Quote Originally Posted by monochromicorn View Post
But war dps gets pretty trashed without an occasional butchers block though. Pre-penta melded 110, I had the shiva slaying bracelet and the rest of it vitand broke 240 in tank stance, I'm just curious what I would do now, even outside defiance I could probably strip hate with a 115 wep.
There's only a 30 potency difference between SP and BB, it won't cost you much DPS at all to not use BB. The only time I use BB as OT is when Berserk is up and Path isn't needed for the damage reduction.

HS -> Brutal Swing -> Maim -> IR + Berserk -> SE -> Fracture -> HS -> SS -> BB -> HS -> Maim -> Eye -> Fracture/HS

Usually won't pull hate as long as I hit 2.5s after their Tomahawk/Overpower/Shield Lob. After that I just alternate Path and Eye, reapplying Fracture as needed. Later on, after the MT has established threat, you can stop using SP and use BB instead. Has worked wonders in WoD, though if I'm worried about pulling threat I just skip BB altogether until next time Berserk is up, but that's rare.

Being on Cactuar too, I've noticed that nobody wants to tank on Aether as well. At least I know if I'm there, then one person will voluntarily MT. :P