GLA/PLD Tanking tips?

[Decconi]

Hello guys, I started to play FFXIV a few weeks ago. I was playing some alts as a CNJ on another server. Since the merge announcement I have been playing my main again which is a GLA 50. Since a week or so ago I grabbed PLD and am nearly completed with my Poisoned Hearts quest. The next step is to head into that Vale raid area... I want to do it but I am unsure how to tank these days... Last time I tanked, I was regularly pressing the block ability and spamming phalanx.I'm sure that's not the case anymore as many many things have changed since then. Dosn't help that I more or less soloed my GLA to 50 back in the day.

Any tips would be great and then maybe I will have a little more confidence in looking for a group to finish up my AF. Tips like on opening up pulls, tanking groups, working with off tanks, etc would be wonderful! Ive tried googling up stuff, browsing the forums, youtube, etc. specifically looking for tanking. I believe by asking here, I beleive one of you can answer my questions.

Thank you! ^^)b

[Xoo]

Gladiator:

Invigorate >> Provoke >> Flash >> Second Wind >> War Drum >> Fast Blade>Flat Blade >> Cure >> Repeat.

Buffing Party for Ifrit/Events: Provoke >> Sentinel >> Rampart >> Sacred Prism (CON) >> Cure >> (then just follow up with the above).

Paladin is pretty much the same, but it lacks access to Invigorate.

[REDace0]

Gladiator:

Invigorate >> Provoke >> Flash >> Second Wind >> War Drum >> Fast Blade>Flat Blade >> Cure >> Repeat.

Buffing Party for Ifrit/Events: Provoke >> Rampart >> Sentinel >> Sacred Prism (CON) >> Cure >> (then just follow up with the above).

Paladin is pretty much the same, but it lacks access to Sacred Prism and Invigorate.

In the second sequence, shouldn't you throw up Sentinel before the rest so that the subsequent actions generate more emnity?

[GreyJorildyn]

Paladin has Sacred Prism, but it does not have Invigorate.

[Xoo]

Edited, thanks.

[Decconi]

thanks for the replies. anything is a great help!

[ChiefCurrahee]

I find Holy Succor is a great hate tool when playing PLD. base heal @ lv 50 is around 900+ like the tool tip says if you cast it on some else you get 50% of the heal back to you, so at least 450.

My rotations is usually something like this:
outmaneuver > sentinel > Provoke > flash > Holy Succor > Cure > Rampart > Aegis Boon > War Drum.

Fast blade > Flat blade (until provoke or flash is up)

heal as needed between cooldowns.


Remeber Rampart gives you Bonus enmity only from people who are a mobs hate list that are covered in your AOE.

If you use rampart on your party but no one has touched a mob you get no Bonus enmity. If only 2 of 8 people attacked a mob and you used rampart but that AOE didn't cover those two people you get no bonus enmity.

[YukiKoneko]

How do you deal with situations against NM bosses where positioning has to be factored in? I found myself hesitating to use WSs in case the boss readies an attack where if I don't move, I die. Right now, I try to at least stick voke and flash as often as possible, but given the quirkiness of rampart (and the fact that your party is generally far away from bosses) I save that, and sentinal for my own damage mitigation. I like your rotation for straight tanking where I can stand there and take the hits without worrying about needing to dodge.

[Ragz]

For GLA, one of the most potent way is to Sanguine Rite and Cure/SS bomb yourself.
-- Never run out of MP on NM
-- Great survivability, I tanked Ifrit without any heal doing this
-- Would never lose hate

Obviously this does not work for PLD, but GLA currently is a better tank over all.

[syntaxlies]

the best tip i can give you is to set you action bar up for optimal use. Group up you heals, vokes, layout your combos together in the order you use them. This goes for any class/job. A sloppy action bar will equal sloppy play.