Xeno's 3.0 Aggressive Style Warrior Guide

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Originally Posted by Faytte

I like to keep flash for pacification--rather than having my healers have to time esunas on me for those 2 gcds lost, can pop flash flash and keep my threat going before driving back in.

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Lol flash's threat is so low for single target, doing that is just useless. Especially when you're a WAR and you probably have a fucking high threat lead after a Berserk phase. You can just sit and auto attack during pacification. For fights where you don't need AoE threat flash is really forgettable and I think it's better to take both Awareness and Second Wind.

Flash for pacification is only useful when you don't know the fight yet. IE on Bismarck you usually ended up pacified before the dragons spawned if you used it during the burn phase, but once you knew that was a thing you could either just manually click off Berserk or time it sooner to prevent the bad timing from happening.

Flash is most useful in fights like AS2 where having a 360 0 TP/Wrath AOE can make certain phase's adds easier to pick up.

Otherwise, though, Awareness or Second Wind are better options.

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Originally Posted by SpookyGhost

Flash for pacification is only useful when you don't know the fight yet. IE on Bismarck you usually ended up pacified before the dragons spawned if you used it during the burn phase, but once you knew that was a thing you could either just manually click off Berserk or time it sooner to prevent the bad timing from happening.

Flash is most useful in fights like AS2 where having a 360 0 TP/Wrath AOE can make certain phase's adds easier to pick up.

Otherwise, though, Awareness or Second Wind are better options.

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Which would be best to drop tho? I tend to drop awareness first because I like the fact I know I get guaranteed return from second wind but feel awareness could have a better pay off.

Depends on the fight really. If it's a fight with no AoE threat needed then drop flash. If it's a fight where you'll need AoE threat, I'd drop second wind because awareness works really well with Raw Intuition. Not only to negate the flank and back crits but also because when you get hit, enemy crit chance is calculated before anything else, it means that even from front, if an enemy is gonna crit you, you're not gonna parry, even with Raw Intuition on. Awareness makes Raw Intuition more reliable and safe to use.

Ravana: SW + Awareness
Bismarck: SW + Awareness
A1S: SW + Awareness
A2S: Flash + Awareness (see: Freyyy's explanation)
A3S: SW + Awareness
A4S: No idea, but I imagine SW + Awareness unless they made the Quarantine full of mobs then maybe Flash + Awareness

Safest route if you're unsure of what you're getting yourself into is Flash + Awareness, though I usually opt for Flash + SW because I stance dance too much on new content. :V

i need to level a warrior now. badly.

Thanks for posting this! Just started playing WAR again and was about to call securrrity on this complicated order.

I appreciate this guide. I've always wanted to learn how to properly play WAR since PLD feels a little too bland for me. Now I'm having fun leveling my WAR.

Thanks!

Awareness prevents being critical hit.
Raw Intuition makes you get critical hit.

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Originally Posted by SpookyGhost

Ravana: SW + Awareness
Bismarck: SW + Awareness
A1S: SW + Awareness
A2S: Flash + Awareness (see: Freyyy's explanation)
A3S: SW + Awareness
A4S: No idea, but I imagine SW + Awareness unless they made the Quarantine full of mobs then maybe Flash + Awareness

Safest route if you're unsure of what you're getting yourself into is Flash + Awareness, though I usually opt for Flash + SW because I stance dance too much on new content. :V

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Just started leveling my warrior and just got deliverance the urge to stance dance is far more tempting then ever which is why I usually stick with second wind. But being able to pair it with raw intuition makes awareness much better I suppose. Thanks for the insight.