My WAR & the two aspects to make you tank effectively!

[Ondesvin]

well well this is the 3rd failed Warrior tanking guide, its not like warrior are hard pressed as it is, but these noob guides just spawn more noob warrior tanks... so keep it up!

[Terabyt3]

well well this is the 3rd failed Warrior tanking guide, its not like warrior are hard pressed as it is, but these noob guides just spawn more noob warrior tanks... so keep it up!

How about having some input and discussion rather than just trolling and flaming? Prime example of the problems in the community right here.


The title is also "MY" warrior. Which I;m having no problems tanking with. It was a discussion about my rotations and what can change. Good shout on the provoke earlier though I never thought about grabbing hate after death or such things like tank swapping made easy!

I'm still not sold on flash and find Overpower more effective (tried flash on hotbar for a long while). Even though it doesnt break cc like overpower it doesnt pull as much enmity and if mobs are cc'd provoke would work just as well would it not?

[CurlyBruce]

I'm still not sold on flash and find Overpower more effective (tried flash on hotbar for a long while). Even though it doesnt break cc like overpower it doesnt pull as much enmity and if mobs are cc'd provoke would work just as well would it not?

No, Provoke would not work just as well. Provoke is top hate +1 so if someone else does anything to you they will immediately pull hate again. Provoke is also only single target with a 40s cooldown so how does that help with multiple mobs that are cc'd? Then there are times when you are Pacified from Berserk and an add pops during a boss. How are you going to grab it? Provoke and Flash are your only options and as stated earlier Provoke only allows you to catch up on hate, not surpass it.

[Kitru]

Then there are times when you are Pacified from Berserk and an add pops during a boss. How are you going to grab it? Provoke and Flash are your only options and as stated earlier Provoke only allows you to catch up on hate, not surpass it.

I tried Flash for all of 5 levels before realizing that it was worthless and abandoning it for other more useful things that actually make me a better tank (the same applies to Provoke; unless a fight has an explicit tank-swap mechanic, I'm not bringing it). The argument that it's somehow amazing because it doesn't break CCd mobs gets really old, mainly because, unless you're an idiot, you shouldn't be breaking CCd mobs in the first place (if the BLM is sleeping, don't use Overpower!). On top of that, you'll get a whopping 3 Flashes before you run out of MP when you do end up using it so it's not like the "resources" argument that gets bandied about concerning Flash is even remotely appropriate.

If adds pop during a boss and you've got Pacification, the problem is that you've got Pacification. Learn the fight and don't use Berserk arbitrarily, especially when adds are going to be spawning. If you *need* Flash because you're Pacified, the problem isn't the load out of your additionals; the problem is with you.

[CurlyBruce]

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So you are never in a situation where you have to pop an emergency Berserk + Inner Beast to keep yourself alive because the healer is busy dodging something else or was already Curing you but because actions take effect after animations you would have died anyway? And you have found some magical use for Awareness or Mantra when they are subbed? Or are you saying you use Haymaker so you can cancel your combo on use when you (rarely) dodge? If there were better abilities to sub in their place I would gladly use them but there aren't.

[Ondesvin]

How about having some input and discussion rather than just trolling and flaming? Prime example of the problems in the community right here.

well there are 4 so called warrior tanking guides out there and all of them are full of miss information, you might have some of it right, but not all of it - please test your build before posting next time thx!


PS. Assumption is the mother of fuckups

[Terabyt3]

Thats very situational and thrill of battle would suit you better as its instant. No animation for berserk and IB.

[Cessna]

Feather foot actually works on titan hm, you use it as a warrior and if you get lucky, rock buster (the move before Mountain buster) will miss completely. It puts less stress on the healer because that's one less 2k hit they have to heal. And frankly we warriors need all the stress reduction on the healers we can get.

This guide is pretty good.