Opening as a Dark Knight?

[Amagiri]

Thanks for all the replies thus far!

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Yeah, I mean I simply use the terms to indicate whether one tank is tanking at the moment or not. I've found it rather silly to assign one tank to be MT and the other to be OT due to tank swapping. If we really had a MT and an OT, then mechanically the OT would just be a tanky DPS.

I had a pretty strong feeling that the Unchained opener was optimal, but I didn't really have any math or any reasoning behind it. It just felt right after thinking about tank openers. However, it seems like our group still intends on having me start the pull off, which is honestly a little frustrating since in my opinion, pulling as a Drk feels pretty bad and there is no point. We'll see how it turns out I guess since there's no actual harm in trying..

That being said, if one were to do the tank swap, I'm curious when best it'd be done in A11S if only because the E.D.D. spawns relatively early, doesn't it?

[Kitfox]

That being said, if one were to do the tank swap, I'm curious when best it'd be done in A11S if only because the E.D.D. spawns relatively early, doesn't it?

I don't know what is the most optimal way, but in my group the WAR pulls, I tank the EDD as DRK and take over when it's dead. In a similar vein, after Eternal Darkness our WAR takes over again in order to abuse Holmgang on the double tank cleave, which leaves the EDD to me again, and I take over after it's dead. Same repeats in the last phase, WAR takes over just before Propeller Wind and eats cleave before EDD with Holmgang. I don't take over after the EDD there anymore because the boss is almost dead.