Tank Mitigation vs Tank DPS.

[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).