Limit Break

[Lemon8or]

Depends on the fight and the bar you'll have. Say if you have 2 or 3 bars of LB for that boss, you want to save it if you run into it with a full LB bar cause more bars means more damage/healing/mitigation. If you only have 1 bar max for that boss (think Demon Wall in AK), better front load it so the fight is still simple and you can continue building it back up for next boss. It all depends on party, you don't have to rely on LB for most bosses (save Ifrit HM's LB) but it certainly is faster with it. I don't think LB can crit but haven't tested it.

[cainxavier]

The tank limit break is useful for the Garuda fight (story-mode at least).

[Kenka]

The tank limit break is useful for the Garuda fight (story-mode at least).

Can also be used during Ifrit's Hellfire to prevent a wipe if for some reason you don't have an AoE limit break and your party DPS cannot kill the nails fast enough.

[Simaril]

Limit Breaks are terrible in this game.

As a healer I have never had a reason to use mine, and haven't used it yet. I've never seen a tank use one. I hope this is just the 'current' status of LBs and they do something to make them meaningful to everyone.

[Lemon8or]

That's because you're only level 27. Below 50, there's almost never a reason for a tank or healer to use their limit break unless something catastrophic happens like undergeared people going into Garuda and cannot survive The Reckoning then you need tank LB. I think Yoshi intends for the game to really start at 50 which is where you see different LB at different level being used. DPS is still the most useful to lessen time on dungeons and bosses. And for Ifrit if you don't have AOE LB, use single target LB3 on 1 nail, focus on 2, use LB2 on the last one. You'll burn it down just as he jumps up.

[Anova]

and what is better to do in a boss fight (assuming there aren't too many adds in that fight and that one LB bar is full before initiating the fight):
use it right at the beginning? i noticed a LB doesn't add any aggro
and if it's a fight where you can have more than one bar: wait until more bars are full? or always use it with one bar?

The problem with using a LB early on in a boss fight is that often, you will only have 1 or 2 bars instead of the full 2-3 bars. Often, this last bar appears when the last boss reaches 1/2 hp. So, using a LB later means a stronger attack or a backup in case something goes catastrophic (healer lb). Bosses are also more powerful and have more complicated attack patterns at low hp, so using a LB later helps players to reduce the time spent in the last phase and minimize mistakes that could cause wipes.

The aoe lb from SMN and BLM are used specifically for certain fights where you have to kill many targets quickly (ifrit and garuda fights) or the party will wipe. Consider it a method to simplify the dps check for endgame dungeons. The single-target LBs are as above, just a way to speed a boss through an especially difficult phase. Healer LB is for catastrophic wipes. And nobody ever uses the tank LB.

[seekerofpower]

In HM Ifrit you get to use 3 of the 4 in 1 fight. Wait for the nails, BLM or SMN casts Doomsday, This usually does enough damage to put the LB bar back to ~2 full bars by the time Hellfire goes off. Once it does, use the Healer 2 bar limit, just as the fire covers the screen, for instant party heal. Then, you usually get to use the melee DPS 3 bar limit sometime after that as well. The only LB you don't see in that fight, if done properly, is the Tank LB.

[MStowastiqVahlshdeh]

Parties [as they get more familiar with the content] may have their own individual strategies for using limit breaks so I tend to ask just in case.

My first try with Limit Break was an embarrasing nightmare because when it was requested that I use it, I did not know how to apply it so I just pushed the button and waited LOL .

A more experienced ls member later explained it to me and for that I am grateful.

[Maero]

So consensus is tank lb is useless? For Ifrit I actually helped attack the nail, and actually had no need for a LB. Anyone know or try one as a Lancer/dragoon?
I am working at switching to that class

[Niytshade]

So consensus is tank lb is useless? For Ifrit I actually helped attack the nail, and actually had no need for a LB. Anyone know or try one as a Lancer/dragoon?
I am working at switching to that class

In Ifrit parties I had that didn't have an AoE LB I had dragoon use theirs, it's only a single target regardless..but it can work.