Tanking skills

[wind]

Hate isnt exactly random I agree with, but you need to understand currently some classes can out spike hate you because of bad game mechanics.

For example. If you attack > voke and while you're doing that a conj/thm does a full cycle of buffs(pro,shell,spikes,stone) and ALL you had hate wise was a voke and maybe 1 phalanx. There is a high chance the mob will go straight to the conj/thm.

Or at the same token if you have spam happy DD's who do a full atk+ modifier set(fero,raging,hawk,blindeside etc) that is a shit ton of hate being built up instantly so again you just need to throw in more abilities(not just phalanx).

Glad can hold any mob without problem, just learn which classes can do what and it helps. If you see a healer buffing mid fight throw on another taunt/wardrum and pop sentinel. Just be mindful of your group and not just the mob and you'll be fine .


@wiisam
I hope you meant aegis or deflection rather then just straight guard. No reason to let wolves get TP off you when we have two of the most broken abilities at our disposal(tank wise). Wish more people would use them since Bite is stupid lol and completely avoidable.

[Peregrine]

There are two parts to tanking. Enmity generation and damage mitigation.
For damage mitigation, gladiator has it routine things.
For enmity generation, gladiator is a gimp. Total stamina waste. Poor skills. Ineffective. All around gimp. That is why you lose hate.

Stack a bar with the following:
Raging strike, Hawk's eye, Ferocity, Blood Rite, Profundity, Blindside, Dark Seal, Bloodbath, Comrade in Arms.

Spam them. Bang bang bang three or four of them at the start of the fight then keep hitting them. You will never lose hate, and you will actually have stamina for either damage or more damage mitigation.

Provoke and taunt are a last resort, not a first line. That is the first mistake glads make. Waste of stamina.

[Seikninkuru]

You want to use your vokes as 'snap' aggro skills and use abilities to gain hate while feathering in phalanx's when you block. Furthermore, I highly suggest getting some iron throwing daggers and engaging your enemies with them so that you can follow with a heavy stab or provoke(on leves the mobs go to the person who starts the leve).

Mitigation wise you just cycle your shield skills and then you have your defense boosters, Rampart for long term high mitigation and/or magic and sentinel/obsess for frequent use; rest is personal choice imo.

[Xatsh]

Glad Tanking Relys on other classes honestly the more you have the better tank you become.

Once you get all your sub classes leveled holding hate and negating dmg should not be hard if you are going all out tank. Now in leves this is probally not advised since leve mobs are squishy and do not hit that hard anyways. You would want more dmg abilities and far less defensive.

Ferocity, Warmonger, Provoke, Taunt, Wardrum, Accomplice. Should keep hate on you

Aegis Boon, Deflect, Sentinel, and Emulate. These will negate most your dmg from normal attacks and nukes.

Diversion, Featherfoot. These will allow you to evade high dmg tp attacks from the mobs, once you learn how to time them.

Contagion will remove a negative status buff and put it on the mob... godly for buffalo when it spams that enmity lowering ability or mobs that hit you with slow.

Cure 3 and Siphon mp2/Stygian Spike2 allow you to play pld and keep yourself alive and lowers the stress on the mages

Defender/Defender2 increase your defense alot. Same as Rampart, Tempered Will and Obsess



And the DDS that go in Raging Strike + Furiosity + Hawk Eye + Blind Side + Blood Bath + WS.... well they are simply going to die. Look at XI and what happens when a Drk opens a fight with Last Resort + Berzerk + Soul Eater + WS.

Enmity control is a critical thing for glad yes but it is also the responsibility of all the other members in the party as well.

[wind]

Enmity control is a critical thing for glad yes but it is also the responsibility of all the other members in the party as well.

Rofl if only the world was so simple . To much riding on Epeen for DD's to not go all out and then blame others when they die haha.

[GreyJorildyn]

This covers the basics: http://www.impact-gaming.us/blogs/grey/?p=56

Still a work in progress more or less. Don't expect a follow-up post for awhile though. Perhaps after auto-attack comes in I will add something more.

[Peregrine]

Rofl if only the world was so simple . To much riding on Epeen for DD's to not go all out and then blame others when they die haha.

Just equip what they equip and spam what they spam.
The archer isn't spamming profundity and blood rite. Stick those on your bar too and an epeening DD will never even get hit.

Nobody said you had to make use of the profundity. All you have to do is activate it. It's free enmity.

[wind]

Just equip what they equip and spam what they spam.
The archer isn't spamming profundity and blood rite. Stick those on your bar too and an epeening DD will never even get hit.

Nobody said you had to make use of the profundity. All you have to do is activate it. It's free enmity.

Ah I said what I said just in a general sense. I myself haven't had any hate problems as of yet since all fights are pretty easy anyways haha.

With the exception of a random Buffalo spamming Hate drop and my flashfreeze decides to miss sadface. lol Easy enough to get it back majority of the time though ^^.