Warriors - How to fix our damage mitigation

[JormungandrVanagandr]

Not to interrupt the lovely discussion going on, but...can someone point me towards a use for Holmgang? I've tried using it in multiple situations and I haven't found a use for it, yet.

I've tried using it as a sort of stun, such as delaying a boss' "phase change" movement by locking it in place for 6 seconds, but to no avail.

Perhaps I'm not thinking out of the box enough?

[Logan1033]

Not to interrupt the lovely discussion going on, but...can someone point me towards a use for Holmgang? I've tried using it in multiple situations and I haven't found a use for it, yet.

I've tried using it as a sort of stun, such as delaying a boss' "phase change" movement by locking it in place for 6 seconds, but to no avail.

Perhaps I'm not thinking out of the box enough?

I haven't tried it but maybe on fights where it's not a phase change but an aggro reset to give time to regrab threat, or maybe on those fights where the boss will chase a squishy to give them room. other than that no idea.

[Xeromaus]

Quote Originally Posted by JormungandrVanagandr
Not to interrupt the lovely discussion going on, but...can someone point me towards a use for Holmgang? I've tried using it in multiple situations and I haven't found a use for it, yet.

I've tried using it as a sort of stun, such as delaying a boss' "phase change" movement by locking it in place for 6 seconds, but to no avail.

Perhaps I'm not thinking out of the box enough?





use holmgang when you lose aggro to a healer or dps class, or when those guys generate aggro first, it'll buy you time to lock it up. Also useful for locking a mob out of range of team mates just before a cast

[Xenobius]

can someone point me towards a use for Holmgang? I've tried using it in multiple situations and I haven't found a use for it, yet.

Marginally useful in fights where your target is not Bind-immune (example: Wanderer's Palace slime boss, you can use Holmgang when he fixates on another group member to stop him from moving).

Unfortunately, most of the stuff you will be tanking in FFXIV is Bind-immune, which, coupled with an absurdly long CD and the fact that it roots you in place as well makes this skill pretty much useless.

[Xeromaus]

Marginally useful in fights where your target is not Bind-immune (example: Wanderer's Palace slime boss, you can use Holmgang when he fixates on another group member to stop him from moving).

Unfortunately, most of the stuff you will be tanking in FFXIV is Bind-immune, which, coupled with an absurdly long CD and the fact that it roots you in place as well makes this skill pretty much useless.

For the main event(s) it's nearly useless, yes, for the entire run, no.

[Ahlen]

Not to interrupt the lovely discussion going on, but...can someone point me towards a use for Holmgang? I've tried using it in multiple situations and I haven't found a use for it, yet.

I've tried using it as a sort of stun, such as delaying a boss' "phase change" movement by locking it in place for 6 seconds, but to no avail.

Perhaps I'm not thinking out of the box enough?

I use it on the second boss of Wanderer's Palace if someone is about to get caught....that's about it.

[Bladeryk]

Not to interrupt the lovely discussion going on, but...can someone point me towards a use for Holmgang? I've tried using it in multiple situations and I haven't found a use for it, yet.

I've tried using it as a sort of stun, such as delaying a boss' "phase change" movement by locking it in place for 6 seconds, but to no avail.

Perhaps I'm not thinking out of the box enough?

The second boss of ST after the crystal dies to keep him off his rampage for a few seconds, also it is going to be an amazing tool once PVP is implemented