Royale Ramble

Your armoury crate will load out of the following groupings:

• The four Kings are loaded at the start. They do not aggro.
• In the event that you wipe and try to raise people and save it, the remaining Cardians are Aggressive to Sight and Magic.
• When one of the Kings is attacked, the rest would despawn and the Queen of Cups and Queen of Batons would appear.
• King Cardians have TP Regain.
• None are susceptible to Sleep or Lullaby, but all are to Gravity and Bind. (However, Gravity and Bind may cause rage, according to one theory.)
• All Cardians are highly susceptible to the Stun effect from Head Butt and Violent Flourish, and will not rage due to this effect.
• All Cardians have a "rage mode" where they become extremely evasive and resistant to damage. It has not been conclusively proven what triggers the rage but the following have been claimed: (See the discussion page for details.)
  • Rage is possible only after the Cardians have received the Weighted Down, Bind, or Cursed effect.
    • Theory from FFO (JP FFXI Wiki).
    • No testimony from anyone who specifically tested with "no Gravity/Bind/Curse" and yet result in rage.
    • Blind has been demonstrated to cause rage.
  • Any offensive white or black magic may cause them to rage.
    • Counter: Many groups have used Dia, Slow, Paralyze, Bio, Flash, etc. without the Cardians raging.
      • Flash, Bio and Blind have been demonstrated to cause rage in at least some instances. Reprisal and magical spikes (Shock Spikes, Blaze Spikes, etc...) do not.
    • Quick Draw does not appear to cause rage.
  • Skillchain Damage can make the cardians Rage.
    • Counter: Many groups have used SC intentionally or unintentionally without the Cardians rage.
    • Confirmed. JavelinX 15:53, December 9, 2009
• All three cardians can use uncapped Bludgeon which takes 3 shadows, and also "Deal Out" which is a hate reset move.
• Queen of Batons may open with Sleepga, so it is recommended to be out of range or have poison potions for the beginning.
• Queens can and will cast Cure IV on the King if they are in range.
• Queens will not close within melee range, but they will close to casting range. If you are within melee range you will get attacked (hard).
• All cardians will detect magic and aggro. So if you wipe and need to raise people, need to be outside magic aggro range to raise.
• All cardians have an additional effect to their damage. They do NOT always go off on each melee hit. Known additional effects:
  • Queen of Cups - Additional Effect: Silence
  • Queen of Batons - Additional Effect: Paralyze
  • King of Swords - Additional Effect: Attack down
  • King of Coins - Additional Effect: Dispel
  • King of Cups - Additional Effect: Absorbs buffs
  • King of Batons - Additional Effect: HP Drain (16-105)
    • Uses Blaze Spikes, which can deal 21 points of damage per hit.
• Cardians can use their respective job's 2 hour.
• Cardians have a chance to drop their respective card in the treasure pool prior to completing the BCNM.
• Bard song Goddess Hymnus is useless in arena.
• If you use Escape upon exit, you will be placed right outside Giddeus entrance, making the run around to next run much faster.

• Royale Ramble Strategies