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A Finale Most Formidable

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A Finale Most Formidable

Location
Kholusia (X:33.9, Y:21.1)
Level
80
Duration
25 min
Experience
0 Experience
Gil
156 Gil
Gemstones
72 Bicolor Gemstone
Prev FATE
A Family Most Formidable
Patch
5.0

It appears that the Goggs have been secretly engineering a massive new automaton capable of thwacking and throttling on a scale heretofore unheard of. Put an end to the malevolent machina by doing a little thwacking and/or throttling of your own.

— In-game description

A Finale Most Formidable is a level 80 FATE spawned in Kholusia.

Rewards

Prerequisites

In order for FATE: Kill BossA Finale Most Formidable to spawn, players must complete the following FATE chain:

  1. FATE: DefenseFoes Most Formidable (X:22.6, Y:13.7)
  2. FATE: DefenseA Family Most Formidable (X:25.6, Y:20.8)

Formidable will not spawn if it is still on cooldown. If the FATE chain restarts from the beginning, then Formidable is on cooldown.

If Formidable is ready to spawn, this FATE will appear on the map within a few minutes after completing the second FATE in the chain.

Guide

Aggressive difficulty r4.png Formidable

  • Spincrush: Short, wide, frontal cone AoE pointed at a random player. Does heavy damage.
  • Barrage Fire: Repeatedly spins around doing magical AoE damage and randomly placing 3 circle AoEs underneath nearby players.
  • Fires of Mt. Gulg: Repeatedly does donut AoEs, places 3 circle AoEs underneath random players, and draws in any players outside of Formidable's hitbox. Remain underneath it to avoid the pull and stand in the safe spot not covered by one of the three AoEs.
  • Dwarven Deluge: A telegraphing attack which deals no direct damage, but is followed up by one of four mechanics:
    • 3 small bombs and 3 seeker missiles spawn around Formidable. After a moment, the bombs will expand then explode. Missiles should be intercepted to prevent splash damage.
    • 2 Automaton Escort adds spawn at the start of the cast -- these must be defeated quickly or their enrage explosion will KO all nearby players. Warning: Formidable's large model may block visibility of the Escort adds.
    • A combination of the above two mechanics
    • Shock: A two part attack, which spawns 1 purple orb and 2 green orbs around Formidable's current location. First, a large donut AoE around the purple orb, then small circle AoEs around the green orbs.
      • Note: The purple orb's donut AoE will always be close enough to have a tiny area where melee jobs can keep uptime.
  • Steam Dome: Melee knockback. Knockback can be nullified with Arm's Length.png  Arm's Length and Surecast.png  Surecast.
  • Drill Shot: Stack AoEs on 3 random players.
  • Dynamic Sensory Jammer: Inflicts all nearby players with Extreme caution icon1.png Extreme Caution for 5 seconds. Any players who use an action, auto-attack or move while under Extreme caution icon1.png Extreme Caution will be launched into the air and take massive damage when it expires.

Mechanic combos

  • Dynamic Sensory Jammer into Spincrush: Dynamic Sensory Jammer is always immediately followed by Spincrush
  • Fires of Mt. Gulg into Steam Dome: after reaching a certain HP threshold, Fires of Mt. Gulg will generally be followed by Steam Dome
  • Dwarven Deluge's add phase into Steam Dome: Steam Dome is always cast within about 10 seconds of adds spawning
  • Steam Dome into Drill Shot: particularly after Fires of Mt. Gulg, Drill Shot (the stacking mechanic) will often immediately follow Steam Dome.

General tips

  • Fires of Mt. Gulg encourages (and forces) players to move into Formidable's hitbox.
  • Dwarven Deluge encourages players to move out of Formidable's hitbox for increased vision of the FATE area.

Rewards

Success

Gold Silver Bronze
Bicolor Gemstone Bicolor Gemstones 72 36 6
Formidable cog icon1.png  Formidable Cogs 6 4 2
Gil Gil 160 128 16

Players completing this FATE with Gold completion for the first time will also earn the Be still my (automatic) heart icon1.png  Be Still My (Automatic) Heart achievement.

Failure

Gold Silver Bronze
Bicolor Gemstone Bicolor Gemstones 60 ?? ??
Formidable cog icon1.png  Formidable Cogs 4 ? ?
Gil Gil 142 ??? ???

Exchange

Item Vendor Location / Coordinates Section Cost Unlock req.
Ironfrog ambler icon2.png  Ironfrog Ambler Fathard Eulmore (10.1, 11.7) Glorious Gewgaws Formidable cog icon1.png 6 Formidable Cog Main Scenario QuestShadowbringers
Ironfrog mover ignition key icon1.png  Ironfrog Mover Ignition Key Fathard Eulmore (10.1, 11.7) Glorious Gewgaws Formidable cog icon1.png 12 Formidable Cog Main Scenario QuestShadowbringers

Respawn

28 to 48 hours?

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