Anticipation is it any good?

Im not a numbers guy so I dont know what percent mitigation etc all that I just kinda just read the tool tips and use df cool downs based on strength and situations. I took Anticipation on drk because they dont have many df cool downs at all. Then I decided to put it on all my tanks as well, is it at least better than foresight was are is it just kinda rng based because its dealing with parry? Just curious on how this skill really works so figured Id ask for some feedback.

Don't rely on it for busters but for pulls/out of tb mitigation i love it. The low cd is also nice. I use it like a second bulwark

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Originally Posted by SunAurel

Don't rely on it for busters but for pulls/out of tb mitigation i love it. The low cd is also nice. I use it like a second bulwark

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Thats what I was hoping it was good to use on big pulls if rampart is on cool down, seem to have been working I was just hoping it wasnt total trash glad to hear that its not and the fact its only one min cool down iis pretty niice

It ok for dungeon as you don't need shirk. It's definitely the weakest CD in our toolkit but better than nothing.
For 8 man content, it's pretty useless as shirk is way more valuable.
In term of numbers, it's 6% physical mitigation while the effect is active (30% parry rate * 20% dmg reduced).

It would be good if we had an extra role action slot. But since we don't, there are always better options. It's nice in dungeons, but I don't bother with it since I don't feel like changing my role actions all the time. It's bad enough as it is going from Shirk to Low Blow whenever I go into a dungeon/boss fight where stuns are important.

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Originally Posted by Shinkyo

It ok for dungeon as you don't need shirk. It's definitely the weakest CD in our toolkit but better than nothing.
For 8 man content, it's pretty useless as shirk is way more valuable.
In term of numbers, it's 6% physical mitigation while the effect is active (30% parry rate * 20% dmg reduced).

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I just finished my msq wanted to take my time with the story but ill start 8 man stuff this week , when u use shirk do you still need provoke as well are is shirk enough on its on

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Originally Posted by bswpayton

I just finished my msq wanted to take my time with the story but ill start 8 man stuff this week , when u use shirk do you still need provoke as well are is shirk enough on its on

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Shirk transfers 20% of your own enmity to a target party member.
It's mainly used to boost the MT enmity or in tank swap situation.
You can use it as a mini provoke for the other person, e.g. the MT give 25% enmity to the OT which would make OT on top. it's not really the common use and certainly isn't a substitue to provoke but I've used it this way when let's say the MT gets raised, tries to provoke the boss back but stays behind in aggro because of weakness and you use shirk to put his on top and solidify his aggro.

Anticipation is decent for dungeons mainly because of the low cooldown. It won't save your life, but it's basically free mitigation that is available pretty much for every pull. It goes well with Awareness, but at least PLD and WAR have better uses for Awareness (Bulwark and Raw Intuition). Always use it in conjunction with something else.