Talk:Ur-Dragon/@comment-69.176.30.65-20150809064619/@comment-25604735-20150810020504

It is of course easiest during Grace. However, the first kill is a pre-Grace kill so, of necessity, Ur-D does not have to be in Grace for the kill. Moreover, there is a good probability that other players who were engaging Ur-D at the time Grace is called would be able to successfully register kills of their own. If a player defeats Ur-D prior to Grace, this counts as an Ur-D kill and there is no Grace encounter for that generation of Ur-D.

For a pre-Grace kill to occur, Ur-D's health would have to be within the damage cap. If Ur-D's health is above the damage cap, he will retreat at the end of the battle. In the event the player is able to defeat an Ur-D whose health is above the damage cap, the round will not count and the player will have another opportunity to defeat Ur-D during Grace.

Here is an example of a pre-Grace kill. Note that this was not the first kill. Ur-D was defeated while this battle was ongoing bringing about Grace:

You will notice during this video that Ur-D is staggered throughout. I find that fighting Ur-D is more manageable by increasing stagger and knockdown. Each party member is equipped with two Barbed Nails. This means the party has an additional 800 stagger and 800 knockdown.

If you are having difficulty mounting an effective offense because of Ur-D rampaging, you might want to consider employing high stagger tactics to make Ur-D more docile. In this manner, you might find it easier to combat Ur-D outside of Grace and to defeat him during Grace.