Byakko Ex fight guide (Rough Draft)
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/223918208 – Twitch vod RDM PoV
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/223927929 – Twitch vod WHM PoV
First phase
Byakko starts off with casting Storm Pulse a raid wide aoe.
Followed by Heavenly Strike a single tank buster that can cleave.
The first main mechanic that Byakko will do and will repeat in the final phase is called State of Shock it will grab whoever is currently highest on the aggro table, this should be the main tank. Byakko will grab that player, at the same time an soak aoe marker will appear behind Byakko there needs to be at least 4 people to soak. Once the damage goes off those players will receive a physical defense debuff. Byakko will repeat this mechanic the next target should be the off tank since aggro resets after the player is grabbed. This is when the main tank would provoke back, the other 4 players without a debuff will soak the damage. (It is important for both tanks to be first and second on the aggro table)
The next mechanic called Unrelenting Anguish Byakko will jump in the middle and cast another Storm Pulse followed by slow moving red orbs. Touching these will result in the player receiving a vulnerability debuff. One tank, healer, and dps will receive another debuff the player will be covered in a red circle. If two players with this debuff collide with one another they will blow up get stunned and receive another vulnerability debuff. While all this is going on Byakko will do large line aoe.
The next of the phase Byakko’s tiger form will spawn at the same time. Two players will be marked with an orange target reticle they will drop small aoe puddles that inflict bleed (this can be cleansed). All dps focus on the add, shortly after the tanks eat their tank buster the tank that has the add will get a G100 marker on them and Byakko’s human form will cast a lunar dynamo.
The phase will end with a dps check on the tiger form. Several orbs will spawn that heal Byakko we had the casters and healers intercept the orbs, eating an orb reduces your TP by 300.
The phase changes into another dodging bullet hell from normal mode the only difference we noticed was that everything was sped up.
Final Phase
The final phase will incorporate most of what phase one had, as well as some new mechanics. One of the new dodging patterns is 4 aoe marks that work exactly like exaflare from ultimate. Before the first aoe markers come out, four more will spawn in between each of them. You can dodge these the same as exaflare by waiting for the first set to land twice before moving into their initial spot.
After each set of State of Shock Byakko will do a Sweep the Leg simply move behind Byakko to avoid damage.
Byakko’s other new mechanic is during Unrelenting Anguish three players will have an aoe marker on top of their heads they will place a tornado at N, SE, SW, (We used markers and had the targets call out which marker they were taking) These tornados grow in size, if they intercept with one another they will explode causing massive aoe damage and placing another vulnerability debuff on the raid.
The phase will repeat from then on by spawning another Tiger form and the mechanics from the first phase and the final phase will repeat.
