Holding Claim On Fistule

yellow proc's are not applied to upgrade items in visions zones.

Oh boy, here we go again.

FTFY

I have a feeling one of us is talking about +2 items and the other is talking about trophies.

My NIN with an Emp WS'd and killed it before. I know it hurt it at least 3%, so I think it can be done all the way. Should just kill on NIN or THF instead of BST?

People make it sound like Fistule is some hard NM you can't ever melee on or kill fast, even on BST.

Just fight it alongside your pet and that's it.

If you actually have BST and don't mind to use the money on this (for pets), there is absolutely no better thing you could do if you undertake this solo.

THF may have more TH but like that's gonna ensure a lot of x2 drops.
NIN is probably ok too but it has no TH whatsoever and some sort of TH, indeed, does make a difference.

Just be blunt and don't fear those "heavy" AoEs everyone speaks off.
Only time I've been in yellow HP was when I've been hit by Dissolve upon claiming.
Your pet should always be fine and have hate, if you know Snarl, that is.

Unless SE finally listened to my advice both of these statements are false, now it has been at least 3-5 months + since I last soloed fistule as BST/DNC. But because of the unique nature of BST the pet and master share the same target for some weird reason, which is most likely why you are posting in this thread, I had the same problem with a few very greedy people trying to kill it before I could. Even if you melee the monster will still go white with you and your pet on it (because the pet swaps targets *obviously*), I was killing fistule in anywhere between 6-8 minutes sometimes longer depending on how many pustules spawned and what TP moves he decided to focus on. So this has nothing to do with a time issue.
The easy and plain solution here is there is no 100% solution to BST/DNC, yes you can easily melee the monster the entire fight to speed it up and keep hate for yourself (snarling to pet), but there is no sure fire way to keep claim. My advice to you is save feral howl for near the end and use it to hold claim then immediately hit your fight macro on fistule, have some TP stored to use Ruinator (Assuming you have it) Rampage probably does well at 99 also, spam it along with the pet 's TP move you are currently using. TP wing works also (pet hate shift generally takes 10-15 seconds, w/ Dipper, more than enough to knock out 3% w/ a second ws.

sorry if I didn't word it exactly right.

Of course the red/yellow will flicker when you pet changes targed. However, my intention was that it would be incredibly difficult for someone to take claim from you.

What exactly you think is false? The whole post?

I think he means the post itself must not exist... yeah, that's it. that's how it's false...

So how is it impossible to keep hate on fistule on bst? i mean can bst not tank the two pustules at 99?