T8 Tanking

[Ellatrix]

I solo tanked this at like i95 with 7400HP. Ascent only does 6k with no shields up.

Green should die before they shift.

[SirTaint]

My rotation has worked 100 times and as stated was built for learning/wiping. Using sentinel for the 3rd rotation means it's up it by chance you wipe soon after.

Bulwark is not 100% but even a raw beak won't kill an i105+ PLD and your mages should be shielding you.

[Remn]

This is completely horrible advice... you eat it unmitigated on Beak 2 (lolforesight)......

maybe to you it horrible, but for me I had been farming her for the last 4-5 Month with the rotation I mention, never have any issued.

Foresight + convo + Virus with WHM and SCH shield is enough for me to take around 1000 damage form the beak if not 0 damage (sometime).
if you worry about explosion afterward than have you BLN put a shield on you (spell call Apo.. some thing lol) the explosion is magic damage so it should work, I think ;P, that + 2 Healer shield (Sch shield empowered by convo) is more than enough.

w/e work I guess.
To OP,
I suggest give it a few more attempt you will get better feel of which and when to use what CD.
btw are you solo tank T9? or 2 tank?. you only mention solo tank on T8 ^^'
for our group we doing it with 2 tank. (my group all agree that why re-learn the fight when we can kill her just fine with 2 tank, A.k.a we're lazy ;P)

[Ellatrix]

You're still eating it with only Foresight when you have Sentinel available. Like.. that's just dumb. I killed T9 earlier than you did, which means I did it with less gear, and that meant I couldn't be stupid with cd rotation. Also, by actually using your cd, you can allow healers to push more dps.

7000 beak - 1440 ss - 1170 adlo w/ conv = 4390 damage. That isn't "1000 or 0 damage" even with crit adlo. Taking 0 from beak requires crit adlo, stoneskin, rampart or sentinel, and a block/parry proc. You still get Ascent debuff though anyway.

It's also hard to take advice from someone who a) doesn't have the job they are talking about at 50 and b) doesn't have all the cross class skills for the job they DO have at 50 (and if its an alt, why are you using that on the forum instead?).

[Remn]

srsly, why are we fighting over this ....LOL ...

Op was asking for some advice on CD for T9, not the best / most optimized CD rotation ...-*-
I just give him what I'm have been using. (and so far it work)

if you don't like my rotation then don't use it ;P

and some how the forum decide to use my Old Legacy character for some reason, which I no longer play him. I haven't bother to change it or feel like too ;P
here is current character,
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...acter/1900774/

[SeraviEdalborez]

You can pop a Mega or X VIT pot alongside Foresight if you're uncomfortable with it. It's served me fine. I'm only ever worried about 3rd beak + 3rd ascent, and not even that anymore since we push after 3rd beak and kill after 2nd divebombs (before 5th claw). The other 2 beaks are pretty trivial. My order with PLD MT, WAR OT (doesn't tank any hits):

Beak 1: Rampart
Beak 2: Bulwark+Foresight+Awareness + optional VIT pot
Beak 3: Rampart, Sentinel with 8s remaining on Blight

Claw 1: Rampart + Bulwark
Claw 2: Sentinel
Claw 3: Rampart
Claw 4: HG
Claw 5: Rampart + Bulwark

With whatever other light cooldowns you want in there. Ramp/Sent skeleton is all that really matters.

Sentinel alone for a Beak is meh because you can't have it cover both the Beak and the Ascent. We find the Ascent is more threatening.

[Marukoban]

srsly, why are we fighting over this ....LOL ...

Op was asking for some advice on CD for T9, not the best / most optimized CD rotation ...-*-
I just give him what I'm have been using. (and so far it work).

if you don't like my rotation then don't use it ;P

and some how the forum decide to use my Old Legacy character for some reason, which I no longer play him. I haven't bother to change it or feel like too ;P
here is current character,
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...acter/1900774/

Yea, I'm actually looking at some advice for most "efficient" CD usage.
To answer your question, my group hasn't decided on which party composition to use.
I'm leaning more towards 5 DPS though due to 2 reasons:
1.) The other tank does not have Str accessories since his DPS class is Bard
2.) I don't think P1 and P2 are easier with 2 Tanks, it will likely be about as difficult
3.) I'd rather more DPS to avoid too many meteors, since more meteors give less room for errors
However, this is still up to my party which one they prefer since MT is more or less stand there and pop CD appropriately

I feel tank is the easiest job for T9 (correct me if I'm wrong).
Currently my group is still learning the mechanic and we don't have enough DPS to push to P2 before 6 meteors with 4 DPS, or push before 4th RB with 5 DPS.
I'd assume if I can manage my CD better, my scholar can have more breathing room to help do some dps to Nael.
Should I focus on parry build? Will it noticeably help the healer?
How much does Potent Poisoning Potion help with DPS?
I'd like to switch to Str accessories, but afraid the healer can't keep up yet with the healing timing

Question: Does Mega Potion of Str/Dex/Int help a lot with DPS?
Trying to convince my group to start using em ...

@Cyrus-Wallace,
Thanks for the stoneskin advice. They help quite a bit.

[SirTaint]

Sounds like you have a major DPS problem. High DPS makes this fight easier which is why you'll see STR pots and STR accessory tanks a lot.

I recommend solo tanking the fight for the extra DPS it really helped my group.

Tanking is definitely the easiest job in t9 so use that to help your group.

Be the vocal leader, call out thunders and fire in/outs and take responsibility for the dive bomb markers.

As for parry sure use it, it might make your healers feel safer. Keep your HP 7600+ and sneak in some STR or ruby accessories.