M12S Phase 2 Guide (EU Strats) - AAC Heavyweight M4 Savage (Lindwurm) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2026-09-21 | M12S Phase 2 Guide (EU Strats) - AAC Heavyweight M4 Savage (Lindwurm)
Ageless Necropolis Extreme Guide (Dawntrail EX5) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2025-08-09 | This is a guide to the fight The Minstrel’s Ballad: Necron’s Embrace (Necron Extreme) in Final Fantasy XIV.This guide sticks as close as possible to the Sauce Raidplan. All credit to Szechuan Sauce for the strats.raidplan.io/plan/zqey3pp7kfp5ghc4raidplan.io/plan/X091FI0fV1SLbOw1This guide also briefly shows the uptime mm2 strat from BMD’s raidplan.raidplan.io/plan/cywug7ph7ajb6qa8Finally, Locria made this absolute god-tier explanation of Grand Cross that trivialises the mechanic. docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSbYTb4Z1n2QAMBo5QH0QW6ogqzzXHqPSF_YUG2rB_qbJUHBdTBYUnkncv526auZn6fa2LUC9ZAw-xz/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=60000&slide=id.pTip me at: Ko-fi.com/hectorhectorson00:00 Introduction00:45 Blue Shockwave01:08 Fear of Death01:45 Memento Mori02:45 Soul Reaping Explained03:27 Soul Reaping (Chronologically)04:16 The End's Embrace05:09 Grand Cross07:35 Adds Phase08:41 Solo Adds Phase10:24 Phase 211:18 Relentless Reaping12:47 Circle of Lives 114:01 Mass Macabre (Raidplan)15:55 Mass Macabre (Uptime)16:43 Repeated Mechanics16:57 Circle of Lives 217:59 Special Thanks! (+ Cat)
M8S Phase 2 Guide - AAC Cruiserweight M4 Savage (Howling Blade) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2025-05-12 | This is a guide to the fight Arcadion M8S (Howling Blade) in the game Final Fantasy XIV.NA and EU party finder are mostly in agreement on strats, so I haven't intentionally changed a thing from the standard raidplan. Every strat in this video comes from either Toxic Friends or Rinon, so all credit to them for the strats shown.EU Raidplan - raidplan.io/plan/9M-1G-mmOaaroDOGNA Raidplan - raidplan.io/plan/Zzf38hNz9aFrn-6TRinon's guide: youtube.com/watch?v=CPpfqs0ysuMTip me at: ko-fi.com/hectorhectorson00:00 Introduction01:27 Ultraviolent Ray02:48 Hero's Blow04:29 Elemental Purge06:10 Twofold Tempest Explained07:59 Twofold Tempest (Chronologically)09:42 Champion's Circuit11:30 Lone Wolf's Lament13:12 Hero's Blow 214:04 Ultraviolent Ray 4 (Rinon UV4)15:04 Howling Eight16:54 Special Thanks! (+Cat)
Easy Disco Infernal - M5S Mini-Guide Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2025-05-12 | This is a super short mini-guide to try and help people who struggle to find their spotlight as a melee in M5S. I started doing this because the Warrior animations started covering up too much of my screen at the start of Funky Floor and I couldn't see the spotlights. Hope this is helpful!
Murderless Fering Decay - M8S Mini-Guide Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2025-04-29 | This is a Mini-Guide to Fering Decay / Ferring Decay in M8S phase 1 in Final Fantasy XIV.The secret to following this raidplan is to.... not follow the raidplan. It was so obvious!I still think my group will stick with the standard toxic friends version of millenial decay, but this is definitely less scary than what the raidplan shows. Hope this helps!A massive thank you to all of the commenters on the main guide and in Discord who helped explain how to improve this from the original raidplan version!Here is a raidplan shared with me that shows movement in-line with what is in the video: raidplan.io/plan/0HsuBim9UDdii1xQ
M8S Phase 1 Guide - AAC Cruiserweight M4 Savage (Howling Blade) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2025-04-28 | This is a guide to the fight Arcadion M8S (Howling Blade) in the game Final Fantasy XIV. This guide is coming out just before the start of week 5, so I've tried to only show established PF strats. This guide is essentially Toxic Friends, but with Ferring Decay, Clock TR and Quad Moon shown as options, as I know they are used readily in NA PF.Toxic Friends: raidplan.io/plan/46uVU6o49FPuYXOsFering Decay: raidplan.io/plan/IRl6bjA5WzSweStqClock TR: raidplan.io/plan/a2sXqtzHyLh9utl8Quad Moon: raidplan.io/plan/WFsLBku1C9IyxneuI also cover @RinBanana's Terrestrial Rage strat, which matches with what's in the Toxic Friend's Raidplan. I'll link the guides to both phases, as they’re fantastic, especially if you prefer POV footage of the fight.Phase 1: youtube.com/watch?v=MQ8ajpA5Bp8Phase 2: youtube.com/watch?v=CPpfqs0ysuMTip me at: ko-fi.com/hectorhectorson00:00 Introduction00:41 Windfang/Stonefang01:26 Eminent Reign/Revolutionary Reign03:21 Millenial Decay06:02 Millenial Decay (Ferring)06:40 Tracking Tremors07:18 Terrestrial Titans08:44 Adds Phase14:00 Terrestrial Rage (Clock TR)16:00 Terrestrial Rage (Rinon)16:58 Reign + Heads17:21 Beckon Moonlight (Quad Moon)19:37 Special Thanks! (+ Cat)
M7S Guide - AAC Cruiserweight M3 Savage (Brute Abombinator) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2025-04-13 | This is a guide to the fight Arcadion M7S (Brute Abombinator) in the game Final Fantasy XIV. This guide is coming out near the end of week 2, and PF is still a complete mess of different strats. This guide mostly sticks to Toxic Friends for the basics, but I also show Kindred uptime for phase 1. For phase 2, I show Locked seeds (similar to Cute seeds) and we found it incredibly consistent. I also show EU Fixed seeds and Bili Bili, so people already doing those in PF should have no issue sticking to them. Phase 3 is slightly different from Toxic friends for 2 mechanics. I show seed drops on the wall as opposed to 1-tile off (one tile strat), as my group found it more consistent. I also have OT stick to NE for the final seed drops, as opposed to having H2 go NE. All of the raidplans used:Toxic Friends:raidplan.io/plan/PWFgPfz0vL7runO2raidplan.io/plan/gIcsj6_cyedVQON7raidplan.io/plan/DEijc3hhq_CNGaRgKindred Uptime: raidplan.io/plan/-OMZSfpCVSPeJdIuLocked seeds: raidplan.io/plan/FGvPnlaAe1fwlsIBEU Fixed seeds: raidplan.io/plan/-lZai2v34Y8bC15SBili Bili: raidplan.io/plan/s_q_kuYAhHcOLcxbTip me at Ko-fi: Tip me at: Ko-fi.com/hectorhectorson00:00 Introduction01:23 Sinister Seeds (Explained)02:36 Sinister Seeds (Toxic Friends / Raidplan)03:42 Sinister Seeds (Kindred Uptime)05:20 Rest of Phase 107:26 Phase 210:40 Strange Seeds (Explained)11:35 Strange Seeds (Locked Seeds)14:07 Strange Seeds (EU Fixed Seeds)15:27 Strange Seeds (Bili Bili)16:00 Rest of Phase 216:34 Phase 318:19 Debris Deathmatch22:08 Stoneringer 2 + Strange Seeds23:44 Special Thanks! (+ Cat)
Cleavemaxxing Adds - M6S Mini-Guide Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2025-04-07 | This goes over the cleavemaxxing raidplan for the adds phase in M6s. My group did a few things similar to this on our clear and didn't struggle too much with the DPS check, so hopefully this helps.All credit to Iris Valeria and Mitama Cairngorm for the brilliant raidplan! raidplan.io/plan/ywV9cu6GRQ68SQLy
M6S Guide - AAC Cruiserweight M2 Savage (Sugar Riot) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2025-04-06 | Mini-guide on Cleavemaxxing Adds phase : youtube.com/watch?v=nxj6HD0uRbYThis is a guide to the fight Arcadion M6S (Sugar Riot) in the game Final Fantasy XIV. The Toxic Friends Raidplan (raidplan.io/plan/Pgj53K49w8LAZpI6) has been the most common in both NA and EU party finder, so I've tried to stick to the positions in that as closely as possible. Tip me at: Ko-fi.com/hectorhectorson00:00 Introduction01:08 Color Clash / Double Style04:21 Desert Phase07:02 Adds Phase Explained09:07 Adds Phase (Chronologically)15:00 Bridge Phase20:35 Special Thanks! (+ Cat)
M5S Guide - AAC Cruiserweight M1 Savage (Dancing Green) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2025-04-02 | This is a guide to the fight Arcadion M5S (Dancing Green) in the game Final Fantasy XIV. At the time of recording, NA PF is a complete smorgasbord of different raidplans, so I've tried to show sensible strats based off my own experience doing the fight. EU PF seems to be cementing around toxic friends, which has slightly different positioning than my guide, so I'll add it to the pinned comment and show the differences in a follow up mini-guide if needed.Tip me at: Ko-fi.com/hectorhectorson00:00 Introduction01:41 Disco Infernal 104:46 Ensemble Assemble 107:06 Ride the Waves08:23 Frogtourage 109:16 Disco Infernal 210:14 Ensemble Assemble 211:03 Frogtourage 212:33 Do the Hustle12:50 Funky Floor 213:31 Special Thanks! (+ Cat)
Recollection Extreme - Braindead EF2 - Full uptime Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2025-03-31 | This is a strat that has been becoming more common in PF (particularly NA) as the week has gone on. Just wanted to showcase how this strat works in more detail, as my group used it while farming weapons last night, and I found it does make things mentally simpler, especially when combined with fixed positions for baits like 'DPS in first'.
Recollection Extreme - PF Raidplan Strats Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2025-03-30 | I tried picking the best possible strats for my original guide from everything I'd seen or used at the time. There is clearly a large base of raiders that would prefer to stick to the raidplans, so I wanted to try and help clarify differences between the raidplans and what I show in my original guide, so as to try to cause less issues for PF.NA raidplan by Rairaidplan.io/plan/-Wj9LY4RpWBtEnpX + raidplan.io/plan/k9Vc_KRu9PVl0F-GEU Raidplan by Copy Nemu Nemu and Myre Snowhavenraidplan.io/plan/acWA-JTlEzA7SWMG
Recollection Extreme Guide Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2025-03-27 | This is a guide to the fight Recollection Extreme (Zelenia) in Final Fantasy XIV.Tip me at: Ko-fi.com/hectorhectorson00:00 Introduction00:42 Shock01:52 Escelon's Fall03:38 Blessed Barricade (Adds phase)04:54 Roseblood Bloom 106:38 Roseblood Bloom 208:04 Roseblood Bloom 309:44 Escelon's Fall 211:03 Roseblood Bloom 413:13 Escelon's Fall 314:04 Roseblood Bloom 515:08 Roseblood Bloom 617:56 Special Thanks! (+ Cat)
Suzaku Unreal Guide (Hells Kier) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2025-03-25 | This is a guide to the fight Suzaku (Unreal) in Final Fantasy XIV. As this guide has been made from the extreme version of the fight, there may be slight differences between this guide and the Unreal version on release.00:00 Introduction00:57 Phase 103:17 Transition04:00 Phase 206:50 Close-Quarter Crescendo08:15 Incandescent Interlude09:10 Phoenix Phase 311:35 Special thanks! (+ Cat)
Sphene Extreme Guide (The Minstrels Ballad: Sphenes Burden) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2024-11-14 | This is a guide to the fight 'The Minstrel's Ballad: Sphene's Burden' (Sphene Extreme) in Final Fantasy XIV.There are waaaaaay to many strats going around for this fight. This guide would be an hour long if I showed everything I'm seeing in PF. I tried to show common strats and otherwise teach the mechanic so that people can easily adjust to other strats. Sorry if your favorite strat isn't shown!Tip me at: Ko-fi.com/hectorhectorson00:00 Introduction01:45 Wind Phase03:07 Divide and Conquer04:04 Earth Phase06:52 Coronation07:55 Absolute Authority (Blackfire)08:55 Absolute Authority (Cheese) 09:34 Ice Phase14:41 The End?17:35 Special Thanks + Cat
M1S Tips (Including Starvy MTTT) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2024-08-13 | This is a short mini-guide to feature a few things that were not in my original guide that might make clearing M1S a bit easier. I show updated waymarks, the 4--3-4 dodge during mouser, and the Starvy MTTT strat for raining cats, which is the simplest way I've found of resolving the mechanic.Raidplan for Starvy MTTT : raidplan.io/plan/3Kfzojuys7fOQs1v00:00 Waymarks00:30 4-3-4 Mouser01:04 Starvy MTTT
M4S Guide - AAC Light-Heavyweight M4 Savage (Wicked Thunder) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2024-08-09 | This is a guide to the fight Arcadion M4S (Wicked Thunder) in the game Final Fantasy XIV. This guide sticks as closely as possible to the Shababin pastebin commonly used in NA PF. At the time of upload, the strats featured should be virtually identical.Shaba Pastebin - pastebin.com/s3Q08tnAUpdate: The original bin seems to have been mass reported. Use this link for now: pastebin.com/teF90QGmTip me at: Ko-fi.com/hectorhectorson00:00 Introduction01:22 Bewitching Flight03:05 Widening/Narrowing Witch Hunt05:14 Electrope Edge 106:58 Electrope Edge 210:18 Ion Cluster13:12 Intermission14:30 Phase 217:58 Twilight Sabbath18:44 Midnight Sabbath20:21 Chain Lightning22:35 Sunrise Sabbath24:51 Uptime Sunrise (AutoCad)25:28 Sword Quiver26:15 Special Thanks! (+ Cat)
M3S Guide - AAC Light-Heavyweight M3 Savage (Brute Bomber) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2024-08-04 | This is a guide to the fight Arcadion M3S (Brute Bomber) in the game Final Fantasy XIV. All strats in this video are week 1 strats and are likely to be improved over time. Raidplan (Thank you Eara!) - raidplan.io/plan/Vte18vtB-uooy5CvTip me at: Ko-fi.com/hectorhectorson00:00 Introduction00:51 Phase 102:23 Barbarous Barrage 103:21 Barbarous Barrage (KI Towers)04:00 Phase 205:19 Chain Deathmatch 107:01 Final Fusedown09:03 Fusefield10:52 Phase 311:57 Chain Deathmatch 213:34 Fuse or Foe15:03 Barbarous Barrage 216:18 Special Thanks (+ Cat)
M2S Guide - AAC Light-Heavyweight M2 Savage (Honey B. Lovely) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2024-08-02 | This is a guide to the fight Arcadion M2S (Honey B. Lovely) in the game Final Fantasy XIV. All strats in this video are week 1 strats and are likely to be improved overtime. Raidplan (Thank you Eara!) - raidplan.io/plan/S2XGcZjNpWgWXcwRTip me at: Ko-fi.com/hectorhectorson00:00 Introduction00:42 Phase 102:16 Honey B Live 1st Beat04:59 Alarm Pheromones05:42 Honey B Live 2nd Beat08:02 Poison Sting09:52 Honey B Live 3rd Beat12:08 Rotten Heart13:53 Special Thanks! (+ Cat)
M1S Mini-Guide Same Baits (Quadruple Crossing) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2024-07-31 | This is a mini-guide breaking down how 'same-baits' or 'double-intercardinal baits' works in M1S (Arcadion AAC Light-Heavyweight M1 Savage) in FFXIV.
M1S Guide - AAC Light-Heavyweight M1 Savage (Black Cat) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2024-07-31 | This is a guide to the fight Arcadion M1S (Black Cat) in the game Final Fantasy XIV. All strats in this video are day 1 strats and are likely to be improved overtime. M1S Raidplan (Thank you Eara!) - raidplan.io/plan/vkIKpWdFHXw2A-u2Mini-guide on same-baits for Quadruple Crossing: youtube.com/watch?v=bOCqbHRQw2QMini-guide with some new tips and Starvy MTTT: youtube.com/watch?v=AiF_c4dwXU8Tip me at: Ko-fi.com/hectorhectorson00:00 Introduction00:55 Quadruple Crossing01:36 Double One-two Paw04:00 Mouser 107:22 Clones Shenanigans10:11 Mouser 211:43 Raining Cats13:14 Predaceous Pounce14:11 Special Thanks! (+ Cat)
UPDATED - Dawntrail Extreme 2 Guide Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2024-07-07 | This is an updated guide to the trial 'Everkeep Extreme' (Zoraal Ja Extreme) in Final Fantasy XIV.My updated guide corrects a few small errors and also prominently features the Bagel/Congaline strat for Projection of Turmoil. You can watch a POV of it in action here: youtube.com/watch?v=e6lievSGFgw&t=5sA huge thank you to all of the commenters on the original guide who helped spot issues or gave suggestions of better ways of resolving mechanics. In particular, thank you Kilikx1x, Trance1215, Phiefer3, Runasth, NickWithAnF, and the many people who recommended Bagel/Congaline strat!Tip me on Ko-Fi - ko-fi.com/hectorhectorson
Dawntrail Extreme 1 Guide Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2024-07-02 | This is a guide to the trial 'Worqor Lar Dor Extreme' (Valigarmanda Extreme) in Final Fantasy XIV.I know Valigarmanda was revealed in the media tour, but for anyone who hasn't been keeping up with that, I don't want to spoil anything. Tip me on Ko-Fi - ko-fi.com/hectorhectorson0:00 Introduction1:16 Easy Dodge Spikesicle2:02 Fire Phase5:50 Add Phase7:12 Thunder Phase10:12 Ice Phase14:03 Special Thanks!
Thordan Unreal Guide (The Singularity Reactor) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2023-10-02 | This is a guide to the fight Thordan (Unreal) in Final Fantasy XIV. As this guide has been made from the extreme version of the fight, there may be slight differences between this guide and the Unreal version on release.00:00 Introduction and positions00:53 Phase 101:53 Intermission06:05 Knights of the Round 1 (Spear of the Fury)07:48 Knights of the Round 2 (Soak the Towers)09:50 Knights of the Round 3 (Dodge the Dash)11:06 Knights of the Round 4 (Break the Chains)12:00 Knights of the Round 5 (Soft Enrage)13:13 Special Thanks! (And Cat)
P12S Phase 2 Guide - Pandaemonium Anabaseios Twelfth Circle Savage (Pallas Athena) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2023-07-19 | This is a guide to the fight P12S Phase 2 (Pallas Athena) in the game Final Fantasy XIVTip me at Ko-fi.com/hectorhectorsonBe aware: PF is fairly split in how it approaches this fight between regions, with EU using mostly Rinon strats, while NA uses the Pastebin strats. My guide follows very closely to the NA Pastebin strats, so if you’re trying to PF this fight in EU, many of the strats shown here will be different.If you are doing the fight in EU party finder and haven’t watched Rinon’s video, give it a watch: it’s great!Rinon guide: youtube.com/watch?v=HFJip5OmgC0If you’ve just come here to figure out what strats I’ve shown, my guide has -Fixed UAV (Supports N/W, DPS S/E, supports middle)-Papan Caloric -Ekpyrosis uses same spreads as Gaiochos-2+0 No-rescue Pangenesis-Caloric 2 Always CWClassical 2 Swapping macro:( ) 1 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( ) 4 5 6 7( ) 8 ( ) 9 ( ) 8 ( ) 7 6 5 4( ) 3 ( ) 2 ( ) 1 ( )00:00 Introduction and positions01:44 UAV104:22 Classical Concepts 108:12 Caloric theory 1 (Papan Strat)12:59 Ekpyrosis14:29 Pangenesis (2+0 No-rescue Strat)20:19 Classical Concepts 222:33 Caloric Theory 225:29 UAV227:43 Enrage28:11 Special Thanks! (and cat)
P12S Phase 1 Prog Tips - JP Lazy Lazers (Updated) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2023-07-18 | This is just a quick mini-guide showing off 3 tips I found made life a little bit easier in phase 1 of P12S.A massive thank you to Bedrill64 for pointing out the error in my original upload!This guide showcases 3 tips-The 'JP Lazy Lazers' strat, which lets you avoid hypermitigating the first auto after Para 1-How to use the debuff images to work out sides in Superchain 1-How to use the add runes in LC to know when lazers are coming up
P12S Phase 1 Guide - Pandaemonium Anabaseios Twelfth Circle Savage (Athena) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2023-06-24 | This is a guide to the fight P12S Phase 1 (Athena) in the game Final Fantasy XIV. All strats in this video are early strats and are likely to be improved over time. I've tried my best to align my guide with what I have seen most commonly in PF, but apologies if this guide shows mechanics being resolved differently than your preference.Tip me at: Ko-fi.com/hectorhectorson00:00 Introduction and Positions00:59 Trinity of Souls Explained02:27 Light/Dark Debuffs Explained03:39 Paradeigma 104:42 Paradeigma 1 (Tank invuln/Lazy Lazers)05:25 Paradeigma 207:08 Glaukopis (Tankbuster)07:38 Superchain Theory I11:23 Apodialogos/Peridialogos11:58 Paradeigma 316:54 Limit Cut20:23 Superchain Theory IIA23:05 Superchain Theory IIB24:44 Enrage25:10 Special Thanks! (and cat)
P11S Guide - Pandaemonium Anabaseios Eleventh Circle Savage (Themis) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2023-06-10 | This is a guide to the fight P11S (Themis) in the game Final Fantasy XIV. All strats in this video are early strats and are likely to be improved over time. In particular, there are tons of different viable ways of resolving Dark and Light; this guide only shows Kindred and Kindred Uptime.Tip me at: Ko-fi.com/hectorhectorson00:00 Introduction and Positions02:30 Jury Overruling03:20 Upheld Overruling04:07 Divisive Overruling05:04 Arcane Revelation06:46 Shadowed Messengers09:36 Lightstream11:21 Dark and Light16:52 Dark Current18:15 Letter of the Law21:11 Enrage 21:41 Special thanks! (and cat)
P10S Guide - Pandaemonium Anabaseios Tenth Circle Savage (Pandæmonium) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2023-06-03 | This is a guide to the fight P10S (Pandæmonium) in the game Final Fantasy XIV. All strats in this video are week 1 strats and are likely to be improved over time. In particular, there are tons of different viable ways of spreading for the ‘bonds’ debuff; this guide only shows one way. Tip me at: Ko-fi.com/hectorhectorson00:00 Introduction and positions02:15 Dividing Wings 103:44 Wicked Step04:18 Entangling Web04:40 Pandaemoniac Pillars05:51 Bonds 107:35 Pandaemoniac Turrets / Bonds 210:14 Pandaemoniac Turrets (Cursed Pattern)12:18 Bonds 313:50 Dividing Wings 214:47 Pandaemoniac Web16:36 Harrowing Hell19:16 Repeat Mechanics (and Parted Plumes)20:16 Enrage21:05 Special Thanks
P9S Mini-Guide Levinstrike Summons/Scrambled Succession PF Strats (Krile/Oppo/JP) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2023-05-31 | This is a mini-guide breaking down the 3 most common strats I've seen for solving Levinstrike Summons / Scrambled Succesion in P9S. General thoughts on each:Krile/Mario Kart - Whole group stays together for most of the mechanic, but knowing when to go out and where to go to as a defamation is a bit trickyOppo - Much easier for defamations to know when and where to go, but easy for the first two defamations to forget to avoid the incoming thunder orbJP Strat (I refuse to call it braindead) - A lot less movement overall, but this one seems like it has to 'click' with your brain, as it's very different.0:00 Introduction0:30 Krile/Mario Kart1:38 Oppo 3:09 JP
P9S Guide - Pandaemonium Anabaseios Ninth Circle Savage (Kokytos) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2023-05-31 | If you're looking for an actual strat for Levinstrike, I've made a mini-guide breaking down 3 early PF strats for it (including JP) but they are all day 1 strats: youtube.com/watch?v=oSdv6f8qNA0This is a guide to the fight P9S (Kokytos) in the game Final Fantasy XIV. All strats in this video are week 1 strats and are likely to be improved overtime. In particular, this video does not show a particular strat for scrambled succession (as the commonly used strats are likely to change in the near future); it only explains how the mechanic works.My sage macros this in the chat just before Levinstrike starts. See if this helps you!| orb1 orb3 orb5 orb72 | out # tower #4 | # out # tower6 |tower # out #8 | # tower # outTip me at: Ko-fi.com/hectorhectorson00:00 Introduction and positions01:25 Mage Phase 03:39 Martialist Phase 04:16 Archaic Rockbreaker06:45 Levinstrike Summoning / Scrambled Succession Explained10:43 Beast Phase13:27 Chimera Phase 214:42 Chimeric Succession16:32 Repeat Mechanics17:30 Special Thanks!
True North Gale Sphere (Voidcast Dais Extreme) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2023-05-25 | This shows a second way of dealing with Gale Sphere 2 in Golbez Extreme, one that's fairly popular in PF.Most of the mechanics for this fight really only have one solution. The major difference is whether you do true north (map fixed) or relative stack positions.In party finder, groups that specify 'Boss relative' or 'Wall relative' are looking to do gale 2 as I show in the first half of this video.Groups that specify 'True North' or 'Gp 1 N/W Gp 2 S/E' are looking to do gale 2 as I show in the second half of this video. True north groups are also more likely to do fixed stack spots for the 'out+stack' mechanic, usually Gp 1 East and Gp 2 West. If the cleave is pointed in a way that makes it difficult to get to your spot, just get out and follow your healer.Both strats work fine, so use whichever you prefer!0:00 Wall relative1:00 True North (Fixed stack spots)
Golbez Extreme Animated Guide - The Voidcast Dais (Extreme) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2023-05-24 | This is a guide to the fight 'The Voidcast Dais (Extreme)’ in Final Fantasy XIV. This guide covers all of the mechanics in the new fight against Golbez added in patch 6.4.One very small mistake - there is a void meteor tankbuster at the very end of the fight, just after the two binding cold raidwides. I somehow completely forgot this, so my apologies if it catches you off guard!Tip me at ko-fi.com/hectorhectorson!00:00 Introduction and positions01:23 Terrastorm02:22 Gale Sphere04:43 Azdaja’s Shadow07:35 Double Meteor 09:38 Void Stardust 110:33 Eventide Fall/Triad11:52 Terrastorm 212:46 Gale Sphere 215:26 Void Stardust 218:11 Soft enrage/enrage18:52 Special Thanks!Extreme mechanics orderTerrastorm - Giant AOEs on diagonal intercardinalsLingering spark - Baited delayed aoesPhases of the blade - Back to front dodgeBinding cold - raidwide with DOTGale spherePhases of the bladeBinding coldVoid meteor - Multi-hit tankbusterAzdaja’s shadow (Transformation)Black fang (Ultimate attack)Azdaja’s shadow - 3x tankbuster + out/stack or in/spread loadedPhases of the shadow + out/stack or in/spreadDouble meteor Azdaja’s shadowVoid stardust - 8 total aoes starting in the cornerEventide fall/triad - LP line stacks/ role stacksBinding coldVoid meteorPhases of the shadow + out/stack or in/spreadTerrastorm + arctic assault + LP stacksBinding coldGale Sphere + LP stacks/enumerations Phases of the bladeBinding coldAzdaja’s shadowVoid stardust - 8 total aoes, starting next to cornerLingering sparkEventide triad/fallPhases of the shadow + out/stack in/spreadDouble meteorVoid meteorGale Sphere + enumerations/LP stacksPhases of the bladeBinding coldAzdaja’s shadowPhases of the shadow + out/stack or in/spreadBinding cold x2Void MeteorAzdaja’s shadow (No tankbuster)Black fang (Enrage)
Zurvan Unreal Guide (Containment Bay Z1T9) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2023-05-22 | This is a guide to the fight Zurvan (Unreal) in Final Fantasy XIV. As this guide has been made from the extreme version of the fight, there may be slight differences between this guide and the Unreal version on release.0:00 Introduction0:32 Phase 12:34 Soar Phase6:41 Ice Phase8:20 Add Phase10:45 Broken Seal Explained13:58 Final Phase (Chronologically)
Zeless Gah Guide - FFXIV Criterion Dungeon Boss 3 (Another Sildihn Subterrane) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2023-05-21 | Better late than never?This is a guide to Zeless Gah, the final boss of the new criterion dungeon 'Another Sil'dihn Subterrane' in Final Fantasy XIV. This guide shows the current common strats for this fight, including both the JP uptime strat for Infern Brand 3 and the cheese strat for the final mechanic.Tip me at Ko-fi.com/hectorhectorson0:00 Introduction0:32 Infern Brand 1 (Teleporting fireballs)3:44 Infern Brand 2 (Tether breaking)6:43 Infern Brand 3 (JP uptime strat)10:54 Infern Brand 4 (Teleporting portals)12:37 Infern Brand 5 (Cheese strat)14:10 Infern Brand 5 (Actually resolving it)
Every ARR Extreme guide - Get those horse mounts! Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2023-04-01 | This is a guide to all 7* of the extreme fights originally released as part of A Realm Reborn. This guide will walk you through Garuda, Titan, Ifrit, Good King Moggle Mog, Leviathan, Ramuh and Shiva.*The Minstrel's Ballad: Ultima's Bane is not included, as I wasn't able to clear it in time for this guide.Music: Scream - Masayoshi Soken© SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved.
Easy Ordeals of Purgation 3 & 4 (Mount Ordeals Extreme) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2023-01-12 | Huge thanks to Phiefer3 (Hope I pronounced that correctly!) for explaining this way to make Ordeals 3 & 4 simpler. I found these an absolute pain to solve the standard way until I was told about these shortcuts, so I hope the visualisation of it helps make it a bit easier for you too!
Mount Ordeals (Extreme) Guide - Patch 6.3 - FFXIV Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2023-01-11 | This is a guide to the fight Mount Ordeals Extreme (Rubicante) in Final Fantasy XIV. This covers all mechanics found in the extreme trial released in patch 6.3. I've just released a mini-guide that helps to visualise the easy method of solving Ordeals 3 & 4 shared by Phiefer3. Hope this helps make those parts a bit easier!youtube.com/watch?v=76ImbcSQQM8Tip me at ko-fi.com/hectorhectorson!Strats are all day 1 strats and improved strats will undoubtedly be found (and probably already exist). Hope you find it useful regardless!*Mechanics order*_*Phase 1*_*Inferno* - raidwide*Ordeal of purgation* - rings (1 line, both red rotate)*Ordeal of purgation* - rings (2 lines, outer red rotate)*Shattering Heal* - tankbuster *Arch inferno* - spinning explosions-Stack/2-person groups/spread*Conflagration* - line cleave--Stack/2-person groups/spread*Radial flagration* - protean*Inferno* *Ordeal of purgation* - rings (2 lines, purple rotate, two triangle)*Ordeal of purgation* - rings (2 lines, purple rotate, two square) _*Adds*_Big Add - *Gnasty torch* - DOTSouth adds - point tethers outNorth adds - tankbuster tethers*Blazing rapture* - high raidwide damage_*Phase 3*__Transforms into wing form_*Flamespire brand* - flares + stack + spread debuffs*Flamerake* - Spinning + or x1. Dodge telegraph 2. Stack in + flares out 3. Spread*Inferno* - spread raidwide + bleed*Scalding signal* - Out + baited line aoesor *Scalding ring* - In + baited line aoes*Sweeping immolation* - get behind + spread/stack + don’t be on the lines*Dualfire* - 2x tankbuster cleaves, take NE/NW, group S_Untransforms_*Ordeal of purgation* - rings (1 line, purple and red rotate) *Ordeal of purgation* - rings (2 lines, purple rotate) (square+triangle)Inferno_Transforms_*Flamespire Claw (Limit cut)* Have 7 and 8 grab tetherOdds take cleave at 1Evens take cleave at 2 After cleave, grab tether on your side *Inferno* (Spread version)*Scalding ring/signal**Sweeping Immolation**Dualfire*_Untransforms_*Ordeal of purgation* - rings (1 line, purple+red ) *Ordeal of purgation* - rings (2 lines, purple rotate?)*Inferno (enrage)*0:00 Introduction0:39 Ordeals of Purgation 1&23:00 Arch Inferno5:15 Ordeals of Purgation 3&46:59 Adds Phase9:13 Flamespire Brand13:06 Scalding Signal/Ring13:39 Sweeping Immolation16:05 Ordeals of Purgation 5&617:35 Flamespire Claw20:50 Special Thanks!
Sophia Unreal Guide (Containment Bay P1T6) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2022-12-31 | The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/hectorhectorsonhectorlectures12221 This is a guide to the fight Sophia (Unreal) in Final Fantasy XIV. As this guide has been made from the extreme version of the game, there may be slight differences between this guide and the Unreal version on release.0:00 Introduction3:00 Phase 16:41 Add Phase11:59 Phase 313:01 Quasar Explained22:03 Sponsor23:43 Special thanks!
Gladiator of Sildihn Guide - FFXIV Criterion Dungeon Boss 2 (Another Sildihn Subterrane) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2022-10-23 | This is a guide to Gladiator of Sil'dihn, the second boss of the new criterion dungeon 'Another Sil'dihn Subterrane' in Final Fantasy XIV. Tip me at Ko-fi.com/hectorhectorson0:00 Introduction0:46 Specter of Might3:45 Sculptor’s Passion4:08 Curse of the Fallen7:00 Hateful Visage8:32 Accursed Visage10:21 Curse of the Monument12:59 Credits
Silkie Guide - FFXIV Criterion Dungeon Boss 1 (Another Sildihn Subterrane) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2022-10-22 | This is a guide to Silkie, the first boss of the new criterion dungeon 'Another Sil'dihn Subterrane' in Final Fantasy XIV. This guide shows the current common strats for this fight, and also includes an uptime approach for Fresh Puff 4.Sorry for the delay in making this. I have a bit more free time this week and should be able to release guides for the other two fights soon. Hope you find this useful!Tip me at Ko-fi.com/hectorhectorson0:00 Introduction2:34 Fresh Puff 1 (3 mops)5:14 Fresh Puff 2 (Tethers)9:53 Fresh Puff 3 (8 mops)11:55 Fresh Puff 4 (Standard PF)13:06 Fresh Puff 4 (Uptime strat)
P8S Phase 2 Guide - Pandaemonium Abyssos Savage Eighth Circle Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2022-09-20 | Have a look to the right and consider donating to the UNHCR to support those affected by the war in Ukraine!This is a guide to the fight P8S Phase 2 (Hephaistos) in the game Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV).As this guide is coming out quite a while after release, PF in your region might be doing mechanics slightly or totally differently. This guide is to help explain how the different mechanics work and suggest at least one way of resolving them. Other better strats will likely be discovered (or already exist) but this guide shows what worked best for me. 0:00 Introduction2:18 Natural Alignment 110:32 High Concept (Alchemy Explained)12:42 High Concept 117:29 Limitless Desolation19:14 Natural Alignment 2 (Inverse Magicks) 21:51 High Concept 226:56 Dominion (Soft Enrage)29:32 Special Thanks!
Uptime Fourfold - P8S Mini-Guide Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2022-09-18 | A massive thank you to commenters who alerted me to better ways of doing Fourfold!This guide shows both map-relative and boss-relative ways of doing Fourfold spreads. It also shows the 'diamond' approach to keeping uptime when the safe spots are on the same side, as well as the riskier way for tanks to keep uptime when the safe spot is in the corners.
P8S Phase 1 Guide - Pandaemonium Abyssos Savage Eighth Circle (Hephaistos) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2022-09-11 | This is a guide to the fight P8S Phase 1 (Hephaistos) in the game Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV).Sorry for another long one, but this fight feature a lot of 50:50 mixups out and I wanted to show as many of the different combinations as possible to help people who might struggle to visualise the other possibility.Tip me at Ko-fi.com/hectorhectorson0:00 Introduction1:59 Volcanic Torches 15:18 Centaur 17:48 Snake 111:42 Creation on Command/ Manifold Flames14:08 Volcanic Torches 215:30 Fourfold Fires20:15 Centaur 222:50 Snake 2
Braindead Purgation (Sleepo) - P7S Mini-guide Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2022-09-06 | This is a guide to the 'Braindead Purgation' (Sleepo) method of resolving Inviolate Purgation in P7S in Final Fantasy XIV. This newer strat is absolutely the easiest way I've seen of dealing with purgation and will be what I recommend my group uses for reclears. If you cleared P7S early week 1 with the original (and likely intended) purgation strat, with stacks and spreads on separate platforms, give this strat a try!
JP Tank Invuln Deaths Harvest - P7S Mini-Guide Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2022-09-05 | This is a guide to the Japanese version of the 'Tank invuln' method of resolving Death's Harvest in P7S in Final Fantasy XIV. This seems to be the more popular of two ways of making this mechanic more fixed by saving both tank invulns. This strat allows you to position yourself as soon as the fruit land (before the animals actually hatch).
P7S Guide - Pandaemonium Abyssos Savage Seventh Circle (Agdistis) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2022-09-04 | This is a guide to the fight P7S (Agdistis) in the game Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV). All strats in this video are week 1 strats and are likely to be improved overtime. Sorry this one ended up a bit long! The first inviolate purgation strat I show is really just for educational purposes. I strongly recommend using the Sleepo strat instead.Tip me at Ko-fi.com/hectorhectorson0:00 Introduction2:15 Blades of Attis3:03 Fruit Breakdown4:45 Forbidden Fruit 1 (Healer stacks and birds)5:55 Debuffs 7:34 Forbidden Fruit 2 (Knockback safe spots)9:05 Forbidden Fruit 3 (Healer stacks and bulls)9:48 Forbidden Fruit 4 (Minotaurs)11:52 Forbidden Fruit 5 (Birds and Towers)13:35 Inviolate Purgation (FF6)18:29 Inviolate Purgation Sleepo Strat21:02 Forbidden Fruit 7 (Chasing AOEs) 21:55 Famine’s Harvest23:31 Death’s Harvest24:47 War’s Harvest27:01 Enrage27:32 Special Thanks!
Cachexia Timer Strat - P6S Mini-guide Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2022-09-03 | This is a guide to the 'timer strat' method of resolving Cachexia in P6S in Final Fantasy XIV.This strat has a lot less movement than the one used in my full guide for P6S, and is commonly used in PF.
P6S Guide - Pandaemonium Abyssos Sixth Circle Savage (Hegemone) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2022-09-02 | My original upload of this guide had a pretty egregious mistake on the third poly combo, so reuploading now that it's fixed.I've now uploaded a mini-guide for another way of dealing with Cachexia, 'Timer Strat' youtube.com/watch?v=0BcE5w2JnrMThis is a guide to the fight P6S (Hegemone) in the game Final Fantasy XIV. All strats in this video are day 1 strats and are likely to be improved overtime. Tip me at Ko-fi.com/hectorhectorson0:00 Introduction1:19 Poly 12:34 Pathogenic Cells4:18 Exchange of Agonies 16:57 Transmission8:00 Poly 28:51 Exchange of Agonies 29:54 Poly 310:52 Dark Ashes11:19 Cachexia 114:38 Poly 415:57 Poly 516:51 Cachexia 219:11 Poly 6 19:59 Poly 720:16 Enrage20:47 Special Thanks!
Devour Braindead/Luka Strat - P5S Mini-guide Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2022-08-31 | All credit to Luka Oxenstierna, who I've heard is the mastermind behind this strat.This is a guide to the mechanic devour in the fight P5S in Final Fantasy XIV. Since making my original guide, I've now seen a new strat for dealing with devour that is significantly simpler. This should hopefully limit how many groups get walled by this mechanic in PF.
P5S Guide - Pandaemonium Abyssos Fifth Circle Savage (Proto-Carbuncle) Hector Hectorson - Hector Lectures 2022-08-30 | This is a guide to the fight P5S (Proto-carbuncle) in the game Final Fantasy XIV. All strats in this video are day 1 strats and are likely to be improved overtime. I've now uploaded a mini-guide on another way of handling devour: youtube.com/watch?v=ogH5TAok5CATip me at: Ko-fi.com/hectorhectorson0:00 Introduction1:28 Ruby Glow 12:58 Towers3:56 Ruby Glow 25:03 Ruby Glow 36:40 Venom Squall/Surge7:47 Devour12:52 Ruby Glow 414:44 Ruby Glow 516:18 Ruby Glow 617:51 Sonic Shatter18:35 Special Thanks!
