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Familiar Tactics

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Familiar Tactics

Location
The Occult Crescent: North Horn (X:13.5, Y:35.8)
Duration
20 min
Knowledge
Knowledge 400-260,420
Phantom EXP
Phantom Job EXP 720
Tomestones
Allagan Tomestone of Mathematics 20 Allagan Tomestone of Mnemonics 10
Boss
Elm Gigas
Spawn Mob
Automatic
Patch
7.55
Links
GT TC

Imbued by its creator with a warrior's indefatigable spirit, this familiar has waged a long and deadly war. While that spirit endures, no corner of the isle will be safe.

— In-game description

Familiar Tactics is a Critical Encounter in The Occult Crescent: North Horn.

Rewards

Guide

The Elm Gigas is weak to Lightning lightning-aspected phantom job actions.

Name Description
Ancient Aero III Magical raid-wide damage.
Unbowed Spirit Spawns eight discs of light that will being moving through the arena. Being hit will inflict damage but not inflict Vulnerability Up stacks.
Spinning Sweep The boss faces a random direction and uses a telegraphed 120 degree frontal cleave.
Inspirited Crosswinds or Inspirited Cyclone The discs will stop moving and each use a telegraphed plus-shaped AoE (Inspirited Crosswinds) or telegraphed point-blank AoE (Inspirited Cyclone), then disappear. All discs will use the same AoE type.
Inspirited Impact Spawns four massive circle AoE telegraphs in a clockwise or counterclockwise pattern. Dodge into the first telegraph starting from the fourth.
Inspirited Hurricane The boss recenters itself and uses a telegraphed plus-shaped AoE along with a telegraphed large point-blank AoE. This will also spawn more moving discs. The discs will now spawn line AoE telegraphs at random players.

The AoE telegraphs in this encounter are noticeably easier to see at night than during the day.