NEED a good WAR GUIDE

I've starting playing over the last month, after getting the game back in February. I didn't officially get into the game until April, and even still didn't start heavily playing the game until my next billing cycle :X

Anyways, I lvld GLA to 25 because I thought I wanted to play PLD, but after hitting that milestone, I decided MRD/WAR was more suited to my taste. I'll go back to PLD later but for now I just want to hit stuff with an axe and deal ridiculously OP dmg.

Essentially what Im getting at is, are there any good MRD/WAR guides out there? I've been looking all over google, Eorzeapedia, and ZAM but i can't seem to find anything, at least not anything really up to date. I'm currently lvl41 MRD, but I want to be sure that I'm playin to role efficiently. I have lvld CNJ to 11 for self heals and protect, and I lvld a little of LNC for feint (since MRD misses once and a while). That's basically it. Any and all information is gladly welcomed.

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If anyone wants to write a (really good) WAR guide, I'd be happy to host it on mb.

to be honest i think most people arent going to write any form of guide at present as the job is scheduled to be changed in the next patch 1.22b which is likely in the next 2-3 weeks.

so chances are bestto wait to ppl have seen how the changes affect the job before they give out advice.

Just read the patch notes. They're full of useful information.

On WAR you will most likely use only these 5 cross class abilities: Second Wind, Featherfoot, Rampart, Sentinel, Flash.

On MRD it depends on situation but some good additions to have are: Cure, Protect, Stoneskin, Raise, Sacred Prism, Sanguine Rite, Blood for Blood, Invigoriate, Keen Flurry, Blindside, Quelling Strike, Chameleon.

You're mainly looking for abilities that help you deal more damage, keep hate and mitigate damage taken.

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Originally Posted by Kitfox

On WAR you will most likely use only these 5 cross class abilities: Second Wind, Featherfoot, Rampart, Sentinel, Flash.

On MRD it depends on situation but some good additions to have are: Cure, Protect, Stoneskin, Raise, Sacred Prism, Sanguine Rite, Blood for Blood, Invigoriate, Keen Flurry, Blindside, Quelling Strike, Chameleon.

You're mainly looking for abilities that help you deal more damage, keep hate and mitigate damage taken.

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Thanks, that's Pretty much what I was looking for.

I wasn't aware WAR required a guide.

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Originally Posted by NoctisUmbra

I wasn't aware WAR required a guide.

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While I'm sure it doesn't, I was simply trying to ensure that I'm playing the job adequately, and not just standing around hitting shit with an axe. There's a right way and a wrong way to every job or class, for example a friend did a run the Into the Dark last night and it took 5 attempts due to the tank being new and never doing a non XP pt.

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Originally Posted by DeadWreckeningX

While I'm sure it doesn't, I was simply trying to ensure that I'm playing the job adequately, and not just standing around hitting shit with an axe.

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Currently, that's all you need to do to play the job adequately.

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Originally Posted by DeadWreckeningX

While I'm sure it doesn't, I was simply trying to ensure that I'm playing the job adequately, and not just standing around hitting shit with an axe. There's a right way and a wrong way to every job or class, for example a friend did a run the Into the Dark last night and it took 5 attempts due to the tank being new and never doing a non XP pt.

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1) Rememeber to activate Rampage.
2) Open with Antagonize -> Hit -> Provoke -> Flash -> Rampart
3) Boost the enmity from your first combo with Sentinel.
4) Use Featherfoot and Foresight whenever they're up. The same goes for Provoke, Flash and Rampart, unless Antagnoize is about to come off cooldown, in which case you'll want to wait for it.
5) Use Sentinel, Second Wind, Bloodbath and Vengeance according to your judgment to get extra enmity/damage/mitigation.

Note that Vengeance does not give enmity even though it can deal a ton of damage. It's strictly for mitigation/DPS. Sentinel boosts your enmity but only enmity gained from damage dealt (and possibly hitpoints healed?).

There you go! There isn't much else to straight tanking.