ToolBox

Ultima


Predation: ToolBox

Annihilation: Tool BoxOrbs: Aether does 2-2-1-1 Tanks individually decide who is doing 1-1.

Suppression: ToolBox

  • Clees Spread Suppression B4B/4B4 refers to landslide baiting after Light Pillar ends (Bait at B, move to 4, move back to B, etc.)
  • Aetheric Boom Party southeast (B-C Intercard) Tanks southwest (D-C Intercard).

Primal Roulette

  • Garuda, Ifrit, Titan Example:
    • Enter Wheel from A. Bait feather rain on A then move to 4/North.
    • Prepare for Ifrit, Dodge to 3/NW.
    • Titan Weights come, dodge (Looking at Ultima) LEFT RIGHT LEFT
  • Titan, Ifrit, Garuda
    • Dodge weights from 3.
    • Converge together after weights.
    • Prepare for Ifrit. Dodge to NW.
    • Enter wheel from INTERCARD A/D.
  • Ifrit, Garuda, Titan (This one kills ppl)
    • Dodge Ifrit, NW. Enter wheel from Intercard.
    • Stack on A, on screech move to 4 to dodge weights. Do not bait weights on 3.
       

Ultimate Aether Raiding

Crystal

Garuda


  • Keep garuda center initially, healers go east to take mistral shriek with OT blocking.

  • Tank with 2 stacks (usually OT at B or east) and other tank w/ 1 stack (usually at D or west) do mesohigh tethers.

  • ToolBox

Ifrit


Titan


Ultimate Crystal Raiding

Primal

Assume Clees unless otherwise specified.

Garuda


  • Garuda is center, MT west for plumes, OT blocks shriek east.
  • Wicked Wheel: Garuda NW or NE; safe spot center.
  • Tank and caster grab tethers, 2 stack tank E, Caster W.

Ifrit


Titan


Ultima


  • Predation Variety of Predation simulation tutorials are available. See the Discord.
  • Post Predation  Party stacks North on second line from Ifrit. Dodge straight back from Ultima for landslides, dodge towards titan side. Tank left, party right.
  • Annihilation Orbs: Primal does 2-2-1-1 or 2-2-2-2. Tanks individually decide who is doing 1-1.
  • Suppression Igor Oliviera Suppression. 
  • Aetheric Boom Party southwest and tanks southeast. North to pop second orbs, stack North for Primal roulette.
  • Primal Roulette Quick Visual Guide
     

Ultimate Primal Raiding

EU Datacenters

Light - Chaos

Garuda


  •  Pull north, healers take mistral south through the group then pull her to south, face downburst east.

  • Melees + Tank get 2 stacks. Melees feed immediately after friction spam.

  • Keep Garuda center for wicked wheel, party goes out south east, tanks adjust accordingly.

  • Tank takes East tether, caster takes West tether.

Ifrit


  • Light – Chaos does reverse Z nails – Reference Image.

  • Searing:  if Ifrit position is N, Searing goes W, Eruptions start SE and run CCW to party.

Titan


  • Use Jail plugin (available on the discord)
  • Weights + Landslides: tanks move right left right looking into the arena. Make sure titan is not close to the wall

Ultima


  • Annihilation Orbs: Light – Chaos does 3-3-1-1 Tanks individually decide who is doing 1-1.
  • Suppression Clees Spread Suppression.
  • Aetheric Boom Party southeast and tanks southwest. Tanks LB1 for safety.
  • Primal Roulette

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