Suggestion: Cover

[Wournsfeik_Untawhasyn]

Then there's eating tank busters as an OT, or covering that poor newbie WHM that decided it was ok to continue to stand in front if Titan after the party stacked for an AoE.

Or when you want to use Bulwark to recover TP in a long drawn out fight as an OT. So you cover the MT and start shield swiping. Used that trick to Pacify Ifrit HM after he'd gotten Stun Immunity.

[GeekMatt]

Or when you want to use Bulwark to recover TP in a long drawn out fight as an OT. So you cover the MT and start shield swiping. Used that trick to Pacify Ifrit HM after he'd gotten Stun Immunity.

Does that work? I was under the impression that defensive buffs mitigated damage targeted towards you, and in the case of Cover, didn't affect damage towards the person being covered. I'm positive I take damage when stacking Hallowed Ground with Cover

[Wournsfeik_Untawhasyn]

Does that work? I was under the impression that defensive buffs mitigated damage targeted towards you, and in the case of Cover, didn't affect damage towards the person being covered. I'm positive I take damage when stacking Hallowed Ground with Cover

Some damage seems to just bypass Hallowed Ground, like a bosses super attack. I believe incoming damage from Cover fits in the same category. But you can use most of your cooldowns to help mitigate it otherwise. Like Brannigan said, if the subject of cover is facing forward you can and will block, so this can be used to get Shield Swipe procs off your MT if your healers are ready for you to suddenly take some damage. In addition, I believe Awareness can prevent you from taking extra critical damage.

Also, been using that trick to cover Healers when adds pop up. That takes a load off my mind during certain add spawns.

[Seku]

Does that work? I was under the impression that defensive buffs mitigated damage targeted towards you, and in the case of Cover, didn't affect damage towards the person being covered. I'm positive I take damage when stacking Hallowed Ground with Cover

It works. Tested today when covering the MT on Floor 3 Alexander. Was pretty nice to mitigate some damage off of him since our DPS let some adds get into the water.

Not sure about other cool downs though.