AAC Cruiserweight M4
The final fight of the AAC Cruiserweight raid tier in Dawntrail. Howling Blade is the lone wolf champion of the cruiserweight tier, and the stakes for this title match could not be higher.
Howling Blade
Howling Blade is fought on a circular arena with a bleed wall on the outside.
Phase One Mechanics
| Mechanic | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Extraplanar Pursuit | Raidwide | Party-wide physical damage |
| Great Divide | Tankbuster | Shared physical tank buster that hits in a line; both tanks stack |
| Wolves’ Reign | AoE | Spawns clones that charge in a direction; boss jumps to one, does line AoE across arena, then wide conal AoE with knockback |
| Heavensearth | Stack | Stack marker on a healer dealing magical damage |
| Beckon Moonlight | Cleave | Spawns clones at cardinals; they do half-room cleaves in spawn order based on sword glow direction |
| Shadowchase | AoE | Boss disappears and summons clones; stand behind a clone to dodge line AoEs |
| Bare Fangs | AoE | Summons Gleaming Fang adds that do line AoEs across arena in spawn order |
| Terrestrial Rage | AoE | Spawns repeated earth AoEs on the ground |
Adds Phase
Two Wolf adds spawn. Each tank should pick up one. Kill them before the Saber Intensity gauge reaches 100.
| Mechanic | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Weal of Stone | AoE | Line AoE from Wolf of Stone |
| Growling Wind | Spread/Stack | Marked AoEs on all players or stack marker on healer from Wolf of Wind |
Phase Two Mechanics
Arena shrinks after adds phase. Boss does Ravenous Saber dealing physical damage twice.
| Mechanic | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Terrestrial Titans | AoE | Summons three towers that get sliced; they fall based on how they were sliced (like Slice is Right in Gold Saucer) |
| Titanic Pursuit | Raidwide | Light raidwide physical damage when slicing towers |
| Tracking Tremors | Stack | Multi-hit stack marker on a healer |
Tips
- For Wolves’ Reign, watch where clones face and dodge; move opposite of the first jump to reach second dash location
- Stand on the line of second Bare Fangs adds, then dodge into first set of line AoEs
- For Beckon Moonlight, watch clone spawn order and sword glow side to know cleave sequence
- Towers from Terrestrial Titans fall toward the lower sliced direction—avoid middle if towers fall there
- Stack adds together and burn them down quickly during adds phase