Ambuscade/Battlefield Archive/Bozzetto Bigwig

• Bozzetto Bigwig: Possesses mostly THF traits. Can cast Ninjutsu. Only foe present at start.
• Bozzetto Tormenter: DRK with THF traits. Summoned during the battle.
• Bozzetto Astrologer: BLM with THF traits. Summoned during the battle.

As the fight progresses, the Bigwig will summon (and resummon) allies depending on the difficulty.

Very Difficult:
Five allies are summoned:

• Bozzetto Tormenter (DRK) x3
• Bozzetto Astrologer (BLM) x2

Difficult:
Four allies are summoned:

• Bozzetto Tormenter (DRK) x2
• Bozzetto Astrologer (BLM) x2

Normal:
Three allies are summoned:^[2]

• Bozzetto Tormenter (DRK) x2
• Bozzetto Astrologer (BLM) x1

Easy:
Two allies are summoned:

• Bozzetto Tormenter (DRK)
• Bozzetto Astrologer (BLM)

Very Easy:
One ally is summoned, and only one wave comes:^[3]

• Bozetto Tormenter (DRK)

Passive Traits
All Foes:

• Evasion Bonus. On Very Difficult, this gives the boss 1464 total Evasion^[4]
• Triple Attack
• All foes share the Qutrub traits of taking about 10x damage from all sources.
• All foes are immune to sleep, petrification, weight, and bind.
• All foes are affected by damage multipliers when attacking the same target
  • All three: 200% damage
  • Two: 20% damage
• All foes gain 100TP/3 seconds when all 3 are attacking the same target.
• All foes are affected by a 90% attack penalty when all 3 are attacking separate targets.

Bigwig:

• Resistant to sources of Evasion Down, Magic Evasion Down, Silence, and dark-based Dispel.

Abilities Used
The Bigwig's abilities change throughout this four-phase fight.

100~80%: The Bigwig wields a great katana.

• Animating Wail - AOE Haste on nearby allies. Overwrites Slow.
• Mangle - Multiple physical hits. Absorbed by 3 shadows.
• Leaping Cleave - Single target Physical Damage + Stun. Absorbed by 1 shadow.

80~60%: The Bigwig's weapon breaks once, and attacks barehanded.

• Summons adds according to difficulty. Adds appear one at a time, always in alternating DRK -> BLM order. On higher difficulties the adds appear much more rapidly. Gains the following abilities:
• Hex Palm - Single target Drain. Removes shadows.
• Spinal Cleave - Single target physical damage. Absorbed by 1 shadow

60%~30%: The Bigwig unsheathes its dagger.

• Additional Effect: Death on normal melee swings. Defeating one of its allies during the previous phase reduces the activation rate. Defeating all of its allies nullifies this effect.^[5] Triple Attack rate reportedly increases^[6]. Gains the following abilities:
• Unblest Jambia - Moderate AOE Drain, removes all shadows.
• Gen'ei Ryodan - Front AOE Physical damage + Stun + Dispels multiple buffs. This attack strikes 5 times, and dispels one buff from affected targets for each landed hit.

50%:

• Will use Perfect Dodge

30%~0%: The dagger breaks, and the Bigwig fights barehanded again.

• Resummons all defeated adds (Except on Very Easy). Gains the following abilities, preferring Spin the Tables and Unblest Jambia over any others:
• Spin the Tables (Very Difficult Only) - AOE drain to all targets in range. Amount drained based on % of current HP (~70%). Cannot drain more HP than targets have. Boss gains 100 times the total HP drained by this ability. Pierces shadows. Instant KO on players below 10% health.
• Phantom Whorl - Powerful (33k) single-target physical hit + hate reset. Blocked by 1 shadow.^[7]
• Turn the Tables - Single target version of Spin the Tables. Pierces shadows. Instant KO on players below 10% health.
• Triple Reversal - Use is enabled when 3 or more foes are targeting the same player.^[8]. Deals damage relative to amount of damage taken by the Bigwig^[9]. Its damage may not be mitigated in any way. May be outranged by a dedicated kiter. Mewing Lullaby to reset enemy TP will also block its usage.

Tormenters:

• Fortifying Wail - AOE Protect on allies in range.
• SP Ability - Blood Weapon
• Triple Reversal

Bozzetto Astrologers:

• Triple Reversal
• SP Ability - Manafont

Spells Cast Bigwig:

• Utsusemi: San, granting it 9 shadows. Only used during the final phase of the fight.

Astrologers:

• Elemental Tier IV and -ga III spells
• Poisonga II
• Bio II
• Sleepga, Sleep II, Sleepga II
• Bind
• Ice Spikes

Where to get your Primer:

• Caedarva Mire: Caedarva Mire, Map 2 (G-6), near a Survival Guide. Long respawns. Create alliances with other parties to reduce congestion.
• Caedarva Mire: ~5-6 Lamia Idolaters a short trip away from the Dvucca Isle Staging Point, look for them starting around Caedarva Mire, Map 2 (I-10).
• Periqia: CS Wildcat Badge Assault: Operation: Snake Eyes has 5 Qutrub at the start of the mission
• Arrapago Reef: Some around Arrapago Reef, Map 2 (F-10) and Arrapago Reef, Map 2 (G-10). Takes about as long to get there from the Survival Guide as the Ilrusi Atoll Staging Point.