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Warrior
You'll need the opo-opo necklace, 4 sleep
potions, a meat mithkabob and an
icarus wing to do this. Be a good idea to
macro your warrior abilities along with using the
icarus wing as you must do this very smoothly. Enter the arena, eat
your food, and put yourself to sleep until you have 100% TP. Once you're
all ready, head over to meet and stand right in position. Now, turn on
Aggressor, Berserk, Warcry and Mighty Strikes
and pull out your weapon. Hit Maat once or
twice and then use Raging Rush, immediatly use
your icarus wing and then another Raging Rush.
If all goes well, you'll do a fragmentation SC (who says only samurai can
do one man SC's?). Maat won't know what hit
him! If it doesn't quite kill Maat, start
praying you finish him off fast as he will whip out his big guns right
away which could quickly finish you.
Monk
When you enter the arena, eat a meat mithkabob
and then do the usual sleep to 100% TP trick described above. Similar to
warrior, engage Maat, use your best weapon
skill, icarus wing and then use it again for
mega damage. This will prompt Maat to use
Hundred Fists, use yours as well. Pound away at Maat
until you're at 100% TP again and then quickly
use another WS which should take him down.
Thief
Thieves, you can rest easy. YOu don't have to
actually BEAT Maat to win. All you need to do
is steal an item from him. Beware though as this is basically one
all-or-nothing shot so make it count! Equip all your AF gear to maximize
your stealing skill along with anything else you can find that improves
stealing like Thief's Kote, Rabbit Charm and
Rogue's Ring. If your initial attempt fails, you have little chance of
surviving until steal recharges but there is one solution. You could use a
reraiser, wait 5 minutes, revive yourself,
activate Perfect Dodge and quickly make another attempt. But as they say,
there's no better time than the first to get it right!
White Mage
White mage? Solo a tough guy like Maat? Well,
fortunately, White Mages don't have to actually beat
Maat either. You must simply take a certain amount of damage from
him and survive. (how much? It appears to be
random from what I've seen, best hope you get
the low end of the range). Some re-equipping will be in order here. Now
you must equip yourself for defense. Some items of note are phalanx rings,
earth staff (Ask your paladin friend if you can borrow his. ^^), and bat
earrings. Drink a blind potion to give yourself +30
evasion from the bat earrings (you won't be actually attacking so
being blinded makes no difference). Bring along a couple bottles of
Yagudo drink, plenty of healing potions, some
echo drops and a fish chiefkabob (heh,
eating tank food. Never thought you'd see the day?) Now, when you enter,
cast all your buffs. Protect, Shell,
Stoneskin, Aquaveil
and Blink and then rest back to full. (you need
all your MP for healing so don't waste it recasting these if they wear
off). Eat your food and blind yourself then use
Yagudo drink and Regen III on yourself.
Now
cast Paralyze on Maat to get his attention (if
it actually sticks, great! But don't fret if it doesn't)
Maat should be hitting you for two digit
damage so you should have no trouble keeping your HP up. Don't actually
attack him, that gives him more TP which is not
good. Don't spam lower cures, wait for HP to get somewhat low and use high
end cures. More HP for
your MP. Basically, you're doing what a paladin would do. But if you're a
taru, mind you don't use cures that heal for
more HP than you have either. Don't try to enfeeble
Maat and only Cure, Silence, or Paralyze if they are cast on you.
If all goes smoothly, you likely won't need Benediction but it's good to
keep in mind if Maat gets lucky shots in and
you need healing NOW. Just keep taking hits and healing them and
Maat will eventually give up.
Black Mage
Do this right, you'll win easy. For good measure, get your INT as high as
possible with food and equips. Enter Area, cast your
favourite ancient spell, quickly use
elemental seal-sleep II on Maat before he can
retaliate. Now get him with another
ancient spell while he's asleep. Now, bind him so he can't smack you
around for nuking him and fire off a regular elemental spell (best one you
have). That should finish him off. If all goes well,
Maat will never get a shot off at you. ^^
Red Mage
Very commonly considered the hardest of all the Maat
fights and for good reason. Chainspell in the
hands of an enemy is never a good thing and this time, you don't have the
chainspell-stun solution to fall back on. I
guess the best defense against a master of cheatery
is another master of cheatery. ^^; What's a
red mage to do? Luck plays a big role in this fight so say your prayers
before doing this. First and foremost, get a wind staff. You'll need it.
Get your INT as high as you possibly can, every last point counts.
Enter, dash towards Maat,
dispel and sleep him immediately. While he's asleep, cast your own buffs,
and dispel any and all he has on himself. Nuke Maat
with Aero III until you're out of MP, convert, heal
youself back up with hi-potions. Now the big
guns. Chainspell aero III as fast as you can,
Maat will do the same.
Chainspell should finish him off. If it doesn't, continue to nuke
and hope it's enough. Good luck!
Paladin
Time to show Maat who's the real defender of
truth and justice! Mwa ha
ha!! (Yes, I'm a paladin. How'd you guess?) Like white mage, some
changes in equipment is in order here. You'll
want damage dealing equipment instead of tanking but keep the sword and
shield, you'll need them. Bring along an Opo-opo
necklace, sleep potions, hi-potions, vile elixer
or two, yagudo drink and meat
mithkabob. Now, when you enter the arena, do
the usual routine. Sleep yourself to 100% TP, drink your drink, eat your
eats, cast your buffs and move in. Use Sentinel as soon as you engage
Maat and then use Rampart when that runs out.
Like warrior and monk, use your best WS right off the bat, use the
icarus wing and then
immediatly hit Maat again with another
WS to get some good early damage. But watch out! If he flashes you right
away, hold off the WS until the blindness wears off. Now, duel
Maat, healing yourself
along the way and shield bashing him if he tries to cast Banish III.
Maat will eventually use invincible, flash him
and kite him when he does this. (don't
disengage, that takes too long. Just push L3 to
break targeting and run around the room) Just try to stall until
Maat's Invincible runs out. If you get a
chance to nuke him, do so but watch your MP. When his invincible runs out,
now it's your turn! Activate your own invincible and fearlessly charge
back in! Attack Maat mercilessly and take this
chance to heal yourself up with items. (wouldn't
it just rock if Maat used
Asuran fists right now? Heh
heh!) By the time invincible runs out, you
should have another WS ready. Use it and hopefully it will finish him off.
If it doesn't, hopefully you brought enough medicine to hold your ground
until another WS is ready.
Dark Knight
This is a pretty straightforeward fight
actually but it's very important to carry lots of hi-potions and macro
them. You'll be using a lot. Like the other melees, use an
Opo-opo necklace, sleep
yourself to 100% TP, use ws,
icarus wing, ws
right away. Use def or atk food, your choice.
Most of your spells won't be very effective against
Maat so don't bother. Just focus on hacking
Maat up good. (but always hope he wastes turns using stupid spells
like Absorb-CHR) Drain might come in handy but I wouldn't bank on it. Use
your hi-potions to keep up your HP as you fight and your attack up skills
should be done at your own discretion. The biggest threat is Blood Weapon.
When Maat activates it, push L3 to break
target lock and run around the room to reduce the number of times he
attacks you. You DON'T want him regaining lost HP. once his blood weapon
runs out, activate your own take back some of the punishment he's dealt
you. (if your HP are still in good shape, this
wouldnt' be a bad time to use souleater
too) Use WS when they're ready and you should be okay as long as you are
ready for anything Maat throws at you. Just
beware not to use Guillotine when soul eater is activated or you could
very well end up digging your own grave.
Ranger
Another fairly straightforward fight. Only thing to take note of is that
Maat will either use Eagle Eye Shot right away
or in retaliation to a WS. Moral: if he hasn't used Eagle Eye Shot yet, be
careful not to use a ws
if you haven't got the HP to take it. Your best bet is to try and tempt
him to use it right away while you're still at full HP. Use
Shadowbind so he can't melee attack you (and
thus possibly use Asuran Fists). Other than
that, do the usual Opo-opo
necklace sleep to 100% TP, icarus wings
and stock up on hi-potions. Fill him up full of firepower and be done with
it. A Tracker's Earring helps.
Beastmaster
Not too hard. Bring along a Panzer Ghalad for
this fight along with the usual Opo-opo
necklace, sleep potions, hi-potions and some def up food (I personally
like fish chiefkabobs as a dedicated tank but
it's up to you). Okay, sleep yourself to 100% TP, summon your pet and sic
it on Maat while you fight
Maat's pet but don't use your WS on
Maat's pet, that's for
Maat
himself. once you kill
Maat's pet, run out of range, heal yourself back up with hi-potions
and let your pet fight Maat to the death. Now
run in and hit Maat with rampage. That should
send him packing. (as for your 2hr, I suspect
using it will prompt Maat to use his as well
which could give you trouble. If you don't need to use it, then don't. No
need to risk it)
Bard
Max out your sword level for this as Spirits Within will be your best
friend here. Bring along the usual melee stuff, Opo-necklace,
sleep potions, hi potions along with def food and a stack of
Selbina milk. When you enter the arena, watch
Maat and see what he's buffing himself with.
Eat your food, sleep yourself to 100% Tp and
then use your icarus wing which should bring
you up to 200% (yeah, little different set up this time). Now, drink your
Selbina milk. This is your "finale blocker."
If Maat finales you, it will remove the milk
effect instead of your songs. Drink another milk if
Maat finales you. Use soul voice along with your best songs. Now,
use finale on Maat if he has any potentially
threatening buffs on (that's why I said to watch what he does when you
enter.) and debuff him. Now, hit him with
Spirits Within for a strong early hit. Now it's just a matter of fighting
him, using WS as they come up. Finale any buffs Maat
puts up and drink milk if he finales you.
Samurai
Get ready to amaze even yourself with some fancy
WSing. Bring along a few pear au lait,
meat mithkabob and some hi-potions. Enter the
burning circle and use meditate, making sure to
wait for it to recharge before you enter to confront
Maat. When you enter, use third eye and use your food and drink.
Now, use the following skills: Tachi:
Yukikaze > Meikyo
Shisui > Tachi:
Gekko (Fragmentation) > Meditate >
Tachi: Yukikaze >
Tachi: Gekko
(Fragmentation) > Tachi:
Gekko. After the smoke clears, simply continue to duel
Maat, drinking potions to keep health up and
drink another pear au lait when the first one
runs out.
Ninja
Cast Utsusemi: Ni, sleep yourself to 100% and
eat your food as normal. The biggest threat is Maat's
2hr for which you must keep your HP above 700 in preparation for. Enter
the arena. Maat will have
Utsusemi: Ni on so don't unleash your WS until you've killed his
shadows. Hit Maat with Blade: Chi or ten then
proceed to Paralyze, Slow and Blind Maat. At
all times, keep your HP above 700 so Maat's
2hr doesn't kill you. Once that's past, it's straightforward from there
on.
Dragoon
Bring along a fish chiefkabob, a stack of hi
potions,sleep
potions and some Selbina milk. Use the sleep
potions and Opo-necklace to get your TP up
like always. Summon your wyvern and use your food and drink. Now, engage
Maat and hit him five times or so and he will
summon his wyvern. By this time, you should have 100% TP.
Penta thrust Maat's
wyvern but don't change targets, this will prompt your wyvern to breath on
Maat. Jump and high jump, hit
Maat a few times then use super jump and then
immediatly break target and turn away from
Maat (so you're engaged still but not
attacking Maat). Maat
and your wyvern will be locked in battle and with some luck, your wyvern
will finish him off for you. If it doesn't, turn around and
take him out yourself. He should be near death by now.
Summoner
Short fight but it's all or nothing. When you enter, use Earthen Ward and
Aerial Armor on yourself and get your MP back to full before confronting
Maat and drink a Yagudo
drink. Bring out whichever avatar is strongest on the current day (or
Fenrir if you have him) and immediately use
Astral Flow, refill your MP with ethers quickly and use Astral Flow again
as soon as it's ready. That should take out Maat.
If Maat uses Astral Flow himself, you will not
survive. You simply have to be quicker at the draw, nothing more to it. |
