FFXIV 5.0 TANKING TIPS - Interrupt, Mitigate & Dominate

[@iBluairJgR]

Whenever I make a video centered around common sense / beginner tips etc. I get a lot of "lul waste of time, these tips are pointless" comments. But I spend 90% of my game time in match-made environments and there's a good chance you haven't seen the catastrophe that I see on a daily basis while you sit in your free company house prepping for your 8-man trails & raids. My point is: someone out there will benefit form these tips. . . I hope. If you've got anything to add, slap it in the comments! ► Gunbreaker Overview kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJzLaZyGms2IZpY&lc=UgxFQm0YxosfhIgkusJ4AaABAg ► Gunbreaker Impressions kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmTIpndmmbh6g8k ► Warrior Lv.80 skills kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5fKip5sbZZqhsk

[@pen_rook8898]

As a tank veteran I find guides like this to be helpful so the people who claim its a waste don't know any better

[@iBluairJgR]

@Joshua Jones preach on brotha!

[@jeffreysevinga9398]

I liked it :) very helpful for a beginner.

[@Dyne191]

Nothing you said here was new to me but it's nice to know the information is out there. I like to watch it as well to see how other tanks think.

[@zeehero7280]

@ozy Of course he did. you think being an experienced tank means you know everything there is to know about tanking? please. no one knows everything. especially not just from their own experience.

[@icarovolpi9944]

how to tank? agrro the entire dungeon and dps like a mad dog, wipe and say its healer fault, rinse and repeat.

[@iBluairJgR]

Honestly, THIS is the truth. Anyone who disagrees is wrong.

[@Konpekikaminari]

Um... problem Tried, didn't die What am I doing wrong?

[@NateTheGreat101-c7l]

Itai Sprachman the healer is doing there job then 😤

[@zeehero7280]

Why I quit healing. the average DF tank doesn't care how bad they are, to them its all your fault when they die on a massive and reckless pull.

[@icarovolpi9944]

@@zeehero7280 healers are always the problem my man, there is no such thing as "bad tanks" :]

[@DP-fq7iy]

Use the enmity list to target enemies casting. Makes it a lot easier.

[@iBluairJgR]

This is a pro tip. Didn't think of it.

[@RunePlaysGames]

Sadly not an option for controller players. It'd be nice if the enemy order would be based off the enmity list.

[@the0s0ph1st]

@@RunePlaysGames L1+direction button up/down

[@ShaunFVG]

Albert einstein say "Common sense ain't very common." Don't concern yourself with all the pointless comments. If you give a tip that helps 1 tank be better, then it's well worth the effort.

[@iBluairJgR]

True facts.

[@b.antenor]

Yes, DRK! Thank you! The way you structure and edit your videos makes it so much easier to understand the mechanics of the jobs and rotations. I await the rise of a new Warrior of Darkness!

[@iBluairJgR]

The darkness is consuming me! I'm enjoying it more than I thought I would but I won't spoil anything. I'll save it for the impressions videos ;p

[@iwishihadgoodinternet7766]

@@iBluairJgR better than warrior? 😲

[@txsnips4844]

Holy shit finally a video that biggeners can watch and actually understand. This is the good stuff right here.

[@iBluairJgR]

LOL cheers. Glad it was easy to understand.

[@wookieninja8794]

Do you mean beginners? As in new people?

[@stereotreme]

given my experience healing in 5.0 thus far, I expect most tanks' reaction to this video will be something close to "what's a cooldown?"

[@iBluairJgR]

LOL

[@raijko9918]

Cooldowns should only be used to look like you're tanking properly when in reality you're watching netflixs while spamming aoe combo's

[@TheAsvarduilProject]

...So cooldowns should be _on my bars!?!?_ Just kidding. As far as _you_ know!

[@GORYSCARECROW]

I'm new to the game and tanking, yes that's my question. Better to get the information early rather than later.

[@finalfantasymax7]

You should make a vide comparing all 4 tanks and theirs pros and cons. Plus rating them by that since no1 has made it yet for the 5.0 update

[@iBluairJgR]

At the rate I'm leveling the different tank jobs, I'm probably gona do this within the next few weeks.

[@viisovari4544]

Probably gonna be 1. DRK 2. PLD and WAR 3. GNB

[@finalfantasymax7]

@@viisovari4544 the only Big major issue with DRK is living dead. Compared to the rest its basically a useless action unless you and ur white r actually twin and read eachothers mind then it would be an OK action

[@finalfantasymax7]

@@iBluairJgR cant wait

[@viisovari4544]

Max Angelo really? thought GNBs superbolide is the most useless of all because of the reducing HP to 1.

[@kratoscam05]

Great video! I'm a new player who just recently started playing (about to hit Stormbloood) and main Dragoon. In games, I always go for the dps roles but I'm a huge fan of ff8 and I wanted that Gunbreaker job so bad, I grabbed it as soon as I hit 60. I literally have no experience tanking from any game so I've been reading guides and watching videos and I just wanted to let you know that your vids have been very very helpful! Thanks for pushing out such great content. I'm still working on how to mitigate my damage, judge how much I can pull, and remembering to stun enemies but I'm doing a much better job than when I first started! thanks again for the vids!

[@Ruenvale]

Wouh, been tanking on my DRK since HW and never ever thought about Arms length being that useful. Thanks for the tip!

[@LookItIsHope]

Tanks just got Arm's Length in Shadowbringers, so it's something new to our kit. Arm's Length used to only be a role action for melee DPS only, introduced in SB. Now it's available for all physical roles. Tank, melee, and Physc Range

[@Xilibrius]

oh snap, thanks for the tips, I never thought about using Arms length to slow enemies to reducing the damage.

[@iBluairJgR]

NICE!!! Sometimes when I make these videos I get the feeling that "everybody knows this stuff, why should I bother?" but another part of me remembers all the random players I meet in matchmaking that don't know all the tips & tricks. Seriously though, glad to help

[@Xilibrius]

@@iBluairJgR yah in my mind I've always just used it to ignore tilts pulls and knockbacks. I'll definitely have to use this in big pulls for a defensive.

[@aurumvale9908]

I agree, that not something most ppl come up themselves

[@butterphli3z]

thanks for this video mate. was short and sweet. exactly what I needed after tanking as paladin and now DRK to level 52

[@ZerkerZero]

DRK be like "Tankbuster? You mean free Dark Arts."

[@iBluairJgR]

It do be like that.

[@ShaunFVG]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 my main healer says, "you dun messed up and broke his shield." A lot of the time I do that 🤣🤣🤣

[@YamiRiku]

How about the feeling you get when you nail each rake tank buster on the dohn mheg 2nd boss 😎😎😎

[@keithelec3071]

Thank you, as a new player I enjoy getting as much info as possible. It is important to share for sure.

[@iBluairJgR]

Cheers m8. Glad I could dump some knowledge on ya.

[@PureRandumosity]

The arms length tip is probably the biggest one even Veterans dont know about. I'm not a main tank but got all 3 to 70 and it didnt even occur to me that slow application = enemies hit slower. I only just found that out last week thanks to a gold award reddit post. Great video A video suggestion from me would be a tanking tips and tricks for each tank job, theres a lot of people out doing dungeons on tanks that are new to the role and an updated 5.0 tip list would help those who are looking to better themselves.

[@PureRandumosity]

@Forever Outraged I equated slow to movement speed not attack speed. I also dont main tank as I already said

[@EelsofWood]

this is one of the most informative youtubes i've ever seen about ffxiv. it's information that everyone needs to know and presented in a concise but clear way. i've been playing since 2013 but always been very scared of tanking and these are tips i'm going to carry forward. excellent work.

[@iBluairJgR]

Nice man, glad this is helpful to ya!

[@King-2077]

You should do a guide on how to properly rotate your cool downs for every tank jobs.

[@ElMofo9]

Very useful video. Never tanked before in an mmo so its been an interesting adjustment to say the least. Especially interupting attacks it always seems like im a fraction of a second too slow with the button press. It was pretty cool to see a tanking video from the prospective of a warrior as well

[@capitalG386]

ok so I agree with everything you said - I need to add a small note however due to recent tanks I have run into in the dutyfinder - maybe they just arent used to tanking or are outright new to it and haven't bothered really looking at it and how things work? I don't know - but I feel it should be mentioned - maybe some of them will take note of it and change for the better - when pulling wall to wall - please keep some aoe mixed in - if your group is doing lots of aoe moves - then mix in more please lol - I have seen tanks pull wall to wall - and then start doing nothing but single target rotation recently - then when the group asks them to - mix in a bit more aoe please - the tank fully ignores it and then blames the group for the wipe - because the dps and healer quickly ripped most of it off the tank - emnity is stupid broken now - I honestly don't think there is a good reason for that to happen anymore - other than the tank dying - I mean your tooltips give you an idea what skills are aoe and what skills aren't - so it really isn't that hard - also if you have a whm in the group and they toss that bubble down - stand in it please - it helps heal you - its not a shield - inspite of looks - its something like a regen field - which gains a healing buff to those in it at higher levels - meaning it makes keeping you up - easier for the healer - generally considered a good thing. not a marker for ring around the dang rosey lol. another thing I have noticed is in trial content and such - off tanks not using tank stance - which unless you outgear the main tank - there really isn't any reason not to use it anymore - SE got rid of the negatives about it - heck its both a mitigation buff and a str buff - which while I can't say for sure to what degree - for tanks means generally a damage buff - to some measure - so even if your off tanking - unless its deliberate so the mt can mt - no real reason not to use it as far as I can tell. - and from what I have seen thus far - they changed how the skills that caused stance dancing to be a thing, so that it isn't a thing anymore - so no real reason to go out of it either lol. - again this is for those tanks that - perhaps don't know this stuff - maybe someone will see it and it will help them - one can hope. :D

[@Infinitiver17]

2:31 The problem with that is that people who don't play multiple roles, or at least have knowledge of all the mechanics and not just those relevant to their roles, won't really know what someone else is going through. A DPS might take a hit and think "oh, the healer will just throw a Cure/Physick/Benefic my way and it'll be fine", but they might not realize the healer is already trying their hardest to keep the tank alive and that extra damage on the DPS is a mini panic attack. Likewise, if a healer isn't aware of the tankbuster and berserk mechanic, they won't think much of the tank interrupting the mobs. Or if nobody interrupts and the tank dies, they might just think the tank is dumb and doesn't know how to use cooldowns. But the worst feeling is when you, as a SMN/RDM, res the healer multiple times to salvage a run and don't even get a commendation :/ (mentioning it cuz that's what happened with my first run of The Twinning)

[@ronny_innor]

I'm free trial 35 SCH and first time unlocking Sunken Temple of Qarn post ShB. Its all going very well until the tank dies mid-pull. High-key panic as i'm dumb and used Swiftcast for fast Adlo so i have to hard cast res. Turns out its those freaking bees.

[@dndamn]

This is a solid guide, don't let the naysayers get you down. ShadowBringers has changed tanking in a major way in that you have to really pay a lot more attention and proper monitor your cool downs then you did before as non of the tanks are as beefy as they used to be in previous expansions due to the change in healing.

[@iBluairJgR]

I've definitely felt a bit more squishy in this expansion but I thought it was my imagination.

[@dndamn]

@@iBluairJgR It is not your imagination. With the new focus on healing square made algorithm changes in how damage is calculated according to Yoshi P himself. They wanted healers to have to focus more on healing, so enemies are dealing a lot more damage, Tanks have nowhere near the self sustain they used to

[@Zayindjejfj]

@@dndamn Also they removed protect, they did that to make healers really focus on healing as you said. So everything hits harder so people will ACTUALLY use their cooldowns and defensive/support capabilities. And if all goes right the reward is healers doing great dps.

[@jhaziramando9290]

Just started 2-3 weeks ago and I love Tanking, started as GLD/PLD and now I'm DRK and I find this video so useful and gave me more insight in Tanking. I kinda wished there are more players who could learn from this video cuz I once ran with randoms who don't fully understand tanking and think I can tank all the enemies so they just pulled every single one in the area and proceed to trashed on me cuz it caused a wiped (it's also my first time playing DRK, tho there are abilities that are similar, they still feel different). Felt bad for the Healer cuz they tried their best to keep me alive.

[@kaiizanagi2179]

Omg thank you bringing Arms Length into attention. Most underused ability when I see other tanks not using it when I'm trying to level a dps.

[@iBluairJgR]

Ha, no problem. Even I forget to use it a lot but its super valuable for big pulls.

[@vlaknall]

@@iBluairJgR No seriously, thank you so much for this. As a WAR main, I never even CONSIDERED the slow. I thought it was just a movespeed slow, and so the skill would only be useful for it's anti-displacement ability. I wasn't sure where to go next with tank, because I got my rotations down, but your vid added a whole new element. Made me go out and run twinning just for fun.

[@edstreme13]

To all the tanks out there post-Shadowbringers MSQ, rest easy knowing that if you q up with my Dancer, you won't be alone interrupting all the things. Keep being the best you you can be, dudes and dudettes ;D

[@aurumvale9908]

dancers are actually shielding-healing-buffing-blenders of death and style

[@carlm7375]

Thanks for this video! I am levelling Tank now so I can do the Role quests but have not tanked since Heavensward. This was useful especially for those joining the game now in 5.0 I am sure

[@iBluairJgR]

Nice man, glad this was helpful.

[@moonshroud2553]

I did not know that about arms length. That’s going on my bar now.

[@eugeniomares6122]

Arms length is great. Soloing shiva is when I learned about its usefulness.

[@creaturefeaturegonnageetch5111]

Even as a dps main this taught me to interrupt more, just to help the tank along a bit. Great video

[@EmeraldDragoon]

ayyyy, congrats on DRK, I hope it's more enjoyable than anticipated. The fans appreciate you going for it

[@iBluairJgR]

It is a lot more enjoyable than I thought it was gona be. I have some good things to say about it but I won't spoil it. My impressions video is coming soon!

[@jamaldowner]

Awesome video. I feel like they've also done more to give all tanks raid wide damage mitigation tools. As a PLD, I try to alternate between reprisal and Divine Veil to cover damage that's going to hit the entire party.

[@vazzaroth]

Nothing more painful than going through an entire Haukke roulette where not a single person even TRIES to interrupt the maiden's AoEs. That dungeon is meant to teach this, imo, and so many people fail but make it through anyway.

[@iBluairJgR]

Yeah, that dungeon was a teaching dungeon 100%. A lot of the pre level 50 dungeons introduce people to mechanics but some people still don't pay attention to them lol.

[@1Shayz1]

Something important for lower level stuff or if your gear isn't sync'd yet, is making sure you focus down the lower health enemies instead of just spamming aoe attacks. Usually this is the DPS job but seeing as a low health mob hits just as hard as a full health one, getting rid of enemies efficiently IS a form of mitigation

[@iBluairJgR]

This is a great point & its something that I do without thinking much of it when I'm tanking. I'll focus my OGCD single target attacks on weaker targets sometimes to get rid of them faster.

[@ItsaMeGo]

Just found your videos and I'm really impressed by your thoughtful content. You've inspired me to give taking a shot and improving my ranged DPS. Keep up the good work!

[@iBluairJgR]

Cheers m8! Plenty more coming so stay tuned!

[@JustinHiryu]

This is why I like Gunbreaker for it's defensive tools. Skillful Heart of Light and Heart of Stone makes you a hero to your party members. The only issue with Gunbreaker is Superbolide reducing your HP to 1 first. It sometimes causes healers to waste a healing cooldown.

[@Konpekikaminari]

From my experience this 'issue' is just a hint on when to use superbolide- when you are a few hits from dying, at high levels the difference between 1 hp and 1% hp is pretty minor, making it rather decent Unless you fire it by accident, THAT is scary as hell

[@JustinHiryu]

@@Konpekikaminari I usually pop it at less than 1k health because the next hit from any mob or boss will kill you, otherwise.

[@elends2302]

@@Konpekikaminari As a Healer, can confirm. Watching GNB's health drop from 10k to 1 is an immediate panic attack.

[@YamiRiku]

I'm so happy you're doing drk now, I feel like it's lacking something I just don't know what exactly but then again I haven't lvld any other tank so I can't compare yet

[@iBluairJgR]

I had so many people request it that it felt like the right thing to do. Not regretting the decision so far ;p

[@markdavenportjr5129]

Nice thanks for the vid! I'm just getting into tanking via GNB. Its a blast so far. :D

[@iBluairJgR]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching m8.

[@PsychoSynoptic]

Honestly good for me. My biggest issue has been remembering what key combinations to press on my hotbars and try NOT to fat finger superbaloide. Now I'm just working on proper cool down management.

[@iBluairJgR]

LOL. I fat finger my skills ALLLLLL the time.

[@PsychoSynoptic]

@@iBluairJgR it's a bitch. It's like when you fat finger flash on league. "Welp there just went a 5 minutes cool down" gets level 2 ganked "IF I JUST HAD FLASH"

[@maxmustermann3938]

How do I know what can be interrupted with Interject (or a stun)? I noticed both works on bosses in the low lvl dungeons I have done as a new player, but someone told me that won't work on bosses later on. Is there just a hard cut and every boss over X level can't be stunned or interrupted or are there exceptions?

[@omarcintron1589]

Your so under rated bro you got a sub nice info

[@iBluairJgR]

Thanks dude

[@trollingisasport]

How to tank: Wait for new healer...wait for new healer...Verbal abuse... Wait for new healer...

[@AfroLightning04]

My problem with tanking is not so much how to tank or use my skills appropriately, it's that I take a lot of breaks on the game and forget the mechanics and enemy placements of a lot of dungeons. Any advice on how to deal with this problem?

[@Aldor623]

Dude you have a sick UI layout! A overview/tutorial would be awesome, good FFXIV content channel!

[@iBluairJgR]

Here ya go! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKGpg6B6rM-Ioa8

[@randomcitizen19]

Great info here, man. This video has motivated me to level a tank. I'm thinking Paladin. Hope to see a video on PLD soon.

[@iBluairJgR]

Cheers. Glad it was helpful m8. I'm most likely going to start doing PLD videos next week so stay tuned!

[@Amocoru]

I know this might be basic to tank players, but I'm a healer main that's playing GNB for this expansion. I'm having a hard time working out when to use my cooldowns and which cooldowns to use on pulls. My damage is fine but I feel like I'm not properly mitigating or pairing my abilities together for these lengthy longer pulls. I would love a tank by tank breakdown on which cooldowns to use at which time during a pull. This would help me realize whether it's me that's not very good at tanking, or whether my healers aren't helping to mitigate damage properly.

[@edbrown1965]

Hi! I don't have a pull by pull plan for cooldowns in each dungeon, but I'll chime in and say what I do as a GNB in expert roulette. Most dungeons have two wall to wall pools before each boss which typically involve grabbing 2 or 3 packs. The way I think of it is to cycle your cooldowns. The basic principle with big pulls is to never be without some form of mitigation. For instance I'll pop Rampart during the first pull, and as rampart runs out I'll heart of stone or camoflauge. Only stack defensive cooldowns if the damage gets too much to handle, knowing when to do this comes with experience and might depend on the healer.. However, I do tend to stack Arm's length since the value of slow + dmg reduction is just really high imo. Keep in mind important abilities to interrupt like the berserk shown in this video and also the Evil Armor's in Akadaemia Anyder. If you prioritize always keeping up mitigation and not stacking cooldowns but cycling them instead you should have defensive cooldowns like rampart coming off cd during the second pull. My first pull cycle might look something like rampart then heart of stone then camoflauge then heart of stone again (using Aurora off cd always). Second pull might be arms length, nebula, heart of stone, rampart. Rinse and repeat. Hope this helps.

[@iBluairJgR]

@Ed Brown that's some really solid info.

[@Amocoru]

@@edbrown1965 Thanks for this. It helped ENORMOUSLY. I was going based off of bad information it seems. I asked around and had tanks recommend I pair up abilities during the large pulls and it just didn't seem like I was taking any less damage than before. Now I always have a cooldown up for a core moment and I feel tankier.

[@RuruRampage]

I'm not a tank player but as a healer main I'm glad I watched this to get inside the mind of a tank player cause I normally butt heads with them. I bought the dark night level boost so I'm deff subscribing to see that video.

[@iBluairJgR]

Nice. I actually just watch a video about healers to see what their thought process is like too. I don't play healers at all ;p Thanks for watching m8!

[@cloudri]

I love you Final Fantasy videos If so well detailed. Please keep up these amazing videos

[@Eva1337]

Man, leveling a fresh Dark Knight makes me appreciate those mitigation CDs so much. I would be dead in 3/4ths of my runs if I didn't pop at least one cooldown every other pull.

[@iBluairJgR]

Word. Dark Knight rides on the struggle bus until they learn the Blackest Knight.

[@Halinspark]

"The healer's job is to keep you alive, but your job is to make that easier for them to do." So dont immediately run off into another group while we're trying to heal you! We have cast times and line of sight. Just gimme like, 6 seconds to bump you back up a bit and regain some MP.

[@capitalG386]

that and out of range - mind how far you get ahead of the healers - we only get sprint - healers don't have gap closers lol

[@stanc7159]

How do I space out my defenses cooldown use all at once or wait and the use?

[@HyouVizer]

geez this makes me wanna try 5.0 WAR. That Nascent Flash action seems like their original Bloodbath on steroids. Look at all those green numbered self heals fly down the screen. Also as a healer main, that was so refreshing to watch. Been healing DRK, GNB, PLD but I rarely seen any WAR for party content, odd.

[@iBluairJgR]

Yah Nascent flash is VERY strong. I like it a lot more than Bloodbath. I think a lot of people got turned off from Warrior in 5.0 because it didn't get significantly reworked but the job didn't need to be changed that much-it was in a really nice place and the small tweaks they made refined it.

[@salsamancer]

The best tip is to level every role, that way you have a compete grasp on group dynamics

[@IronShaman81]

As a noob tank, thank you! This video was very helpful :)

[@iBluairJgR]

Always glad to help

[@shanehaworth6090]

Thanks for the video! I've been wanting to improve myself as a Tank main and this video was just what I needed! You get a sub and a like from me :)

[@rz527]

I'm a PLD rn. So far so good. However, I have only one problem which is the interject has long cast time. It is hard to interrupt. Can anyone tell me what can I do plz?

[@alanhegewisch4486]

I want to start tanking and this video is sooo good to demystify the role. Thanks!

[@iBluairJgR]

Glad its helpful m8

[@NoctHugh]

I'm very new to the game only been playing 2 weeks as, a now, lvl 60 paladin so this is all very insightful, newly subbed 👌🤙

[@iBluairJgR]

Cheers man. Glad the video was helpful.

[@ZerokaiX]

Can you explain why most tanks seem to think they need to pull mobs from 3-4 different rooms at a time?

[@iBluairJgR]

In the right group its possible but not every group should attempt big pulls.

[@gasparguruoftime5475]

Do you stream? I find I learn more just from watching people play in raw/unedited videos as opposed to tips videos like these. I recently (recently meaning like 70 hours of playtime ago) picked up tanking and would like to improve.

[@scubasteve5326]

So do tanks usually have enough defensive cooldowns to always have some form of mitigation going as long as you rotate them? I want to tank and playing other roles but watching tanks i see a lot of them getting told they would do a lot better if they rotated cool downs but idk if they blow them all at once or just don't use them at all lol. Im still debating on everything except drk but leaning pld

[@iBluairJgR]

It depends on how quick the fight is. During bosses, its generally possible to have 1 cooldown for every tank buster (some bosses are relaxed enough that you can use cooldowns to smooth out auto attack damage and still have enough for the tank busters). Dungeon pulls vary a lot depending on how well the group can burn down enemies and the size of the pull.

[@Dc25211]

Looking for advice on what tank to play. I current main a white mage but have been wanting to tank for a while now. I have a basic understanding of damage mitigation and cooldown usage but I am looking for a tank who has good mitigation/sustainability and utility while not being overly complex. I have watched the tank videos you have but still having a hard time deciding. Any help? Thanks!

[@iBluairJgR]

PLD is the classic choice. Good damage, good sustain, strong passive mitigation.

[@Mayo_Blast]

I started this game a couple weeks ago and only played tank. I don't know if I'm any good or just trash but game feels sort of easy for now. Want to try a different role just to see how I compare to other tanks.

[@iBluairJgR]

Hmm FFXIV feels very easy through a lot of the early game. Things are a bit different now since the game is 3 expansions deep (a lot of people know how things work) but back at launch, I started feeling more challenge in the mid thirties and beyond.

[@Mayo_Blast]

@@iBluairJgR hopefully it picks up. I have a warrior at 50 and paladin at 55 ish. My only complaint is so a standing in aoe... seriously lol I want to try dark knight but it's locked behind story for the moment. Any suggestions on a dps or healer to try? I've literally only ever tanked on these sort of games lol so I'm a novice at other roles.

[@osvaldofigueredo9512]

@@Mayo_Blast can never go wrong with punching things with Monk

[@akeemdyer182]

Hey bro what settings are you using for your camera? I like how yours looks in the video. Tried to replicate but no dice.

[@iBluairJgR]

It's the lock on feature. You can find it under Keybinds > Movement > Lock camera to target.

[@akeemdyer182]

Thanks man. I’ve been enjoying your content since I came back to FFXIV. Thanks for making the comeback a lot easier!

[@nicholaslastarza5934]

What are the macros you have for nascent flash and rampart? Nice vid

[@iBluairJgR]

Cheers. I have rampart in a macro with Vengeance. For Nascent, I have it target the second person in the party list (healer in 4-man, the other tank in 8-man). /ac "Nascent Flash"

[@MMX377]

I'm sure I can determine what I can tank, but still concern about the healer's MP and endurance to heal. I hope we need an update on all healers, so they will be adjusted better, without nerfing.

[@ChurlzVA]

How do you get a cool camera angle like that

[@iBluairJgR]

Lock onto the target.

[@YuukiArt-94]

Watched (I think) all of your ffxiv impressions videos. Really hoping you do a dragoon video. Wondering what your opinions are on it.

[@iBluairJgR]

Cheers man, thanks! I haven't decided exactly what I'm gona do next but Dragoon is definitely on the list. I have it at 70 and its dope.

[@YuukiArt-94]

@@iBluairJgR I have mine at 80 and it is fun and the overall kit hasnt changed much from StB. It feels like it's being hammered into a very static and straight line (pun intended) sort of class. But thats just my own opinion. Thanks for the response and I'm looking forward to it! :)

[@dippeh92]

Just out of curiosity I was looking at your ui and your hotkeys seem interesting. Do you use a mmo keypad? Also what is the purpose of locking on? I haven't seen anyone do it so it has peaked my interest.

[@iBluairJgR]

I use a normal keyboard but my binds are centered around the number pad & the directional keys. There's no tangible gameplay benefit to locking on and after playing the game with lock on for so many years, I don't find it detrimental. I just like the way it looks.

[@Grobzoula]

I'm still a noob at tanking, currently playing a level 70 gunbreaker, and I have a question : how do you recognize tank busters attacks ? Are these every channeled attacks that do not have a visible AoE ? I already have the habit to use defensive CDs to mitigate damage, but I don't think I ever reacted to tank buster attacks, if I even encountered one at this point of the game.

[@iBluairJgR]

Generally, they are like you said, channeled attacks that don't have a visible AoE. Each boss will have a different one so you'll probably always get hit by it at least once or twice before getting the timing right. I know I do lol.

[@cosmosse4]

Is it possible to tank correctly with the controller;; im super nervous, but i decided to try tanking. My mate is a healer and since were playing in the same room we can easily communicate on whats going on. But i find it hard to switch target sometimes or even just selecting a taget at all with the controller. Imma filty casual who hates having to do obligatory dungeons to advance the story because i have a hard time dealing with haters. Any of you main a tank with a controller and still manage to do good or should i just stick to dps and wait 40 minutes to cue in dungeon...?

[@iBluairJgR]

Yeah, of course. The controller systems in game are very well designed. Switching targets is the hardest part but even that isn't enough to make tanking impossible.

[@fiercetigersoul]

Sub earned. I'm seeing new tanks not very knowledgeable about these things. Great vid to share

[@iBluairJgR]

Thanks man. Glad you found the information helpful.

[@dumbsterdives]

Ok i dunno what context that twinning run was in but as a dps seeing those 2 actively run to a place where theyll pop the bubbles when they were already safe gave me an aneurysm

[@RipsnRips]

I underuse interject and shield swipe(bash?) when’s best to use em?

[@iBluairJgR]

When the enemy cast bar is glowing then you can use interject to interrupt. Shield Bash* is a bit more niche. Its a stun on the global cooldown so you can use it to interrupt enemy attacks if you want to but it interrupts combos so there's a downside.

[@colacitoshow]

if i think im taking too much damage i just press tab and bash the entire pull, one by one (also use kick stun in between). that gives a lot of time for healer to catch up. with that said im only lvl 60 so i dont know if it works on higher level encounters.

[@strawberrysundaes]

I'm very curious about your camera angle when playing. How can one achieve this same camera? It looks really cool.

[@iBluairJgR]

You just have to lock on to the target. Look under keybinds> movement> Lock camera to target.

[@strawberrysundaes]

@@iBluairJgR Got it, thanks! :D

[@Nerien]

I'm a new player and I started playing a Bard, I do get a skill that can interrupt an enemy attack, but everytime I use it, it says it doesn't work. How do I know which attacks I can interrupt or not?

[@iBluairJgR]

When the cast bar is glowing with a special border it can be interrupted with Head Graze. Normal cast bars have to be stunned by tanks or melee (or anyone with a stun)

[@Nerien]

Early/low lvl dungeons don't have those, right?

[@azae00Vids]

very very nice vid!! .. most tanks just run and hit stuff .. don't use any def buffs and blame healers when they die....

[@iBluairJgR]

Because its always the healers fault!!! Lol just kidding. Thanks for watching m8.

[@farettus9507]

I've changed from dps to tank about a month and I've never been more in love with a job, but I still struggle to when to keep aoe rotation or single on trash mobs, like, when there are 3 enemies I do one aoe then keep single rotation, when are 4 or more I do only aoe, unless there's a dangerous enemy in the pack, then I focus on him 1st, is this good? there is a "rule" for these situations?

[@iBluairJgR]

When there are 3 ore more enemies, you can spam your AoE rotation non-top. It'll generally amount to higher potentiates than your single target rotation. It might seem a bit boring to do that but keep in mind that each of the tanks have resources that get build while doing AoE attacks and mitigation tools to rotate through. So even while you're spamming your area attacks, you've got defensive cooldowns to consider.

[@raijko9918]

You gonna be doing information on all the tanks?

[@iBluairJgR]

Slowly but surely, yes.

[@raijko9918]

@@iBluairJgR looking forward to itt

[@hamakakun]

Love your content. Hope you delve into healer soon. Would love to see your take and tips on healers in ffxiv

[@ShaunFVG]

By the way, make sure you mention drk having an epic job story in your breakdown. Just a request from an old sub from your titanfall days 🤣

[@Konpekikaminari]

Here is my little tip for gunbreakers and maybe paladins in 4 man content Remember your target buffs, namely Aurora and Heart of Stone for GNB, sometimes it's better to give a little survivability boost to a party member than to yourself You die- it's a problem Healer dies- it's a wipe

[@iBluairJgR]

True facts. DRK's can do this too with the "blackest night"

[@weertangel7231]

A great video, i just have begun tanking as a Dark Knight and your videos have helped alot in prepping me for it, its more fun then i thought it would be so that awesome! Keep up the good work! PS: any idea when u will tackle Dragoon? am curious what your opinion on it is in the current game state.

[@iBluairJgR]

Cheers, glad my videos are helpful for ya. For your question: I'm considering doing Dragoon soon but I've had a weird itch to level Black Mage so I'm not entirely sure what order I'll be doing my videos in.

[@weertangel7231]

@@iBluairJgR np. all in good time :)

[@BL4D3RUNN3R0M3N]

Having enemies do their AoE while another weaker enemy has a pull ability to try to pull you into the AoE that you have to interrupt or kill as fast as possible would be a challenging/engaging encounter. Not sure if something like that exists in the game yet, as I'm only in Heavensward.

[@iBluairJgR]

Leveling dungeons usually don't get too crazy with their mechanics but there have been some really wild things. In Saint Mocianne's Arboretum, one of the level 70 dungeons, there's an enemy that will cast an AoE spell that will turn anything inside, even enemies, into a sapling. You can interrupt it or position the enemies inside to transform them into saplings.

[@BL4D3RUNN3R0M3N]

@@iBluairJgR Thats pretty cool, looking forward to that. I like technical mechanics like that where you really need to focus. Helps keep my attention in longer raids or repeats for leveling.

[@AnimeSquirrel]

I'm new to tanking and I have a question. What's a tank buster?

[@HallowedKhaos91]

An ability that is designed to destroy a tanks health. They hit extremely hard.

[@TheGrandRevo]

I just ignore all of it, the spells that need to be stuned aren’t deal breakers and are void of consequence

[@TheOmnipotentBeing]

Did they change arms length? Pretty sure that's just a knockback immune.

[@raze_6474]

Its also adds slow to whatever hits you.

[@randomstreamer2868]

yeah they added a slow to the ennemies that hit you for 15 sec

[@jamaldowner]

I use it for slow so much that sometimes I forget it negates knock back and draw-in. Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever used it to negate draw in.

[@nemeanlioness]

had a pld use hallowed ground at start of boss fight when there were no mobs, die when adds came out then blame me even though he didnt have hate some 3 adds were interrupting me from healing

[@iBluairJgR]

LOL. The healer struggle is real.

[@grahamhalo]

What should tanks be melding atm?

[@cujoway]

full direct hit

[@iBluairJgR]

Tenacity meme for life.

[@panical15]

Is got this game last week. And decided to try tanking. So far I like but I still sucks. I just the sunken dungeon and met some mean players who laugh me for being suck tank. Even I told I’m a new player. We ended up wiping 4 times even I told in the beginning i was new to game. I got reported for being tank. This has given so much anxiety when doing duty finder.

[@iBluairJgR]

People like that are stupid and pathetic and in my experience-I run duty finder content hundreds of times a week-there are more friendly people than rude ones. Don't sweat it. You'll get better.

[@King-2077]

panical15 yea many are patient and nice when you told them youre new and very few are toxic like that. It happened to me too man, im not new and I even have the ultimate legend title to flex, i was leveling my gnb but my internet was so shitty at the time because im deployed and far from home. We wiped on first pull because i was lagging so bad, and I apologized and said i was lagging but one of the dps said i should get the fuck out of their instance rn because im wasting their time and just want to get through the dungeon. I told him to kick me but he was like fuck no, leave and take your penalty. He was the most toxic person ive ever met.

[@LS-mb4my]

Remember fellow DRKs; TBN is extremely good for pulls too.

[@iBluairJgR]

This 100%! I just got my DRK to level 80 and I used TBN every 15 seconds during pulls. It's VERY strong.

[@azure98]

I havent actually dont any in depth analysis of bosses or the current savage content but I remember in the lead up to Shadowbringers they mentioned bosses would have an element of Randomness to them like switching the positions of a couple mechanics within a boss' rotation. So far ive only really noticed 1 or 2 of these on my own but how true have they been to that statement? I also like how we actually have things to actively use our Stuns and Interrupts on in mob pulls.

[@iBluairJgR]

I haven't done both of the extreme primals yet (too much leveling to do) but for Titania Extreme, there's a mechanic that has 3 different positions it can spawn in and you have to adjust around that. The few time that I did go on autopilot, sprint saved my ass lol. I'm loving the interrupts in dungeons too.

[@zacharyclark7379]

Nice video. Thanks for the content.

[@iBluairJgR]

You're welcome!

[@insanemang9983]

You know what im gonna say it. I feel like gunbreaker would have been better as a super mobile dps. Basicly being able to boost around the battle field and while also making it as positional as monk to make use of the mobility.

[@iBluairJgR]

Maybe.

[@kingtankdx3798]

First time seeing your videos and I love, your videos are awesome you got a subscribe from me

[@iBluairJgR]

Thanks and welcome

[@ViewTube_Dan]

Or just be a PLD and dont care... from all the XP I have.. as soon as you have a little feel of how your grp is.. how healer reacts and how much dps output is going on.. you can either crazy selfheal or just put everything in extra dps... paladin is by far the most variable

[@Holyhairyareola]

When he said dumbass friends, I felt that.

[@hiroto990]

Sending this to a friend who just started again and wants to tank.

[@iBluairJgR]

Nice.

[@hiroto990]

I loved everything you put here. The information is fantastic for new tanks.

[@shea5304]

I wanna Tank, but I've never done it in a MMO before. currently I have SCH/SMN, RDM and SAM at level 50.

[@iBluairJgR]

Tanking is fun. I say give it a try!

[@ronny_innor]

To all tanks, by all means please use your AoE when pulling. You need to hit the enemy to pull, not just put you tank stance. I got a tank in Tam Tara that literally never used AoE at all. Even after me (BLM) and BRD talked about him in the party channel. I ended up casting Sleep on the whole run because the CNJ kinda bored and decided to keep Aero the other mobs.

[@erasablefallen7223]

Omg, my very first dungeon, everything went smooth until the boss got to half health and summoned a whole group of adds, as a tank I decided to draw all of the aggro abd while I could handle the boss, the adds and boss hit me once all together and around half my health was gone. The healer kept me alive but I had every enemy after me and was running in circles while the 2 ranged dps players finished off the boss and we cleared it. This is my first real MMO I've started to really devote myself to due to not having a good pc. So yeah, first dungeon in a serious MMO. o_o

[@iBluairJgR]

Ha. I remember my first dungeon tanking experiences. They're definitely exciting XD.

[@KristinaFarron]

i seen most tanks runnning around like chickens and not using cooldowns and not attacking

[@iBluairJgR]

I see that a lot too when I'm DPSing in dungeons.

[@T8-TR]

The first boss and how often people mess it up is why I try to avoid the Twinning like the plague. Shit scares me.

[@ShaunFVG]

I never have issues with him. Sometimes boss 2 will kill my healer due to dps stacking the same safe zone, otherwise boss 3 is extremely annoying. Not too difficult, but very annoying.

[@T8-TR]

@@ShaunFVG See, boss 2 is a breeze in all my runs. 3 can be a bit fucky, since sometimes the boss obscures shit behind it, but if I remember to angle my camera, it's okay. Boss 1, however, is literal hell if your party members fuck up their placement. It can go from a super easy fight to shit, especially if your healer can't keep up with all the new adds + their initial pounce.

[@ShaunFVG]

@@T8-TR true enough. Most of my runs I have my healer on coms so we work things out