And then they ask, where are all the healers at..

[KalinOrthos]

snippidy doo dah.

Ah, Qarn. This dungeon is the first introduction that I know of, of "Final Sting". The little hornets in some pulls have a sort of final attack that has them doing upwards of 50% of the maximum health of the tank. They hurt, bad. There are a couple of factors to mitigate this.

1) DPS the hornets one at a time. Doing all AoE all the time with two hornets in the pull ensures tank death, as both hornets will hit their final sting at about the same time.
2) Tank should be using cooldowns during and after Final Sting. After a sting, they're going to be really low, so anything to keep them up longer is just common sense.
3) Prep your big heals. Lustrate if you have it; if not, get ready to spam Physick. You're probably good to throw some DPS out there, but as soon as you see that hornet casting, stop DPS and focus on healing. Make sure your tank is at full health before the cast goes off, even if it means burning Swiftcast to get a Physick out there.

[Taika]

Ah, Qarn. This dungeon is the first introduction that I know of, of "Final Sting". The little hornets in some pulls have a sort of final attack that has them doing upwards of 50% of the maximum health of the tank. They hurt, bad. There are a couple of factors to mitigate this.

1) DPS the hornets one at a time. Doing all AoE all the time with two hornets in the pull ensures tank death, as both hornets will hit their final sting at about the same time.
2) Tank should be using cooldowns during and after Final Sting. After a sting, they're going to be really low, so anything to keep them up longer is just common sense.

Most importantly, the tank should be stunning at least 1 of the Final Stings.

[bswpayton]

Most importantly, the tank should be stunning at least 1 of the Final Stings.

To bad se took our stuns away and palidan is the only one wit a stun

[Taika]

To bad se took our stuns away and palidan is the only one wit a stun

Well yeah, but all tanks do get Low Blow which can be used to stun 1 enemy at least.

[bswpayton]

Well yeah, but all tanks do get Low Blow which can be used to stun 1 enemy at least.

having a stun is a wasted slot of me on tank, anticipation cause I dont trust healers, awareness, provoke, conv, rampart all slots filled , thus only one I can stun with is palidan

[Taika]

having a stun is a wasted slot of me on tank, anticipation cause I dont trust healers, awareness, provoke, conv, rampart all slots filled , thus only one I can stun with is palidan

When I'm tanking, I consider my responsibility to try to mitigate as much as damage as possible, and this includes stunning significant monster attacks. I would swap Anticipation for Low Blow for dungeons where you know you'll have to stun (same as when I'm healing I'll swap Esuna in when I know I'll have to use it).

Edit: I actually meant to say to swap Awareness away, it has very limited uses.

[bswpayton]

When I'm tanking, I consider my responsibility to try to mitigate as much as damage as possible, and this includes stunning significant monster attacks. I would swap Anticipation for Low Blow for dungeons where you know you'll have to stun (same as when I'm healing I'll swap Esuna in when I know I'll have to use it).

drk for example if you dont take antiaption your only form of mitigation is rampart, and shadow wall on physical attacks , because living dead is something I try not to use because alot of healers just dont get it. If I dont take antipation then theres no need to take awareness because the two pair well together. And for someone who does large pulls in every dungeon antiaption is a must, lowblow the only time I know a stun would help is the level 61 dungeon, and even then its really not even needed his seduce isnt gona kill you.

As for the bees in qarn its simply just a dps check you just kill the bees first shouldnt be a problem, but darknights df cool down kit is a joke seeing as how their best skill isnt even usable until level 70 so you can only use it in four dungeons now and the primals and raids. As a tank Ill take any kinda df cool down thats available especially in a df situation, or pugging situation. Those bees are just mostly a dps check and when you have two of them at once which is only one time if you focus down one then you should be fine.

[Penthea]

Ah, Qarn. This dungeon is the first introduction that I know of, of "Final Sting". The little hornets in some pulls have a sort of final attack that has them doing upwards of 50% of the maximum health of the tank. They hurt, bad.

Something that helps me deal with this is mark the bee to be killed first. Most dps switch when they see a big fat 1 on a mob's head. And of course I dot it and dps it myself if healing allows for it.

Final Sting has a cast bar so you can see the spell being casted on your enemy list or your target pane. If it is being casted, start precasting a heal so that it will land directly after Final Sting hits, so your tank will get topped up asap.