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    Player
    Sleigh's Avatar
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    Philia Felice
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    Gilgamesh
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    Thaumaturge Lv 70

    Best snap threat options for WAR?

    PLDs in my FC are switching over to WARs, but some of them have concerns that their snap threat capability in situations like T1 and T4 might be low. I'm no WAR, and admittedly almost never run with any, so I can't give them advice or input.

    So, what are the best snap threat options? These include both when you have time before aggro is drawn, and when you need an attack out right away and a Butcher's Block just isn't fast enough (like in T4's Dreadnaught spawning)).

    Thanks.
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    Seidaku's Avatar
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    Sinbound Seraphim
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    Hyperion
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    Conjurer Lv 70
    Berserk Overpower spam and if you can get Unchained in you should be golden.
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    Sleigh's Avatar
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    Philia Felice
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    By Snap Threat, I mean very quick aggro draw, usually for a boss. AFAIK Overpower has the speed of a turtle going up a steep hill in terms of coming out due to its long animation.
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    Paikis Pryslack
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    Coeurl
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    Dark Knight Lv 73
    Flash is still a thing.
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    Ragtime Mouse
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    Moogle
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    Marauder Lv 50
    Provoke into Tomahawk at range if the boss has aggro on someone else. Provoke will put you on the top of the threat list and Tomahawk will buy you some time as you run up to said boss and commence your Butcher's Block combo.
    In any other situation you just have to grin and bare it with the normal Butcher's Block combo and hope that the DPS or Healer didn't draw too much attention to themselves and you can carry on as normal once you have regained control. If you are having aggro trouble frequently; try opening with Berserk and Internal Release combined and spam flash while Pacified - of course don't Mana starve yourself if you require AoE threat generation on a certain boss, although Overpower will make short work of that, once Pacification ends.
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    Leon Solitario
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    Balmung
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    Marauder Lv 50
    If Tomahawk isn't enough to secure hate on a boss at the pull, a quick slap with Butcher's Block before going into combo is normally enough to generate substantial hate that will hold you off through your first BB combo; use damage CDs before hand as needed, otherwise set them up with the use of your first Storm's Eye combo or during a DPS check.
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    Sasagawa's Avatar
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    Seriy Anaplian
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    Moogle
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    Marauder Lv 50
    just use the new holman.... (however its spelled) it will snap the mob right to you and hold it there for a few seconds while you hate combo

    For AOE

    Flash --> overpower

    or if you are really skillful pop infuriate just before the mobs pop and use a steel cyclone.
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    Elasandria Servion
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    Hyperion
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    Gladiator Lv 50
    flash is great for snap threat
    voke > tomahawk if it's walking away

    And to spin-off from Sasagwa
    flash > infuriate (assuming your not already) > Cyclone
    cause with the flash you don't need to be perfect on the timings of infuriate and buy a second to cyclone if your prone to lag-spikes like so many
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    Lenneth Val'kyr
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    Cactuar
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    Marauder Lv 50
    Best snap would probably be inner beast for pre 2.1 and outside of bb combo. It has a fast animation and you get bonus aggro from the healing component
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    Paikis Pryslack
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    Coeurl
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    Dark Knight Lv 73
    Quote Originally Posted by wlakiz View Post
    you get bonus aggro from the healing component
    Nope. Makes me sad, but you don't get agro from our heals.
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