Job Idea: Psychic (Tank)

*Please note, this was designed purely for fun and I do NOT expect SE to implement it in any way, shape, or form.*

Psychic (PSY)
Damage-Decreasing Caster Tank
Weapon: Crystal Cores, Floating crystals that allow the user to control the flow of aether with their mind
Attack: Blunt, Long-Range
Armor: Casting
Role Action: Tanking
Limit Break: Excellence (Tanking)
Inspiration: Psychic from X-2, Kuja from IX and Dissidia, Mutants from Legend

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TL;DR version
Defensive-kit focuses on barriers and reducing the damage enemies can do.
Gain stacks while in Tank-stance that decreases damage you take but are also used as a cost for certain abilities.
Offensive-kit is focused on gaining one-of-two types of stacks randomly from your basic spells to unlock other spells and abilites in lieu of weaponskill combos.
All spells are insta-cast, ranged (along with your auto-attack), and cost MP (even if they have a stack cost).
Has a small amount of CC for dungeon runs.

Special Mechanic
Thought Stacks
In place of weaponskill combos, Psychic gain a Thought Stack from their basic spells, Mind Blast and Psychic Bomb, which then give them access to their other spells and abilities.
There are two types of thought Stacks: Dark Thoughts and Tranquil Thoughts. Basic spells will randomly give you one.
Strike Energy, and Psyche Shift will switch the users current Thought stack to the other.

Psychokinesis and Psychokinetic Stacks
While under the effect of their ability Psychokinesis, Psychics can absorb the kinetic energy of their enemies' attacks and store them as Psychokinetic energy then unleash that energy back onto said enemy.
Additionally, Psychokinetic stacks decreases damage the holder takes by 2% per stack.
A Psychic can hold up to 5 Psychokinetic Stacks.

Skills

Thought Skills
-Burst Energy: GCD Spell. Uses up the user's Thought stack. Damage all enemies with in 5 yalms of the user. Additionally, Restores MP. Potency of 200. Instant cast time. 2.5 second recast.
-Fission: GCD Spell. Uses up a Dark Thought stack. Damage a selected target. Potency of 550. Instant cast time. 2.5 second recast.
-Mind Blast: GCD Spell. Damage a selected target. Additionally, Grants the user a random Thought Stack. Potency of 200. Instant cast time. 2.5 second cooldown.
-Osmosis: GCD Spell. Uses up a Tranquil Thought stack. Damage a selected target. Additionally, Restores MP. Potency of 400. Instant cast time. 2.5 second cooldown.
-Psychic Bomb: GCD Spell. Damage all enemies with in 5 yalms of the user. Additionally, grants the user a random Thought Stack. Potency of 150. Instant cast time. 2.5 second cooldown.
-Pyrokinesis: GCD Spell. Uses up a Dark Thought stack. Damage a selected target. Additionally, deals unaspected damage to the target over 21 seconds. Potency of 100 for burst, 90 for DoT. Instant cast time. 2.5 second cooldown.
-Strike Energy: GCD Spell. Uses up the user's Thought Stack. Damage a selected target. Additionally, grants the user the opposite Thought Stack then what they used. Potency of 300. Instant cast time. 2.5 second cooldown.
-Empathy: oGCD Spell. Uses a Tranquil Thought stack. Decrease damage a selected target does by 5% for 4 seconds. Instant cast time. 50 second cooldown.
-Psyche Shift: oGCD Ability. Changes the user's Thought to the opposite. Instant cast time. 30 second cooldown.
-Thought Materialization: oGCD Ability. Uses up the user's Thought stack. Grant the user a buff for 15 seconds depending on what Thought stack was used. Instant cast time. 90 second cooldown. Shares a cooldown with Thought Projection.
Dark Thought: Increase damage the user does by 20%.
Tranquil Thought: Decrease damage the user receives by 20%.
-Thought Projection: oGCD Ability. Uses up the user's Thought stack. Grant a selected partymember a buff for 10 seconds depending on what stack was used.. Instant cast time. 90 second cooldown. Shares a cooldown with Thought Materialization.
Dark Thought: Decreases Physical Damage Taken by 20%.
Tranquil Thought: Decreases Magical Damage Taken by 20%.

Psychokinetic Skills
-Black Hole: oGCD Ability. Damage all enemies with in 10 yalms of the user. Additionally, if the user has Psychokinesis activated and has any Psychokinetic Stacks, use up one and draw all damaged enemies towards the user. Potency of 200. Instant cast time. 60 second cooldown.
-Bubble: oGCD Ability. Uses up all the user's Psychokinetic stacks. Place a barrier on a selected partymember that will absorb damage equal to 5% of the user's Max HP per Psychokinetic stacks used. for 20 seconds. Afterwards, damage all enemies with in 5 yalms of the target. Potency of 200. Instant cast time. 90 second cooldown.
-Inertia :oGCD Ability. Uses up all the user's Psychokinetic stacks. Restore the user's MP by 500 per stack used and HP by a potency of 250 per stack used. Instant cast time. 90 second cooldown.
-Maser: oGCD Ability. Uses one of the user's Psychokinetic stacks. Damage a selected target and all enemies with in 5 yalms of them. Potency of 200. Instant cast time. 30 second cooldown.
-Psionic Charge: oGCD Ability. Grant the user 5 Psychokinetic stacks. Instant cast time. 200 second cooldown.
-Telekinesis: oGCD Ability. Damage a selected target. Additionally, if the user has Psychokinesis activated and has any Psychokinetic stacks, use up one and draw the target towards the user. Potency of 700. Instant cast time. 30 second cooldown.

Defensive Skills
-Blink: oGCD Ability.For 8 seconds, if the user receives damage and has any Psychokinetic stacks, they will loss a stack and take 0 damage. Instant cast time. 360 second cooldown.
-Clairvoyance: oGCD Ability. For 15 seconds, whenever the user receives damage, restore 15% of that damage back to their HP. Instant cast time. 60 second cooldown.
-Psychic Shell: oGCD Ability. For 15 seconds, all partymembers with in 8 yalms of the user will only receive 90% of damage they take. Instant cast time. 90 second cooldown.
-Psychokinesis: oGCD Ability. Stance. While activated, decrease damage the user receives by 40% and significantly increase enmity generated. Additionally, when the user receives a total amount of damage that equals 8% of their maximum HP, they gain a Psychokinetic stack. Instant cast time. 10 second cooldown.
-Reverse: oGCD Ability. Heal the user's own HP. Additionally, places a barrier on the user that absorbs damage equal to double the amount healed. Potency of 600. Instant cast time. 90 second cooldown.
-Telepathy: oGCD Ability. Reduce damage a selected target does by 15% for 6 seconds. Instant cast time. 25 second cooldown.

Other Skills
-Brainstorm: oGCD Ability. Stun all enemies with in 5 yalms of the user for 4 seconds. Instant cast time. 15 second cooldown.
-Warpstep: oGCD Ability. Rushes the user next to a selected enemy or partymember (must be with in 15 yalms or less). Instant cast time. 30 second cast time.

Skill Levels
1. Mind Blast
2. Thought Materialize
2. Psyche Shift
4. Strike Energy
6. Psychic Bomb
10. Psychokinesis
15. Telekinesis
26. Maser
30. Fission
30. Empathy
38. Warpstep
40. Brainstorm
45. Black Hole
50. Blink
54. Burst Energy
56. Telepathy
60. Bubble
62. Psychokinesis
64. Clairvoyance
68. Inertia
70. Psionic Charge
72. Osmosis
74. Reverse
76. Psychic Shell
80. Thought Projection

I've only just started leveling tanks, so my tanking knowledge is limited.
I just wanted to see if I could make the concept of a caster-tank work. >w>

A Sebastian Shaw type tank! I love it!

-Powers and abilities
Shaw is a mutant with the unique ability to absorb all kinetic and thermal energy directed at him and use it to augment his strength, speed, stamina and recuperation capabilities to superhuman levels.

Caster tanks would still have to be in melee range for the entirety of the fight. You can't have mobs running around willy nilly because you'd drive melee dps up the wall.

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Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth

Caster tanks would still have to be in melee range for the entirety of the fight. You can't have mobs running around willy nilly because you'd drive melee dps up the wall.

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That's a given. :D
Mobs run to you when you aggro them anyway, so I figured it wouldn't be that much of an issue.
I did it mostly for flavor to differentiate this from the rest of the tanks and to make it feel more caster-like. It also removes the need for a kiting/pulling skill because now all your offensive spells can fill that role.

I remember playing a Bounty Hunter tank in SWTOR, not exactly a "caster-tank" but it was a ranged tank. Tanks won't do well with cast bars because they need to react quickly to get aggro.

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Originally Posted by Edax

Tanks won't do well with cast bars because they need to react quickly to get aggro.

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That was my thought when making all the spells instacast.

I like the concept, and how the skills are more about pulling enemies towards you rather than moving yourself to them. I'd say, however, move Blink to lvl 50 (as that looks like the Tank Invuln skill) and either Warpstep lower (Like Shukuchi), or learn both skills at the same level (Like En Avant and Aetherial Manipulation).

Also, Kuja's playstyle was my favorite in OG Dissidia and 012 :D

Magic tank?
I'm already sold, no need to read more. '3'

While you mentioned your tanking knowledge is limited, I do like the idea you've put forward, but there's a few main issues that I see with how you've designed it:

1) Given that Tank mastery already gives 20% mitigation passively, having Psychokinesis give an additional 40% on top of that is ridiculously OP. Where the other tanks are only running around with 20% mit passively, your tank is running around with 52% damage mitigation passively between tank mastery + the 40%. the 40% would need to be dropped HARD.

2) Blink is kinda...extremely weak compared to other tank invulns. Mostly in that it offers no protection against moves that deal a million damage that the other tanks can invuln. (Let's use Ultimate Alexander for example. While the other three tanks can take Punishing heat + the three Divine spear tankbusters back to back due to their invulns nullifying the magic vuln from Punishing heat, your tank would get obliterated on the first Divine spear since with the magic vuln, they take like 900k+ damage and 300% HP barrier ain't saving them at all.

Another example would be Shiva. With several strats involving tanks invulning Morn Afah's, even with a 300% barrier, your tank would drop dead due to a solo-stack morn afah dealing 700k+ damage where the other 4 tanks would have no issues invulning it.

An alternative I could suggest is to make it so that for those 8s, you take 0 damage if you have a Psychokinetic stack, but it consumes one stack per damage you take. That way it fits in with your job idea, would require resource management, and isn't just a copy-paste of Bolide/Hallowed, while offering the same protection the other tank vulns do.

3) Assuming I'm reading it right, i would make thought projection the 20% mitigation to a party member only, or change the offensive one to something defensive, like a barrier. Giving it an offensive option that can be given to allies means Thought materialization is obsolete and will NEVER be used by any competent tank, since the 20% damage boost on an ally is way too strong to not use it in every situation unless the alternative is you die without that 20% damage reduction. Damage is absolute king and will obsolete Thought projection & materialization into only ever giving damage boosts to allies and nothing else. READ: How 'the balance' completely dominated every single card on AST in stormblood to the point that it was the only "worthwhile" pull outside of very fringe cases.

4) Minor nitpick, but I hope by inertia you meant 500 potency and not 500 as a flat number, or this skill will require constant re-adjustment as 500 HP will be obsolete come next expansion, and is kinda already obsolete in this one.

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Originally Posted by WhiteArchmage

I'd say, however, move Blink to lvl 50 (as that looks like the Tank Invuln skill) and either Warpstep lower (Like Shukuchi), or learn both skills at the same level (Like En Avant and Aetherial Manipulation).

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I had thought of putting it at 50 but I saw that WAR gets their at 42 and that all the tanks get a defensive cooldown at 38 so figured I would try it. I do agree that it might be better if I switched the two though.

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Originally Posted by MariaArvana

1) Given that Tank mastery already gives 20% mitigation passively, having Psychokinesis give an additional 40% on top of that is ridiculously OP. Where the other tanks are only running around with 20% mit passively, your tank is running around with 52% damage mitigation passively between tank mastery + the 40%. the 40% would need to be dropped HARD.

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I had forgotten about Tank Mastery. >x>()
I based Psychokinesis's mitigation BLU's Mighty Guard. I figured because my design uses caster gear versus tanking gear, it would need more mitigation.

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Originally Posted by MariaArvana

2) Blink is kinda...extremely weak compared to other tank invulns. Mostly in that it offers no protection against moves that deal a million damage that the other tanks can invuln.

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I kept going back and forth between Blink or another ability that for 8 seconds would auto-res you without weakness every time you hit 0 HP to 50% HP and MP but ultimately thought that it might be too convoluted.
Your idea seems way better...I might have to steal it... >w>

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Originally Posted by MariaArvana

3) Assuming I'm reading it right, i would make thought projection the 20% mitigation to a party member only, or change the offensive one to something defensive, like a barrier. Giving it an offensive option that can be given to allies means Thought materialization is obsolete and will NEVER be used by any competent tank, since the 20% damage boost on an ally is way too strong to not use it in every situation unless the alternative is you die without that 20% damage reduction. Damage is absolute king and will obsolete Thought projection & materialization into only ever giving damage boosts to allies and nothing else. READ: How 'the balance' completely dominated every single card on AST in stormblood to the point that it was the only "worthwhile" pull outside of very fringe cases.

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With Thought Projection, the target will only receive a forth of the buff's potency, so 5%.
I thought between that, Empathy, and Telepathy, they would act as your versions of Intervention or Blackest Night. (I also figured people would be greedy and keep the 20% damage up for themselves)
I can still see it being an issue though and will change it.

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Originally Posted by MariaArvana

4) Minor nitpick, but I hope by inertia you meant 500 potency and not 500 as a flat number, or this skill will require constant re-adjustment as 500 HP will be obsolete come next expansion, and is kinda already obsolete in this one.

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Originally, Inertia was just going to restore MP but I felt it was really lacking, especially with having Osmosis and Burst Energy, and tacked on the HP restore effect. It was a flat number. >x>()
Changing it to potency seems better.

Changes made based on feedback I received:

-As per WhiteArchmae's suggestion, I switched the levels you get Warpstep and Blink. Warpstep is now learned at 38 and Blink at 50.
-As per MariaArvana's suggestion, Blink has been changed. Now when activated, for 8 seconds, if the user receives damage and has any Psychokinetic stacks, they will loose one stack and take 0 damage.
-As per MariaArvana's suggestion, Thought Projection has been changed. Now depending on what stack was used, the target will either receive a 20% decrease to Physical (when Dark Thought is used) or Magical (When Tranquil Thought is used) damage for 10 seconds.
-As per MariaArvana's suggestion, Inertia now heals HP with a potency of 250 per stack used.

Psychic from X-2 as a Tank, huh? Well, they did have the ability to become invulnerable to damage for a while. Could function well as a Hallowed Ground variant.

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Originally Posted by Berteaux_Braumegain

Psychic from X-2 as a Tank, huh? Well, they did have the ability to become invulnerable to damage for a while. Could function well as a Hallowed Ground variant.

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I used their most powerful attack-nullifying skill from X-2, Excellence, as their Limit Break.
I had originally thought of adding Physics Guard and Magic Guard as tank cooldowns that reduce either Physical or Magical damage respectfully and would share the same cooldown, making you choose between one or the other.
When I changed Thought Projection on Maria Arvana's suggestion, I changed it with these two skills in mind.