Best Tank for a New Tank?

[WalxAtNite]

Hi y\\'all! Question...

I\\'ve played MMOs for years, so I understand what a tank does and, in a generic sense, how it\\'s done. (Face boss away from group, keep enmity, etc.)

I\\'ve never tanked. Ever. But I\\'d like to learn.

Which tank job is best suited for someone new not only to FFXIV, but the tanking role itself?

Thanks in advance!

[Kabooa]

Paladin.

It's a job where everything is very intuitive and packed into its own little cycle. Rather than its kit interplaying with every other part of it, you have very distinguished segments that lead naturally into one another, and while it doesn't have "Free" use of its whole kit at once, it also has some of the most flexible options available to tanks that allow you to salvage what other tanks can't.

[Edax]

Hi y\\'all! Question...

I\\'ve played MMOs for years, so I understand what a tank does and, in a generic sense, how it\\'s done. (Face boss away from group, keep enmity, etc.)

I\\'ve never tanked. Ever. But I\\'d like to learn.

Which tank job is best suited for someone new not only to FFXIV, but the tanking role itself?

Thanks in advance!

Gunbreaker plays similar to a DPS, so it maybe the best way to ease yourself into the role if your experience has mainly been playing as a DPS.

[WalxAtNite]

Paladin.

It's a job where everything is very intuitive and packed into its own little cycle. Rather than its kit interplaying with every other part of it, you have very distinguished segments that lead naturally into one another, and while it doesn't have "Free" use of its whole kit at once, it also has some of the most flexible options available to tanks that allow you to salvage what other tanks can't.

So some things are dependent on other things, in other words?

I must admit this lost me a little. The only job I've done in 14 is Bard and I love it.

Gunbreaker plays similar to a DPS, so it maybe the best way to ease yourself into the role if your experience has mainly been playing as a DPS.

That sounds really fun, too. Gunbreaker is just a cool job anyway. It looks like fun.

[BarretOblivion]

WAR or PLD.
WAR is the simplest of all the tanks now and has the best personal mitigation.
PLD is your bread and butter tank.

[347SPECTRE]

Paladin, it's straight forward and to the point in terms of being a tank.

[NosamKin]

I'll add which one appeals to you?
What story do you want to follow? or does the tank story matter to you?

I agree PLD is probably easiest and WAR has good mitigation.
Yet I play DRK as tank and that's the one i'm leveling now. I prefer it over the others.
I'll probably level PLD up also.
I walked away from WAR during stormblood.
I started GNB but it didn't have a huge appeal for me.
Just trying to point out "which is best" is somewhat subjective.
What ever you pick have fun!

[Jandor]

So some things are dependent on other things, in other words?

I must admit this lost me a little. The only job I've done in 14 is Bard and I love it.

It has a very set rotation, divided into a physical segment of hitting things with your sword, and a magical segment of firing off spells at things.

The physical segment ends with an attack that buffs your magic damage, hence how one leads naturally into the other.

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While PLD has a reputation as the simple tank I'd say that idea's a bit outdated.

In my opinion DRK has less going on than PLD does these days, and while I don't really play WAR I get the impression from others that that's also a very straightforward job at the moment.

[Noitems]

PLD is the better one to learn as it offers both personal mitigation but also targeted options for other players. So you can learn the fundamentals of tanking while managing skills like cover and sheltron.

[Nedkel]

All 4 tanks play similar and there is no major differences between them.

Try out all of them and decide which one you like it better, since difficulty on all 4 is similar, performance is the same and its just your personal preference.

Btw PLD is not better for new players, he plays terrible below 72 lvl, DRK and WAR better to lvl.