Chocobo Companions and You: A Guide

[Maelwys]

Addendum: From the Patch Notes for 2.1

The following changes have been made to chocobo companions:
+ Players can now examine chocobo companions to view their rank and barding.
+ Enmity generated by the actions Choco Drop and Choco Strike has been increased.

Tested: "Choco Drop" (the first Defender Stance attack) now generates noticeably more hate.

My Chocobo has the first three ranks in Defender Stance.
If I put it into Defender Stance so that it spams Choco Drop, it can now hold hate over my Paladin as long as I'm not in "Shield Oath" or using my enmity combo.
Whilst it's certainly not a "proper tank", this should be enough to force your Chocobo to grab hate for you whenever you need it to.

(I made it tank a Fate boss for me, just for giggles)

[Solfleur]

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Addendum: From the Patch Notes for 2.1



Tested: "Choco Drop" (the first Defender Stance attack) now generates noticeably more hate.

My Chocobo has the first three ranks in Defender Stance.
If I put it into Defender Stance so that it spams Choco Drop, it can now hold hate over my Paladin as long as I'm not in "Shield Oath" or using my enmity combo.
Whilst it's certainly not a "proper tank", this should be enough to force your Chocobo to grab hate for you whenever you need it to.

(I made it tank a Fate boss for me, just for giggles)