Acclimating To Tanking In Final Fantasy XIV For New Players

Posted by kuailai99 on July 18th, 2018

In ffxiv gil, high in HP and trained in defense, a tank serves as the party's shield. Skilled at keeping a foe's attention and bearing the brunt of enemy attacks. I'm writing this guide in hopes to try to help new players acclimate to tanking in FFXIV.

Tanking in the world of Final Fantasy XIV is rewarding and really easy, however, many people shy away from it because there is a stigma that it can be overwhelming. here is a video help teach you about the different tanks, and help introduce you to some starting tips and tricks to help make you a great tank. Generally speaking, mitigating tankbusters takes priority over mitigating auto-attacks and unavoidable AoE damage simply because most tankbusters will outright kill you if you don't mitigate them.

But that isn't to say you shouldn't mitigate autos and raidwides, they can be just as dangerous and know one knows this better than your healers. Communicate with them to find out where areas of high pressure are and try to have a cooldown to cover those areas. Some general tips: Plan out your cooldown usage. Nothing should be reactionary at this level of play. Nor should anything be held onto in case of an emergency. It helps to look up the timeline of a given fight to see where the damage happens.

I personally make a spreadsheet for each fight and share it with my team so we can coordinate mitigation tools. It's common for new tanks to treat their invulnerability cooldown as a panic button. Don't do that. Invulns are especially good for soaking heavy tankbusters since they free up your damage reduction cooldowns to be used elsewhere.Click Here