tank casting stoneskin while tanking

[Remn]

just make sure you have enough aggro before casting SS. other wise DPS might pulling the boss of you

[Wadoka]

Sounds like I don't understand the mechanics of Stoneskin. I'd thought it was a "Cast once, lasts 30 minutes" effect, from having it cast on me by others. Does it wear off after you take a certain amount of damage? Inquiring minds need to know.

[Eohi]

Sounds like I don't understand the mechanics of Stoneskin. I'd thought it was a "Cast once, lasts 30 minutes" effect, from having it cast on me by others. Does it wear off after you take a certain amount of damage? Inquiring minds need to know.

Stoneskin basically adds a set amount of health onto you that gets taken off before your hp. Because tanks take so much damage so frequently its beneficial to have it cast on you especially because it gets better with more health. Since healers are usually healing a tank can cast it on themselves or the mt to save roughly a cures worth of damage. I'm pretty sure the last 30 minutes thing is so it can be used as it is now as opposed to galvanize which falls off after 30s.

[ProxyTooMuch]

It helps a decent amount, just remember to do a full Rage of Halone combo every 20 seconds or the -10% strength effect will fall off.

[Makarrov]

I'll cast stone skin before big hits like mountain buster or death sentence, it doesn't always take effect before the hit lands but still offers a bit of breathing room after the hit for heals to catch up. I generally won't spam it but if I'm under 40% or so hp I will. Some notable exceptions though are turn 1 and turn 4. We stop feeding snakes pretty early and I generally have a huge threat lead so I reduce damage as much as possible. In turn 4 ill spam ss after CDs fall off in p6. Our kill order puts a ton of damage on the other tank so the more I can mitigate the more heals he can get.

[Avalon_Albrook]

I will always maintain that any paladin that doesn't have stoneskin and doesn't use it liberally when he/she can isn't doing the job of tank to the fullest. There are so many opportunities to safely (so that aggro is secure and mechanics are avoided) use stoneskin, both self casting and casting it on others. It's a 10% cushion that the healers do not have to deal with, and the clutch moments that it comes in handy for are endless. One of my favorite uses of it is in Titan EX, a dps dies by being slightly too close to a bomb just as the heart phase is about to end. They get raised and respawn just before Titan comes back down. Healers can't bother with a stoneskin -- they have the party to worry about. That dps is going to die from Earthen Fury. Or they WOULD have, had I not already prepped and got a stoneskin cast off right in the nick of time so, even with weakness, they were left with 150-200 or so HP. They're topped back off, I stoneskin him again before the next stomps come. Still survives. Weakness expires. All is right with the world. And that dps's survival would not have happened were it not for tank stoneskinning for the win.

I also love to use it in Ifrit EX when he throws down the triple stacks after his shoulder tackle/howl/eruption. When I time it right, I throw out 3 stoneskins in a row, and each one takes effect just before the next incinerate hits. It gives all the damage absorption I need while the healers heal, and it lets me save all the real cooldowns for the nail phases, when the damage is really gonna come in.

Stoneskin is the most valuable cross-class ability for a paladin to have. Sure, it's not NECESSARY to have it, but your role as party protector that much more successfully executed by having it and using it whenever possible.

[supert123]

Do eet.

/10char

[Darkwalker53]

This is a really good habit to get into. Even lesser geared tanks should routinely apply stoneskin (5K etc). 500 equivalent extra health is better than nothing and can sometimes make all the difference. A good example of this use is a greenish tank doing WP final boss but as most have stated before it is best used where large amounts of damage are about to hit you. Remember every little bit helps.

[ZandarCasseline]

HM primal battles for example give you several opportunities for the PLD to cast Stoneskin. Your job as tank is to soak damage and keep enmity. SS in combat helps you do both.

Besides, any PLD with SS should understand the healing side of the game well enough to want to help out your healers, so why wouldn't you do this?

[Zfz]

Just quick question, wonder if anyone's tested it.

Can a WHM stoneskin overwrite PLD stoneskin?

I also wonder if any WHMs would feel the PLD is interfering because now it's hard to keep track if that stoneskin is a measly 10% or is it a powerful 18% one.