A little help with Tanking
Hi guys,
Need a few pointers for tanking. Since I got into Haukke I feel like I'm not tanking quite as well.
1. I know the best enmity generation combo is Fast Blade > Savage Blade > Rage of Halone. Considering that this is single target, and the whole combo takes quite a while to finish on one enemy, how effective is rotating it? By rotating it I mean going one full round per mob. If I had to tank average 3 mobs per pull, what are the chances that one of them might go for the AoE DPS (BLM), or the healer? Is it more effective to hit one with Savage Blade, and another with Rage of Halone per rotation?
2. Managing enmity on sleeping mobs. If I look at the enmity counter, since I don't touch sleeping mobs, their aggro usually kinda disappears whenever I have to wake them up.
3. How often should I use Flash in my combos? Currently I'm doing one FB > SB > RoH, then Flash to finish off, to ensure that monsters continue sticking to me.
4. I might be using Provoke wrong, but it has never seemed to work for me, when I try to pull off aggro from a healer/DPS. It goes right back to them, or doesn't seem affected at all.
5. Tanking FATE bosses - If you don't have someone to heal you, should you do it? FATE bosses are those like Lazy Lawrence, Cancer, etc. - huge, hits hard, and all that.
6. Should I spend some time leveling some other classes as well? For example, I am currently a Lv29 Gladiator, with my Lv15 Conjurer done and ready for Paladin quest. Should I spend some time with other classes like Lancer (Keen Flurry), Marauder (Foresight, Bloodbath), etc. before continuing on to Lv50 as a Paladin?
Thanks for any advice.