Materia choices for Glad?

[Iridial]

Has anyone put any thought/testing into Piety? To me that was a more interesting stat then mind. I know it won't increase our damage like mind will, but magic evasion seems like one of the harder stats to increase, and the extra mp is never terrible also.

I'd be curious to see what anyone elses thoughts on it were.

[Radiator]

I've only ever blocked ifrit with aegis boon on, never once blocked him otherwise....dex rings, dex+16 gloves, vintage kite shield, sentinel gauntlets, not one single block that wasn't forced by aegis boon.

Dont know how thats possible, I use kite sheild and block quite often throughout the fight (10-20 times per fight depending on how fast the fight is) Get War drum off at least 3-4 times a fight.

[Miyaka_Vigiles]

When it comes to tankng opinions may differ, My setup however is this:

Head = MND III + IV
Body = VIT III + III
Hands = STR III + IV
Waist = HP III + IV (have one with Enmity IV aswell to use when hate is an issue)
Legs = STR + VIT IV
Feet = EVA III + III
Shield = DEF IV + HP III
Weapon = MND III + IV (have one with Enmity IV aswell to use when hate is an issue)

I use this setup too, except for HP on boots.

Dont know how thats possible, I use kite sheild and block quite often throughout the fight (10-20 times per fight depending on how fast the fight is) Get War drum off at least 3-4 times a fight.

I did block Ifrit without boon, but very few times. Its not about the stats really, just stand there and hope for the best
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For those who dont use any emnity gear/materia and didnt have any issue on primal fights. Did the THM go all out?

Because I do use emnity on belt and my fellow THM says his aggro goes from yellow to red back and forth.

[Vanguard319]

I would say any of the following:

str - for dmg, hold hate through dmg
vit - for def/max hp, lose less hate through dmg/stay in fight longer
mnd - for dmg/ heal potency, hold hate through dmg/healing
emnity+, increase hate generated through actions
hp+, same as vit
def+, same as vit
parry+, hold hate by negating dmg

[Brannigan]

I would say any of the following:

str - for dmg, hold hate through dmg
vit - for def/max hp, lose less hate through dmg/stay in fight longer
mnd - for dmg/ heal potency, hold hate through dmg/healing
emnity+, increase hate generated through actions
hp+, same as vit
def+, same as vit
parry+, hold hate by negating dmg

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[Sfarzoso]

Vitality for legs.

[Evaddaragon]

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... Wha... ? Maybe not when fighting Ifrit, but come on, I HAVE seen it when I was soloing mobs while leveling or fighting mobs in beastmen strongholds. I totally swear I have. >.> Gladiators CAN parry, but obviously, I've seen it far less often than blocking.

Altough I wouldn't put parry+ materia on my gear because of that. There are plenty of better options already stated by others I'd say.

I actually went for the following myself :

Weapon : VIT
Shield : HP + MP
Head : MND
Body : HP
Hands : HP
Waist : Enmity
Legs : STR + DEX
Feet : HP

[ThugHunter]

In the interest of sharing, my set up

Cobalt Winglet - VIT III + Enmity IV
Vintage Kiet Shield - HP III + DEF IV
Cobalt Celeta - MND III + MND IV
Sentinel's Cuirass - VIT III + VIT IV
Sentinel's Gauntlets - DEX III + DEX IV
Sentinel's Plate Belt - Emnity III + Emnity IV
Felt Trousers - VIT/DEX III + VIT/DEX IV
Sentinel's Sabatons - HP IV + HP IV

I'm open to swapping out the Hands for STR and STR/DEX on the legs though.

[Stufoo]

... Wha... ? Gladiators CAN parry

No, it is impossible to parry if you have a shield equipped.

[Evaddaragon]

Well I beg to differ. I HAVE seen it. Granted, it was a "partial parry" last time I noticed, and it was when I was doing solo levequests, leveling my GLA in the 40s a few days after 1.20 went live. The chat log did say : "You partially parry the (monster)'s attack, taking (some) damage." I didn't negate it completely. Since then, in order to lighten my chat log and see more easily what my LS says, I've removed battle info from my chat log, seeing as I can easily see when I do a shield block, whereas I don't have anything parrying-related, so I don't bother.

Unless it was some weird bug ? But I know I've seen it and am not making it up.

I'm not trying to really start a debate though, because regardless if I'm right or not, I'm never, ever, putting any parry+ materia or considering parry+ stats on a piece of gear for GLA. There are plenty of other options that are of better use.