Quote Originally Posted by Thunda_Cat_SMASH View Post
How do you tank gritless with it, though? I've been doing it a lot lately since I'm 100% comfortable doing that with either of the other tanks when possible, but as soon as I drop grit I feel like I'm praying for that dark dance parry to proc because I have absolutely no other cooldowns available and I still feel like my HP drops way too fast.
Abyssal Drain gives Enmity, and is a aoe. Dark Passenger, while it does NOT generate enmity, hits enemies on a line, so I use this to my advantage. Dark Arts and the Power Slash combo gives Enmity. I drop Grit for Blood Weapon, but put it back up to heal myself with Souleater, though, though. The initial pull of Unmend > Unleash > Abyssal Drain is usually all I need to be able to drop Grit once those activate.

Another thing I do in dungeons, especially The Vault, where the mobs run at me, is throw Salted Earth early. The enemies running up will focus me even if the healer tagged me with Regen and/or Medica II prior to the pull (as long as I have Grit on BEFORE I used Salted Earth).

But you know me, I don't follow rotations; I prioritize. There were a LOT of times where I never finished a Power Slash combo because I Dark Arts > Abyssal Drain unless it was a single enemy. Blood Price and Dark Arts are my key abilities to hold hate without Grit. I haven't tried it on a Primal yet, though; only in dungeons and Praetorium. Two more levels, and I can try it in Alexander Normal.