Warrior Cross Class skills

So I'm leveling a Marauder (and Gladiator) with the intention of becoming a Warrior. Which cross class skills from Gladiator (or any other class) are basically must-have for a good Warrior later in the game?

Must-have: Provoke.
Nice-to-have: Flash, Convalescence, Awareness, Featherfoot, Internal Release, Second Wind. Pick your 4.

Alright so that means I'll have to go minimum 12 in Pugilist and 34 in Gladiator. Or 22 if I don't go with Awareness. Cool, thanks!

Provoke is mandatory for certain endgame fights.

I find myself using Convalescence, Awareness, Featherfoot and either Flash or Inner Release depending on the situation.
Convalescence and Featherfoot are the two obvious survivability boosts; and Conv is the most powerful.

Awareness is no longer bugged (it used to prevent Critical Heals) and can help smooth out damage so that you don't take a Critical autoattack at an inopportune moment.

Sounds like I shouldn't pass up Awareness. Second Wind sounds rather awesome on paper. Not so much in practice?

You can go without Awareness for a long time. I didn't get it until after I'd gotten my relic weapon.

Nobody's mentioned Mantra. That's a hell of a commitment, though, at PGL 42, and it's not huge. I've only bothered because I made MNK my first 50 DPS.

And yeah, Second Wind just doesn't provide enough HP to really shine.

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Originally Posted by Cap75

Sounds like I shouldn't pass up Awareness. Second Wind sounds rather awesome on paper. Not so much in practice?

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Second Wind just doesn't scale very well in parties and has a long cooldown.
It's not that it's not helpful, just that other stuff is usually more useful.

Mantra (as Bixby says) is also worth a mention - it's the one cross class skill that my WAR still doesn't have available. It can actually be quite helpful in certain fights, not so much as a method of saving YOU, but as a method for buffing AoE healing spikes on the party in things like T2 or T4 enrage... or even Titan EM's AoE phases. Though it's only a 5% buff to healing, it applies to your entire party. Whether or not it's more useful than the other skills? Debatable.

WAR actually has it quite nice - there are a lot of cross class skills to choose from that can be considered helpful depending on the situation; but only Provoke is mandatory.
(Personally I'd put Convalescence in second place with a considerable margin over any of the remaining skills though!!) :D

I eventually plan to go with a DPS class to so if I go the Monk route I'll eventually get Mantra. I've got my GLD at 13 now so hitting 22 fairly quickly to get everything but awareness shouldn't be too tough. And I should be able to get a Pugilist to 12 with a couple nights of effort I'd think. I'm thinking Awareness might wait till I hit 50 with my Warrior at this point.

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Originally Posted by Cap75

I'm thinking Awareness might wait till I hit 50 with my Warrior at this point.

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You won't miss it.

Enemy Weaponskills and abilities can't crit, so Awareness is really only useful in certain Coil fights where your taking a Critical Autoattack at exactly the wrong time might push you over the line from "Alive" to "Dead".
It can help a tiny bit when herding trash mobs up; but you'll see better mitigation returns even from something like Foresight.

You guys have all been very helpful. Thanks!

I like Haymaker. Doesnt boost Emnity, but does Slow (usable when dodging). As a tank, you should be getting attacked at enough of a rate to get a few dodges in.

its really only good for low lv, cant slow 99% of the things in end game content
i use provoke/flash/convalescence/internal release/featherfoot
i have mantra open but 20% v 5% cure bonus is.. i know mantra is aoe i use it on BRD but i like conv paired if i have to holmgang