Help me with my paladin!!

Hello fellow tanks :)
Me and my static is about to head into savage and I d like a little help with my PLD!
I heard we need to play around with accessories now a little bit in order to meet required dps?
If this is true are slaying gordian accessories the way to go or should I pentameld 150 HQ fending accessories?
Look me up in the lodestone under "Balthier Lightsworn" and tell me what I could change around in my gear to meet the dps reqs.
Right now I m pulling around 500-550 in tank stance and something close to 600-620 in sword oath in a fight like normal A4 but I only have like 1 gordian slaying accesory, all my points allocated to str but the rest are gordian fending :/
Any help regarding how a paladin should be handling savage is greatly appreciated!
I know we re not the optimal tanks atm but I hope I can pull this off.

You should be fine with those sorts of numbers. From my experience with A1S and A2S, if one tank is going a more defensive route i.e. more vit gear than str gear, the other tank can go full STR to compensate (or the dps can git gud trololol). I play Warrior and my DRK friend is the OT. He goes full STR while I stick with the higher VIT and we do fine.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Gooner_iBluAirJGR

You should be fine with those sorts of numbers. From my experience with A1S and A2S, if one tank is going a more defensive route i.e. more vit gear than str gear, the other tank can go full STR to compensate (or the dps can git gud trololol). I play Warrior and my DRK friend is the OT. He goes full STR while I stick with the higher VIT and we do fine.

---

I thought I should be pulling a bit more :/
Royal authority is so inconsistent for some reason! Sometimes hitting for 1400s sometimes hitting for 990 :/ (not counting crits or FoF)
Aaaanyway is there a certain HP value that I should never drop below? I m thinking of changing a few more gordian accessories over to slaying thats why I m asking if I d rather go for gordian slaying or 150 fending with STR pentameld.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Delever

I thought I should be pulling a bit more :/
Royal authority is so inconsistent for some reason! Sometimes hitting for 1400s sometimes hitting for 990 :/ (not counting crits or FoF)
Aaaanyway is there a certain HP value that I should never drop below? I m thinking of changing a few more gordian accessories over to slaying thats why I m asking if I d rather go for gordian slaying or 150 fending with STR pentameld.

---

Pentamelded accessories are way too expensive for the little time you're gonna use them. I'd say better to play with your Gordian slaying and fending accessories, also, to adjust more your stats, you can reset them and reassign
depending on how many fending/slaying parts you're wearing.
I.e: With DRK I use three fending and two slaying and 20str/15vit stats when MTing.
Hope this helps you. don't know much about PLD since I use DRK and WAR.

for a1s i use 4 str acc and 35 str, for a2s and a3s i use 3 str acc 35 str but it's more on you and your healers comfort level... like, until you are used to mechanics and pushing for the clear, you might wanna be in more fending acc just to live long enough to see enrage vs putting out #'s

600 is pretty standard in a4 while using nearly full vit.Im not the most experienced pld ever but i pull around 850 on a dummy in full str with i200 wep.
So you should be aroungd 700-800 in most normal cases of fights while using full str.


For savage as a pld tho id either go full melded ( if you are rich) or go 3 str 2 vit sessories, that plus food should put you at the min hp required for the content assuming your healers are on there game.

What food would you recommend? str or vit? Granted I go 3 slaying 2 fending or 4 slaying 1 fending

The 150 acc are definitely worth it if you can afford them. They provide the highest amount of Str while meeting the vit meat for savage. More so than combining even 210 acc.

Regardless. You want 16k - 17kish health and go all Str after meeting that.

Yeah for A1S you would want aporx 16K, once you got that start putting on Slaying gear, as long as your HP dosn't drop below 16K you should be fine. I've got like 1 Fending Ring on and the rest is slaying. Food wise I use Morel Salad.

paladin help 101

Lvl to 34, then level a Warrior.

#DarkWarriordin <3 Phoenicia

I like to stay above 15000 hp minumum but 16000 makes me feel most comfortable. The biggest attack in there, when mitigated properly, is gona hit for about 10k~12k and its followed up quickly by an auto attack for 1k~2.5k so I like to have a little bit of a cushion. Regarding the pentamelded stuff, its too expensive for i150 for what it is. The stats offer a nice balance of str and vit but it wont make you stronger than a pure fending or pure slaying tank at doing what they do i.e. pure slaying i190 > pentamelded for damage and pure fending i190 > pentamelded for Max HP.

Regarding the crafted jewelry, it is definitely very good at the moment. Also very expensive.

A pentameld - assuming melded 3x vit IV, 1x random IV, 1x vit III - gets you 31 Str, 28 Vit, and 49 points of secondary stats. 59/49 of primary/secondary.

An i210 slaying gets you 47/74 of primary/secondary. I will GLADLY trade 25 secondary for 12 primary stats. (Unless the fights get easy, then full Str)

An i190 slaying (which OP probably has most of) gets you 40/61 of primary/secondary. 19 primary stats behind. Per piece. That's huge.

The argument against i150s is that they're expensive and have been out a while. SE could put out another set next week & make these obsolete. And at some point they probably will (These are grey. The i110s were green. Crafters need a "chase" item.)

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Iagainsti

paladin help 101

Lvl to 34, then level a Warrior.

#DarkWarriordin <3 Phoenicia

---

Not the only way!

Paladin help 300

lvl to 50, then level a Dark Knight!

See! Variety!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by RhazeCain

Regarding the crafted jewelry, it is definitely very good at the moment. Also very expensive.

A pentameld - assuming melded 3x vit IV, 1x random IV, 1x vit III - gets you 31 Str, 28 Vit, and 49 points of secondary stats. 59/49 of primary/secondary.

An i210 slaying gets you 47/74 of primary/secondary. I will GLADLY trade 25 secondary for 12 primary stats. (Unless the fights get easy, then full Str)

An i190 slaying (which OP probably has most of) gets you 40/61 of primary/secondary. 19 primary stats behind. Per piece. That's huge.

The argument against i150s is that they're expensive and have been out a while. SE could put out another set next week & make these obsolete. And at some point they probably will (These are grey. The i110s were green. Crafters need a "chase" item.)

---

In the case of vitality, 19 really is not that huge if that's what you re talking about