M2S Guide - AAC Light-Heavyweight M2 Savage (Honey B. Lovely)

This is a guide to the fight Arcadion M2S (Honey B. Lovely) in the game Final Fantasy XIV. All strats in this video are week 1 strats and are likely to be improved overtime.

00:00 Introduction
00:42 Phase 1
02:16 Honey B Live 1st Beat
04:59 Alarm Pheromones
05:42 Honey B Live 2nd Beat
08:02 Poison Sting
09:52 Honey B Live 3rd Beat
12:08 Rotten Heart
13:53 Special Thanks! (+ Cat)

[HectorHectorson]

TL;DW for people coming from PF
Probably easiest to watch the first 45s for the positions I use for spreads/pairs.
No set strat for alarm pheromones because none of them work very well (That includes Mario Kart).
2nd beat: I have 1s stacked mid and 0s stacked S doing a CW loop. TH - NW, DPS - SE prio for towers.
Poison sting: TH - NW, DPS - SE for first drop, then just follow the bees CW or CCW.
3rd beat: Defamations out wherever you did the last dodge
Rotten Heart: Standard clockspots

Not a lot you can change up in this fight, so hopefully your PF experience will be fairly consistent (minus people eating hearts left and right).

[M.Wildman]

I'm a 50 year old Mom who raids with my kids. I would never have cleared my first savage without your help.

I will be forever grateful to you for the incredible support you give to the FFXIV community. <3

[ashtray]

I don't really comment much, and I didn't know you were struggling with your motivation for guides so I just wanted to say something. As an ARR player and raider since, I just want to thank you for the guides you put out. I have seen partyfinder become much more consistent with mechanics and what strats to use since you've become more popular. I appreciate how much you do bring the community together to >mostly< agree on things. Even if someone finds "a better way", you definitely helped pave that way. Appreciate you and don't lose heart.

[Yris_Miretn-jer]

No matter what people say or if there are better guides out there, you are the one who makes them the easiest to understand with these step by step images. I've been following your guides for a long time now, since the first Pandemonium savage raid, and I probably wouldn't have been able to clear half of rhe fights without your invaluable help. The work you do with these guides is really appreciated. We all appreciate you Hector.

[teacupguy]

my personnal tip for the spread or partner mechanic is : Drop -> Duo, Splash -> Spread

[Saethala]

Hector, your guides are clear, easy to understand, and really thorough! They've helped my whole static clear all the Pandaemonium raids (our first savages!), extreme trails, and unreal trials, and we were so happy to see you back this tier (and with the extreme trials too). At times, we've modified strats that you suggest to work better for us, but I would never consider that evidence against your guides, as we all nonetheless benefit from your clarity of communication and can often only modify things because you really help us understand how the mechanics work. If you need a break, take care of yourself, but there are at least 8 people (and judging by these comments, a whole lot more) who will always be thankful for the work you put into these. <3

[teklaroma]

0:07 - Yeah we'll "bee" 🐝 mindful, sir

[rafaelmotta]

I cleared my first ever savage raid (M1S) thanks to your guide. Now on to the next! You're the best keep up the great work!!

[Rachel_the_G.O.A.T]

I don’t understand all the complaints, for someone who started playing a couple months ago, Hector’s guides are the easiest for me to understand. If you don’t like the guide, watch a different one. Thank you Hector, for making easy guides for my smooth brain :>

[Seikyospirit]

I just wanna say thanks for all you do. I don’t know what all people are saying and I don’t care. I know that you put “hey these are day 1 strats.. something better may come along, use it if you like”. I personally think that even if these are early guides that people may improve on.. these guides are at best amazing, and at worst an amazing place to start. So i wanna say again.. seriously.. thanks so much for these guides. You’re the best. Don’t let anyone deter you please

[VoxAcies]

You single-handedly lead most of the western PFs to victory with your guides, thanks!

[Myphosaboreal]

While I cannot *learn* from guide videos (I really just need to jump in and see mechanics first), I appreciate the heck outta the fact that you do a top down approach to the mechanics so that I can come back after seeing it and get a full visual.
Thank you. ^-^

[intriquality]

For Alarm Pheromones, in addition to sprint/KB immunes, If you get hit and you react fast enough, you can gap-close and/or dash (if you have such ability) to prevent yourself from dying in the wall. Thanks for the guide brother!

[benwhite]

Thanks for the guide, Hector! Cleared M1S last week and planning to prog M2 this week. Couldn’t do it without your guides!

[SPB___]

It can't be stated enough—you're a pillar of the FFXIV community.

[theloneshadow]

Thank you for your guides, whether in pf or a static me and others use them as a basis to understand mechanics and adjust accordingly

I hope you keep up the work and don't let people get to you

[Silverlynx]

I lowkey was expecting him to own a bee able to also vocally contribute to the video after his cat did lmao! Also thanks a lot for the guide! Cleared my 1st ever savage in this game watching your M1S one~

[travlinglemon]

Doing my very first savage raids and your guides have been so helpful with visualizing what's being explained in voice chat, as I'm a visual learner. Tysm!

[anastachios]

You’re helping me get thru my very first savage raids! And your guides make it really easy for me to understand. Thank you so much!! Please don’t give up!

[Pure_Linnsanity]

You always explain things so clearly and offer great alternative strats to boot, best XIV raid/trial guides out there. ♥