Thread: [Guide] Paladin Tanking Compendium 2.0.1

Originally Posted by PiedPiper

So, for one, at full i90 your parry stops 24% per parry, not 15%. So, if you had a chance to parry all incoming attacks, it would actually be a little over 6% average mitigation.

Secondly, parry check is preformed AFTER block check, so increasing your block rate lowers the number of attacks you can parry. This means the onion shield actually lowers your total parry mitigation, which is pretty bad since your parry mitigates more than your block does with the onion shield equipped. (Again, 24% vs 20%.)

So, with Zenith/Allagan: You block 24.74%, leaving a little over 75% of attacks you could parry. Multiply by chance to parry, then amount parried, and poof: 4.36% damage parried. + 6.79% from shield, 11.15% total mitigation.

Onion: You block 34.72% of attacks, leaving 65.28% of attacks you could parry, all said: 3.94% damage parried. 10.75% total mitigation.

You lose 0.4% by switching to onion shield.

You lose 0.4% total mitigation but gain about 10% of attacks blocked (at a cost of a proportional amount of those 10% of attacks not being parried), which I'd say is likely more valuable even if those blocks are weaker. The point is to make it more difficult for big spikes to kill you - total mitigation is nice but spike mitigation is nicer, and block/parry rate, not strength, is what helps spike mitigation.

That 0.4% is just going to be covered by what would otherwise be overheal anyway.

Originally Posted by PiedPiper

You lose 0.4% by switching to onion shield.

Well, talking about High Block Rate Shield devalued parry score. If we want highest mitigation score why not go for Direwolf Kite Shield. This would yield higher total mitigation score than Allagan Shield.

Direwolf Kite block at 36%+ of damage with Rate of 18%+
Onion block at 19%+ of damage with Rate of 34%+
Allagan/Zenith block at 27%+ of damage with Rate of 24%+

Assume parry at 15% of damage with Rate of 24%

Average Mitigation on Direwolf = [ (0.36*0.18) + ((1-0.18)*(0.24)*(0.15)) ] * 100 = 9.432%
Average Mitigation on Onion = [ (0.19 * 0.34) + ((1-0.34)*(0.24)*(0.15)) ] * 100 = 8.836%
Average Mitigation on Allagan/Zenite = [ (0.27 * 0.24) + ((1-0.24)*(0.24)*(0.15)) ] * 100 = 9.216%

In my opinion, Onion shield with is much more healer friendly but I will farm myself for the Kite Shield anyway.

Thanks for continuing the post.

This is gold I say, PURE GOLD!

Originally Posted by Griever2003

Note: Currently I do not think there is a way to get rid of the “Not yet ready.” spam at the top of your screen.

Not sure if anyone has pointed this out yet, but you can turn this off now.

Under Character Configuration > Log Window Settings, there is an option "Display recast timer error message." Turning this option off will stop the "Not Yet Ready" text from showing up.

As picky as it may be, this was one of the reasons I disliked using macros.

Sry if this has been answered before but i could need some help with a macro for cover.
I want to let the party know when and on whom i am using cover, so this is what i am using:

/macroicon "Cover"
/ac "Cover" <t>
/wait 1
/group Using "Cover" on <t> <se.9>

The wait command is just in there in case i spam the button, the party chat doesnt get filled with text.
My problem however is, that when my target is out of range, the skill doesnt go off yet the message in chat still appears. Is there a way to avoid that?

Quick question but this might have already been answered but what cross class ability's should I be looking to get if I am going to main paladin? Thank you for the help I receive.

Originally Posted by Wenig

Quick question but this might have already been answered but what cross class ability's should I be looking to get if I am going to main paladin? Thank you for the help I receive.

Stoneskin, Mercy Stroke, Bloodbath, Foresight, Fracture/Cure/Raise. Last slot is basically a toss up of whether you want a situational increase in DPS or a really low potency Cure. Can't use Raise in combat, but you can Raise people after a battle for fun. :P