Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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There's no such thing as bad luck with Lotus; only skill issue and a steep learning curve. Furthermore, this video doubles as proof that you can easily clear the boss as Hero with only the basic skill tree and items, without needing non-KMS staples.

Like Dunkel, the entire fight can be controlled through RNG and boss manipulation. With the complete 5th Job kit, Hero has an answer to everything. It's a matter of conserving your options, using skills at the right time, knowing when it's safe to attack and when to disengage. Patience is key, and so is a complete understanding of the tools at your disposal.

- Save Blitz Shield for the purple orbs.
- Leap Attack cancels out the whirlwinds that send you flying upwards.
- Hero's Will and Will of Erda provides status immunity against falling debris.
- For platforms, rotate between binds, superstance and Blink. In the rare case when all of these options are on cooldown, you can still use your status immunity, Flash Slash or Upper Charge to stay alive.
- Combo Death Fault and Flash Slash should be saved for immediate danger.
- Fairy Tears are extremely good for maintaining full HP. However, it shares the potion cooldown with Power Elixirs, so use them wisely.
- It goes without saying, but avoid getting hit by anything at all times. You must respect the boss patterns, and you have to learn to anticipate them so you won't be caught off guard. Planning ahead is half the boss fight.

This video has been the accumulation of playing Hero for 17 years daily, with at least 25000 hours of playing. It's highly unlikely that I'll ever top this entry in the High-Dex Hero video series. The only video that might could be Black Mage.