Thread: [Guide] Paladin Tanking Compendium 2.0

Originally Posted by Kenka

Question for the tanks out there.

Is tanking Garuda with the Immortal Flames weapon acceptable? I'm having really bad luck getting Ifrit's Blade...

Yes that's fine

Just exactly how much does DEX have an effect on block / parry rates?

I know this topic was made a while back, but today i thought i'd try something crazy:

In sword oath i'd wait until the MT in CM would get full hate, then i'd spam the heck out of RoH without combo. My current CD is 2.44 and working on 2.4 and i noticed that hate is realllllly quick to get until i have to swap to shield oath to take the hits, then it's back to combo mode if i wanna do 'damage'. The guys all had better gear than me and would combo, so i'm wondering if anyone has had a similar experience on harder mobs as i've only done so on ifrit, garuda, and normal stuff.


*edit* i forgot to mention that HQ Militia was somehow forgotten here. Tanks can easily get their hands on 3 to 5 peices and meld them to the point where they're close to darklight but less effort. After looking at what i have, materias i've yet to apply, and boots i realize DL is only a few def and 170hp/~15str more than my auction house gear and all it took was selling 2 potash to get it. That alone allows me to save up tomes for accessories (and possibly other jobs) or make money to work towards my heavy darksteel set if i wanna do 22 runs for a set. The work and time really doesn't justify DL imho and especially with my play time.

Congrats! But I'll gear up for sure, I'm way to stressed about wasting 7 other folks' time because the lack of my skill/gear combined...

EDIT: Another question: does the BiS gear, AF/tomes/BoC/relic have materia slots? There are none listed on xivdb, but they still have some information wrong...

In response to all the questions about gear requirements, it's a team game and all about balance. If you have a well geared tank you can have healers that are not very geared and the other way around. If you have bad DPS you may need a combination of both well geared healers and well geared tanks. It's all about how your party meshes so take that into consideration. As I said I did titan with a rotten shield, but since darklight is insanely easy to get I went ahead and got all of it in a few hours.

As for the question about block cap, I was not presented with that data so i haven't compiled it into this reference guide

I also noticed someone asked about dex. It's not on your gear so dont worry about it. Just follow the gear formula at the top of the gear post. I have noticed that I lean towards determination more than parry though even though I state they are equal. Our dps are getting pretty geared. We have a few people with 2 piece AF2 and above now and I mitigate well enough so my main focus right now is threat and control of the battle.

Originally Posted by Xyphon

Heyo,

Just wanted to say thanks for the guide and feedback PixelShader! Was able to tank garuda hm with ease. Instead of getting an ifrit swords, i got garuda's instead (while doing the quest for curtana). The skill speed should also help a ton. Any suggestions for gearing up for Titan?

Thanks again for all the help.

Awesome! Glad to hear it and glad I could be of service.