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Question for bowmen who APQs: how do you fight geist balrog effectively?

Last night, I had my first APQ and I was lucky enough to have KaidaTan and a pretty high level party, so Geist was dead before I knew it. But, during the whole boss stage, I felt really useless because I spent almost the entire time trying to find Geist only to have the teleporters lead me nowhere or missing when it teleported. I think 3 Strafes hit, at most. So, after the pq, I was wondering what would happen if I was in a lower level party that actually needs my contribution in killing Geist.

Any advice?

Oh hey, I think I can answer this. There's a lot about Geist that's just really ing stupid. Even if I do everything perfectly, he can still jew me and keep me from killing him for well over 2 minutes.

Try to know where the teleporters go. It helps to know how to get exactly where you need to be so you can effectively shoot Giest.

If he's facing left, stand on the right side of the platform. If he's facing right, stand on the left side of the platform. If you're unsure or you think you're going to be hit a lot (like when he's teleporting in place), just stand on a spike and shoot when you can. Staying on the correct side of the platform will keep you from getting knocked off of it so you can keep firing. Better to not stand on a spike if you don't have to, since Hurricane gets gimped a lot when you're hit.

Lastly, be quick about everything. If he's teleporting, get in a better position. The second he guards, keep following him so that you'll maybe have a good shot on him when he's not guarding. Even so, it's very very helpful to bring in any mage (so he can be KB'd while he's phys guarding), especially one with Slow.

Just practice as though you're the most important person in your party. It helps a lot. I'd say the most important thing is to learn the teleporters. Good luck and such~