The Minstrel's Ballad: Hades's Elegy

See also: The Dying Gasp

The Minstrel's Ballad: Hades's Elegy

Level

80 (Sync: 80)

Item Level

450

Difficulty

Extreme

Party size

Full Party
8 man • 2 2 4

Unsyncing

Allowed

Time limit

60 minutes

Roulette

Trials

Tomestones

Req. quest

Minstrel from Another Mother

Entrance

The Crystarium (X:7.5, Y:12.5)

Patch

5.1

“

Hearken unto a requiem for a hero fallen. A man who lived a thousand thousand of our lives clinging desperately to faint hope, never shirking his sworn duty to his long-lost brethren. A man who stood proud and did avow his true name on the threshold of the battle that would see him fall to his rival─the light to quench his shadow. Borrowing liberally from the funereal rites of the Night's Blessed, the minstreling wanderer weaves an elegy in that hero's honor─the tragic yet triumphant tale of a man and a battle that ne'er shall be forgotten.

— In-game description

The Minstrel's Ballad: Hades's Elegy is a level 80 trial introduced in patch 5.1 with Shadowbringers.

Unlock

Players must have completed the Main Scenario Quest Shadowbringers and the quest Minstrel from Another Mother, then the trial will be available from the Minstreling Wanderer in the Crystarium.

Mechanics

Phase 1

• Ancient Double: Hades will always cast this at the start of the battle. This allows him to double cast ALL of his abilities throughout the battle.
• Shadowspread: AoE cones will spread from Hades, one targeting each player. Players should stand in predetermined clock positions around Hades to avoid overlap. A few seconds after, Ancient Double will cause this attack to repeat, so players should move into safe zones to either their left or right to avoid being hit by the second cone.
• Bad Faith: Two purple walls with spears pointing out from one side will form to either side of Hades, then blast that side of the arena with the spears. Shortly afterwards, Ancient Double will cause the attack to repeat in the opposite direction. Getting hit by either will cause a player to gain a stack of Vulnerability. Players should stand on the side of the wall without spears to avoid getting hit, then after the attack goes off, quickly move through to the other side of the wall to avoid the repeated cast.
• Arcane Utterance: This cast will cause either red orbs or blue mirrors to spawn around the arena. Both will go off when activated by the following Arcane Control cast. To avoid being killed by the red orbs, players must stand in the single space without a red orb. To avoid being killed by the blue mirrors, players must stand behind the mirror that is opposite the empty space.
• Broken Faith: AoE discs will fall around the room in a random order, exploding slightly after they reach the floor in a radius about the same size as the circles on the arena floor. Standing within the explosion radius will deal damage and apply a stack of Vulnerability for every disc a player is hit by. Players should move between the center circle and the circle that the first disc fell on to avoid any Vulnerability stacks. It’s also possible for players to stand in the center circle and take two Vulnerability stacks with sufficient healing and shielding.
• Ravenous Assault: Tankbuster. Targets the main tank twice and has a large cleaving AoE. Tanks must use invulnerability, or swap during or between the cast, as getting hit by both strikes will be lethal, while other players should stay away from the targeted tank(s).
• Ancient Dark IV: DPS check signalling the end of the phase. If Hades is not brought below 10% HP before or during this cast, he will deem the party “unworthy” and cause a wipe.
  • Note: It’s possible to skip this, and any preceding casts if Hades’s HP is brought below 10% earlier in the fight.

Add Phase

• Nabriales’s Shade:
• Igeyorhm and Lahabrea’s Shades:
• Ascian Prime:

Phase 2

• Again the Majestic:
• Again the Martyr:
• Wail of the Lost:
• Again the Abyssal Celebrant:
• Bident:
• Dark Seal:
• Shadow Stream:
• Polydegmon’s Purgation:
• Life in Captivity:

Phase 3

• Dark Current:
• Gigantomachy:
• Quadrastrike:

In-Depth Guides

Video Guides

• HadesMTQ.jpg

  MTQ's guide

• HadesIllya.jpg

  Illya's guide

• HadesEzPz.jpg

  EzPz's guide

Written Guides

• By Seiji Telayo, including diagrams. Can be found here.

Loot

Name	Type	Item Level	Rarity	Quantity
Agonia	Red Mage's Arm	465	CBlue	1
Aischune	Samurai's Arm	465	CBlue	1
Deima	Archer's Arm	465	CBlue	1
Ekplexis	Machinist's Arm	465	CBlue	1
Eleos	Dark Knight's Arm	465	CBlue	1
Enochlesis	Scholar's Arm	465	CBlue	1
Epikairekakia	Arcanist's Grimoire	465	CBlue	1
Faded Copy of Invincible	Orchestrion Roll	N/A	ABasic	1
Hades Weapon Coffer (IL 465)	Other	N/A	ABasic	1
Hades's Auracite	Material	N/A	ABasic	1
Himeros	Astrologian's Arm	465	CBlue	1
Kelesis	Two-handed Conjurer's Arm	465	CBlue	1
Menis	Lancer's Arm	465	CBlue	1
Odune	Gunbreaker's Arm	465	CBlue	1
Oknos	Two-handed Thaumaturge's Arm	465	CBlue	1
Paladin's Hades Arms (IL 465)	Other	N/A	CBlue	1
Phthonos	Rogue's Arm	465	CBlue	1
Shadow Gwiber Trumpet	Other	N/A	ABasic	1
Thumosis	Marauder's Arm	465	CBlue	1
Zelos	Pugilist's Arm	465	CBlue	1
Zelotupia	Dancer's Arm	465	CBlue	1

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