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Path of Darkness is the second last battlefield in the Treasures of Aht Urhgan storyline. This is a thirty minute fight split into three different parts. Your fearless leader of the Mercenaries, Naja, joins you for the entire fight.

In the first two parts, Amnaf will summon a quartet of Gears to fight with her. In the second fight, she summons a quartet of Gear trios to fight by her side.

The gears themselves are quite squishy, but can do quite a bit of damage just through sheer numbers. Keeping Aquaveil and Phalanx up (thanks to subbing RDM) will help mitigate damage and allow one to heal uninterrupted. I recommend /RDM for this just for the benefit of having Phalanx to help reduce the damage.

What makes the first two fights a bit harder is the amount of knockback and stun attacks being used. Amnaf uses Tail Slap which has a chance to the stun, and all gears use Antigravity which has a knock back effect. Given the amount of targets there are and the fact they are TPing fast on you means there will be many of these attacks going off. Be careful with your HP and heal appropriately. Also, destroying the gears quickly will reduce the risk of death dramatically.

In the third fight, Amnaf is consumed by the monsters within her and becomes a Soulflayer.

As one might read in the chat log, I hate Soulflayers, lol. This is the first time I've ever had the opportunity to solo one and holy crap do they hurt like hell. It does not help that my attack seems to do very little to Amnaf so it's a large fight of attrition that begins to slowly wittle away at my MP as the fight goes on.

Amnaf's physical attacks are not really that scary. It is when she casts her high tier spells and use Soulflayer TP moves that are annoying. Mind Purge literally removes all buffs from you (including food), meaning you'll need to reapply EVERYTHING. This can be troublesome for a class that relies heavily on their buffs for increased damage and survivability...

This is probably the firs time I have been recorded using my 2hr. A mistimed Cure V and I felt it was important to recover quickly from the attack. In hindsight, I probably would've been fine with a few Cure IV's, but I felt it was better safe then sorry.

Overall, one more fight to go in the ToAU storyline. I will be making a shot at it, but I honestly do not know if I can complete it. We will see!

Enjoy!

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Character: Ghishlain (WHM90/RDM45)
Server: Ragnarok

Music
Final Fantasy VII - J-E-N-O-V-A (Black Mages Remix)
Final Fantasy VIII - Maybe I'm a Lion (Black Mages Remix)
Final Fantasy XII - Victory Fanfare

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Inspirations

kaoz1024 ( http://www.youtube.com/user/kaoz1024 )
Beastmaster extraordinaire, this Tarutaru kicks ass and takes videos and names while doing so. His music selection is superb as well!

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WHM Solo Playlist can be found @ http://www.youtube.com/playlist?p=PL301C866D60CFFC8A