Why do you save your LB?

[Atreides]

i safe it because as monk a LB3 will cause me to lose my GL stacks, the DPS loss due to that is higher than the gain so I safe it as finisher or use it before I build up my stacks like right when the boss appears again.

[DoctorPepper]

In my opinion saving your LB is only worthwhile in certain situations where you want to get past a specific phase or avoid a specific mechanic. Other than that I don't see any reason not to use it right away, provided you have a good group who knows what they're doing and don't need the healer lb safety net. Really the only time I've seen that safety net work anyways was when dps dying was the problem, if your tanks and healers are dying then you might as well restart in most cases.

[Linadae]

It's better to use your lb strategically. Take the last boss in normal haukke manor. For the last 30% or so health she summons 6 adds...I think. A ranged dps's lb quickly eliminates them so the team can focus down the boss without putting a ton of stress on the healer and tank.

[Ouria]

I dont .... Why?
<<< Bard main ... usually a healer there with me anyway which is probably more effective from them, so my LB is useless. Other than that I pressed it once on a lowbie PUG but I dont think it worked right...

Doesn´t it restore a fixed percentage of each party member? So it should´t matter who uses it, rather it might be better for the BRD to use it since it might be a bit problematic for the healer to stop healing and cast the LB.
Although I guess it hardly matters. When using healing LB seems tempting, it hardly works out well.

[Sessurea]

I just cant stand it when ppl save the LB for literally the last shred of HP, to get the kill and look cool or w/e. I'm guessing this is some sort of rp? theatrics? Coz its clearly wasting damage by the time its used...

[kukurumei]

I just cant stand it when ppl save the LB for literally the last shred of HP, to get the kill and look cool or w/e. I'm guessing this is some sort of rp? theatrics? Coz its clearly wasting damage by the time its used...

Because it's not instant. You actually loose more damage trying to do an attack LB then just standing poking depending on the amount of people alive and the phase.

The only instant LB is tank LB.

[Skyhound]

I wait for the end to use my LB just in case it needs to be used in another capacity later on. I feel like just opening up with it is quite inconsiderate to the rest of the team, especially since you don't know what may happen. I prefer trying to save a run by using Healer LB than restarting.

[Sessurea]

I wait for the end to use my LB just in case it needs to be used in another capacity later on. I feel like just opening up with it is quite inconsiderate to the rest of the team, especially since you don't know what may happen. I prefer trying to save a run by using Healer LB than restarting.

Everyone loves melees to LB the boss. Unless we're talking about something like the mistral shriek in garuda story mode ( the one after the vortex comes and pillars are knocked ) and it is expected that a tank LB could be needed, I think melee should just go for it. Parties that need support LBs are usually not going to make it....

Because it's not instant. You actually loose more damage trying to do an attack LB then just standing poking depending on the amount of people alive and the phase.

The only instant LB is tank LB.

What? I'm not talking about cast times lol. I have used healing and melee LBS.

[Sunarie]

For certain fights our FC usually saves LB for later..the reason is in case stuff hits the fan and we end up needing the healer 3rd rank one, cause you aren't likely to get back up to a 3rd full bar. We have recovered from an icky Titan run (all dead save for one healer, a tank, a bard, and a black mage post heart phase) with a bard using the healer limit break to get everyone up. Granted the bard also got landslide off... but a sacrificial bard isn't so bad.

Usually stuff doesn't hit the fan and it's just using the limit break later, but it's nice to have the huge rez option in case it's needed.

Everyone loves melees to LB the boss. Unless we're talking about something like the mistral shriek in garuda story mode ( the one after the vortex comes and pillars are knocked ) and it is expected that a tank LB could be needed, I think melee should just go for it. Parties that need support LBs are usually not going to make it....

It actually depends on the fight. Garuda EX we actually use the caster aoe one when some of the adds are up and on the MT (usually Supra-whatever and Garuda herself). If it's a single boss fight, no adds, we'll usually use melee. I agree with the person quoted though, as stated above. DPS LB is secondary to a healer one if crap hits the fan. Tank I pretty much never get to use.

[kukurumei]

Tank I pretty much never get to use.

Tank LB is useful in ex primals (and of course ultima). Since it's the only instant LB you have. Meaning you can time it to within a few seconds.

Garuda EX for instance if the spiny is dead, a lvl2 or even lvl1 Tank LB can prevent a wipe. Same for Titan, if you time it just right, you can do certain things.

Healer is probably the weakest LB of all, but attack LB is pretty worthless if you have dead people. The damage reduction of a dead members make is pretty worthless.

If you have more then 2 people dead, attack LB is nearly the same as not using at all, unless you have a specific purposes (meteor adds, or precast)