Should I feel ashamed if I can't clear Solo XQ?

[AlphaBlob]

Here is my super advanced highly technical guide on how to just clear solo XQ.

(Short background: I normally play Ranger as a no-guard facetanking class. That unfortunately results in a shortage of monomates in solo XQ, so I switched to the guren tessen class just for this quest. It has super armor, invincibility, autoaim, mobility and an optional guard button that deals damage. I had actually barely touched Braver before that, only having the class leveled up while using gunslashes. In other words, the strategy presented in this guide and its execution are extremely complicated.)

Before quest start: change class combination to Braver/Hunter

Stage 6: Guren tessen all the things, or sakura end for more precise weakpoint order clearing

Stage 7: guren all the things

Stage 8: guren all the things, or only one group at a time if fighting all the bosses at once isn't desired

Stage 9: guren the two things, maybe with katana combat escape turned on for the stage order

Stage 10: guren the people things, guren the anga thing, guren the dio thing, guren the person thing, maybe don't get hit by the person thing's big sword

optional: time combat finish with the caterdrans elongating to finish them all (or most, or one, or none) off at once for cool points
optional: switch to bow with massive hunter for banish kamikaze against big things like ultimate cats and bears and the anga thing
optional: activate the julius nifta photon blast right before or after the stage 10 teleporter to group up all the people things
recommended: have combat escape active while going on the offensive against the final person thing; either save it up until then or just run around like a coward for it to cool down

Thank you for taking the time to read through the entirety of this guide.

10/10

[Sriracha X]

Here is my super advanced highly technical guide on how to just clear solo XQ.

(Short background: I normally play Ranger as a no-guard facetanking class. That unfortunately results in a shortage of monomates in solo XQ, so I switched to the guren tessen class just for this quest. It has super armor, invincibility, autoaim, mobility and an optional guard button that deals damage. I had actually barely touched Braver before that, only having the class leveled up while using gunslashes. In other words, the strategy presented in this guide and its execution are extremely complicated.)

Before quest start: change class combination to Braver/Hunter

Stage 6: Guren tessen all the things, or sakura end for more precise weakpoint order clearing

Stage 7: guren all the things

Stage 8: guren all the things, or only one group at a time if fighting all the bosses at once isn't desired

Stage 9: guren the two things, maybe with katana combat escape turned on for the stage order

Stage 10: guren the people things, guren the anga thing, guren the dio thing, guren the person thing, maybe don't get hit by the person thing's big sword

optional: time combat finish with the caterdrans elongating to finish them all (or most, or one, or none) off at once for cool points
optional: switch to bow with massive hunter for banish kamikaze against big things like ultimate cats and bears and the anga thing
optional: activate the julius nifta photon blast right before or after the stage 10 teleporter to group up all the people things
recommended: have combat escape active while going on the offensive against the final person thing; either save it up until then or just run around like a coward for it to cool down

Thank you for taking the time to read through the entirety of this guide.

An amazing post for one's first post on the forums. Kudos

[the_importer_]

Anga is a DPS check. If you cleared the stage 9 order (and you always should clear stage orders in solo XQ) and are using the appropriate weapon/element and you still can't kill Anga before Dio spawns - then it means your gear is simply not good enough yet.

Well I didn't expect it to rise after killing it twice, so that didn't help. That being said, have you ever cleared Solo XQ with a Fo/Te? In some cases, it's a 1 hit kill if you get caught.

[milranduil]

Anga is a DPS check. If you cleared the stage 9 order (and you always should clear stage orders in solo XQ) and are using the appropriate weapon/element and you still can't kill Anga before Dio spawns - then it means your gear is simply not good enough yet.

It's a gear and skill/knowledge test, with skill/knowledge being more important imo. I've failed stage9 before as fote, so I had to use rod the whole time for anga/dio/PD. It took a bit longer to complete, but because of how familiar I am with anga/pd tells, I was still able to complete with ease (and even barely kill anga before PD spawned, despite talis bonus being gone ). Gear and completing stages definitely helps, but if you are garbage at using talis correctly and don't know anga tells especially, you will get your ass pounded.

The council six pretty much rekt me each time. I couldn't manage to get pass that yet.

use nifta.

Well I didn't expect it to rise after killing it twice, so that didn't help. That being said, have you ever cleared Solo XQ with a Fo/Te? In some cases, it's a 1 hit kill if you get caught.

Use hp units. Power beyond weapons, their affixes, and correct skill tree is unnecessary for solo xq as fote.

[the_importer_]

Use hp units. Power beyond weapons, their affixes, and correct skill tree is unnecessary for solo xq as fote.

Not spending 1 meseta on making HP units just for this cheap quest, I'm not going for a full set of Title Rewards.

[Bellion]

Use a Fire/Light Fo/Te build with a good Light Talis and Rod so that things die before you can even get hit.
Fire Talis is nice to have as well, but not necessary.
A properly equipped Fo/Te has the easiest time in the Solo XQ out of every other class combination with the best equipment you could possibly have.

As long as you pay attention to your weapon being boosted by 80%, you should be able to complete it as any class without too much trouble, though.

[Tenlade]

Can't help but notice the focus on one type of class throughout this. Wonder what that says.

I tried this as a te/br when it first came out and all it took was just getting caught in one combo to get completely murdered. Even with a maxed out austure light wand i couldnt take down anga fast enough to stop it before dio spawned. then anga decided to spam going upside down and smacking me until it finally hit and that was all it took for dio to kill me at the same time.
te/hu might have an easier time ,especially with the attack advance and tech charge parry rings, but id rather not make a new skill tree just for one quest.