FFXI - Piasa (Abyssea - La Theine Bird NM) - WHM Solo
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Piasa is a bird NM in Abyssea - La Theine that one must defeat thirty times for the Double Attack club trial (#1607, I believe). Much like Mangy-tailed Marvin, Piasa's spike damage potential is high. You are looking to lose between 300-600 HP every double attack. Though Piasa's Enaero attack can be mitigated with max merited Shellra V and Baraera, it still adds a bit of damage to its' normal swings.
Piasa also uses two TP moves. The first is Helldive, though Piasa can use it up to four times in a row after the first Helldive. I find the ideal response to this is to get shadows up after the initial Helldive followed with a Cure V and then a Flash. This will reduce the Helldive spam to pitiful numbers, just remember to time your Utsusemi: Ni at an appropiate time as Helldive does have a knock back effect associated with it.
The second TP move Piasa uses is Damnation Dive. Though it doesn't chain this, this TP move comes with a fairly potent En-Stun effect that can lead to death if your HP is low enough when it uses it. Using a PDT set to tank out the follow up damage is recommended.
Throughout this fight, I would recommend keeping HP over 2K if you can afford to. Full timing a PDT set comes HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to mitigate damage and keep the damage spikes manageable.
Overall, Piasa is more difficult then Mangy-tailed Marvin in a solo situation. Mangy-tailed Marvin is a difficult NM to handle in a group because of Whirl Claw. Piasa has more solo potential because of the strong double attacks and two damaging single target TP moves.
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