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I'd suggest not doing *long* steps such as B key, D key after you do them the first time. Wastes time for optimal runs after first time doing. Based on past 2 runs it seems possible to get roughly 18-19k Gallimaufry consistently (some variations based on Obdella spawns), along with all 4 area bosses and 4 nms in this method.

Usual setup both times was PLD, RDM, COR, BRD, BLU, WHM. (RDM is interchangeable with GEO)
Full time Bolters roll between every group of mobs, Samurai Roll only for fighting, chaos for bosses. Saves time rolling if only need to do 1 roll at a time.

From start: Run north pull around 6-9 Acuex and single target tag each of them while the BLU is aoe cleaving them down. You should get Shard, Metal and blue chest in this 1 pull. Then run straight to A boss and kill. Usually have around 50 minutes left by the time it's dead. Sneak is all you need for this part.

After A boss is dead, straight to B and do B shard/metal objectives along with other blue chests. If porxie is found, kill asap, if you get red chest cool, if not, unlucky (idk proc yet).
Ignore Umbril path and stick to north side for elementals over Umbrils, only go down there if porxie is there after shard/metal drops. saves time not needing to sneak/invis since elementals only aggro to magic.
Once shard/metal drops and porxie is dead you rush to B boss and zerg down, you should have around 40 minutes left by the time it's dead providing everyone is being efficient.

Area C: PLD will pull around 6-7 Corse mobs based on where the optimal pathing is and funnel them in corner. Cor and Blu will work on multistep SCing 1 corse while the RDM low tier nukes for MBs. While this is happening, PLD should solo SC and MB their own SC on another corse; (maybe bard can help with solo light SC/MB idk I don't play bard.) Doing this method we got the shard/metal for C with 32-35 minutes left
Area C boss dies within 2 minutes, probably the easiest boss out of the 4 main ones.

Area D: After killing C boss you run straight to area D probably killed Bhoot NM by now, usually roams around Corses from the past 4 runs I've seen find and kill D NM and if it's in a group of mobs, pull them all. If the NM is in a room full of 9 Fomors, pull everything. Kill nm first, then do multisteps on the remaining Fomors, 6 is all you need to kill while doing multisteps. Same as C objectives, Cor and Blu do 1 mob, PLD soloes another mob both items should drop within 3-4 minutes.
Once D shard/metal drops you go straight to boss and zerg it down, dies within 45s. By the time all 4 main bosses are dead doing this method twice now, we've had 25 minutes to spare roughly. You use the rest of this time cleaving almost every fomor you see, if you're missing any of the smaller NMs(leech, porxie, ghost) then probably use map to determine optimal pathing to find them on wide scan and once all 4 are dead, run back to area D and focus cleaving every Fomor.

Things I'd suggest to change about my own runs:
RUN over a PLD tank for the sole purpose of better survival odds against a mass pull Fomor group. Defense down means tank dies almost instantly in a mass pull, sometimes mob pathing means you can't block so RUN's innately higher Meva has better chance of survival. And yes I've still died with 5/5 Sakpata and carrier's sash because of defense down landing. Mobs go from hitting for 0-20 to 350-450 with defense down, with many Fomors on you, healer isn't keeping you alive unless you bot Panacea or something idk. However if the Fomors are nice and don't run inside of you and you actually CAN block, they aren't threatening at all. Just RUN can lessen any bs RNG that can happen.

Another change would be GEO over RDM for faster cleaves on Fomors.

Optional objectives:
I didn't include objectives such as resting/Devices because they are so quick to do and not really time consuming that you can just run there and do them instantly and on the way to the next area. We do them all except keys. We rest, buff spell, hurray, kill mob at C device and drop entry item.

I'm a little behind because I was on vacation for a week, so bear with me.

Does anybody have any more information on the Obdella and the conditions of him being up?

I'm thinking that killing 4/4 little NMs for the guaranteed gold chest might be a strong farming strategy for sapphires/old cases.

But sometimes Obdella just doesn't exist? Anybody have a reliable way for finding him/making him pop?

I'm a little behind because I was on vacation for a week, so bear with me.

Does anybody have any more information on the Obdella and the conditions of him being up?

I'm thinking that killing 4/4 little NMs for the guaranteed gold chest might be a strong farming strategy for sapphires/old cases.

But sometimes Obdella just doesn't exist? Anybody have a reliable way for finding him/making him pop?

I think it's just enough magic damage of a certain element then, cause we got both chests from those objectives last night doing the No WS method, but it was taking longer than what people claimed. I was on RDM and using enthunder (on both leeches and hecteyes) and both chests dropped on my kills.

We also tried melee only on about 10 leeches with nothing, then we started dropping them low so we could SCH nuke to death and eventually got them.

Yeah, we as well keep trying all of the recommendations (melee only, magic kill, MB kill, light nuke to death) and have only gotten it one time. That was me pulling one by myself and spamming subduction. But even that I tried to repeat our next run and nothing happened. This objective is not solved.

We switched to a method of Melee just auto attack and COR can quick draw, but we just have a SCH open their own SC and burst fire (on acuex). Since doing that we complete the 3 kill objectives within 6 mobs every time.

Drop the tank bring a dd to speed it up don't need tank for anything in here i do same 4 zone boss and 4 mini nms and don't see any reason for a tank

SCH SC'ing while people auto it down as well for a mix of dmg?

How is Leshonn not absolutely destroying you with no tank?

Hits me on BLU for about 350 in DT50 w/ cocoon and wind on his arms. Crits do 800ish, survivable though with shadows. Regardless, he's easier to fight on wind because of the stun locking on thunder mode. Also Sudden Lung will stun him very well, first one lasts about 8 seconds, then 5 etc...

I have found the exact opposite. Our fight with thunder mode was a joke, 2-300 dmg AoE and some Elegy. We just savage blade spammed him dead. Wind Mode however has always been a *** with the constant dispelling and silence.

Our issue with thunder was it took a while for the tank to establish hate because he was more or less stun locked from the time he claimed it, and our mages were getting beat on pretty early. Granted, we tried on that day without the item to weaken him. This was also when we discovered how to remove an element.

Updated my step-by-step guide a little bit. Kills all 4 bosses and romaing NMs, maximizes all known side objectives for chances at sapphires/earrings. Feedback welcome.

Don't you think it would make more sense to run south initially to widescan, a small bit of time to save a decent bit of backtracking?

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How safe is a Leshonn zerg when it starts in Wind mode? Arent all your songs/rolls gone in like 10s?

Arent all your songs/rolls gone in like 10s?

Probably, but I'm trying to do things as in order as possible at the moment, since a lot of people may be going into this without access to all keys/devices right now.

What does running slightly south at the start to check for NM have to do with people not having access to keys or devices?

I think we need to give up pushing this attack only then magic kill, or magic kill only or w/e anyone is saying about the Metal for A. You guys are 100% missing something else you are doing here. At least 8 people in my LS have been testing this again and again all week and we've only gotten it one time and that was before we read this.

edit: When we did get the metal, everyone started fighting the mob. All backed off at 30% and I self SC and magic burst kill on NIN and we got the chest. This is the only time I've seen it, and we've repeated this idea multiple times.