New tank here, have some random questions.

[Ryphen]

1. completely random busters, honestly no way of knowing when they'll do it. In particular for this kind I can only think of dohn mheg's second boss (unless I'm dumb but I swear I can never tell when it's going to come out so I end up getting chunked for 3/4 of my hp every time lol) and I'm sure there's others I can't remember right now

That boss's TB isn't as random as you think. It's called Rake and it follows the rules of your second example. The first one happens a few seconds after you engage him. So if you lob to pull, then run through him while hitting your next GCD, by the time he spins around to face you and not the rest of the party, he's about ready to nail you. He does another one after a specific set of mechanics but I can't remember which off the top of my head.

[3c-33]

That boss's TB isn't as random as you think. It's called Rake and it follows the rules of your second example. The first one happens a few seconds after you engage him. So if you lob to pull, then run through him while hitting your next GCD, by the time he spins around to face you and not the rest of the party, he's about ready to nail you. He does another one after a specific set of mechanics but I can't remember which off the top of my head.

idk maybe im dumb ): i know i've had several moments where i keep using cooldowns in anticiapation of it only for it to never come, then i have nothing when it does hit lmao

[Ryphen]

idk maybe im dumb ): i know i've had several moments where i keep using cooldowns in anticiapation of it only for it to never come, then i have nothing when it does hit lmao

I've done the same thing. I usually get the first one but by the time the second one comes around, I've stopped paying attention and just kind of guess. Unless I'm dying consistently to an attack of that type, my brain chooses to ignore keeping track of its timing and just worries about the things with a cast bar or obvious visual tell.