Ix'Aern (MNK) Solo

So I haven't written here in a while. Not sure why...eh I don't know why I even say that. It was laziness, that's what it was!

My real life has become much more enriched as of late. I've been working a lot and have been trying to make money to fund my immediate future.

In game has been great lately! I finally received W legs on Saturday the 21st. Ironically, there were no Cursed Cuisses on the AH so I bought the synth materials to make myself some with the help of an Alchemist (IO Aubeubian!) from my Linkshell. He HQed them....which caught me off guard but I wasn't complaining by any means.

I really wanted to put my new tool to use so after Dynamis Windurst the following day I went down to the lower level of Hu'Xzoi and took it upon myself to attempt I'x'Aern (MNK) solo with my RDM/NIN. Luckily the ??? spot was on the West side making the inital pull somewhat easier as there was no door I had to open like on the East end of the basement. Anyway I buff up and trade one HQ Organ and start running away towards the Ebon Panel room. At this point Aerns begin to link but they have trouble catching up to me (gogo 12% Movement Speed). Dark element Ghrahs start to aggro too. So I get to the Ebon Panel room...and notice Ix'MNK is not behind me. Most of the mobs begin to depop. All of my buffs were off at this point (minus Reraise, Pro, and Shell 4) so before heading back to the area where I believe I lost aggro I cast Utsu 2 on myself.

A little ways in I see Ix'MNK headed back towards it's spawn point. I wasn't going to let it go this time. I cast Bio 2 on it and begin running back towards the Ebon Panel. Two Ghrahs aggro, one sleeps me with an NQ Sleepga. The Ix'MNK strips the rest of my shadows and hits me a couple times. At this point I was able to make it to the Ebon Panel pulling the Aern to the far side before I died. I wait for the Ghrahs to depop, raise up, Cure myself and put shadows up. I reclaim the I'xMNK with Bio 2 and begin kiting it around the Ebon Panel. After about five mins I realized that I could keep my distance from it almost indefinitely assuming I had the endurance to actually outlast it. I had a close call twice during the fight. Once when I cast Refresh on myself and once when I cast a Bio 2 on it. The most important thing I discovered was that I needed only the Refresh effect from my vermy to maintain Bio 2 on it most of the fight. You need absolutely no buffs execpt maybe Utsu 2 when it goes down. Casting Bio 2 from the get-go wasn't exactly intelligent either, I should've been casting Poison 2 on it for the speed that I can actually get it off. Bio 2 was too slow. Regardless I prevailed and this was my first true solo of any value....to me at least.