During this stage, you will also need to stay near the statues inside the map. A notice will appear, telling you to attack the statues. If this is not completed The Balrog will recover to full HP and you will basically have lost. Strategy To survive through this stage, you should have everyone attacking the head of the balrog, except for two or three experts.
These experienced players who have done this boss before should kill the mobs which are summoned on the bottom and right, also, they should be responsible for those two statues. During this stage the Balrog will become blue. The main threat during this stage is its Damage Reflection. Strategy Damage Reflection is a skill that The Balrog will cast and lasts around seconds, during this buff, Do not attack The Balrog. If you attack during this buff, you will be dealt damage after hitting the balrog.
The way to see if the buff is being casted or not is currently on is if the horns are white. There should be a small circular skill infront of The Balrog's mouth. During the 3rd stage, the skills and summons from the 2nd stage will still be casted. Only more often and more mobs. In this bonus map, There will be an orb, hit it and your rewards will drop.
After leaving the bonus stage and finishing the run. These specials scrolls are only for Bain and Balrog items. You can find him in The Scorching Desert. Phase One Phase one lasts from - During this time, no damage to Balrog is dealt. So it would be a waste of pots to attack, right? Most parties I have PQed with do the following during the first phase: 1.
Start the expedition 2. Leader enter the expedition and out. Stay outside 4. Go in at In case you did not understand that, most parties, after starting the expedition, stay outside until the timer on the top of the map Bottom of the Shrine reaches Most parties do this in order to save their potions. No one wants to waste potions, right? Some parties might go in earlier. Sometimes a bit too early. Try to avoid parties that do not know what to do at all.
The only parts you are able to hit are the head and the hand to the right. Long ranged classes should always stay at upper left platform and attack the head. While close ranged classes should take the hands.
Note that in Easy mode you must have at least 1. If this differs, this could mean one of three things; 1. The party is likely due to fail due to poor organization.
Some people, like Arans, like attacking the head instead of the arms, which is NOT recommended until the third phase. A close ranged person cannot survive on the floor, which is very rare except bandit. During this time, you are now dealing damage to the Barlog. However, unlike the first phase, tombstones with the word 'hit' on them will pop up, either on the top left, the middle or the top-right. The Balrog's head will also turn purple. All attacks to the head will miss.
Make sure to hit these when they pop up. Balrog's right hand Or the hand to the left will also be freed from its chains and be left open to attack. Phase Three This is where most parties perish and fail. This is the dreaded phase three, where Balrog uses his damage reflect.
This starts when Balrog shows a message saying "Silly Greenhorns, trying to seal me with such ameturish strength Don't worry if your time seems off by more than 20 seconds; it's just zombify. Go and tell the Balrog "Good game sir! You have reached the bonus stage! Just hit that thing in the middle, split the drops evenly. Where's the EXP? Just step on the portal to transport out and you'll receive the exp.
You'll get an extra Balrog's Leather as well. Confirmed drops for easy mode: In details: Balrog's Weapon series Has 8 slots instead of 7 Too long to be listed out all weapons. Use Hidden-Street. For the most part, the procedures are the same. However, there are some major differences. Some are that instead of a max of six people, you have a maximum of 15 people at a time. This mode lasts for 30 minutes, unlike the 20 minutes on easy.
So what makes this so hard? Keep reading and find out. Since Easy and Normal are so alike, I will only point out the differences in this section. Note, Balrog's attack and HP are buffed up drastically. Another thing: anyone over level 71 will get their damage reduced by a ton. Everyone who is a ranged attacker Bowmen, Sins, Slingers, etc. Everything else is the same. The head and hands have more defense, so you will deal less damage here. Again, this phase is pretty much the same as easy.
Phase Three This is where most parties fail. Unlike easy, damage reflect is casted MUCH sooner. In fact, damage reflect is casted when the HP is somewhere between the minutes and seconds. With Minimap fully opened Have your ranged people stop attacking and your unranged Warriors, Brawlers, Dits, etc.
This is the safest way to attack. Everything else is the same, too. This point is where Damage Reflect about to start. Bonus Stage Congrats! You have beat the Balrog on Normal mode! Normal mode has the same drops as easy, but not only is there more. They have 7 slots as usual but can be leveled up like reverse and timeless items. They also cannot be traded after being equiped.
These are some of the rarer drops from The Balrog Boss. They also have no stat requirement so they are good for Dexless Sins and Lukless Mages. Warning about Skills Players level will have no problems with attacking or using their skills. However, people with third job might have some problems with this. First of all, any third job skills that are NOT passive will not work here. Skills like Burst Fire or Meso Explosion cannot be used here.
There is one skill in particular that WILL doom you here. The same thing applies if you are a level 71 Marauder, a level 86 Chief bandit, or a Night Lord. Although each class gets their damage reduced to a certain range, I am only aware of the damage reduction for Pirates. I'm pretty sure each class hits around - each hit. You might be saying "What is damage reflect?
For example, if you hit the Balrog during damage reflect, the damage inflicted will show up as 1 and you can get around 8,, damage returned to you. However, Damage Reflection can still be estimated and avoided by timing. This will be explained below. There are two timing methods for Easy and Normal. If you stop At or after the time, chances are that your party will hit Balrog during damage reflect, and die out. I stop 3 - 5 seconds before the given time.
Also, please note that server lag also plays a crucial part in your timing. This may cause your time to be too early or too late. Sometimes, a person's clock is different than someone else's, so be aware of that. Thanks Poison Control for reminding the info. Safe Method This method is not only safer, but allows time to have all your Expedition members to stop about 5 seconds early.
How do you do this? Let's say that Balrog has casted damage reflect at 8 53 and finished the animation at 8 Instead of using the casting time, use the time when the animation finishes, which is 8 Get that time, subtract it by 1 minute, and you got your safe timing. Reason for making guide — To help make BPQ easier and almost all other guides are out of date or terribly wrong.
About Balrog Expedition and History. About Balrog PQ and History. Timing Damage Reflect. Easy Mode Balrog. Phase Two —. Phase Three —. Normal Mode Balrog. Bonus Stage Balrog Leather and Bain. It will say Untradable on it, so if your thinking of buying one from the MTS, make sure you check which one it is just in case you want to trade it. Click image to see it enlarged. If you inflict too much damage to the head in a short amount of time the Balrog will damage reflect early.
It takes about 30, — 40, damage per second. How to Deal with the Lag and Some Changes. Page still under a lot of construction. You are commenting using your WordPress. Once you return to the Suspicious Man with your hard-won stack of Balrog Leather, he will reward you with a scroll made of Balrog Leather. There are many different types of scrolls you can receive, each improving a particular success rate by 30 percent.
Attribute improvements include strength, dexterity, speed, jump and accuracy, along with many others. The catch is this item can only provide this bonus to your pair of Balrog's Leather Shoes. Without the shoes, the scroll won't do you much good. Marie Cartwright began writing in Her work has appeared on various websites. Having held office jobs in copywriting and editing, Cartwright now works from her home in Northern California.
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