Quote Originally Posted by Nik View Post
I see. If I'm being specific then, my problems are light and dark ult since they're what I need to farm to improve my teams. I think obviously I'm not gonna be doing much as only rank 54, but I'd at least like to survive longer to contribute more.
Light boss does that skill when raging where she 1 shots a char every turn or every other turn (~13k+ dmg). Lowest I've been able to bring it was probably 9k with pluto dmg cut, but my whole team is around 6-6.5k hp a piece.

Dark is even worse with the dots, I end up losing around 1200 hp a turn then she does that aoe 5k+ skill. I'm not sure how to combat all the debuffs she drops as she just strips the whole team of any affliction res/nullify anyway.
Dark ulti is the hardest one, I AABed it solo only once 2 days ago and I can't understand, how I did it (Shingen, Cybele u, Frigg, Aether, Arianrod + Rami, Jihuti in reserve). But you don't need to kill the boss completely by yourself - just 51% hp for maximum rewards. It's ok, when you suffer a lot on this raid. And there is a way to survive triggers - Joan with flag (60% damage cut)or wait for t4 soul that has 60% cut with no relic weapon needed or you may use Gaya AW if you have her. If you can't guarantee MVP - it's still ok, host reward is fine too, especialy after buff (somewhere around anniversary). The best way for light ulti - do as much damage to hit 51+% before those oneshots will kill your team, then make raid public. Or if you're too weak - make it public at once. Best team for dark ulti is 2 damagers, Sol, Mike. So you just need to farm for better weapons/eydo/hime. Once at least 1 your grid will be completed (full sl20+ assault weapons, good lvl 100 eydos, soul weapon etc), things should be much easier. If you gonna try rag raids - you need to know mechanics and make a team for each boss separately with heals/damage cuts/buffs etc.

And about aq5 - forget about it for a while, AQ4 guarantees 1 ssr in drop. Strategy - kill boss before trigger (bp, orb drains if needed) or maybe 60% damage cut will help.