Solarus Thalan

Hi, I'm Solarus, I've been playing FFXIV for 10 years on and off, but only been raiding since Endwalker. I'm usually a PLD main for raiding, though MNK was my first love, and I also play GNB and MCH sometimes.

I slowly improved at Savage raiding through Endwalker, going from being probably the worst player in my first group, to confidently clearing Savage tiers and logging decent numbers. I also teaching Savage fights in my FC and a Discord learning server for newer raiders.

I'm based in the UK, but on an NA server since I have friends there, so finding times to raid can be difficult. I'm quite a night owl, but can still usually only raid in earlier hours when less people tend to be available.

I like having fun with the groups I play with, but also need to focus up once we've pulled. I'm not always the fastest learner, but I learn from my mistakes and constantly work on improving. I tend to learn better through visual aids, so I study videos, diagrams, etc before fights, and also create my own toolboxes to help myself and others in the group learn.

I've been playing on and off since 1.0, but I didn't start raiding until Endwalker. I started off running Savage casually, once a week with my FC, slowly learning how to raid. Eventually I decided to try and prog further in PF on my own, and was able to clear a few more fights. In the final tier I dedicated some more time to PF, and was able to clear the tier for the first time, beating P12S in December 2023.

In 7.0, I went into PF from the start and was able to clear M1S and M2S in week 1, before joining a faster paced static with friends and clearing the tier in week 3 or 4.

I've also cleared TEA and I'm close to clearing UCOB. I did prog FRU into phase 2 in PF, but I took a break due to scheduling and will likely be going back to that after the next tier.