Forum Top: Tank Roles

Up until now cover has worked with all forms of mitigation (damage reductions, shields, blocks/parries) but it hasn’t ever worked with hallowed...

I think we've all seen plenty of memes about GNBs using superbolide just as they received a cooldown heal which immediately nullifies the advantage....

I'm coming up on having 3 of the 4 tank jobs at 80, and will soon after have the 4th as well as my lowest (PLD) is at 72. I'm also now tanking for...

This is basically an evolution of the thread I posted a while back right after 5.0 launched, expressing my feelings on DRK and what changes I would...

This has probably already been brought up, but I wanted to hear what other people think right before patch 5.2. What are your opinions on removing...

Basic (and most likely dumb) question IMO. As an off tank am I supposed to have my tank stance on for the whole fight? I really only run normal...

Oky a bit of a newbie question but does healing equal mitigation? I keep seeing post saying healing is a mitigation tool. Prime example is the WAR...

Hello. I keep running into something when doing the new Savage raid with Ramuh. During the Fury's 14 part, I keep doing the duty action properly,...

A Shake it off mitigation increase. *scratches head* SE, you missed the target with the WAR buff. You could have buffed Nascent flash and made it a...

Dark Knight in 5.0 is flashy but there are a number of improvements that I think need to be made still. I will start this with some brief points...

Just wondering bc there was none mentioned in prelim notes. I realize that yp didn't want to release them early, but there wasn't even a placeholder...

I'm working on GNB right now just for the mount (I like big cats and I cannot lie) but I'd also like to have a tank to main in addition to samurai....

Hello my fellow meat shields! I recently came upon this thread: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/414041-Dungeons-WAR-vs-DRK This...

You can use Hallowed Ground at least twice in a dungeon for mega pulls and you could gain on some significant healer dps if you do (unless healer...

Hello, PLD main here. Im looking for some recommendations on whether to push WAR or DRK to 80. I'll eventually do both regardless, but idk what...