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[SPOILER=Fire-Lover's All-Out Attack Build] The Fire-Lover's All-Out Attack Build - 124 sp

Do this build if:
-you wouldn't care much for poison mist until mid-to-late 3rd job or 4th job rolls around
-Explosion's awesome power suits you just fine

+1 Teleport Mastery (1), +3 Explosion (3)
+3 Element Amplification (3)
+3 Spell Booster (3)
+17 Explosion (max)
+7 Element Amplification (max)
+10 Arcane Overdrive (max)
+7 Spell Booster (max)
+20 Mist (max)
+10 Fire Demon (max)
+10 Burning Magic (max)
+9 Teleport Mastery (10 - max)
+10 Elemental Decrease (max)
+14 Seal (14)

Explanation and reasoning: Good build for those not very into poison (although you'll have to be into poison in 4th job because the poison attacks in 4th job are much more powerful/effective than the fire attacks in 4th job). Delves right into mobbing, disregarding the importance of poison/DoT until mid 3rd job hits.

Recommendation Level: I recommend this build the most.

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The Unfunded Player's Build
Special thanks to @ClericBoyZ15 (of basilmarket) for the idea and parts of this build!

Do this build if:
-you have trouble affording skillbooks that are worth over 25 mil mesos
-you especially have trouble affording MW 20 and MW 30 skillbooks

lvl 100: +1 Mist Eruption (1), +1 Paralyze (1), +1 Big Bang (1), +1 Buff Mastery (1)
lvl 101: +2 Mist Eruption (3), +1 Meteor Shower (1)
lvl 102-104: +9 Buff Mastery (10 - maxed)
lvl 105-113: +27 Mist Eruption (30 - maxed)
lvl 114-122: +27 Paralyze (28)
lvl 123: +2 Paralyze (30 - maxed), +1 Arcane Aim(1)
lvl 124-132: +27 Arcane Aim (28)
lvl 133: +2 Arcane Aim (30 - maxed), +1 Infinity (1)
lvl 134-142: +27 Infinity (28)
lvl 143: +2 Infinity (30 - maxed), +1 Ifrit (1)
lvl 144-152: +27 Ifrit (28)
lvl 153: +2 Ifrit (30 - maxed), +1 Maple Warrior (1)
lvl 154-156: +9 Maple Warrior (10)
lvl 157-165: +27 Meteor (28)
lvl 166: +2 Meteor (30 - maxed), +1 Big Bang (2)
lvl 167-175: +27 Big Bang (29)
lvl 176: +1 Big Bang (30 - maxed), +2 Hero's Will (2)
lvl 177: +3 Hero's Will (5 - maxed)
lvl 178+: Raise as much Maple Warrior as you can afford to.

Explanation and reasoning: This build focuses on skill variety very early. It also focuses on mobbing skills as-early-as-possible because mobbing tends to yield better drops/money gain comparing to 1v1, naturally. MW is disregarded for the most part until the end because of the cost of it's skill-books being very expensive.

Recommendation Level: Great build for a player with very low funding.

Hyper Skill Ratings and Reference
Passive stat enhancements for F/P (can only choose 6 out of 13):

[required level: 198] Hyper Critical Rate (increases crit rate by 10%) - Easily the best out of the bunch when it comes to adding damage. Only downside is the lvl 198 level requirement, not really a downside if you're 198+ atm or approaching there. My Personal Usefulness Rating: 10/10

[required level: 192] Hyper Max Heart Point (increases HP by 15%) - great for HP, one of AMs' weaknesses (not so much after this ). However, be aware that's it is optimal to keep your HP/MP ratio at about 1:4. Rating: 10/10

[required level: 186] Hyper Max Magic Point (increases MP by 15%) - More MP doesn't hurt either. However, be aware that's it is optimal to keep your HP/MP ratio at about 1:4 Rating: 10/10

[required level: 140] Hyper Intelligence (INT + 50) - If you have a lot of %INT/ALL, prepare for your range to climb substantially. As soon as you reach 140, RAISE this! 10/10

[required level: 140] Hyper Luck (LUK +50) - Not as significant to raising range as the above, but it only helps; and 50 luk is not a small amount by any measure. If your weapon of choice is the elemental staff 5/6, which has a 165 LUK requirement, this skill may help you quite a bit. 9/10

[required level: 165] Hyper Physical Guard (Physical Defense + 500) - 500 is quite a lot comparing to what AMs are used to. Can't possibly hurt. 9/10

[required level: 174] Hyper Magical Guard (Magical Defense + 500) - 500 is quite a lot comparing to what AMs are used to. Can't possibly hurt. 9/10

Honorable mentions: Hyper Speed/Jump (required lvls: 152, 146 respectively) - If you're willing to forego Magical/Physical Def and you want to feel quicker, this isn't bad either. Though I still would go with Def personally (we've got teleport so yeah). I rate them both 7/10

Not-so-honorable mentions: Everything else.

Questions I have: Is it possible to somehow HP wash by tinkering with 'Hyper Max Heart/Magic Point' and 'Hyper Intelligence' (since these can be reset constantly)? I'm not sure how the HP washing process works at all, so maybe someone can help out here.

Passive Skill Enhancements for F/P (can only choose 5 out of 9):

Okay, lol, these are QUITE A BIT tougher to choose from because they're all seemingly quite useful at first glance. But I'll take a stab at it..

[required level: 195] Mist Eruption - Cooltime Reduce (reduces ME's cooldown by 50%) - Unless you have ridiculous funding this would be HUUUGE for bossing and good for training after lvl 195 as well (keeping in mind that the level cap will increase to 250 in the future). 11/10

[required level: 155] Mist Eruption - Bonus Attack (adds another hit to ME, for 9 total) - Pretty awesome, and also much better for normal training than the above because it's unlocked 40 levels earlier! Good for bossing too. 10/10

[required level: 177] Mist Eruption - Ignore Guard (adds 20% Ignore Def to ME) - Not as noticeable as the above two, but still great. Particularly great for low-funded players. 10/10

[required level: 143] Poison Mist - Reinforce (increases Mist's attack by 20%) - Not on the level of most of the others, depending on funding. Rating for super-high-funded: 0/10, Rating for medium-funded: 2/10, Rating for low-funded: 6/10. This is one to avoid if need be.

[required level: 162] Poison Mist - DoT Persist ("Poison Mist's damage over time duration is increased by 10%". This one is tricky to figure out. The question is whether this is affected by Burning Magic or not. By the description, it does not seem to be. If it would be, the DoT duration increase would be 2.5 seconds (rounds up to 3?). If it wouldn't be, the DoT duration increase would be 1.5 seconds (rounds up to 2?). Tentative Rating: 1/10

[required level: 183] Poison Mist - DoT Reinforce (Mist DoT damage increases 20%) - Good for just about everyone but not as significant as some of the others. 9/10

[required level: 149] Paralyze - Reinforce (Para damage increases by 20%) - 10/10. Crucial.

[required level: 168] Paralyze - DoT Reinforce (Para DoT damage increased by 20%) - 9.5/10

[required level: 189] Paralyze - Bonus Attack (adds a hit to Paralyze for a total of 7!) - 10/10. Crucial.

And of course for active attack/buff skills, definitely raise both Fire Aura and Meggido Flame. They are great skills!

For the full reference of F/P hyper skills, check this out: http://orangemushroom.wordpress.com/2012...ng-system/
For a better explanation of how hyper skills work, check this out: http://orangemushroom.wordpress.com/2012...er-skills/

Questions and Answers
Q: How does DoT work?
A: DoT stands for Damage Over Time. Most of F/Ps' crucial attacks come with DoT accompanying their regular attack. DoT does a set amount of damage (based on your range and based on the skill you're applying DoT with and the skill's level) every second for a set amount of seconds (depending on the skill). DoT of one skill can be combined with DOT of another skill. For example, for me: if I were to attack with Mist and it's DoT every second is about 120k (for me) damage and then attack with Paralyze and it's DoT every second is 70k damage, I would be seeing a combined damage of 190k every second. Quickly add in skills like Poison Breath, Fire Demon, Meteor, Big Bang, and that combined DoT can only get higher and higher! Isn't this an awesome way to attack? And the best thing is that DoT works on bosses too. Not only does DoT have the ability to work on any monster but DoT also ignores all defense of a monster. That means if you can do 300k combined DoT on a snail, you can also do 300k combined DoT on Pink Bean, regardless of the fact that Pink Bean has a lot more defense of regular weapon or magic attacks than the snail (though the snail would probably be dead before any DoT can be applied to it )!

Another good note on DoT - If I attack a monster with Fire Demon and that monster is neutral, my Fire Demon DoT (for instance) would be 30k each second. But if I were to attack a monster Fire Demon and that monster is fire-weak, that DoT would be 45k each second because DoT is also element-based!!!

Q: How does Mist Eruption and its DoT work?
A: Passively, maxed Mist Eruption will raise Mist's DoT from 180% to 240%, a very good thing. Also, in a nutshell, the more different DoT attacks I use on a monster, the more damage I can do with Mist Eruption when exploding the mist and that monster is inside the mist cloud or very close to it.

You can stack up to 5 different DoT attacks to make full use of Mist Eruption. I usually use Mist, Fire Demon, Poison Breath, Big Bang and Paralyze as the setup attacks for Mist Eruption; but Meteor and Flame Gear (if you're a UA) can substitute any of the above.


@Zenarkenstin explained Mist Eruption's effectiveness pretty well here:

Zenarkenstin(of basilmarket) Wrote:The more "poison-like effects" (DoT) you have stacked, the more damage you will do with Eruption. If I just use mist (and it doesn't poison) and Erupt, I do around 50k (times 5 hits = 250k). But if I stack Paralyze, Poison Breath, Fire Demon, Big Bang, Meteor, Mist poisons, THEN Erupt; I'll be hitting 290-300ks (times 5 hits = 1,500k [1.5m])

Seal: While sealed no skills except for dispel may be used.


Darkness: Makes it so your accuracy is reduced to 25%. This does not affect mage accuracy.


Weaken: Makes it so you cannot jump.


Curse: Makes it so you only receive 50% EXP.


Stun: Makes it so you cannot move or use skills. Cannot be dispelled.


Poison: Slowly drains away your HP.


Slow: Slows your movement speed.


Seduce: You lose control of your character and will randomly walk and jump. You cannot use potions during seduce (except for cleansing potions). Cannot be dispelled, must use Hero's Will.


Zombify: Makes it so Heal will damage yourself and your party members. Also reduces healing potions effectiveness by 50%. Cannot be dispelled.


Joystick Curse: Makes it so you take damage whenever you move.


Reverse Keys: Reverses all your controls. Cannot be dispelled.


Potion Lock: Makes it so you cannot use any potions.


Potential Nullification: Nullifies all of your potential lines. Cannot be dispelled.


Weapon Cancel: Makes target immune to weapon based attacks.


Magic Cancel: Makes target immune to magic based attacks.


Damage Reflect: Target is immune to all attacks, and will reflect any incoming attacks back.


Magic Damage Reflect: Target is immune to all magic attacks, and will reflect any incoming magic attacks back.


Weapon Damage Reflect: Target is immune to all weapon attacks, and will reflect any incoming weapon attacks back.

Status' and Attacks:
Dispel: No
Damage Reflect: No
Zombify: No
Seduce: No
1/1 Attack: Yes (During Bodies)
Potential Nullification: No
Potion Lock: No

Parts:
Arm 1:
HP: 33,000,000
Absorbs HP & MP

Arm 2:
HP: 33,000,000
Absorbs HP & MP

Arm 3:
HP: 22,000,000
Fire and Poison magic attacks.

Arm 4:
HP: 22,000,000
Ice and Lightning Magic Attacks

Arm 5:
HP: 27,500,000
Inflicts Curse, Seal, Weaken

Arm 6:
HP: 30,000,000
Heals 50k HP to all arms every 30 seconds. Power Up, Weapon Defense Up, Magic Defense Up

Arm 7:
HP: 25,300,000
Slams arm on ground to deal damage

Arm 8:
HP:25,300,000
Slams arm on ground to deal damage

Body 1:
HP: 66,000,000
Weapon Cancel, Magic Cancel, Heal, Absorb HP and MP, Summons Mobs
-Lightning attack that does damage and seals everyone it hits.
-Fire pillars that fall from the ceiling stunning anyone it hits.
-1/1 attack. Reduces your HP And MP to 1. The animation for this is pretty obvious. It is a white orb that flashes over Zakums body.

Body 2:
HP: 88,000,000
-Same attacks as body 1.

Body 3:
HP: 110,000,000
-Same attacks as bodies 2 and 3.

Overview:
Zakum has become somewhat of a joke after Big Bang. He can easily be defeated in mere minutes even for a solo Bishop with little to mid funding.

Solo:
The strategy here is just to attack. None of the arms or bodies really do anything that could kill you assuming you pot after each hit. The things to watch out for are 1/1 Attack, Seal, and Stun from the fire pillars that will fall down. If you really want to be safe take out Arm 5 and 6 first as they are the most annoying. Arm 5 curse, seals, and weakens, and Arm 6 heals 50k HP every 30 seconds, and gives Weapon and Magic attack buffs to the arms.

Just spam Angel Ray for the most part. During the arms, if you position yourself right, Angel Ray will not only hit the arms in front of you, but also the arms on the other side. The Mihile link skill can help a lot during this part. As long as you use potions after every 1/1 attack the bodies shouldn't give you any issue.

Party:
I don't really know anyone who still goes to Zakum in a party, but if you wanted to the only thing you really need to do is attack and dispel your party members when they get sealed, weakened etc. Make sure to keep the party buffs up as well, though most of the time, the buffs last longer than the boss run. xD

Status' and Attacks:
Dispel: Yes
Damage Reflect: No
Zombify: Yes (Only During Bodies)
Seduce: Yes (Arm 5, and Bodies 1 and 2)
1/1 Attack: Yes (During Bodies)
Potential Nullification: No
Potion Lock: Yes

Parts:
Arm 1:
HP: 264,000,000
Magic Attacks, Dispel, Reverse Keys, MP Drain

Arm 2:
HP: 264,000,000
Magic Attacks, Dispel, Reverse Keys, MP Drain

Arm 3:
HP: 176,000,000
Magic Attacks, Poison Mist

Arm 4:
HP: 176,000,000
Magic Attacks, Physical Attacks, Joystick curse (Does damage if you move, Can be dispelled)

Arm 5:
HP: 220,000,000
Seal, Darkness, Weakness, Seduce, Curse

Arm 6:
HP: 240,000,000
Heal, Magic Attack and Defense Up, Physical Attack and Defense Up

Arm 7:
HP: 202,400,000
Physical Attack

Arm 8:
HP: 202,400,000
Physical Attack

Body 1:
HP: 748,000,000
Weapon Cancel, Magic Cancel, Area Heal, Summons Mobs, Zombify, Potion Lock,
-Lightning attack that does damage and seals everyone it hits.
-Fire pillars that fall from the ceiling stunning anyone it hits.
-1/1 attack. Reduces your HP And MP to 1. The animation for this is pretty obvious. It is a white orb that flashes over Zakums body.

Body 2:
HP: 904,000,000
-Same attacks as Body 1 except now Chaos Zakum can Seduce.

Body 3:
HP: 1,280,000,000
-Same attacks as Body 2.

Overview:
The same general attacking strategies apply for normal Zakum. The only difference is that Chaos Zakum is a lot more annoying. He'll dispel, 1/1, and seal pretty frequently. Infrequently during the bodies he will use potion lock, but this can be dispelled so it isn't that much of an issue.

Solo:
Trying to solo Chaos Zakum may seem intimidating, but it's really not all that bad once you understand all of his attacks.

Arms
To start, take out Arm 5 first, so you don't have to worry about Seduce. Then take out Arms 1 and 2 next, so that dispel doesn't annoy you. After that it's smooth sailing until the bodies. Remember it is okay to use heal during this section because of no zombify.

Bodies
This is where things get tricky. First things first, make sure to never use heal. In my experience the icon for Zombify lags so trying to time it is an unnecessary risk. Also make sure to keep track of your character so that when your keys get reversed you don't end up walking the wrong way.

The real challenge of this fight is when Zakum uses Seduce and the 1/1 Attack immediately afterwards. Due to not being able to use potions during seduce, this combination of attacks is quite deadly. You have two options to try and avoid this:

- One is to use Hero's Will right away in fear of a 1/1 (You can't use Hero's Will after 1/1 due to no MP)
or
- Try and wait until you see the Zakum's 1/1 animation to use Hero's Will.

Obviously the second method is preferred, but requires you to be paying attention to animations quite carefully and respond really fast. Having Cleansing potions or a very high amount of Status Resistance makes this a lot easier. The last tip is to always have Holy Magic Shell up whenever possible. Zakum's seduce animation happens way too fast to try and time shell right before it. It's easier and more effective to just use shell as soon as it's off cool-down. Beside that tricky part the rest of Chaos Zakum is just dealing enough damage to finish within the 90 minute time limit.

Party:
During arms it is okay to use Heal, but during the body do not use Heal due to Zombify except for in certain circumstances listed below.

In a party, your role is to dispel your party and keep Advanced Bless up. You're also going to be responsible for keeping your party alive when seduced. Chaos Zakum will only seduce the first 5 people to enter the altar unless one of those 5 dies. Due to this Bishops should enter the altar last. Save you're Holy Magic Shell for when your party get seduced. If it is on cooldown for some reason, this is a time that if would be safe to use heal during the body. As far as I know, Chaos Zakum will not use zombify when seducing (Need Confirmation). Chaos Zakum also infrequently uses potion lock during the bodies. This can be dispelled though so it's not too troublesome. This is mainly all there is to a party run. If you have decent damage and can manage it all, you could also attack, though during the bodies dispelling is probably a better idea.

Status' and Attacks:
Dispel: Yes (Black Wyverns will also dispel you)
Damage Reflect: No
Zombify: No.
Seduce: Yes
1/1 Attack: Yes
Potential Nullification: No
Potion Lock: No

Parts:
Preliminary Head 1:
HP: 330,000,000
Weapon Cancel, Magic Cancel, Summon Mobs, Seduce, Super Knockback Skill (Magic Attack), Physical Attacks, 1/1 Attack

Preliminary Head 2:
HP: 330,000,000
Weapon Cancel, Magic Cancel, Summon Mobs, Seduce, Super Knockback Skill (Magic Attack), Magic Attacks, 1/1 Attack

Horntail's Left Head:
HP: 330,000,000
Weapon Cancel, Magic Cancel, Summon Mobs, Magic and Physical Attacks, 1/1 Attack

Horntail's Middle Head:
HP: 490,000,000
Weapon Cancel, Magic Cancel, Summon Mobs, Magic and Physical Attacks, Dispel, 1/1 attack

Horntail's Right Head:
HP: 330,000,000
Weapon Cancel, Magic Cancel, Summon Mobs, Magic Attacks, 1/1 attack

Horntail's Left Arm:
HP: 230,000,000
Dispel, Seduce, MP Burn, Reduces Physical Damage

Horntail's Right Arm:
HP: 230,000,000
Seal, Blind, Decreases Magical Damage, Seduce, Weakness, MP Burn

Horntail's Wings:
HP: 270,000,000
Summons Mobs, Recovers HP, Increases Weapon and Magic Damage

Horntail's Legs:
HP: 130,000,0000
Super Knockback Attack, Stun Attack

Horntail's Tail:
HP: 80,000,000
Super Knockback Attack, Poison's People in Area

Overview:
Horntail has also become quite easy. He can be easily soloed and taking a party can often be overkill. Horntail is setup across 3 rooms. The first room contains the first preliminary head. After that is defeated you move to another room with the second preliminary head. Once that is completed you move into the main chamber where actual Horntail awaits.

Solo:
Soloing horntail is not as difficult as one might expect. The first time I attempted it, I overestimated him greatly and was stuck waiting like 20 minutes for drops.

Preliminary Heads
These heads are pretty easy, and you can just spam Angel Ray. This room does have a weird lag that makes all of your attacks feel sticky. This can be mitigated by standing on the platform behind the head once it spawns. Alternating Mihile's Link skill with Holy Magic Shell should make it so you don't fall off the platform that often. The only other thing to note is that these preliminary heads can use seduce. You can normally just wait it out though since normally the preliminary heads don't like to 1/1 too often, but be aware that they can use it.

Main Chamber
This is where the real fight begins. Hit the purple rock on the right side a couple times to summon Horntail. Start on the left side of Horntail and spam Angel Ray. From this position you should be hitting both the Tail and Legs at the same time. By staying on the left you also avoid the tail's touch damage which can be pretty hefty. Once the legs and tail are done there are two different approaches you can take. This stems from the fact that Horntail will not drop any items upon death until 30 minutes from the time he was summoned (Unless you are in a party of at least 6). These approaches are:

1) The first strategy is to start attacking the right and left arms next. The idea behind this is to kill the only part of Horntail that can seduce, thus making the fight significantly easier. From there you move on to the heads, ultimately leaving one head alive until the timer hits 30 minutes after summon. The problem with this method is that leaving a head alive means you will be taking damage during the waiting time which can be annoying. I suggest this method for people who have trouble with seduce and are going to use more than 30 minutes to kill Horntail.
Order: Legs+Tail > Arms+Wings > Heads

2) The other strategy is to leave an arm for last. By doing so, you can comfortably wait out the timer while not having to worry about attacks. (The arm will not attack you and seduce won't matter once there's nothing left to damage you). The downside to this is you might get seduced at any time during the fight, which could be fatal. I suggest this method for people with high amounts of status resist, and people who can kill Horntail very quickly.
Order: Legs+Tail > 1 Arm+Wings > Heads > Other Arm

Now for the actual fight information. The only real difficulty is dealing with Seduce plus a 1/1 attack. The trick to this is to leave the Cornians that Horntail summons alone. By doing this, if you get seduced you will take touch damage from the Cornians which will give you invincibility frames, hopefully letting you avoid a 1/1 attack. For this reason I suggest leaving Bahamut and teleport mastery off. Obviously, using method 1 described above helps avoid this situation most of the time. Besides that everything is pretty easy. The only head that might give you issue is the top right one. This is because you can only hit it with Angel Ray from one tiny platform and you often fall off. Using the Mihile Link Skill and Shell should help with that though.

Party:
If you go in a party there's only a couple things to keep in mind. First is that usually horntail seduces in the order people entered the cave. As of late Horntail seems to be seducing quite randomly sometimes so I don't really know what the deal is. Regardless you as the Bishop should try to enter the cave last to be safe. This applies to the all 3 sections of the cave.

The things to look out for are Seduce, Dispel, and other status ailments. Make sure to buff and Dispel your party appropriately. When they get seduced heal them or use shell. The order for killing should be Legs+Tail>Arms+Wings>Heads as you will get drops in a party of 6 without having to wait. Watch out for the Black Wyverns which sometimes also dispel if they bump into you. Besides that everything should be pretty easy.

Status' and Attacks:
Dispel: Yes (Black Wyverns will also dispel you)
Damage Reflect: Yes (Right Head will Magic Reflect, Left Head will Physical Reflect | Happens only when HP is under 50%)
Zombify: Yes
Seduce: Yes
1/1 Attack: Yes
Potential Nullification: No
Potion Lock: No

Parts:
Chaos Horntail's Preliminary Head 1:
HP: 1,650,000,000
Weapon Cancel, Magic Cancel, Summon Mobs, Seduce, Super Knockback Skill (Magic Attack), Physical Attacks, 1/1 Attack

Chaos Horntail's Preliminary Head 2:
HP: 1,650,000,000
Weapon Cancel, Magic Cancel, Summon Mobs, Seduce, Super Knockback Skill (Magic Attack), Magic Attacks, 1/1 Attack

Chaos Horntail's Left Head:
HP: 1,650,000,000
Weapon Cancel, Magic Cancel, Summon Mobs, Magic and Physical Attacks, Physical Damage Reflect, Zombify, 1/1 Attack

Chaos Horntail's Middle Head:
HP: 1,950,000,000
Weapon Cancel, Magic Cancel, Summon Mobs, Magic and Physical Attacks, Dispel, 1/1 Attack. Reverse Controls, Stun Attack

Chaos Horntail's Right Head:
HP: 1,650,000,000
Weapon Cancel, Magic Cancel, Summon Mobs, Magic Attacks, 1/1 attack, Zombify, Magic Damage Reflect

Chaos Horntail's Left Arm:
HP: 1,150,000,000
Dispel, Seduce, MP Burn, Reduces Physical Damage

Chaos Horntail's Right Arm:
HP: 1,150,000,000
Seal, Blind, Decreases Magical Damage, Seduce, Weakness, MP Burn, Potion Block

Chaos Horntail's Wings:
HP: 1,350,000,000
Summons Mobs, Recovers HP, Increases Weapon and Magic Damage

Chaos Horntail's Legs:
HP: 650,000,000
Super Knockback Attack, Stun Attack

Chaos Horntail's Tail:
HP: 450,000,000
Super Knockback Attack, Poison's People in Area

Overview:
This is something that I have not yet personally tried. So I will be using information I've gathered from talking with people and watching videos. I'll update this with more insight when I get around to trying it myself, though most of it should be pretty similar to normal Horntail.

Solo:
The first thing that should be on your mind is the actual hardest part of this fight, the staggering amount of HP he has. Compared to the combined 2.75 billion HP of normal Horntail, the 13.3 billion of Chaos Horntail is nothing to laugh at. Once you decide to do this, you're in for the long haul. While the amount of HP might be intimidating, don't worry, CHT shares a lot of the same properties as normal HT.

Preliminary Heads:
The approach for this is the same as regular HT. Stand on the platform behind the head to avoid the room lag and spam Angel Ray using Shell and Mihile Link Skill as often as possible. You will get seduced during this part most likely but you should be OK as long as you watch out for the 1/1 attack. Use Hero's Will if needed. Other than that this part is pretty basic.

Main Chamber:
The best way to look at Chaos Horntail is as just a larger (HP wise) normal Horntail that does more damage. The things to look out for are Zombify from the left and right head, along with the seduce from the two arms. One thing you'll need to be aware of is that the right head will start to Magic Damage Reflect after 50% hp. This reflect will last for 7 seconds and have a cool down of 60 seconds, so make sure to keep track of when he uses it. He will reflect about 5000 plus or minus 5000 damage so it's possible to tank the reflect unlike some other bosses, as long as you have enough HP. Just make sure when you attack the left and middle heads, your Angel Ray doesn't accidentally poke the right head. Keeping the Cornians Horntail summons alive is really important here so turn off teleport mastery and Bahamut. You're going to get seduced a lot and having the Cornians hit you can prevent you from getting 1/1 attacked. I would suggest going in this order: Legs+Tail > Arm+Wings > Left+Middle Head > Right Head.

Party:
Your role here is exactly the same as normal HT except don't use heal while the right and left heads are alive. I'm pretty sure Chaos Horntail seduces in the order people entered the cave just like normal HT. As of late Horntail seems to be seducing quite randomly sometimes so I don't really know what the deal is. Regardless you as the Bishop should try to enter the cave last to be safe. This applies to the all 3 sections of the cave.
The things to look out for are Seduce, Dispel, and other status ailments. Make sure to buff and Dispel your party appropriately. When they get seduced follow them and use Holy Magic Shell. Only heal if you're ABSOLUTELY sure there's no zombify. There is a chance for mass seduce when his HP is less than 30% so look out for that. Watch out for the Black Wyverns which sometimes also dispel if they bump into you. The order for killing should be Legs+Tail > Arms+Wings > Heads with the Magic Users attacking the left head and the Weapon Users attacking the right so as to avoid the damage reflect. Besides that everything else should be pretty self explanatory.

Status' and Attacks:
Dispel: Yes
Damage Reflect: Yes
Zombify: Yes
Seduce: Yes
1/1 Attack: Yes
Potential Nullification: No
Potion Lock: No

Parts:
Solomon the Wise (Left Statue)

HP: 300,000,000
1/1 Attack, Stun, Super Knockback, Seal, Slow

Rex the Wise (Right Statue)

HP: 300,000,000
Reverse Controls, Dispel, Zombify, 1/1 Attack, Super Knockback, Blind, Posion

Hugin (Left Bird)

HP: 450,000,000
Damage Reflect, Weapon Damage Reflect, Magic Damage Reflect, Seal, Weakness, Slow, Zombify

Munin (RightBird)

HP: 450,000,000
Super Knockback, Seduce, Weakness, Reverse Controls, Stun

Ariel

HP: 600,000,000
Zombify, Recover HP, Dispel, Poison, Magic Cancel, Weapon Cancel, Blind, Stun, Super Knockback, 1/1 Attack, HOLY IMMUNE

Pink Bean

HP: 2,100,000,000
Summon Mobs, Damage Reflect (Every 43 Seconds), Zombify, Stun, Reverse Controls, Super Knockback, Seduce, Seal, 1/1 Attack, HOLY STRONG

Overview:
If there ever was a boss Bishop's were never meant to fight this would be it. Too bad we do it anyways xD. The difficulty of this boss is a combination of things. First off due to its non-existant vertical range, Angel Ray cannot hit any of the Wisemen or Bird statues while on the flat ground. This means Bishops must use Big Bang on the Wisemen and Holy Arrow on the bird statues. Ariel also is completely holy immune so a combination of teleport mastery with energy bolt yields the best DPS. Lastly Pink Bean himself is holy strong which severely nerfs our damage. One thing to note is Pink Bean will not mass seduce if he is facing right.

One of the most important things to know about this boss is that the two bird statues have a line of sight. This sight extends from the bird statue to the golden orb at the base of the Wisemen.

For this reason when the birds are active no one in the party should ever cross that orb until the statue is dead. Failing to stay behind the orb can cause the left bird to trigger damage reflect and the right bird to trigger seduce. When you do cross after the bird dies, make sure you're fast about it.

The order for killing is this:
Left Wiseman (Stand on the platform to the right of the statue and use AR since the bird is inactive, You kill him twice)
Cross Map
Right Wiseman (Stand on the platform to the left of the statue and use AR since the bird is inactive, You kill him twice)
Cross Map
Left Wiseman (Don't cross the orb, Use Big Bang)
Left Bird (Don't cross the orb, Use Holy Arrow)
Cross Map
Right Wiseman (Don't cross the orb, Use Big Bang)
Right Bird (Don't cross the orb, Use Holy Arrow)
Cross Map
Left Wiseman (Don't cross the orb, Use Big Bang)
Left Bird (Don't cross the orb, Use Holy Arrow)
Cross Map
Right Wiseman (Don't cross the orb, Use Big Bang)
Right Bird (Don't cross the orb, Use Holy Arrow)
Cross Map
Left Wiseman (Don't cross the orb, Use Big Bang)
Left Bird (Don't cross the orb, Use Holy Arrow)
Ariel (Use Energy Bolt + Teleport Mastery)
Pink Bean

Solo:
There's no Bishop that I'm aware of in GMS that has been able to solo Pink Bean fully. Once we get our Hyper Skills it will be physically possible though. We can however solo all the statues, though it require a very large amount of DPS to finish within the allotted 1 hour.
The strategy is to use the order listed above. The first time you fight the left and right Wisemen use Angel Ray since the birds are inactive. Just stand on the platform next to the statue. After that though, you need to use Big Bang for the Wiseman and Holy Arrow for the Bird Statues, making sure to never cross the golden orb at the base of the Wisemen until the bird on that side is dead. Crossing it will trigger DR or Seduce depending on the side. Keep this method up and it should be pretty straightforward. Keep in mind the Zombify and try not to heal when next to an active left bird or right Wiseman. Also watch out for getting your keys reversed. You don't want to accidentally cross the orb because went the wrong way.
When you get to Ariel you'll find out that she in completely holy immune. Thus, the maximum DPS you can do is using energy bolt with teleport mastery in-between each cast. She will also zombify.
This is where the journey ends for now. I don't know how anyone could solo actual Pink Bean as of right now in GMS. Once we get Hypers I'll add in the section about fighting actual Pink Bean.

Party:
For a party the order stays the same as listed above. If you want to attack, it's the same method as solo; Big Bang for Wisemen and Holy Arrow for Birds. Usually the party leader will yell out when everyone is supposed to cross. Your job here is to Dispel and Buff your party and to not heal everyone to death. Besides that it's pretty straightforward. Once you get to Pink Bean the challenging part begins for your party. After 90% HP Pink Bean will start to use damage reflect. The animation looks like this
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and he casts it roughly every 43 seconds. I find it easier and safer to keep track of it using 40 seconds, as it's simpler to do the math with. It lasts for 25 seconds so 15 seconds of him with no DR. Once it's 40 seconds from the time he last used DR everyone should stop attacking and the Phantom or Warrior in your party should crash. Once the crash is confirmed everyone should attack, but watch for the DR animation so as to know when the next 40 seconds is up. If you have a phantom they can use Pouvoir to steal Pink Beans's DR right when he casts it to give the party more attacking time. With timing DR being the only real hard part everything else is pretty easy.

Status' and Attacks:
Dispel: Yes
Damage Reflect: Yes
Zombify: Yes
Seduce: Yes
1/1 Attack: Yes
Potential Nullification: Yes
Potion Lock: Yes, (On Chaos Munin)

Parts:
Chaos Solomon the Wise (Left Statue)

HP: 2,100,000,000
Stun, Super Knockback, 1/1 Attack, Seal, Slow

Chaos Rex the Wise (Right Statue)

HP: 2,100,000,000
Reverse Controls, Dispel, Zombify, 1/1 Attack, Super Knockback, Blind, Poison

Chaos Hugin (Left Bird)

HP: 2,100,000,000
Reverse Controls, Dispel, Zombify, 1/1 Attack, Super Knockback, Blind, Poison

Chaos Munin (Right Bird)

HP: 2,100,000,000
Super Knockback, Seduce, Potion lock, Reverse Controls, Stun

Chaos Ariel

HP: 2,100,000,000
Zombify, HP Recover, Dispel, Poison, Magic Cancel, Weapon Cancel, Damage Reflect, Blind, Stun, Super Knockback, 1/1 Attack, HOLY IMMUNE

Chaos Pink Bean

HP: 2,100,000,000 (14 Forms)
Damage Reflect, Zombify, Seduce, Map Teleport, Dispel, Stun, Super Knockback, Seal, 1/1 Attack, Reverse Controls, Summons Mini Pink Beans, Transforms you into Pink Bean, Potential Nullification, HOLY STRONG

Overview:
I've only been on one Chaos Pink Bean run before and it didn't end up well. One guy stepped over the golden orb and everyone got mass seduced. This by far the hardest boss in GMS right now with 14 forms of Pink Bean each with 2.1 billion HP.

Solo:
Yea.....this probably isn't happening anytime soon. =P

Party:
Your role in this party is to simply dispel and buff. You're likely in an expedition with 20-30 people so keep your party all ready to go. Also be ready to Res on command from the expedition leader. I suppose you could try to attack a bit but our DPS already kind of sucks at PB due to having to use crappy skills like Big Bang and Holy Arrow. Again, make sure to not step over the gold orb, and only cross when the leader says to. Every status effect you can think of will get thrown at you. Potential Null, Stun, Zombify, DR, 1/1 and everything else. That's about all you need to know for Chaos Pink Bean. The order the statues get taken down is the same as normal Pink Bean so refer to that from the normal Pink Bean section, with the only difference being Chaos Pink Bean has a crap-ton of forms (14 to be exact).

HP: 550,000,000
Status' and Attacks:
Dispel: Yes
Damage Reflect: Yes (When HP is under 70%)
Zombify: No
Seduce: No
1/1 Attack: No
Potential Nullification: Yes
Potion Lock: No

Overview:
Von Leon isn't the most technically challenging bosses, but I find him to be quite annoying. The reason for this is his particular set of attacks. Von Leon will Dispel, Potential Cancel, Banish (Send you to another room), Damage Reflect when under 70% HP (7 second duration, 70 second cool down) and teleport around the map. The most annoying thing in my opinion though is the fact that he summons mini-castle golems. This normally wouldn't be too bad but when his HP is less than 50% he will start to consume these mobs, recovering massive amounts of HP. The good thing about Von Leon though is if you die, you'll simple get sent to a different room, where you're free to rejoin the fight.

Solo:
The only method I know of for a Bishop to solo him is brute force. Just keep spamming Angel Ray and make sure to watch for the DR animation. You can re-spawn but you'll lose valuable time, and re-buffing is annoying. When he summons the mini-Castle golems make sure to kill them as soon as possible. Besides that there's not much to it. It comes down to a pure DPS war between your Angel Ray and his healing. That being said the faster you can kill the castle golems the better.

Party:
There's two ways to go about this with a party. If your party has enough DPS, just go all out and attack him, making sure to watch for DR. If your party's DPS is somewhat lacking you can try and max out the spawn with boars. By doing so, Von Leon will not be able to summon anymore castle golems and thus cannot heal. Once maxed though only attackers with 1v1 skills will be able to attack because any mob attack will free up castle golem spawn. Choose whatever method fits your party and go from there. You as the Bishop don't really do that much as none of his status effects can be dispelled anyway. Just buff and Shell your team and help attack VL and the mobs.

Status' and Attacks:
Dispel: No
Damage Reflect: Yes
Zombify: Yes
Seduce: No
1/1 Attack: No
Potential Nullification: Yes
Potion Lock: 30 second potion cool-down for the whole room.

Parts:
Oz

v1:
HP: 600,000,000
Seal, Teleports around map, Summons Mobs, AoE Poison, Magic Attacks
v2:
HP: 1,650,000,000
Same attacks as v1 but they hurt more.

Eckhart

v1
HP: 600,000,000
Summons Mobs, Stun, Physical and Magic Attacks
v2:
HP: 1,650,000,000
Same attacks as v1 but they hurt more.

Hawkeye

v1
HP: 600,000,000
Weapon attack Enhancement, Summons Mobs, Physical Attacks
v2:
HP: 1,650,000,000
Same attacks as v1 but they hurt more.

Irena

v1:
HP: 600,000,000
Stuns, Summons Mobs, Super Knockback, Physical and Magic Attacks
v2:
HP: 1,650,000,000
Same attacks as v1 but they hurt more.

Mihile

v1
HP: 600,000,000
Weapon attack Enhancement, Summons Mobs, Physical Attacks
v2:
HP: 1,650,000,000
Same attacks as v1 plus Mihile can now use damage reflect (70 Second Cooldown, 7 Second Duration) when his HP is under 70%.

Shinsoo

HP: 70,000,000
Area Recover HP and MP (21m/150k), Mob Defense Skill

Cygnus

HP: 2,100,000,000
Area Heal (840m HP)
Banish (Sends you to another room)
Zombify
Potential Nullification
Bomb Attack (Deals 20k AoE damage)
Transforms you into a pig (Can't use skills or pots)
Summons Instructors
Damage Reflect (50k)
Dark Genesis (AoE)
Poison Mist
Phoenix (AoE 10k per second)
Tornado (1k per second)

Overview:
Cygnus is one of the biggest bosses in Maple right now next to Chaos Pink Bean and she is killed far more often due to Empress Equips being quite desirable (The armors are dropped by the v2's and the weapons are dropped by Cygnus herself). The important thing to note is that while in Cygnus' Garden there is a 30 second potion cooldown. This applies to every type potion, whether it is a normal HP/MP potion or a buff potion. Healing familiars such as a giant snail do work, but they will use your 1 potion per 30 seconds, so it's usually not a good idea.
When you enter the garden, Empress Cygnus will awaken in the middle of the map. After you hit her around a couple times she'll summon the v1 instructors one by one. One quick tip is Cygnus wont use her Tornado attack if she is facing right. Her Damage Reflect lasts 15 seconds and and has a cooldown of 80 seconds, though she doesn't follow the cooldown when you're in a party.

During this phase Cygnus will summon the instructors one at a time, with the order being random. The important thing to note is that while the instructor is out Cygnus will go to sleep, making you unable to hit her and her unable to do anything to you. She will awaken after each instructor dies to be able to summon another. Be sure to look at the skills each Instructor can use above so as to not be surprised. After all the v1 instructors are killed the next step is to get Empress to under 50% HP. Once she gets under 50% she will summon all the v2 instructors at once. Kill those and then all that left is Empress herself. The annoying bit being that she will heal herself 35 times before you can kill her under the 10 minute marker.

Solo:
As far as I know, no GMS bishop has ever finished a v2 solo. What is possible though is to solo the v1 instructors. Once you enter the garden she will be in the middle. Hit her around until she summons the v1 instructors. The order she summons them will be random. To be able to attempt this solo will take a considerable amount of damage range and character control. The general strategy with this is to "kite" the instructors. By this I mean luring the instructor towards you while you move away from them. The easiest way to do this is to telecast Angel Ray backwards. Once you hit the end of the wall reverse the direction and go the other way. Continue the process again for each instructor.
The instructors that will probably give you problems are Oz, Irena, and Eckhart.
- Oz is annoying because she will teleport around the map. Just keep trying to telecast away from her and be aware of where she teleports to.
-Eckhart and Irena are probably the most difficult due to their excessive use of stun attacks. The only way to attempt to avoid this is skirting in and out of their range by telecasting. Irena also has a super knockback skill she will use. Being able to defeat them will require good character control along with potion management due to the 1 potion every 30 seconds restriction. There's not much else to say about this. It's probably going to be a lot of trial and error, but eventually you'll get it.

Party
V1's
For the most part your job here will be support. Make sure to buff and shell your party. Also make sure to heal them during the v1's and v2's, as it's safe due to no zombify from the instructors. With a party v1's should be pretty easy. In-between the v1 instructors when empress wakes up, she tends to use her pig transformation attack immediately from my experience. Due to this I highly recommend using your shell at this point. That way if your party turns into pigs, they'll be protected.
Once Empress comes out after v1's try not to use heal as she will zombify. You might have to heal to save a party member at some point, but be mindful and only do it when you feel it is safe. Keep in mind the zombify icon tends to lag.

V2's
As of a semi-recent patch it seems that the instructors can no longer be knocked back. This makes it pretty hard to control all the mobs. What your party will want to do though is separate Mihile from the other instructors due to his ability to use damage reflect when his HP is under 70%. If your party can successfully do this then you should have a tankier character solo Mihile. Mihile's damage reflect lasts 7 seconds and has a 70 second cooldown. Using this timing, you can also crash him. A Kaiser would probably the ideal character for the job, as Final Form ignores damage reflect and they have high damage output.
Your job as Bishop is to try and keep everyone free from status effects and alive. If you have Mihile separated from the rest of the instructors, then you will be required to teleport between the two attacking groups and keep them dispelled. Make sure to know the maximum range of your dispel because you ideally want to be far away enough that you can dispel your party without getting hit. If someone dies make a judgment with your party whether to resurrect them now or wait in case someone else dies.

Cygnus Herself
The fight here is a test of endurance. She will heal herself 35 times before you will be able to kill her under the 10 minute marker. Do your best as Bishop to keep everyone alive and dispelled. Be aware of where all your party members are and the status of their HP. When in a party Empress' damage reflect timing is completely random meaning she can use it whenever she feels like. For this reason, your party should only be attacking her when shes Binded, Crashed, or in the middle of an attack animation. The DR will always reflect 50k at the alive character with the lowest HP at the time. That's about all you really need to know. Just be patient and try to help your party the best you can.

HP: 11,750,000
Dispel: No
Damage Reflect: No
Zombify: No
Seduce: No
1/1 Attack:No
Potential Nullification: No
Potion Lock: No

Dodo is pretty simple. Just spam Angel Ray to kill him. He really doesn't have any special tricks that you need to worry about.

HP: 16,000,000
Dispel: No
Damage Reflect: Yes
Zombify: No
Seduce:No
1/1 Attack:No
Potential Nullification: No
Potion Lock: No

Lilynouch is probably the most annoying of the Temple of Time area bosses to fight. There are two things to keep in mind, but other than that he is pretty simple.

-The first thing is that he will use damage reflect. When he does activate DR it will be quite obvious though. His body will glow purple. Just stop attacking and wait it out. Always keep an eye out for the DR animation.

-The second thing to know is that when Lilynouch jumps in the air if you are on the ground when he lands, you'll get super knockbacked. To avoid this, simply jump when Lilynouch is about to land.

Other than that just spam Angel Ray and you should be fine.

HP: 20,500,000
Dispel: No
Damage Reflect: No
Zombify: No
Seduce: Yes
1/1 Attack: No
Potential Nullification: No
Potion Lock: No

The only real thing you need to keep in mind is that Lyka can seduce you. This really isn't an issue though unless your HP/MP is low enough that Temple of Time mobs will kill you as Lyka really doesn't do anything to you afterwards. Just spam Angel Ray and you should finish no problem.

HP: 3,700,000
Dispel: Yes
Damage Reflect: No
Zombify: No
Seduce:No
1/1 Attack: Yes
Potential Nullification: No
Potion Lock: No

This fight is significantly easier than it used to be before due to magic guard being unable to be dispelled. Just spam Angel Ray and you should have no issue. The only annoying thing is your buffs will get dispelled sometimes and Manon will 1/1 attack on occasion. Stand on top of Manon to avoid getting dispelled if you're worried about that. Just rebuff and use potions accordingly and you'll be fine.

HP: 3,700,000
Dispel: Yes
Damage Reflect: No
Zombify: No
Seduce: No
1/1 Attack: Yes
Potential Nullification: No
Potion Lock: No

This fight is exactly the same as Manon. Just spam your attack and you should have no issue. The only annoying thing is your buffs will get dispelled sometimes and Griffey will 1/1 attack on occasion. If you stand ontop of Griffey you should be able to avoid getting dispelled. Just rebuff and use potions accordingly and you'll be fine.

HP: Right: 30,000,000 / Left: 24,000,000
Dispel: Yes
Damage Reflect: No
Zombify: No
Seduce:No
1/1 Attack: Yes
Potential Nullification: No
Potion Lock: No

Pianus isn't too bad. The hardest part is finding one. The annoying things to look out for are 1/1 attack and dispel. He summons blood booms and giant concrete blocks, but those shouldn't kill you unless your HP/MP is awkwardly low for some reason. There's two Pianus' that spawn in the map at different times. The only really difference is the right one has 6 million more HP.

HP: 1st Form 23,000,000 / 2nd Form 1,590,000
Dispel: Yes
Damage Reflect: No
Zombify: No
Seduce: No
1/1 Attack: Yes
Potential Nullification: No
Potion Lock: No

Papulatus is incredibly easy. The only annoying things he will do is 1/1, dispel and hid in his shell. When he's hiding in his shell, you cannot attack him. Just spam Angel Ray and you should be fine. If you have a Mihile Link Skill for stance you can use knock Papulatus to the left corner and stand on the platform on the far left. While standing on this platform, you will not get dispelled.