A Visual Guide to Tanking

[Nabian]

Omg literally lol at John fkn madden! I love this image

[HeavensSword]

Lol I like this, kudos to you. Also +1 for the "If party contains DRG or MNK" section. I HATE tanks that have the boss inside the fire while they sit just on the edge of it. Melee can't DPS it properly, but hey at least the tank is fine....

[Imladris]

This... is... AWESOME!!

[SantaClaw]

If you want to be a good tank, you need to play healer class as well as DPS.

[Wintersandman]

If you want to be a good tank, you need to play healer class as well as DPS.

Or at least be willing to communicate with DPS and healers. Tanks who know it all without even bothering to understand other class mechanics are the ones who fail the most.

[giantslayer]

This is awesome.

[Azukii]

Awesome guide. I'd just like to add that tanks should try to avoid cleaves when swapping. This happens far too often in Ifrit and Ramuh.

[repoe]

Awesome guide. I'd just like to add that tanks should try to avoid cleaves when swapping. This happens far too often in Ifrit and Ramuh.

The power of the V positioning for swaps.

The guide is nice and colorful with pictures For ppl who do not understand what they are looking at on screen.
Wouldn't necessarily call this a tanking guide, more of just an overview on targeting/ positionals/Ui explanations. Stuff you learn as your leveling.. the common sense type of stuff.

Bad tanks are the unprepared tanks that use mitigation cuz its up, dont have it when it's needed,lack of knowledge on how their abilities work or just don't use em. turns out common sense isn't so common.

on a humorous note this did remind me of a movie qoute in reference to self help books:

you cant help yourself, cuz your "self" sucks

[elemental10]

If you have two enemy rangers on your 10 oclock and 2 oclock, either

run forward between them DOUBLE the distance between you and them before you pull

OR run back DOUBLE the distance between you and them before pull

OR run to one of them DOUBLE the distance between you and them before pull

This will group them both. I personally run back because it will put the rangers where I was before pull plus my team will be safer.

When I say "double", I really mean more than the distance between you and them before pull. It will make them move.

[Kyomei]

Very helpful... tanky spanky!