How can we Make Ninjas very very Tanky?

Hey everyone! I'm a sprout and a Ninja. I love the Ninja and doing damage. However, I die or run away a lot. Haha!

Is there a way to make a Ninjas so tanky, they never die or are unkillable (or at least as tanky as an average tank)? Do you know of strategies with your abilities or gear? For example, how do I increase dodge chance?

It can be a discussion; lots of people can benefit from each other. For example, talking about gear may benefit all DPS. But strategies using abilities are also good.

Thank you for your help! :o

Well for starters, have a tank in your party.

Sometimes or most of the time, we play alone right? I just want to be reliable when in a party or playing alone. For example, I'm doing main story quests. I want to survive.

Second Wind, bloodbath, potions, shadeshift, or playing a tank.

Spacing out the above well and raising your chocobo as a healer should give you enough to get by for doing stuff on the world map at least.

EDIT: Leg sweep, feint, and arm's length can all be used to reduce incoming damage as well.

I'm sorry to tell you this but in this game a DPS is a DPS, healer is a healer and tanks are tanks.
It doesn't mean you can't do anything about to minimize the situation.
Like the the comment before me, there are skills that you can use to help you survive more.
Second Wind and Bloodbath are skills that every melee DPS have. The former heals about 1/3 of your HP and Bloodbath makes every weaponskill you use heals you by a small percentage.
Additionally, in different areas there are other tools you can use:
In World Map, as in outside of towns, you can have your Chocobo companion to help you in battle. I personally think he acts better as a healer.
In Eureka, on the 3rd and 4th areas, and in Bozja, you will be given area-specific skills that you can choose, including being almost as tanky as a tank.
Unfortunately, in dungeons, trials and raids, you will have to count on your party members for survival.

Thank you for the advice! :D Also, don't get me wrong; I appreciate you tanks and healers. ^^ Yes, I think I should raise my Chocobo to be healer; that's a good idea.

Edit (I'm adding back what I removed): For Ninjas and Dark Knights, if we increase our vitality, we become more tankish or tanky and increase the value of Shadeshift and some other abilities.

Edit: Hi Brandr, how do I unlock these area-specific skills? For example, who do I see?
Edit 2: Ah these are cool instances or bonus areas. I think I'll figure it out. ^^ And yes, I'll rely on my teammates in Dungeons, Trials and Raids.

Go Play to Ninja Gaiden...

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Edit: Wait Brandr, how do I unlock these area-specific skills? For example, who do I see?
Edit 2: Ah these are cool instances or bonus areas. I think I'll figure it out. ^^ And yes, I'll rely on my teammates in Dungeons, Trials and Raids.

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Eureka is unlockable as soon as you end the main story quests of Stormblood expansion.
You can read about it here: https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/w...n_Land,_Eureka

And Bozja is unlockable after you finish Shadowbringers expansion. Here is the guide:
https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/w...Southern_Front

These are called Exploration Zones and some rules there are different the the rest of the game, but not too complicated. These are my favorite parts of this game.

Ninja is incredibly tanky and hard to kill in pvp
Give it a go

Thank you for your advice Brandr and Duskane.

And FFXIV is my Ninja Gaiden. ^^

A side note for the Chocobo tho. Learning healing skills is important but most people ignore the Chocobo Stances and that's where most of the utility comes from. Putting your Chocobo in healing Stance will force it to stop attacking all together and spam Chocobo Cure once it's been learned. In Free Stance it will only focus healing once you drop beneath 50% hp and will still use some of its time attacking and possibly die to aoes it's standing in while doing so. Try to make sure you actively switch your Chocobo's stance depending on what you need and you'll get way more bang for your buck out of your companion. Even attacking stance will stop it from using a useless healing buff repeatedly if you aren't taking damage.

You have to run away, or you die a lot, but are doing the solo msq content? Something seems to be going wrong here because normally the things you need to fight in the msq by yourself won’t be too strong for you. Are you forgetting to use gear that’s around your level, or maybe you’re trying to fight higher level enemies in the world than you should be?

DPS jobs in this game aren't tanky, and for MSQ purposes play a Tank job.

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For example, I'm doing main story quests. I want to survive.

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This shouldn't happen, check you gear is up to the level.
Are you using the skill rotation correctly, you do not have to be perfect
Are you doing the mechanic right, listern to what NPC say, they give hints what need to be done during the MSQ.
The only time I remember I have issue with MSQ was after a long break and I am very undergear or I miss the cue from the NPC and done something wrong

I thank you all! ^^ Also I've added back what I removed from my earlier post.

I didn't pay attention to what the NPCs said! That's why I die or they die! Dang. Thank you.

I will remember to use Chocobo stances. Thank you. Also, my gear is okay and most of it is up near my level. But I think I need better gear update. Thank you for the advice!

Also, I think I'll level Ninja and Dark Knight. :D They're both so cool! Depending on what I need to do, I can switch between both. Thank you for the advice. ^^

Leg Sweep off cooldown first and foremost if the target can be stunned, you'll find out after you use it if they can be. Long cooldowns like Shade Shift and Second Wind second. Finally, Bloodbath. By the time you cycle these in most 1v1 situations in the overworld at least one will be back up if used efficiently. If you're getting pulped it's either a gear issue, or you're trying to fight a zone/world boss FATE or on-level hunt mark. Don't do either of those. You can also use relevant health potions for even more sustain. Relevant food also helps with the increased Vitality and substats letting you take 2-3 more hits and kill things faster on top of the 3% exp boost.

Finally, progress through ARR and you'll get a notification for the quest "My Feisty Little Chocobo" which let's you use your bird as a combat buddy in the overworld. Spec it into the healer tree, yes, even if you're playing a healer it's useful. You can eventually finish all three trees but healing is by far the most practical since it helps far more jobs to survive solo than the other two.

Is this that ffxi meme?

Thank you Chip793. Also, Burmecia, I wish stealth in FFXIV is like FFXI.

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Thank you Chip793. Also, Burmecia, I wish stealth in FFXIV is like FFXI.

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An unreliably passive chance to have a lower aggro radius? That's like the worst of all stealths of all MMORPGs, ever. :')