Pugilist role in groups... a Tank or a Damage Dealer?

[NoctisUmbra]

I'm getting kinda tired of the forums saying I can't tank, when my LS and I know better.

What's this silly LS you speak of?

Seriously speaking though, PGL was an awesome tank pre-1.18 and is now more clearly than ever an offensive tank.

PGL has no trouble holding hate - hell it can hold hate better than a GLA. It's the survival aspect. PGL needs to evade to tank effectively and Light Strike's continuous buff was a huge boon to that end. The move has been gimped to become situational now and I can say firsthand I do not evade nearly as much.

However, provided you rank GLA and MRD to basically 50 and get all them sub skills, well no shit you can tank But honestly if I managed to get GLA or MRD to 50 I'd rather tank on them at this point.

PGL is being made more and more into a DD, but where it really shines is being the best solo class.