Tank Mitigation vs Tank DPS.

[RareItems]

If a tank melded only Direct Hit on the ilvl450 Crafted gear, he could reach 2780 Direct Hit meaning he would gain 11.5% Damage increase ON PHYSICAL ATTACKS. But you would have to meld ONLY Direct Hit to reach that.

if a tank melded Tenacity as his primary stats on a ilvl450 Crafted gear, he could reach 3214 Tenacity meaning he would gain 9.7% Damage increase, 9.7% Damage Mitigation + 9.7% more self healing. That's just for Tenacity, that's not counting the other melds you have to put on the empty materia slots like Skillspeed and Crit/Det.

This is based after calculating using the 5.0 "Theorycrafted" job stat weights on this link.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...tat_intervals/

Pretty much a no brainer Tenacity > Direct Hit. Even SquareEnix knows Tank's don't need to stack Direct Hit by giving it the same base Direct Hit as a naked Botanist.

[Typhoria]

If a tank melded only Direct Hit on the ilvl450 Crafted gear, he could reach 2780 Direct Hit meaning he would gain 11.5% Damage increase ON PHYSICAL ATTACKS. But you would have to meld ONLY Direct Hit to reach that.

if a tank melded Tenacity as his primary stats on a ilvl450 Crafted gear, he could reach 3214 Tenacity meaning he would gain 9.7% Damage increase, 9.7% Damage Mitigation + 9.7% more self healing. That's just for Tenacity, that's not counting the other melds you have to put on the empty materia slots like Skillspeed and Crit/Det.

This is based after calculating using the 5.0 "Theorycrafted" job stat weights on this link.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...tat_intervals/

Pretty much a no brainer Tenacity > Direct Hit. Even SquareEnix knows Tank's don't need to stack Direct Hit by giving it the same base Direct Hit as a naked Botanist.

Well, Direct Hit also effects magic damage not just Physical Damage. In terms of straight damage, other than Crit, Direct Hit is the *best* for damage. Focusing on specific melding is mostly inconsequential considering how little the damage difference between all of them are. The damage reduction is pretty terrible, mainly due to diminishing returns.

[Kaethra]

This is based after calculating using the 5.0 "Theorycrafted" job stat weights on this link.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...tat_intervals/

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But as I've stated, in a vacuum a 2.5% damage reduction over a 1% increase in damage sounds great.

But in practice, a hit on the tank equals a heal from the healer. 100,000 damage becomes 97,500 damage, its the same heal needed from your healer.

While 1% damage means 9 less hits over a 12-15 minute fight, or a 20 second clear time.

Tenacity doesn't change the number of heals needed.

Direct Hit from one tank makes the fight 20 seconds shorter. Both tanks is 40 seconds. That's a difference between hitting enrage or not.

And outside savage content. The difference in damage taken is substantially lower. So instead of Tenacity decreasing a hit by 2500 damage. It does it by 1500 or even lower. While the 1% damage is still being applied. Arguably its better even for non-savage content because of that.

For Tenacity to be worth it. It would need to actually increase the number of hits taken before a heal is needed. That's not something 10% Dmg reduction is enough. You would need Tenacity to apply 1% for every 50 Tenacity instead of 200. And that's going by your outdated 2017 math.

But this is why focusing on damage reduction has not been a focus since 2004. This is why dmg on tanks has always been king for nearly 2 decades.

[Taika]

If a tank melded only Direct Hit on the ilvl450 Crafted gear, he could reach 2780 Direct Hit meaning he would gain 11.5% Damage increase ON PHYSICAL ATTACKS. But you would have to meld ONLY Direct Hit to reach that.

if a tank melded Tenacity as his primary stats on a ilvl450 Crafted gear, he could reach 3214 Tenacity meaning he would gain 9.7% Damage increase, 9.7% Damage Mitigation + 9.7% more self healing. That's just for Tenacity, that's not counting the other melds you have to put on the empty materia slots like Skillspeed and Crit/Det.

Here's what the tank DPS calculator says comparing the i450 crafted gear with the two pentamelded options...

1) Tenacity > Direct Hit




2) Full Direct Hit



Full Direct Hit is 4.4% less Tenacity mitigation and ~2.7% higher DPS (7.5k vs. 7.7k average).