NEW ENDWALKER SKILLS?! FFXIV Endwalker Benchmark Trailer Breakdown

[@generalmaul4615]

WAR unlocking the 4th MNK stance - fist of mad.

[@TheMaxCloud]

Its funny cause Asmongold said the other day: "I Love warriors cause they use weapons, I think Monks are stupid cause why would you punch things if you can hit them with a weapon"?

[@animehbkscm]

I just want the job action trailer... Come on SE, please.

[@Twilii3]

most likely not till Sep sadly :(

[@ChilleUK]

September, it will be after media tour

[@AtemusQueen234]

I just saw the benchmark trailer. I want the Job action trialer also T^T. May not come out till early fall maybe.

[@ChilleUK]

@@AtemusQueen234 it won't be till Media Tour in September

[@AtemusQueen234]

@@ChilleUK sweet so several months from now sweet :3 thanks

[@RuanalHallen]

Just a quick note. Assuming the position remains the same (and I think they were making a point of showing it so I think it will), that Marketboard is right next to the Aetheryte. Suddenly Limsa is going to be a lot less populated come Endwalker, I think...

[@DEEKPro]

I don't see a problem.

[@GarrusN7]

Let's not pretend the markerboard is the main reason Limsa is always packed.

[@RorekSkyfall]

I still can't unsee the FFVI influence at the beginning. I know it's quick but it felt intentional with the way the snow was blowing and seeing the three Magitek armors rushing forward.

[@shybandit521]

Yeah that's what I was thinking the instant I saw it. I wasn't completely sure though as I've never played FFVI

[@RorekSkyfall]

@@shybandit521 With the pixel remaster coming out soon, I highly recommend playing FFVI. It isn't my favorite FF game but I don't think I'm alone in considering it to be the best one.

[@Nirual86]

I mean the whole Garlean magitek aspect is heavily based on FFVI and you even have the music that plays during the opening when you ride the Magitek mount. Come to think of it the fact that Garlemald is such a wintery region feels like a reference to that opening in FFVI

[@DkDerek]

@@Nirual86 The 4 fiends theme from FF4 at the begining has me excited too :)

[@Nirual86]

@@DkDerek oh yeah Endwalker is obviously gonna have a lot of FF4 love. We're going to the moon, after all.

[@Fransens]

That Reaper LB3 is literally Maka and Soul's Masogari move from Soul Eater. Being a huge Soul Eater fan a handful of years back this got me harder than terminator armor naturally.

[@AlexStayFly20]

Lmfao this was hilarious

[@Fransens]

@@AlexStayFly20 To be fair it's just a reference. Bruva Alfabusa came up with it first I think. Well, I got it from him in any case.

[@ssjonupants]

I'm excited to do bloodborne glamours on reaper.

[@AliguraAethernum]

8:40 I think its upgraded TBN and upgraded Sheltron. The animation the PLD does is exactly the some for Sheltron, with raising the shield in front of him

[@Shiirow]

instead of directly in front, its all the way around.

[@afflatusstep6247]

Yeah it s probably upgrade to sheltron

[@jayr5mitty351]

yea, same with the drk and the tbn animation. its also the same. as if tbn needs an upgrade tho lol but i will happily welcome it.

[@brycemoose7026]

Definitely a Shelton upgrade, but tbn is already busted so im not sure what an upgraded version would add, regen maybe?😆

[@LookItIsHope]

@@brycemoose7026 Maybe an upgraded TBN could add an additional trait to allow one other TBN to be casted right away when the shield is broken. You can kind of do this with Sheltron already if you fill up your gauge enough. So you can use your TBN shield break proc to bring out the damage with your darkside refill skills or you can shield up once more if a fight calls for it.

[@Echo-rt8vy]

Since Reaper is a melee DPS, I think Zenos's kick really *was* just Leg Sweep

[@furanpyon]

It was my first thought too, he just stunned Alisaie's attack

[@2ndPlacePrize]

True

[@eeroke12]

Kick the woman

[@Varizen87]

For Dragoon: True Trust is replaced by Raiden Thrust. I think the action you were looking for was Full Thrust, Haps. The first part, to me, looks like the old Ring of Thorns animation. Remember the old Pole Dancer move everyone spammed non-stop in cities? It could be that they either upgrade the whole of DRG combos or Full Thrust upgrades when Life Surge is active. Edit: Reaper Kick is likely Leg Sweep/Low Blow as I think they share the same animation.

[@vashtilyris4510]

Please don't mention Ring of Thorns.... I STILL miss that ability. There are soooo many times that I want a circle AOE instead of a line AOE.

[@Varizen87]

@@vashtilyris4510 Maybe it will return as an OGC. It was always a bit weird in being a combo action off Heavy Thrust.. But with HT gone.... Who knows.

[@jayr5mitty351]

@@Varizen87 nah, not likely. we're still waiting for the return of grenado shot for mch lol

[@JackgarPrime]

I like to think those bits of Alphinaud studying are him starting to develop Sage.

[@Runeknight101]

Bro I think you are right he invents sage as part of his dissertation for the sharlayan tattoo

[@Iris_1217]

@@Runeknight101 Alphinaud didn't develop Sage - we have lore on it now. The Studium developed it based on a combination of aetherology, 'sorcery' (Possibly conjury and arcanima?), and medicine. We have Reaper lore too! It's a discipline developed by the proto-Garleans who, before they found magitek, needed some way to defend themselves from invaders. So farmers who used scythes in the field found some way to form pacts with Voidsent and draw on their power.

[@Kurokami-One]

Nah, its him checking how much he still owes Tataru, for buying the katana, that or he just studying how to deal with lalafel Loan-sharks...

[@Iris_1217]

@@Kurokami-One That's a graduate level course in Sharlayan since it happens so many times.

[@JackgarPrime]

@@Kurokami-One Oh God, how much do you think those new weapons of his are gonna cost...

[@LookItIsHope]

I feel like if GNB should get a new cartridge skill, it would be interesting if it was a ranged one. Kinda like how PLDs have their holy damaging magicks, it would be neat for a GNB to have an equivalent. Should they need, they can dish out damage at range when necessary with their cartridges.

[@Terrabyt3]

Ones I saw: WAR: 3 hit Upheaval that is AOE DRK: New TBN looking thing PLD: New shield aroudn themselves SAM: Shoha is aoe (can see it hitting multiple mobs) NIN: Gets some dash attack MNK: Gets a new multipart kick DRG: maaaaaybe a kick attack spinning on pole? SMN: Does Crimson Cyclone to the Ifrit-egi then the egi vanishes RDM: Does what looks like a mini NIN LB with an orb with sword poking into it rather than out. BLM: Seems to have another fire spell after despair DNC: Looks liek it gets a new dance with blue animation MCH: Pulls out a shotgun an says "Call an ambulance" BRD: Looks like a newere or different version of refulgent arrow Sage: Can put bad tanks in a box of Shame and we already saw its aoe attack but also has an aoe heal displayed WHM: water aspected shield SCH: Puts a single target buff on PLD AST: floaty scrolls on single target

[@skullofrebellion6653]

Not sure if Ninja dash or if Kassatsu Futon ability that sends a bushin to dash in. Could also change Shukichi during Kassatsu or Ninki building, but yeah hard to tell with Nin. Others look about right.

[@Terrabyt3]

@@skullofrebellion6653 perhaps an ability only useable during bunshin?! Bahvakakra during bunshin?

[@XMAXEL]

So DRG becomes a pole dancer and WHM can drown tanks that misbehave.

[@Terrabyt3]

@@XMAXEL and sage can but bad tanks in a literal time out box

[@jayr5mitty351]

@@skullofrebellion6653 kassatsu shukuchi would be absolutely meta nin. would love to see that. just as long as it isnt affected by my macro

[@BohemiaValois]

The red mage spell honestly reminds me of Louisoix's Bahamut/Shrinryu sealing spell

[@afflatusstep6247]

It reminds me of machinist's ricochet 🤷‍♂️

[@sanyaiase2165]

Yeah the bolts in the magic circles are the same as the staff looking thing I the cinematic where louisoix try's to seal bahamut again.

[@WineRedEchos]

it looks like a holy/thunder imo. which fits the idea of rdm mixing white/black magic. also lends to the thought of "so we get a flare/aero too?"

[@CallMeNoa]

It reminded me of that too but I don't think there's a lore connection since Louisoix wasn't a RDM.

[@maxspecs]

@@CallMeNoa Alisae is, though, and Louisoux passed on his knowledge to them.

[@AdellRedwinters]

I think we saw a lot of new aoe skills…makes me wonder if we’re getting more advanced aoe rotations to make trash pulling a bit more involved.

[@lyconxero457]

Perhaps but we didn't really see COMBOS so I would guess that what's actually happening is upgraded abilities. We get this for single-target abilities every expansion anyway so the AOEs probably will also need a bump to keep them in line (although I would personally love an actual melee aoe combo with my RDM that ends with an aoe scorch or something like that).

[@XrentonX17]

I just want ring of thorns back and it having a weak dot would be nice. Or even if it's like gnb bow shock. I'll take it

[@jayr5mitty351]

@@lyconxero457 i agree 100%. would be insane to have an aoe rotation for rdm

[@sanyaiase2165]

as a drk main no that is not the TBN animation that is something new as a matter of fact it looks like the shield you get form the DRK lb3. That aside they look like upgraded TBN and Shell tron to me.

[@skullofrebellion6653]

Yeah looks like advanced tbn and shelltron tbh

[@sweepingtime]

I was like: Oh man, those punches the MNK is doing are cool! And then, a big axe appears in the character's hands at the end of the animation. Delete MNK.

[@dubtroll]

🤣

[@JackgarPrime]

I'm excited to be smashing dudes in the face as WAR, though!

[@jayr5mitty351]

weeeeell its not like the mnk and war didnt share the most abilities back in early ARR days. war was just a mnk with an axe and vice versa lol

[@Chaser547]

I know it's a joke but no don't delete mnk. I enjoy mnk immensely and would be very saddened at its loss. Hopefully though they got the memo and stopped putting your war playstyle in my drk. Can only drk with friends cause everyone else gripes about me not hitting delirium while I'm like "no I don't want to fell cleave."

[@jayr5mitty351]

@@Chaser547 you mean you dont wanna "inner release"

[@sniderealism2410]

Fun fact: NIN's new skill has Huton's animation, the clone is using Bhavakacra's animation minus the particle effect, and WHM's aero animation. All at the same time.

[@rd-um4sp]

hey man, don't get my hopes up. I saw that summoner gap closer and imagined the Ifrit dash during bowl of embers

[@Kylesico912x]

They said there was going to be a major rework on one of the jobs. Monk already got their rework and it'll be finishing in Endwalker, so it seems like Summoner is getting a rework that revolves around their summons. Though that is just based off that dash.

[@ShikiRen]

@@Kylesico912x I really hate how they keep reworking my favourite jobs without fail every expansion... And so far their track record has been "it's worse" without fail, at least for me. DRK from HW to SB and then to ShB was going down and down in fun, SCH in ShB got a lot of the fun and power taken out... Then they finally made me love SMN again and now it looks like they'll change that around. URGH. EDIT: Forgot they made me hate by until-then favourite melee DPS NIN as well with the gcd Mudra BS.

[@maxspecs]

I mean, taking on aspects of the Egi seems to let us channel more power than just summoning them. Look at Deathflare.

[@Lemaign]

Wouldn't be surprised if that new Warrior action *is* Upheaval, under the effect of Nacent Chaos, similar to how Fell Cleave and and Decimate change.

[@jayr5mitty351]

oohhhhhh that does sound amazing but also a total waste of inner chaos. unless it just strictly takes advantage of NC and doesnt actually consume it.

[@Lemaign]

@@jayr5mitty351 Depends on the potency, as well. Given that Upheaval has a cooldown and doesn't reduce the timer on Infuriate, I'd expect it to be worthwhile.

[@jayr5mitty351]

@@Lemaign now THAT I would accept but sadly doubt 😔

[@dennisbramham8398]

@@jayr5mitty351 They could change Inner Release to just be long Nascent Chaos now, so Upheaval gets a 'Chaos" Form as well. And then Fell Cleave, Upheaval, Decimate are only for outside of it now.

[@jayr5mitty351]

@@dennisbramham8398 sounds really nice on paper but lets be real here.... 8-9 inner chaos?? you realize how broken that sounds rite?? lol

[@DonJandroTv]

I main Warrior. Looks fucking badass!

[@sparringcacti1159]

That is not the original TBN animation.

[@Chaser547]

Yeah was about to say as a guy that plays the heck out of DRK (cause it is my favorite tank job period) I can safely say that isn't TBN's animation.

[@sparringcacti1159]

@@Chaser547 lol legit, excited to see what square has in store for us. 😁

[@Chaser547]

@@sparringcacti1159 hopefully more channeling our inner darkness at a risk than having a ir burst window that isn't worth it in the end.

[@sparringcacti1159]

@@Chaser547 I miss power slash 😭

[@Chaser547]

@@sparringcacti1159 as do I, as do I

[@adamvillegas5040]

That summoner dash move look just like ifrit’s dash move in hard/extreme mode.

[@thecorrected7401]

Exactly. Crimson Cyclone. Ifrit Egi already has the Crimson Cyclone ability with it's Egi-Assault 1. It's now just performing the actual Primal attack instead of just a generic Fire spell.

[@VampireNoblesse]

OMG!!

[@ApsuP]

The headfirst approach made me think of Flames of Truth and grandpa.

[@benq7593]

'My gap closer doesn't look that cool' You said it yourself. You're a Lalafel. Lalafel do cute. Lalafel do silly. Lalafel do EVIL. Lalafel do not do cool.

[@Its_an_Eze]

Evil is cool 😂😂

[@benq7593]

@@Its_an_Eze Evil CAN be cool. But they are not mutually inclusive. And never are in potato shape.

[@Alexavian]

Praying for an engaging healer dps rotation. They could make it so that healing unlocks dps combos in unison. Or just make it like Heavenwards.

[@Rc3651]

I hope so too but I doubt it. If they were doing it I feel like we would have seen an indication of it by now. A new GCD damage ability, something. Sage so far hasn't shown a design shift yet either. I've seen a single target GCD, an AoE, and the big laser which is probably a cooldown, don't think we've seen anything else

[@UltimegaSeven]

Healers can't have rotations due to needing to heal at any moment. If anything it will be Ranged priority system.

[@Alexavian]

@@UltimegaSeven fights are scripted, you know when the dmg is and there are LARGE amounts of time where no dmg is being done that requires engagement. The when dmg is done an instant ogcd is cast and your right back to dps. You clearly have no idea of what healing structure is in ff14, as your response had zero logic and understanding within.

[@King-2077]

@@Alexavian they have to cater to players who are new to healing. You’re point is only reasonable in casual contents. But do ultimate raids and see if you can still say that as a healer 😂.

[@Alexavian]

@@King-2077 they have catered to hard to players new healing. In the end game you should not be new to healing. Again not an excuse. Just because the dps rotation is there doesn't mean you use it when you need to heal. I have no idea why players think otherwise. I solo healed A3 before nerfs and healed when I was required and dps when I had room to.

[@Azdaja13]

If I had to guess, the Garleans we'd likely be fighting alongside will be the IIIrd Imperial Legion since wasn't it mentioned somewhere that Nerva and the IIIrd had disappeared and no-one knew where they were? That could have been foreshadowing since they may not have been tempered. Also having Nerva as an ally of sorts could be interesting given his claim on the Garlean throne. Also likely they'll find some way to reference Final Fantasy III with him, maybe he's not happy with his inheritance... xD

[@DarthSanguine]

I've seen someone suggest that he might be based on Alus, rather than Xande. Much like how Regula was based on General Leo, rather than Kefka.

[@Azdaja13]

@@DarthSanguine Ahh, I forgot about him. Yes, Alus does seem like the most fitting candidate.

[@MrRamo14]

Maybe the tank cooldowns aren't new abilites but unique animations for rampart

[@thewittyusername]

Of course the Xenos kick is an ability! It's leg sweep 😜

[@SarahExpereinceRequiem]

"He's a sage" Those are just Magitec Bits, like Ultima had aren't they? That means that sages are actually Ultima Weapons.

[@the0s0ph1st]

LOL man the Garleans getting the red shirt treatment 🤣

[@ICountFrom0]

I find myself trying to picture summoner as a melee caster, with the EGI being the ones who have cast times, but calling for them are instant speed so the caster could easily move. It would make it very distinct from the other casters, being even more agile then red mage. If you then had to lock yourself down to upgrade from EGI to the higher level summons, it would have a sense of weight, of impact, to stop and concentrate and call out big B or the big birb. I mean, it'll never happen, but it's a nice dream.

[@awrawrwar]

16:10 my first reaction was "Oh hey they made fluid aura useful!"

[@Oppurtunafish]

The alphi shots are nicely animated. Not sure if they're trying to show off any technical improvements there or just setting a nice mood but cinematically they are lovely

[@ChilleUK]

The summoner makes me think of ifrit charges

[@awworrell]

Yea same. it looks like ifrit eggy was no longer there once he used that skill.

[@dootdootington386]

@@awworrell ifrit was still there. Just the camera angle throws you off at first.

[@jayr5mitty351]

yea maybe it is you that has the actual skills now and the summon is practically just a "summoned dot". which honestly, i'd welcome. with all the stupid ghosting, i'd rather it just stand there and do damage. yes, its less exciting but would you rather have something pretty or effective, ya know

[@RatchildUK]

@@dootdootington386 No, Ifrit 100% disappears in that fire explosion. It even has a separate explosion effect. The next shot is resummoned egi/different scene.

[@ChilleUK]

@@dootdootington386 ifrit is 100% gone it's just resummoned in next scene imo

[@balazsszucs7055]

I liked the new job actions. Makes me hopeful tha classes will be fun to play. Regarding Omega: Is it possible that it the Sharlayan idea of how to deal with the end of the world? It would make sense, especially with the sage skills. Also it is interesting that we spend most of the Benchmark trailer in Garlemald. Maybe it will be a more important zone than we realized.

[@MacilentoTheSteinerGuy]

Nice throwback to Terra riding the MAgiteck armor at the beginning from FFVI, definetly itnentional

[@RaijinGod-Indra]

Honestly, like how we can summon Bahamut and Phoenix if we could choose to summon Ifrit, Titan or Garuda, the big forms of them and they all do their own things similarly to Bahamut and Phoenix that'd be awesome.

[@Its_an_Eze]

That....you know I could actually see that

[@palladiamorsdeus]

Seeing that smaller phoenix makes me think that might be a thing. We MIGHT, stress might, get normal summons for Bahamut and Phoenix and then be able to beef them up into their full blown forms temporarily. I can hope, anyway.

[@Nirual86]

Estiniens attack is bascially just Stardiver, maybe a bit more flashy like the Nidstinien attacks back in HW.

[@crosssquirrel4293]

You know what was i thinking from that White mage animation at 16:10 Does anyone remember Fluid what if Fluid aura now becomes a spell you can use on allies to buff them? Because it looked like a water bubble before reching the Paladin WOL

[@palladiamorsdeus]

Thats what I thought too.

[@RockR277]

I watched those combat sections so many times already holy moly.

[@selo017]

same

[@Solgeist]

These monsters in endwalker are literally STRAIGHT OUT OF HELL.... especially in that final scene in the bench mark with Zeno's...

[@camiox171]

the GNB skill looks almost like it might be a counter, I would be stoked if it was like, spend a cartridge and get 100% chance to parry an incoming attack and deliver a beefed up burst strike if you do so.

[@orionX101]

Getting big soul eater vibes from the Reaper LB and I’m all for it

[@PokechampionJade]

idk if its worth noting, but the MCH used a normal Clean Shot as opposed to the heated variety. Normally a MCH above 64 just cant use Normal Clean Shot at all. Maybe some variety of Stormblood Heat is coming back? at least the 50-100 heat maintenance for better GCDs?

[@csmith4131]

Samurai doing some “Omae wa mo Shinderu” type stuff. Also peep the ninja summoning a shadow clone to fight for her them

[@dw7080]

finally some love for ninja, hope they give ninja more clone skills.

[@craigwilde2162]

Either that 'Omega Bot' is built off designs the Garleans found or the Telophoroi have some connection to the people who originally created Omega.

[@palladiamorsdeus]

That's my guess.

[@Niiopii]

The smn charge used up Ifrit, if you look closely you see Ifrit also exploding and then gone. When the camera pans after Ifrit was resummoned, plus it was probably an edit cut and stitch anyways.

[@palladiamorsdeus]

Nope. He was just behind the mob. At BEST he was gone for less than a fourth of a second but even that is dubious.

[@taco_sensei]

One thing I would love to see now that during ShB they worked really hard to rework crafting as a whole, is that they updated some crafting animations. It's a lot of work though for such a meaningless thing however, that I'd be glad if lvl90 crafters would unlock some sort of emotes for their classes (see: Alchemist swirling a bottle etc. in the shalrayan part 4:00)

[@WineRedEchos]

when the wol gets lb3'd at the end there's a skill animation coming from him. idk if it's cutscene or something new pld gets but still.

[@JAG19d]

Food for though, the Zenos kick could actually be the Reaper interupt or Stun

[@KirbyS771]

Didn't they say that they are trying to animations flashier this expac? Maybe touching old skills to make them look better

[@prawn1717]

Considering how crowded the hotbars are getting, I could definitely see every class basically getting an animation and potency touch-up, sort of like how all of MCH's 1-2-3 combo gets upgraded over time.

[@ibacka8800]

Unless Sage has an ability like Emergency Tactics, it looks like they have a pure AoE GCD heal and not an AoE shield like Succor

[@JohnAtDawn]

God I hope so.

[@Evilman_520]

That might be the balance between the two shielders, in terms of their overall kit: SCH is 60:40 in favor of shields, and SAG is 60:40 in favor of heals?

[@wates101]

Maybe SGE will have a reverse emergency tactics, making their AOE shield instead of heal like how SCHs heal rather than shield : would be nice since i think

[@Fangrys]

Just tossing it out there... they already said Sage is a barrier healer like Scholar while Astrologian will become just a pure healer like the White Mage. So expect the Sage to play like a Scholar in terms or shielding capabilities. An AoE heal on this could just be an OGCD skill like how Scholar has Indomitability.

[@Evilman_520]

@@Fangrys that was definitely not an OGCD heal, it was cast. That's basically SAG's version of Succor, except it didn't show a shield animation. Which is what the OP is referring to. We already know that SAG is a Shielder like SCH, but they aren't going to be exactly the same playstyle. They might balance out the Shielders by making one more shield-oriented and the other more heal-oriented. We can already see how SCH is very strong in shields and mitigation, but their raw healing is lacking overall. SAG will probably be the opposite, where they give slightly more raw healing in exchange for not having as strong shield capability as SCH

[@terrial8143]

Huh. Thanks to the slowdown, I noticed G'raha right before Y'shtola. The bestest of buds.

[@JackgarPrime]

Oh I'm 100% sure that we will have a faction of Garleans on our side rebelling as best they can against Zenos. That will probably be a good chunk of the story helping them out.

[@JordansoBASED]

19:18 I totally thought this was a new Warrior attack, but nope, that's definitely a SMN using Flame Book Slap

[@lunarsuperstar]

its probably a gap closer based of Ifrits rushes during his fight... of all things to show... they chose to show that...

[@palladiamorsdeus]

I KNOW! But I feel like they're reworking summoners and trying to keep it under wraps right now. Still that was really disappointing.

[@valatheer3270]

Ninja: YEET THE CLONE! YEET THE CLONE! YEET THE CLONE! In all honestly, it looks like a finisher you can do while in bunshin, something you can do as your last attack. The wind animation makes me think of an offensive huton as well.

[@sniderealism2410]

Maybe it's something like DRK's Fray summon where it does its own thing, cause that clone is using the Bhava animation minus the particle effect.

[@orpheus0108]

@@sniderealism2410 That's not the bhavacakra animation if you look closely. I think it may be enhanced huton under bunshin effect. sort of how kassatsu enhances katon and hyoton

[@jayr5mitty351]

I am very convinced that blm gets the fire 5 as a proc in replacement for fire 3. so if you sharpcast fire 1 you would instead get a fire 5

[@Alexthehuman2]

The only qualm I have against that is procs are instant and it feels like they are casting them.

[@jayr5mitty351]

@@Alexthehuman2 hm... yea going back you are right.. Maybe after casting (so many) fire 4s you get a fire 5?

[@lumaj1147]

Interesting thought. When you paused on mr Sage, the Nouliths upright like that, look a lot like soul crystals (Shadowbringers plot item), but with Allagan bodies to make them do things.

[@raisylvaine8398]

I love how Aymeric, Hien and Yugiri just obliterate monsters with auto attack animations

[@DjGameKing]

So, my initial thought seeing the new PLD ability was a new version of Hallowed. Then I started thinking "Wait, that makes no sense. Yoshi has stated he thinks Hallowed is too strong, so a new version of it would probably not happen unless it gets nerfed". Then I noticed something else when rewatching the animation for a bit: there is a small healing bubble around the PLD in the middle of the animation, signifying a heal or regen of sorts. Now, knowing that, I have a few theories. Number 1 is the easiest: new skill. Can't really say much there. Either flat out mitigation or blocks + either a regen or a small heal. Number 2 is where it gets interesting: a new version of Sheltron. This is my least likely to happen scenario, mostly because of the DRK skill shown off, but it would basically be Sheltron 2: Electric Boogaloo, where it gives you the standard 6 seconds of blocking everything alongside either a heal or regen effect. This does have potential balance problems however: a heal/regen on about a 25 second cooldown could get very abusable depending on the strength of said heal/regen and what it costs (in this case, it would probably just be Oath Gauge which... doesn't mean much to us as we currently know it). Also, if I am to assume this is our new Sheltron, I would also assume that DRK's skill is the new TBN... and I really doubt TBN is getting an upgrade. It is already the single best non-invul tank cooldown, so unless things are going to hurt real bad this expansion (doubtful, as much as I'd like it), they wouldn't need an upgraded TBN. Number 3 is: it is a new/upgraded version of Sentinel. This is the one I hope for most. Basically, this and DRK's new skill both would be upgraded versions of Sentinel and Shadow Wall respectively. Mitigation with a heal/regen on PLD's side, mitigation with a shield on DRK's side. Both probably wouldn't still be the 30% migitation those skills currently are, but that is what I'm thinking. Especially since it would separate these buttons from each tank (I'd assume Nebula would get a secondary effect as well) more than they currently are, which they are essentially the same but with WAR reflecting some physical damage. Obviously, all of these are pure speculation and I have no clue. If I'm right, called it. If I'm not, figures lol

[@Keyh]

They should (and maybe they did with all of thes AE abilities that look like existing single target ones) Give AE "stances"/"auras" to everyone that changes their base attacks into AE abilities to clear out the overly "boring" AE rotation, continue to teach/reward the single target rotation (i.e. the "only" rotation in this case), and to clear those attacks off the hotbars.

[@JeremyJ5040]

I see a lot of people comparing the RDM spell to BLM’s Thunder. Like, ok that’s true RDM doesn’t have a DoT and Thunder is BLM’s DoT, but like, RDM already has Verthunder. I feel the logical step is just to say this is an upgrade to that.

[@palladiamorsdeus]

That was my thought. Or have a third tier of elemental attacks for them that require a proc off of the second tier.

[@JeremyJ5040]

@@palladiamorsdeus Oh yeah, that would be cool!

[@thegrandpotato217]

I just skipped ahead to where the job actions are shown and didn't really start watching yet so idk if this is mentioned in the video but you can tell GCDs and oGCDs apart by the particle effect. GCDs have vertical yellow streaks that surround the character when the action is used, and oGCDs have a blue swirl affect around the character.

[@palladiamorsdeus]

Didn't think they were going to remove Egi's. With any luck Egi's will now function as stances: Ifrit single target damage, Garuda AoE, and Titan defensive. That would also remove a decent chunk of buttons since they can just change based on the currently summoned Egi. That movement skill is...weird but we'll see where it goes. If its a gap closer then that might mean that Ifrit changes your skills to be closer ranged, like Dancer. If its a movement skill then it might function like monk's tackle used to, imbued with elements depending on who is summoned. Either way, I am actually kinda starting to get excited about Endwalker now.

[@GreyFox23]

Bard gets hardcore left out besides the one at the end.

[@BorisTheGoose92]

Hopefully that means they are getting substantial changes that don't have animations yet?

[@palladiamorsdeus]

Dude, summoner just got a weird flame tackle. Even bard got more than that.

[@GreyFox23]

@@palladiamorsdeus That's true too. But we knew for a while Summoner was getting reworked. If Bard is getting a rework, this is the first we really heard of it. Granted I think everyone knew a Bard change was coming again but I think most of us weren't expecting it until post Endwalker.

[@kirbyvillanueva9569]

I like to think that Alphinaud writing/researching means that he is developing the Sage Job and the scene where he saw us and letting go of the book mean that he is retiring from being an SCH. Pretty symbolic scene for me. ^^

[@Unholychinchilla]

My theory on the Omegabot is that it was an Allagan attempt to reverse engineer Omega that they left on the moon (We saw a crashed Allagan ship in the Mare Lamentorum vid) and it'll be a fate there. Similar to how ShB benchmark showed Archeotania in Kholusia but it was a Tempest boss.

[@awworrell]

Yay for black mage getting even bigger explosions. Definitely looking forward to the job action trailer now.

[@Kyle-jb7dc]

idk . . . i have problems with xeno using something other than a sword lol. . . . all those movements while flashy, seem like something I'd have difficulty seeing xeno do (seem to leave him wide open for counter attack where most of his sword movements don't).

[@palladiamorsdeus]

Yeah the scythe feels extremely forced on Xenos.

[@ashton3512]

Most ppl forget inner release used to be monks OGCD crit buff skill. That warrior and cross classed.

[@GamingDualities]

why do all FFXIV trailers on KZbin have comments disabled?

[@cosmosofinfinity]

That's just a thing with many Japanese game company channels in general, Square Enix being one in particular that does that regularly for their promotional videos

[@GamingDualities]

@@cosmosofinfinity yeah no wonder their game is outdated

[@palladiamorsdeus]

@@GamingDualities ...thats the stupidest jump in logic I have heard today.

[@LimitedSource21]

I think that summoner dash type of skill is combined with morphing into a beast and dashing all together and ends at the end which morphs you back into your own model. My theory of course

[@ShikiRen]

Tbh, they just might have Zenos actually do the Reaper LB3 and handle it like Susano, so...not necessarily cutscene powers on the shield ;) But yeah, a lot of single target shields, upgrades to skills, and potential AE variants to existing skills it seems.

[@eftultima]

Warrior: heals like a white mage and punches like a monk. We taking everybody's job

[@Chaser547]

you're a jack of all trades but master of only one that being your axe. Still best you leave the kicking to me or you might trip on said axe XD

[@mlemlemmlemmlem]

Dude i kept going back to watching warrior swing his hands I'm so fucking excited

[@mlemlemmlemmlem]

@Reclusiarch Grimaldus you're going to love it even more at 80 lol it's fucking perfect. But hopefully the combos will change a bit more at 90

[@tonybabs8688]

Hope they do something awesome with DRK, cause if PLD is getting something similar to TBN I have literally no reason to play DRK.

[@teemopanda02]

If "Omega" is back, do you think we'll finally have Alpha back in the story? If so I'm hyped!

[@ameliaalbarnrose3226]

We didnt get to see a specific highlight for summoner at all, only the little snippits at the end with the Egi/charge, I really wonder what they are working on for them since all other classes got a big "hey this is totally new" moment

[@palladiamorsdeus]

The previous theory is that summoner is being reworked for Endwalker. We got a bandaid fix during Shadowbringers ((And we needed it after that god awful launch)) and now they'll give us a full blown, Machinist style rework. We don't know for sure, of course, but here's hoping.

[@AdrasAdraki]

The helm thing over omega's face kinda looks like alex? Or am i thinking of vauban's deluxe skin from warframe lol.

[@Nenacu]

Thinking this might be an early version of Tycoon?

[@LyviannaXIV]

I could imagine the SMN dash to be equivalent to the egi you got out as a new egi -bound ability. It kinda looked like the Ifrit dash in UWU/Ifrit Ex and Ifrit was out. Maybe like Geocrush on Titan and like Feather Dance on Garuda (?)

[@Kylesico912x]

On the topic of Estinien, he was just using Starcaller. Nothing new there.

[@MechaMefi]

My takes on the new skills: RDM: I do think it's a DoT, acting as a Scorch replacement, where you probably alternate between those each 1 or 2 Scorches DNC: Even if it's clear it's a new dance, it doesn't show doing any previous steps before the AOE, you can see the dancer running while the SAM is doing it's thing and it directly does the final move of the dance, obv it could be just benchmark stuff, but maybe it's a step-less dance, could extend durations of buffs, maybe it's just damage, who knows. SMN: It clearly eats up Ifrit after the dash. The dash iteself doesn't look like Ifrit dashes and has an explosion at the end. Ifrit reapearing on the next scene doesn't mean much being a benchmark trailer, but on the actual dash scene it either dissapears or gets behind you perfectly to not be seen. BLM: I actually thing it's Comet, maybe it's not, but you can see how a small ball falls into the enemy and then explodes. It could easely be Fire V or Flare II or something else entirely, not that the name makes much of a difference anyway. The rest either I agree with Happs, are self explanatory enough, or not enough info like mostly every healer skill shown. Can't wait to try the benchmark myself.

[@palladiamorsdeus]

No, it 'clearly' does not. Ifrit is there behind the mob, the camera was turning the entire time. So many of you need to get your eyes checked.

[@MechaMefi]

@@palladiamorsdeus you could have pointed it out in a nice way, but instead you chose not to, for some reason. Yes, indeed Ifrit is behind, couldn't see it before, congrats.

[@brycemoose7026]

That new rdm spell kinda looks like what loiswa(can't spell his name) did to Bahamut in the games opening cutscene👀 or maybe its just a lightning spell lol

[@TheGrandRevo]

Verbanish?

[@TheShadowfan9000]

11:53 I'm gonna say that's Meteor. There's a fireball dropping down from that perspective.

[@Fangrys]

I wouldn't be shocked if for PLD and DRK... those shields were just upgrades to Sheltron and The Blackest Night. Also.. at the end of the benchmark with the Zenos attack that's likely LB3... then we see Alphinaud use that box shield.. makes me wonder if the box shield thing is just a skill or if maybe the healer Limit Breaks might get a tweak where maybe the pure healers keep the group raise and maybe the shield healers get like a super crazy strong single target shield to save tanks from moves they might no me able to survive normally. Though that would feel way to niche I think but they have stated they are splitting the healer roles so a change in Limit Breaks wouldn't be to shocking to me.

[@MrGrimlocksmash]

We deserve a final form omega that is fused with all of the other weapons into a giant endgame megazord.

[@F34RDSoldier805]

They are really testing the amount of characters that can be on screen. I'm hyped for the events we'll be fighting through.

[@SomethingScotty]

Looked like the 1st and 3rd hit in the new Warrior string were AoE's and the 2nd was single-target. Since it showed all the tanks using a new anti-tank buster, like the new Paladin one, the upgraded TBN for Dark Knight, the GB one, I wonder if the Warrior AoE will be an anti-tankbuster also and it just mitigates the hit through raw healing power, or if it is just a pure damage ability meant for DPS phases since it had the Warrior in the off-tank position not really holding aggro on anything.

[@Swordhunter0817]

The smn dash passes through the enemy unlike any gap closers. Maybe similar to dnc dash well need to aim

[@thewittyusername]

It's probably a dash to your pet, not a free directional dash

[@palladiamorsdeus]

@@thewittyusername Doesn't quite seem like it, he's dashing directly to the mob which is just in front of Ifrit. Not impossible, though.

[@AmenoMagatsu]

I JUST REALIZED THE DRK AF GIVES THE MALE AU RA TAIL ARMOR

[@YYorle]

Saw that too! Awesome indeed!

[@Kylesico912x]

Makes me wonder if the same will be true for Miqo'te and Hrothgar. It's surprising our tails haven't been chopped off by now.

[@HawkinaBox]

I AM SO EXCITED FOR THE FINAL BATTLE!!!

[@XMAXEL]

There was a scene at the end of one of the patch MSQ (5.4 I think) with Zenos and Fandanial talking about Zenos controlling/capturing something. Could that have been Omega?

[@zypris1325]

Nah they're talking about zodiark and hydaelyn. Want's to take one of them like he did Shinryu, force us to take the other then god mecha battle to the death basically been the way things have been moving for a while.

[@pearlcarneiro5432]

Omega is not allagan technology :)

[@cassandramaccarthy3337]

I think the Dark Knight does like, the TBN motion and it's VERY similar to TBN particle effect-wise, but TBN doesn't have those 2 weird bands around the edge. I'm thinking either a TBN upgrade or an AoE variation of some kind Edit: we don't see the PLD get it, so probably an upgrade

[@TrueSaryo]

Small thing I found interesting is, that when SCH was shown, the fairy was nowhere to be seen. To me that seems like they have either removed the fairy-aspect or integrated it as a visual into some abilities, 'cause why not show the SCH pet, when they are showing the SMN pet?

[@palladiamorsdeus]

@randomguy8196 Nope. You can clearly see several other ifrits in the background at several other parts in the video while no casting is going on so you're wrong about that one. For scholar, we'll see. I don't see them removing fairies willy nilly.

[@nosearches8340]

Btw that ninja clone skill looks like a ranged attack or a ranged debuff like “disable” Or maybe “speed down” for the party to go crazy during trick attack? maybe “attack down”? To combine with trick attack? Or something like that idk!! But it’s sick Either way I’m gonna cast that ranged attack and then teleport to take the clones place while it disappears lmao Wanna see a trick? Slow down the video the the slowest setting while mr happy slows down his 🤯🤯 or 75% speed even better - let’s fucking go warrior!!!

[@Senard2012]

Tower of Zog! HYPE!

[@KanaKuroko]

I was just watching the benchmark at 0.25x speed to confirm something and forgot to fix it before clicking on this. I was not prepared for Slowmo Happy.

[@ColorOfSakura]

Its definitely not the regular TBN animation. The regular TBN animation isn't a solid opaque shield around your character, its just a translucent one that's super brief. That animation is more reminiscent of Dark Force than anything -- I think its an upgraded form of TBN possibly, although why they'd need to upgrade TBN when its already the best non-invuln tank cooldown in the game, I don't know.

[@GiorgosAigio96]

Omega is actually the minion u get from Cid, it was confirmed in one of the tales that it is still alive. That cannot be Omega on the trailer however, probably a similar model but not the actual one.

[@strategicjedi7667]

I really hope the Reaper LB3 is called “Memento Mori” meaning “remember you must die” in Latin. I feel like it’s so fitting.

[@jayr5mitty351]

duuuuuude...!!!! Bravo...!!!!

[@Orih9]

FFXIV: We're dividing healing into Pure Healers and Barrier Healers. Also FFXIV: Here's a new/upgraded barrier for White Mage and Astrologian

[@dootdootington386]

I'd assume it's just a one off. Much like Scholars will have their fairy and the one Regen it throws out. Big rip if we lose that tho.

[@Orih9]

@@dootdootington386 I just think it was a weird thing to show off for the benchmark, though they seemed to show off a lot of upgraded barrier stuff. Are they trying to hint at barriers being much more necessary for super tankbusters or something?