Tank Stances.

[aqskerorokero]

Why you talk like drk and war are only tanks in this game lol.
The two are dps oriented with tools that works without the tank stance. Abyssal drain itself is an aoe, aggro generetor, and a sustain cd.

bloodbath/vengeance/operpowers work as the same.

Op talks about Tank stance in general I guess, so consider that Pld is a tank too which can do the same huge mega pull like other 2 tanks but NEEDS and I repeat NEEDS tank stance to do so. Otherwise a couple of good dps can steal aggro every single pull.

There is few people out there that play pld as main and need tips and understanding from others you know.

[SyzzleSpark]

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But see, here's the thing...

A PLD needing tank stance for a huge pull has nothing to do with tank stance (which, if I may remind you, is the topic of this thread) and everything to do with the fact that their main AoE threat generator does no damage. When your main threat AoE does no damage, why bother leaving tank stance? PLD will actually do MORE damage, more than likely, if they simply stay in ShO and hit flash only 2 or 3 times and then switch to GB rotating. In SwO, by the time you've Flashed enough to cement aggro, the mobs are likely at 50-60% and not even worth DoTing. So unless you have a NIN shadewalkering you and then spamming Death Blossom, you'll probably do more damage on PLD in tank stance than out of it, not because of the tank stance itself, but because Flash is hot, hot garbage.

I'll admit, there may be skilled PLDs out there that can prove me wrong, I genuinely don't know because I love myself too much to run a dungeon on PLD.