You might found out that many 2m-2m range players can't down hard magnus. There must be a reason right?
After testing out on how to kill hard magnus, here are some tips that you help you better down Hard magnus. Here is the training guide by NotInSync. Follow this training first.
<Hard Magnus pre training guide by NotInSync>
Firstly if you ARE trying on a new class, start off with mock magnus. And I mean it, if you are funded, don't make that look like some kiddo challenge, because it isn't. It works wonders. Full duration, enter it, reduce it until its guwaru size (blue zone) is limited to its least.
Of course if your damage is that pain, remove some equips, get a level 10 weapon, though that will make me look like I'm spoon feeding totally. Run around, try and stay in blue zone, for jobs that can jump up vertically, try and master it to dodge magnus' spin. Jobs that can counter spins by rushing, try and get the timing right.
Jobs that you aren't sure what they can do, try out all the pushing skills, you may be surprised that it may actually counter magnus' skills. Here comes the main point of why I suggested a mock magnus start. Look at it this way, jump into normal magnus, if your damage is high obviously you can down it straight.
Then I would laugh at you when you become an idiot in the hard version. The meteors are the key factor of why you should practice in the mock version. The meteors there do not 1 hit KO you, you should try and run about, if possible, reduce it to half HP then unequip all your stuff, hit while running. If you have vertical jump options, this is the best place to train your reaction time, because in mock, if you run into a ball while jumping you probably won't die, but in a normal / hard run, its a 100% death on hitting a blue/purple meteor. So in conclusion, just start off small, don't overlook the smallest and easiest things.
When you feel you are ready, go on to normal magnus runs. Survivability check, reduce yourself to estimated 500~800k damage, try and down it with least deaths possible. You can exit when its HP is almost down to further practice. A good number would be 1~2 deaths throughout. And obviously if you are cheating by running around, trying to survive outside the zone and running in to pot when only needed, then that's just lying to yourself, its not going to bring you anywhere.
Lastly, good luck, go for the hard version.
Small tips : Go in with runes, heaven's gate, buff before entering (quite sure everyone knows this, but its a guide for dummies isn't it).
Try and survive long for the first death, because what's hell would be after you hit below 50%.
Play safe, its not a race. Unless you are that confident you can move through that split second, don't make such a bold move.
Last but not least, don't depend on binders, it'll actually cripple your reaction time even more.
Right now, watch this video..
BEFORE, you kill hard magnus, go to the normal mode and train yourself first. This is important, because many players don't train themselves first and waste death counts in the hard magnus run.
After you done your training you can follow the tips below!
1. Down Hard Magnus's HP to at least 50% before you DIE ONCE!
Before you go in, get all the buffs you can think of that increases your damage, like bishop heaven door, all the powerful buffs, attack pots. EVERYTHING single FKING thing that will increase your range!
To down Hard magnus with 2m-2m range or below you need to down the HP to
at least 50% before you die once! This is the key to down hard magnus below 2m-2m. Keep training until you are able to down the HP to 50% before you die once. If you cannot do this, don't expect to down hard magnus with 2m range or below.
Because after it reaches below 50% of the HP, it will be worse more purple meteors will drop down, more lightning. Super hard to control. And many death, hard magnus become aggressive at below 50% too. He keep knocking you back to the purple meteor and causing you to get instant death.
Death count is the key to win the battle.
2. Lure hard magnus to middle of the map only when you want to attack it.
Because as you can see both sides (left and right) of the map got this green gases thing when you get hit by the gases, your character will be stunned and your HP will keep decreasing until you are dead. Once you get hit by this gas, 90% of the time you will be dead. So the key is to lure hard magnus to the middle and attack to avoid those green gases.
Even with a binder, you need to lure to the middle of the map, so everyone won't get killed by the green gases.
You cannot avoid those green gases even with 100% status resistance, that's why it is so hard to defeat hard magnus.
3. When it reaches less than 30% of the HP...
Players must revive in less than 2 mins when they are dead. Because if they are dead more than 2 mins, then it will cause hail of meteors (where everyone will be dead). Meteors keep dropping down endlessly.
4. When it reaches less than 10% of the HP...
Players must revive in less than 1 min when they are dead. Because if they are dead more than 1 min, then it will cause hail of meteors (where everyone will be dead). Meteors keep dropping down endlessly. Yesterday, a hard magnus run is failed because we did not revive in less than 1 min. The hard magnus's HP is at 5% and caused hail of meteors.
5. Get Binders, and bind hard magnus only on the middle of the map.
There is a hard magnus run recently, the binder binds hard magnus on the left of the map (which the green gases is). We all get instant killed by the green gases. Don't BIND unless you lure hard magnus to the middle first. Get someone with dark sight to lure hard magnus to the middle of the map before you all spawn to bind this fucking hard magnus.
By binding on the left or right of the map, you are wasting the death counts. Death count is the key to win the battle.
6. Go inside the Blue zone first, before you attack.
Because your attack will be reduced to 10% if you hit outside the blue zone. Go inside the FREAKING blue zone and attack.
I will update this guide again...stay tune.
