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See also: Castrum Fluminis

The Minstrel's Ballad: Tsukuyomi's Pain

Level: 70
Item Level: 350
Difficulty: Extreme

Party size: Full Party
8 man • 2 2 4
Unsyncing: Allowed
Time limit: 60 minutes
Req. quest: The Primary Agreement
Patch: 4.3

“

Upon hearing of your final encounter with Yotsuyu -- and the primal to whom she surrendered her will -- the wandering minstrel composes a tanka tinged with sorrow. Had Yotsuyu been born in a different time, a different place, would she have lived a simple life unsullied by acts of violence and cruelty? Or were the seeds of villainy always there, their growth merely hastened by circumstance? These questions bring to mind Tsukuyomi's overwhelming malice, your memories now suffused by the tragedy of the minstrel's verse...

— In-game description

The Minstrel's Ballad: Tsukuyomi's Pain is a level 70 trial introduced in patch 4.3 with Stormblood.

Strategy

First Phase (100%-80% Health)

Reprimand: A raid-wide AoE that deals medium damage.

Nightfall: After the cast goes off, Tsukuyomi will pull out either her gun or her spear. Look at her model to see which weapon she is holding, listen for the audio queues, and/or read the pop-up text box. The first cast of Nightfall will be either a gun or a spear; the second cast will be whichever weapon was not used for the first cast (e.g. if the first cast is a gun, the second cast will be a spear).

If the weapon is a gun, she will say "Beg for mercy!" and use Lead of the Underworld. The party must stack together to soak the damage.
If the weapon is a spear, she will say "Your end is near..." and use Steel of the Underworld three times in succession on three players, one from each role (tank, healer, DPS). The party must separate into three groups by role, as getting hit by more than one cleave will deal lethal damage. It is recommended to have both tanks stack up in front of the boss, then have the healers and DPS stack up on opposite sides behind her.

Nightbloom: This marks the transition to the adds phase, cast when Tsukuyomi is at 80% health. This raid-wide AoE stuns the party and deals heavy damage.

Boss Rotation: Reprimand --> Nightfall (Gun/Spear) --> Nightfall (Spear/Gun) --> Reprimand --> Nightbloom (at 80%)

Adds Phase

There will be three sets of adds to deal with in this phase. Damage dealt to Yotsuyu by these adds will increase her Suffering gauge; letting the gauge hit 100 will lead to a wipe.

Have a tank pick up all non-tethered adds: Specters of the Homeland and Specters of the Empire. All other party members should focus on the non-tankable adds tethered to Yotsuyu: Specter of the Patriarch, Specter of the Matriarch, Specter of Asahi, and Specter of Zenos. The third set of adds will start with the Specter of Zenos casting of Concentrativity, knocking the party back, inflicting a 10-second Down for the Count, and dealing mild raid-wide damage. He will also deal medium raid-wide damage every few seconds by casing Dispersivity, so deal with him quickly.

After all three sets of adds are killed, she will cast a raid-wide AoE that deals heavy damage. Shield and heal through as necessary.

Second Phase (80%-35% Health)

Supreme Selenomancy: Each party member will be randomly assigned a debuff -- either Moonlit or Moonshadowed. Standing on the white side of the floor's moon will inflict a stack of Moonlit every 5 seconds, while standing on black side will inflict a stack of Moonshadowed every 5 seconds. Reaching 5 stacks of either buff will inflict the player with Doom, and kill them near-instantly. To avoid this, players will need to juggle their debuff accordingly.

As the debuff is initially applied with 4 stacks, players must immediately move after the cast to the side of the arena opposite to that which gives their debuff (e.g. having Moonlit means the player must stand where the moon is black such that they get the Moonshadowed buff). At the same time, non-targetable Moonlights will appear on one side of the arena and begin to cast a donut AoE called Lunar Halo. Dodge as necessary.

After the Lunar Halo casts resolve, the arena will change such that one color will be more prominent than that other. Slowly the less-prominent color will disappear, meaning players will need to be extra careful with their debuff management.

Meteor: This unnamed attack targets three players (the off-tank, a healer, and a DPS) a large red/purple marker over their heads immediately after Nightfall goes off. After a short amount of time, meteors (black or white, based on which part of the floor they land on) will fall where each player was standing and start casting a very large circle AoE. Meteors will explode and deal significant damage if placed too close together, so players will want to coordinate placement of the meteors such that they land in three of the four cardinal directions, leaving a small safe spot where no meteor was dropped. After the meteor AoEs go off, puddles matching the color of the meteor will be left behind. Stand in the appropriately-colored puddle to survive Antitwilight/Perilune.

Midnight Rain: Randomly changes the arena to be either fully white or fully black and grants Tsukuyomi the buff Full Moon or New Moon, respectively.

Antitwilight: Used exclusively when Tsukuyomi is under the effect of Full Moon. Deals light raid-wide damage to all players with the "Veil of Shadow", but lethal damage to those without.
Perilune: Used exclusively when Tsukuyomi is under the effect of New Moon. Deals light raid-wide damage to all players with the "Veil of Light", but lethal damage to those without.

Zashiki-asobi: Spawns two sets of Dancing Fans that explode with circular AoEs. The first set (which includes a center fan) will go off first, so have the party stand in the areas covered by the second set before moving into the first set after they explode.

Torment Unto Death: This attack will cleave on the main tank and apply a Magic Vulnerability Up/Physical Vulnerability Up. This forces a tank swap.

Boss Rotation: Supreme Selenomancy --> Nightfall (Gun) --> Meteor --> Midnight Rain --> Antitwilight/Perilune --> Reprimand --> Zashiki-asobi --> Nightfall (Gun/Spear) --> Torment Unto Death --> Supreme Selenomancy --> Nightfall (Spear) --> Meteor --> Midnight Rain --> Antitwilight/Perilune --> Reprimand --> Zashiki-asobi --> Nightfall (Gun/Spear) --> Torment Unto Death

Third Phase (35%-0% Health)

Dance of the Dead: A heavy raid-wide attack that indicates the start of the third phase.

Full Moon: Indicated by a pop-up text box mentioning the "full moon", Tsukuyomi becomes white and gains the buff Full Moon, which causes her to use Waxing Grudge -- a melee-ranged circular AoE that inflicts a stack of Damage Down -- with all Bright Blades and Dark Blades. Stand away from the boss to avoid this.

New Moon: Indicated by a pop-up text box mentioning the "new moon", Tsukuyomi becomes black and gains the buff New Moon, which causes her to use Waning Grudge -- a donut AoE around the boss that inflicts a stack of Damage Down -- with all Bright Blades and Dark Blades. Stand next to the boss to avoid this.

Bright Blade: A large AoE that covers Tsukuyomi's left side and rear. Also inflicts a stack of Vulnerability Up and Damage Down. Avoid this by standing to her right side. Must be dodged at the same time as Full Moon or New Moon.

Dark Blade: A large AoE that covers Tsukuyomi's right side and rear. Also inflicts a stack of Vulnerability Up and Damage Down. Avoid this by standing to her right side. Must be dodged at the same time as Full Moon or New Moon.

Lunacy: A stack marker is placed on one player, and soon after hits that player four times with damage that must be soaked by the party.

Hagetsu: Places a red marker over one tank, one healer, and one DPS. Deals medium splash damage to each target, so spread accordingly.

Tsuki-no-Kakera: Places a set of Dancing Fans in a circle around the arena, and one in the center. In succession, they will cast the circular AoE called Tsuki-no-Maiogi. Have party members stand in the Dancing Fan placed on the battlefield last; as soon as the center fan goes off, run in.

Boss Rotation: Dance of the Dead --> New Moon/Full Moon --> Bright Blade/Dark Blade --> New Moon/Full Moon --> Bright Blade/Dark Blade --> Reprimand --> New Moon/Full Moon --> Lunacy + Tsuki-no-Kakera --> Bright Blade/Dark Blade --> Torment Unto Death --> New Moon/Full Moon --> Hagetsu + Zashiki-asobi --> Bright Blade/Dark Blade --> Reprimand --> Reprimand --> Lunacy + Tsuki-no-Kakera...

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 ==Strategy==
-===First Phase===
+===First Phase (100%-80% Health)===
 '''Reprimand''': A raid-wide AoE that deals medium damage.
-'''Nightfall''': After the cast goes off, Tsukuyomi will pull out either her gun or her spear. Look at her model to see which weapon she is holding, and/or listen for the audio queues. The first cast of Nightfall will randomly have either a gun or a spear, but the second cast will always use the weapon ''not used'' during the first cast (e.g. if the first cast is a gun, the second cast will be a spear).
+'''Nightfall''': After the cast goes off, Tsukuyomi will pull out either her gun or her spear. Look at her model to see which weapon she is holding, listen for the audio queues, and/or read the pop-up text box. The first cast of Nightfall will be either a gun or a spear; the second cast will be whichever weapon was not used for the first cast (e.g. if the first cast is a gun, the second cast will be a spear).
-*If the weapon is a gun, she will cast '''Lead of the Underworld''' and the party must stack together to soak the damage.
+*If the weapon is a gun, she will say "Beg for mercy!" and use '''Lead of the Underworld'''. The party must stack together to soak the damage.
-*If the weapon is a spear, she will cast '''Steel of the Underworld''' three times in succession on three players, one from each role (tank, healer, DPS). The party must separate into three groups by role, as getting hit by more than one cleave will deal lethal damage. It is recommended to have both tanks stack up in front of the boss, then have the healers and DPS stack up on opposite sides behind her.
+*If the weapon is a spear, she will say "Your end is near..." and use '''Steel of the Underworld''' three times in succession on three players, one from each role (tank, healer, DPS). The party must separate into three groups by role, as getting hit by more than one cleave will deal lethal damage. It is recommended to have both tanks stack up in front of the boss, then have the healers and DPS stack up on opposite sides behind her.
-'''Nightbloom''': This indicates the transition to the add phase. This raid-wide AoE stuns the party and deals medium damage.
+'''Nightbloom''': This marks the transition to the adds phase, cast when Tsukuyomi is at 80% health. This raid-wide AoE stuns the party and deals heavy damage.
-Boss Rotation: Reprimand --> Nightfall --> Nightfall --> Reprimand --> Nightbloom (at 80%?)
+Boss Rotation: Reprimand --> Nightfall (Gun/Spear) --> Nightfall (Spear/Gun) --> Reprimand --> Nightbloom (at 80%)
-===Add Phase===
+===Adds Phase===
-There will be three sets of adds to deal with in this phase. Damage dealt to Yotsuyu by these adds will increase her Suffering gauge: the higher the gauge, the more damage dealt to the party at the end of the phase.
+There will be three sets of adds to deal with in this phase. Damage dealt to Yotsuyu by these adds will increase her Suffering gauge; letting the gauge hit 100 will lead to a wipe.
-Have a tank pick up all non-tethered adds: Specters of the Homeland and Specters of the Empire. All other party members should focus on the non-tankable adds tethered to Yotsuyu: Specter of the Patriarch, Specter of the Matriarch, Specter of Asahi, and Specter of Zenos. After all three sets of adds are killed, she will cast a raid-wide AoE that deals damage directly proportional to her Suffering gauge. Shield and heal through as necessary.
+Have a tank pick up all non-tethered adds: Specters of the Homeland and Specters of the Empire. All other party members should focus on the non-tankable adds tethered to Yotsuyu: Specter of the Patriarch, Specter of the Matriarch, Specter of Asahi, and Specter of Zenos. The third set of adds will start with the Specter of Zenos casting of '''Concentrativity''', knocking the party back, inflicting a 10-second Down for the Count, and dealing mild raid-wide damage. He will also deal medium raid-wide damage every few seconds by casing '''Dispersivity''', so deal with him quickly.
-===Second Phase===
+After all three sets of adds are killed, she will cast a raid-wide AoE that deals heavy damage. Shield and heal through as necessary.
-'''Supreme Selenomancy''': When she casts this, every party member will be assigned a colored debuff associated with one side of the floor's moon (dark side of the moon = black/red/blue debuff, light side of the moon = white/grey debuff). Standing on one side of the moon will slowly increase the associated stacks of debuff on the player; having 5 stacks of one color will place Doom on a player and instantly kill them. To avoid this, players will need to juggle their debuff accordingly by switching between standing on the light and dark side of the moon.
-As the debuff is initially applied with 4 stacks, players must immediately move after the cast to the opposite side of their debuff to prevent Doom. At the same time, non-targetable Moonlights will appear on one side of the arena and begin to cast a donut AoE called '''Lunar Halo'''. Dodge as necessary.
+===Second Phase (80%-35% Health)===
+'''Supreme Selenomancy''': Each party member will be randomly assigned a debuff -- either '''Moonlit''' or '''Moonshadowed'''. Standing on the white side of the floor's moon will inflict a stack of Moonlit every 5 seconds, while standing on black side will inflict a stack of Moonshadowed every 5 seconds. Reaching 5 stacks of either buff will inflict the player with Doom, and kill them near-instantly. To avoid this, players will need to juggle their debuff accordingly.
-'''Antitwilight''': Black and white rocks will be scattered around the arena. After a time, they will pulse twice with a large circular AoE. Avoid this, and move in once both pulses have gone off. Stand in the appropriate black or white circle to refresh the Supreme Selenomancy debuff. This circle also significantly reduces damage from the following heavy-hitting AoE.
+As the debuff is initially applied with 4 stacks, players must immediately move after the cast to the side of the arena opposite to that which gives their debuff (e.g. having Moonlit means the player must stand where the moon is black such that they get the Moonshadowed buff). At the same time, non-targetable Moonlights will appear on one side of the arena and begin to cast a donut AoE called '''Lunar Halo'''. Dodge as necessary.
-'''Torment Unto Death''':  This attack will cleave on the main tank. This forces a tank swap.
+After the Lunar Halo casts resolve, the arena will change such that one color will be more prominent than that other. Slowly the less-prominent color will disappear, meaning players will need to be extra careful with their debuff management.
-Boss Rotation: Supreme Selenomancy --> Lunar Halo  -->  Midnight Rain --> Lunar Halo --> Lunar Rays --> Tsuki-no-Maiogi -->  Steel of the Underworld --> Supreme Selenomancy --> Lunar Halo --> Tsuki-no-Kakera --> Nightfall --> Midnight Rain --> Lunar Halo --> Zashiki-asobi --> Nightfall --> Tsuki-no-Maiogi --> Lead/Steel of the Underworld --> Torment Unto Death --> Supreme Selenomancy --> Lunar Halo --> Tsuki-no-Kakera --> Nightfall --> Lead/Steel of the Underworld --> Midnight Rain --> Lunar Halo --> Lunar Rays --> Dark Blade/Bright Blade --> Dark Blade/Bright Blade --> Reprimand --> (Lunacy --> Tsuki-no-Maiogi) x5 --> Dark Blade/Bright Blade --> Dark Blade/Bright Blade --> Hagetsu -->  Tsuki-no-Maiogi --> Dark Blade/Bright Blade --> Dark Blade/Bright Blade -->  Reprimand -->  Reprimand --> Lunacy --> Tsuki-no-Maiogi
+'''Meteor''': This unnamed attack targets three players (the off-tank, a healer, and a DPS) a large red/purple marker over their heads immediately after Nightfall goes off. After a short amount of time, meteors (black or white, based on which part of the floor they land on) will fall where each player was standing and start casting a ''very large'' circle AoE. Meteors will explode and deal significant damage if placed too close together, so players will want to coordinate placement of the meteors such that they land in three of the four cardinal directions, leaving a small safe spot where no meteor was dropped. After the meteor AoEs go off, puddles matching the color of the meteor will be left behind. Stand in the appropriately-colored puddle to survive Antitwilight/Perilune.
-'''Lunacy'''
+'''Midnight Rain''': Randomly changes the arena to be either fully white or fully black and grants Tsukuyomi the buff '''Full Moon''' or '''New Moon''', respectively.
+*'''Antitwilight''': Used exclusively when Tsukuyomi is under the effect of Full Moon. Deals light raid-wide damage to all players with the "Veil of Shadow", but lethal damage to those without.
+*'''Perilune''': Used exclusively when Tsukuyomi is under the effect of New Moon. Deals light raid-wide damage to all players with the "Veil of Light", but lethal damage to those without.
-'''Lunar Rays'''
+'''Zashiki-asobi''': Spawns two sets of Dancing Fans that explode with circular AoEs. The first set (which includes a center fan) will go off first, so have the party stand in the areas covered by the second set before moving into the first set after they explode.
-'''Midnight Rain'''
+'''Torment Unto Death''':  This attack will cleave on the main tank and apply a Magic Vulnerability Up/Physical Vulnerability Up. This forces a tank swap.
-'''Bright Blade'''
+Boss Rotation: Supreme Selenomancy --> Nightfall (Gun) --> Meteor --> Midnight Rain --> Antitwilight/Perilune --> Reprimand --> Zashiki-asobi --> Nightfall (Gun/Spear) --> Torment Unto Death --> Supreme Selenomancy --> Nightfall (Spear) --> Meteor --> Midnight Rain --> Antitwilight/Perilune --> Reprimand --> Zashiki-asobi --> Nightfall (Gun/Spear) --> Torment Unto Death
-'''Dark Blade'''
+===Third Phase (35%-0% Health)===
+'''Dance of the Dead''': A heavy raid-wide attack that indicates the start of the third phase.
-'''Zashiki-asobi'''
+'''Full Moon''': Indicated by a pop-up text box mentioning the "full moon", Tsukuyomi becomes white and gains the buff Full Moon, which causes her to use '''Waxing Grudge''' -- a melee-ranged circular AoE that inflicts a stack of Damage Down -- with all Bright Blades and Dark Blades. Stand away from the boss to avoid this.
-'''Tsuki-no-Kakera''': Places a series of Dancing Fans in a circle around the arena, and one in the center. In succession, they will cast the circular AoE called Tsuki-no-Maiogi. Have party members stand in the Dancing Fan placed onto the battlefield last; as soon as the center fan goes off, run in.
+'''New Moon''': Indicated by a pop-up text box mentioning the "new moon", Tsukuyomi becomes black and gains the buff New Moon, which causes her to use '''Waning Grudge''' -- a donut AoE around the boss that inflicts a stack of Damage Down -- with all Bright Blades and Dark Blades. Stand next to the boss to avoid this.
+'''Bright Blade''': A large AoE that covers Tsukuyomi's left side and rear. Also inflicts a stack of Vulnerability Up and Damage Down. Avoid this by standing to her right side. Must be dodged at the same time as Full Moon or New Moon.
+'''Dark Blade''': A large AoE that covers Tsukuyomi's right side and rear. Also inflicts a stack of Vulnerability Up and Damage Down. Avoid this by standing to her right side. Must be dodged at the same time as Full Moon or New Moon.
+'''Lunacy''': A stack marker is placed on one player, and soon after hits that player four times with damage that must be soaked by the party.
+'''Hagetsu''': Places a red marker over one tank, one healer, and one DPS. Deals medium splash damage to each target, so spread accordingly.
+'''Tsuki-no-Kakera''': Places a set of Dancing Fans in a circle around the arena, and one in the center. In succession, they will cast the circular AoE called '''Tsuki-no-Maiogi'''. Have party members stand in the Dancing Fan placed on the battlefield last; as soon as the center fan goes off, run in.
+Boss Rotation: Dance of the Dead --> New Moon/Full Moon --> Bright Blade/Dark Blade --> New Moon/Full Moon --> Bright Blade/Dark Blade --> Reprimand --> New Moon/Full Moon --> Lunacy + Tsuki-no-Kakera --> Bright Blade/Dark Blade --> Torment Unto Death --> New Moon/Full Moon --> Hagetsu + Zashiki-asobi --> Bright Blade/Dark Blade --> Reprimand --> Reprimand --> Lunacy + Tsuki-no-Kakera...
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