Tank melds.

[Omegaweapon1371]

Hello, I just would like to have peoples thoughts on melds, currently as my pld. I like to ofc protect the team and make the healers have less strain. But I do like to do a decent amount of Dps while being a MT and OT. What melds do you think Would help, For the most improved Dps.

[FreyjaAshe]

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong but my understanding of the current stats is that Direct Hit is king and then Crit comes second.

[Dement]

Personally, I'm not melding until I see exactly what their rebalancing is next Tuesday.

[Mnemosynia]

Don't meld till rebalance, they may fix tenacity to not be shit.

[Naberrie]

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong but my understanding of the current stats is that Direct Hit is king and then Crit comes second.

I would agree with this, as far as my own experience goes with things as they are now. I've been experimenting with melds on my PLD as I level it (it's currently 57, about to hit 58). At 54 I melded a lot of Crit Hit and Direct Hit, and it worked great. At 56 I tried no Direct Hit and a bunch of Tenacity. The results have been horrible. Definitely going back to Direct Hit for my 58 set. (I'm not worried about wasting materia; I've got a $%^# ton of it to play around with.)

[Derio]

Putting 5s in just to be safe .right now direct hit left side and STR on right side

[CaedemSanguis]

To my mind :

Direct Hit > Determination > Crit

[Sarcatica]

If you have a lot of clusters or money, you should be doing full DH (you dont get additional DH on any up to date gear) on LHS with all the crits you can get. We have no idea what they are doing with Tenacity, though 200points per 1% is pretty good already. Det and SkS imo are the least important for tank, you however still want some SkS to bypass Berserk and FoF period.

Else, it doesn't do much except if you are trying to min max. You don't need to do huge investments on stats to clear any content, it's all about your skills as a tank mostly.

[SarenyiaSarenyia]

Would you say direct hit is still our best meld then? I kinda want to meld tenacity just to do it lol

[Sarcatica]

Would you say direct hit is still our best meld then? I kinda want to meld tenacity just to do it lol

You can if you want. It's just that tanks and healers dont get DH from their gear currently that you would want to meld full DH if possible, unlike DPS that have access to both Crit and DH. At least atm do we even have any news if they are adjusting substats?

If you want to be safe, collect as many materias for later on.