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March to fight Leviathan
The Whorleater (Hard) is a level 50 trial Final Fantasy 14 In which you will fight the Primal of Water, Leviathan. By sending an elite team to confront Leviathan in the middle of the ocean, the Scions and Maelstrom hope to prevent him from summoning a tidal wave capable of destroying the entire city of Limsa Lumina.

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This Trial is a full party of eight players, including two tanks, two healers and four DPS. Below, we'll take a look at everything you need to know about this fight, including each of Leviathan's moves and the strategies used in each phase of the fight.
How to unlock The Whorleater (hard)
The Whorleater (Hard) unlocks through the main scenario, during Patch 2.2 mission. Follow the quest through MSQ “Lord of the World”which you can accept from Einzohr slafirsin in the lower lanus (X:24.5, Y:33.1).
March to fight Leviathan
This fight is divided into three stages where Leviathan will use different attacks and mechanics. Here's what to expect during each stage.
Phase 1
The fight with Leviathan begins at the top of the field, revealing only his head. During this phase, the Leviathan only uses basic attacks on its primary target until it gets around 90% health left. At this point, Leviathan will Diving underwater Before appearing in a water geyser.
When the leviathan comes out of the geyser, it will attack with it body slamharming players directly below it and Knock the entire party towards the end of the arena and the Leviathan will appear. Move away from the geyser to avoid this attack, then prepare for the second phase of the fight.
Phase 2
At the beginning of phase two, Leviathan head and tail It will be targetable. then, the head He will get his buffalo veil, Reflect ranged damagewhile tail will receive the buffalo mantle, Reflects magical damage. Magic based jobs like Healers and Casters must attack the headwhile Businesses with physical boundaries should focus on the tail.
leviathan Shares a health bar between its head and tailSo damaging the head and tail will both damage your leviathan's overall health.
During this phase, Leviathan will use the following attacks.
Name of the attack |
Type |
Details |
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Fear of the tide |
Tankbuster |
Deals a lot of damage to Leviathan without telegraphing The main goal. use Defense cooling During the fight to reduce this damage. |
blue breath |
Point blank AoE |
Transactions Injuries not telegraphed in The area around Leviathan's head. Since this has been attacked No acting time and No AoE indicatorall you can do is restore your health if you get hit. |
water fountain |
AoE |
Transactions Injuries not telegraphed To a random player in a AoE. Like Aqua Breath, there's no way to see this attack, so just If you are hurt, heal. |
The roar of the tide |
AoE across the room |
It causes damage All party members. Heal with AoE heals. |
body slam |
knocking |
This is the same attack Leviathan uses when transitioning from phase one to phase two. |
During this stage, Viospin Sahagin It appears periodically. These enemies mostly use basic attacks, but if they survive long enough, they will start casting Hydroshotcausing damage in one AoE and leaving a Pit on the ground which imposes dripping. Focus on the Sahagins as they appear.
In addition, Gir Spums It appears that it appears slowly Drain the elemental conversion meterwhich is later used to feed the elemental converter shield. When you destroy a Spume Gyre, it destroys it Play the splash immediatelytransaction Damage to the entire party. Destroying all four at once can be dangerous, so try Take them down one by one.
Finally, the message Elemental Converter is now functional! appears and shortly after, Leviathan will Diving underwater. A player needs Activate an elemental converter to create a shield which protects the party from Leviathan's attack, tidal wave.
If you fail to activate the elemental transmitter, or if the Gyre Spumes absorb too much elemental transmutation energy, The tidal wave clears the party.
After the tidal wave, the fight will enter phase three.
Phase 3
Phase three of the fight is very similar to phase two, but with a few additions. now, Wavetooth Sahagin It appears periodically. These use more Ruin and do the least amount of damage to their primary target, but if they survive long enough they start casting. A storm of terrorcausing damage in a Huge AoE on one player which imposes hysteriaforces the player Run randomly.
Additionally, Leviathan will now occasionally cast big autumncausing damage in a Large circular AoE which imposes heavyslows down your movement. This AoE is denoted by a Rotating water pool that appears on the ground; Move out of the way to avoid this attack.
Leviathan will repeat these mechanics until it is defeated. Remember this Casters must attack the head While Ranged DPS should attack TailAnd sure Activate the elemental converter as soon as you can To reduce tidal wave damage.
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