Welp, I just beat Meat.... I mean Maat. This was my first try, /joy! Anyway, I made a video of it, and wanted to share both the video, and my strategy. Read on for more...

First of all, for those who don't yet know who Maat is... Maat is this old geezer in Jeuno who unlocks higher levels to you. At 50, 55, 60, 65, and 70 you get to be Maat's bitch by running around doing quests for him. At each of these levels, Maat gives you 5 more levels before you have to see him again. At 70, you get to fight him (ok, you can probably fight him as early as 65, but who wants to do that? :-)



I went in and fought him at 69. I had my "Monk's Testimony" which I farmed with Arb and Cyc. One thing to remember with Maat is he takes on your job's abilities. Thus, as a Monk, I knew he would be a Monk.



There's two schools of thought when fighting Maat as a Monk.

• 1: Slow and steady. You're a Monk, do some DoT!
• 2: Sudden, rapid bursts. Hit him fast, hit him hard.

Number 2 can be rather expensive, and seemed kind of risky to me. So I went with number 1. I focused on DEF, VIT, HP and Evasion equipment as well as food that did the same. Here was my equipment:

• Head, Body, Arms, Legs, Feet: All Temple gear (MNK AF)
• Rings: Sun Ring, Chrysoberyl Ring
• Earrings: Drone Earrings
• Neck: Justice Badge (macro miss-fired, was supposed to be Spike Necklace)
• Waist: Warriors Belt +1
• Back: Amemet Mantle
• Weapon: Vishnu's Cesti (some people said go for big-impact weapons like Spartans, but I went with the low delay Vishnu's)
• Other: Blink band at start

The strategy I then used was the following:

• First off, I had everything macroed chronologically. I just hit my macros in order and they mostly worked. I practiced the macros in my MH before hand to be sure I had it down.
• Went into the BC naked. I doubt this really works, but doesn't hurt.
• Fired my first equip change macro.
• Fired my blink band macro.
• Fired my next equip change macro which gets the rest of my gear.
• Ate my Carbonara and 3 Hi-Potions to fill my life.
• Boosted around 8 or 9 times.
• Ate my Panama au Lait.
• Fired my Dodge + Focus macro.
• Fired my Hundred Fists + Chi Blast macro.
  

  This macro didn't work right. I spelled my 2 hour as "Hundred Firsts" which broke the macro. I honestly panicked here as my Chi Blast engaged without my 2 hour. So I fumbled a bit for it in my menu. This is why my equipment doesn't change from my Justice Badge to my Spike Necklace.

• As soon as I hit 100% TP, fired Raging Fists macro.
• Used Icarus Wing, fired another Raging Fists.
• Chakra.

Now, right there, I could have stopped. Maat was seconds away from giving up. However, I did panic as my HP was around 50% and I ate a Vile Elixer +1. This was kind of silly and a waste of 200k. I seriously would have been fine without it... Oh well...



Anyway... without further ado... here is my video (remember, you need to be able to play DivX like the previous videos in order to watch this):

maat-down.avi 48 Megs (be warned!)

Just wanted to add, yes, I did edit this movie. I editted it to fit the song (for one) and I also editted out a few of the boring bits (like most of my boosts, the time I sat staring at my testimony before trading it, and all the spazzing I did with menus and things after the fight- I was so excited I somehow lost all motor functions :-). Other than that, it is exactly how it happened.



One last thing, I've heard reports that on some people's systems, this video winds up being VERY bright. Sorry about that, it doesn't look bright on any of my machines :-(