The first four raids of Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker called Circles are now available. These raids will be available in Normal and Savage difficulty and loot tokens, gear, and even minions and Orchestrion Rolls. This guide will focus on the normal version of this raid.
If you haven't unlocked them yet, here is our guide on how to get access to the Pandaemonium raids:
FFXIV — Hesperos Guide
The normal difficulty of this fight isn't hard once you know each mechanic as they aren't linked one with another as much as in Savage mode and here's the list of what the boss can do:
- The first attack will be for the tank with a buster → Mitigate accordingly
- A fourth of the arena will be covered in a cape, even if he will always start with thunder, here is the list of the possible outcomes:
• Thunder → Get far from the middle of the arena
• Water → Get close from the middle of the arena
• Poison → Spread
• Fire → Share - The boss will then cast an AOE that target a player, simply dodge it.
- Tank buster → Mitigate
- When the boss hides more than one of the corners of the arena, you need to execute the mechanics in the order shown by the visual on the corner
- Four circles will spawn, they all need to at least have one player in them, the icon displayed on it shows which role is forbidden to enter
- When the boss puts his weapon on a wall you'll need to go on its sides to avoid the incoming AOE.
- If he puts his cape on a wall you'll need to get close to it for a push
- Eight orbs will then spawn, each player must take the orb of another role while somebody takes theirs.
- The boss will then cast the same mechanics again and again while adding some you've already seen on top of the others before dying.
If you need a video example of the kill here is (in french) the video of my first blind kill on the boss:
Everything about FFXIV Endwalker
Endwalker is the new expansion for Final Fantasy XIV, released on December 3rd. We'll do our best to cover all the new stuff and produce any guides you may need during the expansion, you can also take advantage of our many guides on content already available here.
