The Seat of Sacrifice Trial Guide - FFXIV

::Final Fantasy XIV - The Seat of Sacrifice (Normal) Trial Guide!

A quick overview of the new MSQ trial, The Seat of Sacrifice, guaranteed to get you through it!

Questions? Comments? Drop me a line and I'll get back to you!

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[Saigfock]

Got to this point last night, came to watch the guide, said nope not tonight, logged off and went to sleep.

[Scipiogemini]

"Any time you see 4 Bahamuts..."

Oh yeah, that happens *all* the time.

[elduardo]

Mizzteq: "These mechanics will repeat..."
Me: "...until the boss is down. Mizzteq always says that in the end. Good video, a lot of mechanics, I think it's gonna be a tough fight"
Mizzteq: "...until the boss reaches 50%"
Me: "Until... WHAT"

[justinhurowitz]

1:03 “very obvious pause button markers” I thought it was a Roman numeral II my first time seeing this attack. Don’t judge me!

[UnlimitedFlyers]

Goodness, this encounter looks HECTIC by the sheer virtue of OVERLAPPING MECHANICS. Dodge 4 Bahamuts when ABSOLUTE BLIZZARD tells you to stop and there's TWO METEORS to soak up, while the Boss is chanting TO THE LIMIT?!? Is this "Player Must Die!" phase?

[kaideliany]

I just wanna say you're the only person making these guides that makes ANY sort of sense. Thank you for spelling it out and making sure each phase is understandable with how you explain it.

[bbarrett]

Worth noting that after everyone clears the QTE if the raid wipes, they'll start at the 2nd phase.

[NotExactlySans]

My group wiped twice but we kept strong. I was the off-tank. Was a great damn fight, and fantastic music made all the more amazing when you find out Soken composed it entirely from his hospital bed.

[ociinos]

Honestly your guides have gotten me through my entire MSQ as an AST, and your quick recaps of what to expect has made my life so much easier. I always look forward to your concise guides and puns when I need support. Thanks!!

[rjmercer]

Just did this as MT, we wiped 3 times--not bad considering the plethora of mechanics. I just want to stress (because it seemed that the video did not stress it enough) that you need to Tank LB3 for the big attack after the quick time event... and that using a DPS LB on the boss is basically a waste of an LB. Otherwise a good guide, as always. They have made getting through this stuff as a new player easier.

[MenrvaS]

Went in blind today as a healer, and wasnt expecting this amount of mechanics. The second phase was an absolute nightmare with all the mechanics and raid damages being thrown in altogether in rapid succession, and has the potential to OHKO or wipe the entire party or just give healers a serious migraine.
The whole DF party wasnt entirely new, only 3 members were new to the trial, but we wiped at least 6 times. It was really that hard.


This is the toughest trial of MSQ so far, and it is pretty fun imo. I do want to play it again sometimes to test myself.
Now im here to improve and solidify my knowledge of the fight before getting back in.

Thanks for the guide!

[acefire]

I'm about to try this and nervous as hell. Looks like a lot to deal with.

Edit: Well we got through it. It felt incredibly stressful and half of us were new it looked like. Several of the mechanics had a nasty habit of being visually overwhelming (I don't have seizures but the effects of some things basically blinded me for a couple seconds). But! My group was incredibly supportive and nice. They were awesome and made it a lot of fun in the end.

My favorite was a Lalafell enthusiastically pointing to the end portal after the cutscene. FF community, never stop being so good. Means a lot to me.

[Jazman]

About to do this now- lord I'm nervous-

[robidius]

Argh. Thought this was the extreme one then I got heartbroken lol. Nice to know you're still out there. Everyone else seems way more confusing

[sirmantisshrimp]

It forgot to mention a few things with this. On the LB 4 it says LB yourself but does not specify which lb, in this case you want to use the tank LB otherwise you wipe. When the boss casts LB 2 one group can only take one lazer. If you move over to soak up damage for the second lazer after you have been hit with the first it will kill you. And as the comment section below says, if you DPS LB he will hallowed ground and nullify the damage in the second phase.

[Caligulove]

Thanks to you, this trial was the most fun I've had in one in a long, long time. Cheers from this PLD.

[CyberMagik]

I took a break for a few months and I’m a tank....I am not ready for this

[thelengedaryhero]

If a dps attempts to LB the boss while he has at least one lb bar filled, he'll Hallowed Ground it.

[XellithUS]

Shoulda said when the ideal time to tank LB was.

[endorianki]

I've been putting this off for a long time, as someone who rolled a healer for their first time playing the game... but I watched this guide and sucked it up and we got it on the first try. I raised the other healer twice and I died once at about 10% when everyone but two tanks and one dps wiped. The dps died soon after, and the two tanks finished. It was really fun and having had this video to watch beforehand was invaluable in keeping me alive for as long as I did.