AAC Heavyweight M2 (Savage)

Level: 100 (Sync: 100)
Item Level: 765
Difficulty: Savage
Party size: Full Party
8 man • 2 2 4
Unsyncing: Not Allowed
Time limit: 90 minutes
Phoenix Down: Not Available
Duty Finder: Raid Finder (Raids)
Tomestones: 30
Req. quest: Talk to Gabbro after completing Glory Incarnate
Location: The X-Ring
Region: Xak Tural
S/S/S: Available
Patch: 7.4
Links: EDB GT TC

For all their swaggering, the Xtremes wiped out miserably in your bout against them. Yet what if they had the skills to back up their gormless goading? Gabbro's words echo in your mind as you consider his novel notion. Just how extreme could the Xtremes have possibly been at their gnarliest?

— In-game description

AAC Heavyweight M2 (Savage) is a level 100 raid introduced in patch 7.4 with Dawntrail. The raid is also known as M10S.

Phases & Abilities

Animated guide by Hector Hectorson

Daring Devils: The Xtremes (Red Hot and Deep Blue)

The arena is surrounded by an AoE that will instantly kill anyone who touches it. Being hit with any avoidable AoEs will inflict a -30% Damage Down debuff for 30 seconds, along with possibly other effects.

Mechanics Timeline

The following timeline lists mechanics by their approximate resolution time, reconstructed from combat-log data. Times will drift by a second or two between pulls depending on kill speed and mitigation timing. Each phase is separated by Diver's Dare, which clears all fire puddles from the arena. Enrage occurs at roughly 10:00 (a repeating Diver's Dare cast) and requires approximately 213,000 raid DPS.

Note: This timeline is verified through the Phase 3 arena split. Phase 4 mechanics are listed in the strategy sections above but are not yet included here with confirmed timings.

Phase 1: Red Hot, then Deep Blue

Time	Mechanic	Notes
0:15	Hot Impact	Shared tankbuster on the main tank. Mitigate early.
0:31	Flame Floater	Four sequential proximity tethers. Drop in a reverse-L to limit fire spread.
0:54	Alley-oop Inferno	Marked fire AoEs on all players; applies magic vulnerability.
1:04	Cutback Blaze	Cone on the furthest player; bait the safe cone into the opposite corner.
1:10	Pyrolation	Three-hit stack on a healer. Stutter-step into the safe cone.
1:23	Diver's Dare	Red Hot becomes untargetable; Deep Blue enters from the north.
1:59	Sickest Take-off	Read the orb count: eight orbs = spread, two = light-party stacks.
2:07	Reverse Alley-oop / Alley-oop Double-Dip	Resolve at clock spots: stay after the first hit (Reverse) or move between hits (Double-Dip).
2:18	Deep Impact	Tankbuster on the furthest player; small knockback.
2:25	Diver's Dare → Xtreme Spectacular	End of Phase 1.

Phase 2: Insane Air and Snaking

Time	Mechanic	Notes
3:19–3:41	Insane Air 1	Four surfboard resolutions in sequence: spread cones, stack cone, or circle tankbuster.
3:50	Diver's Dare
4:06	Firesnaking / Watersnaking	Bait debuffs; determines which boss your light party follows.
4:19	Alley-oop Inferno + Reverse Alley-oop	Fire team boxes the east wall; water team baits cones north/south.
4:30	Hot Impact	On the fire tank. Stack tanks in the middle to share mitigation.
4:51	Hot Aerial	Four jumps to the furthest fire players. Bait in tank/healer/melee/ranged order.
5:03	Sick Swell	Marks the wall for the upcoming Take-off.
5:05	Deep Varial	Wide cone from the marked wall; read the orbs (four = spread, one = stack).
5:09	Cutback Blaze	Bait toward the fire side (east).
5:15	Deep Impact	Water tank runs out and uses Arm's Length against the knockback.
5:22	Diver's Dare	End of Phase 2.

Phase 3: Watery Grave and Arena Split

Time	Mechanic	Notes
5:37	Deep Aerial	Summons the Watery Grave tower (two-player soak); the arena becomes a circle.
5:48	Xtreme Wave (tether 1)	Proximity line: stretch the tether away from the bubble and the party. Standing too close is a one-shot. The fire tether must hit the bubble; the water tether must not.
6:05	Xtreme Wave (tether 2)
6:14	Xtreme Wave (tether 3)
6:31	Xtreme Wave (tether 4)	Six tethers total. Each fire hit on the bubble is a raidwide; the party supplies the remaining ~10% of the bubble's HP (a soft DPS check).
6:41	Diver's Dare	Watery Grave resolved; the arena-split phase begins.
7:07	Alley-oop Inferno	Split arena. Drop puddles at the wall in role pairs.
7:12	Reverse Alley-oop / Alley-oop Double-Dip	Deep Blue resolves this from the opposite half, behind the Flame Floater fire wall. The far party must read the cast (a focus target on Deep Blue makes this reliable): on Reverse, the tank and melee tuck to the middle; on Double-Dip, move toward your role partner.
7:20	Freaky Pyrotation	Role stacks; drops a fire puddle.
7:28	Sickest Take-off	Light-party stack. Use knockback immunity; the wave detonates fire puddles.
—	Diver's Dare → Phase 4	(Phase 4 timings pending.)

Strategy

Loot

30 Allagan Tomestone of Mnemonics
1 AAC Illustrated: HW Edition II (Guaranteed. Limit one per week)

Treasure Coffer

Name	Type	Item Level	Rarity	Quantity
Grand Champion's Head Gear Coffer (IL 790)	Other	1	ABasic	1
Grand Champion's Hand Gear Coffer (IL 790)	Other	1	ABasic	1
Grand Champion's Foot Gear Coffer (IL 790)	Other	1	ABasic	1
Universal Tomestone 3.0	Other	1	ABasic	1
Thundersteeping Glaze	Other	1	ABasic	1

Treasure Coffer (reduced loot^[1])

One random Equipment Coffer + Universal Tomestone

Name	Type	Item Level	Rarity	Quantity
Grand Champion's Head Gear Coffer (IL 790)	Other	1	ABasic	0-1
Grand Champion's Hand Gear Coffer (IL 790)	Other	1	ABasic	0-1
Grand Champion's Foot Gear Coffer (IL 790)	Other	1	ABasic	0-1
Universal Tomestone 3.0	Other	1	ABasic	1