T-t-tank(cap 200 Tank build/guide)

I prefer status skills as my combo opener because they secure my HP till my combo finishes.
I like your build but I prefer going evasive rather than going for crit
Instead of learning Warcry, Astute, Trigger Slash etc, I would learn Dodge Rate UP, Assassin Skill: Foresight, Light Armor mastery, increased evasion etc
Preventing damage is better than spamming P.Def

 

Well, to each of his own. Tank is the easiest class you could play imo. There is not much you can expand other than some extra utility. Your main job is to hold the aggro, taking attacks and prorate. I enjoy having damages nullified by sanctuary so my approach is to get as much max HP as possible and keep sanctuary intact all the time. Also as much evasion and dodge you have, they're useless on magic attacks.

As for interupt skills, many bosses dislikes ailments, and sometimes you need to use interrupts specifically for certain pattern. That's why I prefer not to put ailment skills in combo to save them up when its needed.

There is not much bosses that could actually kill your tank except for 1hko attacks such as gespectre's and p.avatar's. Rather than solely focus on your survivability, I also prefer to put the best support to the party as I could. Crit is needed for a stable proration from aito attacks, warcry to remove fear and buff your party's attacks in case they don't have it. Astute is a good opener that doesnt use up the interrupt ailments. Trig slash sped up your combo so you can land more autos to prorate.

 

Is Phalanx armor nice for tanks?

 

Nope, you will use up the barriers instantly.

 

Thanks!

 

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Tank nightmares.

 

eek, they released a new difficulty ?

 

Nope, its the same as previous one. I don't see a different pattern either

 

I see, dang @BlueLtng btw I have a question regarding tank build, it that necessary for tank to have meteor ? if i use meteor how often should i use it ?
about the atck pattern, p.ava seems to spam a lot fractional slash. Last year, she didnt spam that much.* maybe my memories bit rusty.

 

I don't think its a complete necessary. The dizzy is pretty useful tho. I just took it cuz it has the same mp cost as guardian

 

P.Ava has a raised difficulty but also seems stable now. She stays fixed in a place more often now. I use meteor not for dizzy ailment but for fast aggro generation.
astute>meteor(save)>berserk(save)>warcry(swift) is my aggro generator.

 

Ehhhh, as for me, she start begin to move a lot and abusing her fractional slash. sometimes more than 3 times. Panicked* I dont use meteor. i used this combo dealing p.ava (aggro) = astute> berserk> war cry>trigger , (ampr xD) = impact > rampage> finale

 

I pretty much only use 1 combo
Astute>berserk(save)>sanctuary(swift)>
Meikyo shisui(swift). I only use p.def on the huge physical fire shark wave and the garyou.

I use the Sakura lantern sword for the 5% ailment resist since I couldnt reach 100% without it. The Sakura fan clip is nice but my kitty hat provides huge max HP boost. I could tank the garyou with 33k HP and still have about 1/3 HP left if I'm being careless. Guard often delays p.def and hard hit so having an extra margin of error is nice. The garyou is magic damage so the Sakura sword with 20% magic resist is nice.

For healing I use heal which recovers about 9k HP. Sanctuary always intact so I usually ignore most of p.ava's attacks, including the spikes. Decoy and guardian are done manually

 

I really hate a player who use guard and evasion gem. I fell down due to eva few times. And guard (too many guard) didnt allow me to use skill ,even my pdef wont work. As for decoy , i use this combo trigger> decoy>finale.
Btw i can imagine how smooth your game-play. I think will try to improve myself a bit. T_T my tank still at 18k of hp...

 

Whether you like it or not, guardian is a necessity. Mostly to reduce the damage taken by your party mates

 

Thats true. I almost forgot about guardian. Btw by casting guardian, the caster also get bonus for dmg reduction right ? and guardian also increase ampr for caster and it also give ampr for party member, right ?

 

Yes, unless I'm wrong the more party members connected to your guardian the more ampr you get, and the connected members also gets bonus ampr.

 

Nope, it doesn't give ampr to the caster nor damage reduction. Only a little extra aggro

Edit: nvm it does increase caster ampr by 15*numbers of connected party member

 

I think its better to include the nega of xta in here so people can decide which one they gonna use.
Also,this is some xta (and idea) that pique my interest:
-Yashiro Mom: For those res freaks that want to reach 100% res (it have crit +10 as well)
-Pumpking/Jeila/Zoe: Works wonder if you have ampr trouble (goes well with wind up key)
-Daddy Finpen: Havent tried it by myself,has 6% phys res and hp (hp is outclassed by Arco)
-Zahhak Machina: When i was newb,some tank say that they use this xta (i think this is for pdef spam tank)
-Crystal Titan: Have Maxhp and Frac barrier 10% and another maxhp +1k (solid choice nuff said)
-Titeres: Like tapir,but have little chance to avoid enemy dmg by miss. Pair this with tapir,your tank will never run out of mp (its so expensive tho)

 

Thank you for the input, I guess I should put the complete stats of the gears/xtals? Hopefully its still within character limit