FFXIV Storm’s Crown Trial Guide
With the release of patch 6.2 in Final Fantasy XIV, players will get to continue the MSQ and also tackle a new dungeon and trial. The trial, in particular, can be pretty challenging for new parties. Here’s a completeFFXIV Storm’s Crown trial guideto help you out.
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This trial is part of theMSQ, which means that it’s unmissable. Simply continue the MSQ and progress through the story until you reach the quest titled “The Wind Rises”.
This quest tasks you with entering Barbariccia’s domain and taking her down. Once you reach this point, the trial will get automatically added to your Duty Finder, and you can queue up for it from there like any other Duty.
FFXIV Storm’s Crown Guide
Barbariccia has two phases, and while the moves are all largely the same, there are some key differences to look out for. We’ll go over all of them down below.
As you take her down to 60% HP, Barbariccia will cast Curling Iron which deals raid-wide damage and knocks everyone back slightly.
Barbariccia will open phase 2 with an onslaught of AoE attacks. She’ll spawn line AoEs repeatedly in whichever direction she’s facing, followed by a swirl pattern AoE around the arena. Immediately after that, Barbariccia clones will spawn at the outer edges, with all of them pushing line AoEs into the arena. The second phase is basically AoE city, so stay on your toes and keep moving.
She’ll finish off her onslaught by marking a tank with a damage marker, and one other player with an orange stack marker. The tank should stay far away while the rest stack.
This is immediately followed up with yet another orange stack marker on a player, while another gets marked with a silver proximity marker. The player with the proximity marker needs to stay away, while the rest of the group stacks.
Next, Barbariccia will start sending out green whirlwinds that move slowly outward, so avoid these as necessary. Once she’s shown off all these moves, she’ll start casting Teasing Tangles, where players must work within their own circular areas while also dodging all of these phase AoE attacks. It’s one of the most intensive trial phases we’ve seen in what should be a “regular” boss fight in Final Fantasy XIV, so healers need to prioritize healing here.
That does it for ourFFXIV Storm’s Trial guide. Be sure to search for Twinfinite for more FFXIV 6.2 content, includinghow to get started with the Island Sanctuary modeandhow to clear The Fell Court of Troia.
