Bardam's Mettle (Normal)

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Player Level: 65

Item Level: N/A

Patch 4.0:Stormblood

Orchestrion Roll:TBD

Dungeon Bosses

Galura

Phase 1 Alerts

Players should be aware of Galura's attack Rush - the boss will charge at the tethered player and deal damage based on proximity.
The various animal mobs have different attack patterns - make note of which animals are near the boss when it casts Warcry.

Attack Script

[Heave
Crumbling Crust
Rush
Warcry & Earthquake]
[Repeat]

Heave
Everyone Cone AoE

Important Notes:

This attack will hit in a wide cone - face the boss away from the group at all times.

Crumbling Crust
Everyone Circular AoE

Important Notes:

This attack will spawn multiple small circular AoEs around the arena - dodge as necessary.

Rush
Everyone Column AoE Tether Proximity AoE

Important Notes:

The boss will tether to a player and telegraph a column in their direction - this player should run as far away from the boss as possible to reduce the damage taken.

Warcry & Earthquake
Combo

Warcry

Everyone Mechanic

Various groups of animals will be positioned around the edges of the arena - Warcry will activate animals close to the boss.
Rams will cause column AoEs when activated.
Sheep will run around the arena and cause small, circular AoEs when activated.
Coeurls will cause massive cone AoEs when activated.

Earthquake

Healer Raid Wide AoE

Earthquake will hit the group for raid wide damage - heal as necessary.

Bardam

Phase 1 Alerts

This fight is unique in that you do not have to attack anything - players should organize themselves in one quadrant of the arena each and dodge mechanics as necessary.
Players must successfully avoid being hit more than once each phase in order to win.
Phase 1 involves a single golem with a few basic AoE attacks.

Attack Script

Pull
Gaze
Grid AoE

Phase 2 Alerts

During this phase, players will be required to deal with extra mechanics - when pillars appear it is integral that at least one player stands in each pillar zone to avoid being hit.
The boss will attack with an area AoE that will cover 3 of 4 quadrants - all players should move into the safe quadrant to avoid damage.

Attack Script

Pillars
Donut AoE
Orange Marker
Area AoE

Phase 3 Alerts

During this final phase, 2 more golems will spawn and perform mechanics as well.
4 boulders will spawn and eventually be destroyed until 1 remains - this will be used to avoid damage from the meteor making its way to the arena. Players should place themselves between the meteor and the remaining boulder.

Attack Script

Meteor

Yol

Phase 1 Alerts

This boss has quite a few AoE patterns to keep an eye out for - while things might feel hectic, take each mechanic step by step and dodge as necessary.
Players marked with an orange marker should move away from others to avoid splash damage from Flutterfall.

Attack Script

Feather Cut
Wind Unbound
Flutterfall
Eye of the Fierce

Feather Cut
Tank Cleave

Important Notes:

This attack has moderate to high damage - tanks should keep the boss facing away from the group at all times.

Wind Unbound
Everyone Raid Wide AoE Column AoE

Important Notes:

This attack will begin by hitting the group with raid wide damage - this will be followed up by the spawning of multiple different orbs.
These orbs will cause column AoEs in random directions.

Flutterfall
Everyone Marker Circular AoE

Important Notes:

Players will be marked with an orange marker and subsequently hit with a medium-sized AoE - avoid others to keep damage to yourself.

Eye of the Fierce
Everyone Gaze

Important Notes:

Players should face away from Yol during this cast to avoid a confusion debuff.

Phase 2 Alerts

Yol will leave the arena and spawn these adds one after the other.
As players focus these adds down, the boss will spawn along the edge of the arena and dash forward in a straight line - players should move out of his line-of-sight to avoid taking damage.

Attack Script

Corpsecleaner Eagle x2

Corpsecleaner Eagle
Everyone Spawn

Important Notes:

Yol will disappear from the platform and spawn these adds one at a time.
While players are killing them, Yol will spawn around the edge of the arena and dash across - move out of his line of sight to avoid damage.

Phase 3 Alerts

This phase begins by Yol beginning to glow - both of his wings will become targetable and should be DPS'd down as soon as possible.
During this phase, Yol will bombard the outer area of the arena with AoE attacks, avoid as necessary.
Once Yol's wings are destroyed, he will return to his regular attack pattern.

Attack Script

Wingbeat
[Feather Cut
Wind Unbound
Flutterfall
Eye of the Fierce]
[Repeat]

Wingbeat
Everyone Knockback

Important Notes:

This attack will knock players towards the edge of the arena - be ready to run back to the center to avoid damage from Yol's AoEs.