Just came from a Babil run where the other 3 of us died at 50% on Anima and the WAR soloed the rest.... it took forever, but awesome to watch. And why I'm watching this now lol
Can attest I have done this many a times. It’s enjoyable to watch, and even more satisfying when you do it yourself. Final notion, good as advertised. Welcome to Tanking.
That.. feels awfully familiar lmao Said WAR might be me, cuz i did a run of Babil a few days ago where my party died and i just did 50% of Anima's HP, took some time but it was so hype to pull off lol
Super clean video I must say. This is very well put together so that its not just a bunch of info thrown at you at once. Each thing was covered and explained clearly. GJ!
recently started a warrior because of all the stuff i have seen on them and being in a party with them. Also healing on sage or doing dungeons with dps and seeing how crazy they are on soloing bosses in dungeons when the healer or the whole group goes down, currently lvl 62 and i am absolutely loving it so far. Done a few low level dungeons so far and currently farming prae/castrum for the moogle treasure trove event. Everything u have said here will help a lot, love your videos so informative and you dont just say do this and ur good u explain it so that new players can know what to do correctly. Keep it up man will definately be coming back to ur channel if i need help with FFXIV content.
Great video! I am making my return to FFXIV after about 2 years and I learned that my old main, DRK, isn’t too great anymore and I want to make the switch to WAR. This video answered so many questions that I had and I feel confident making the role switch 😅
Your video is amazing for newer players (like myself) but I'm trying to set all this up on a PS5. I don't know why this confuses me so much lol oh well, thanks so much!! You're a legend ❤
Well now I know which tank I will level up next! I only have PLD so far but I fell in love with tanking and the job. Ty for your insight and effort to make these vids! Have a Happy New Year!
You're very much welcome and I'm honestly loving PLD too, it feels so good this expansion and has quickly become my 2nd favourite tank job! You have a happy new year too! I hope it's everything you want and more :)
Yeah Bloodwheeting is ridiculous good, but I'm hoping it doesn't get nerfed. All the tanks have their quirks even DRK, admitely the only thing they have really given DRK is the top DPS spot for tanks, which just feels slapped on :(
@@AzuriteTV I think even if it gets nerfed to half the current potency it won't be that bad, but I hope they don't straight up gut it. I was one of the few WAR mains and happy for the changes before EW, now everyone is switching which has me scared for the nerfs. Like go back to PLD yall were so hyped about lol.
@@skeletonwar4445 I dunno, Holy Shelton @ lv 82 gives an xtra mitigation + regen, then lv 84 Holy Spirit / Circle gives 400 potency heal each attack, best used during Req spam. All in all, solid self healing kits for tanks (minus drk, sadge)
@@dnawulf3212 Oh yeah, PLD has no problems doing pulls if you use like at least 4 brain cells. But even with how good PLD's sustain is, WAR's is just infinitely better. Because for some reason they decided to make the healing on Holy Circle *not* count per enemy (which is how it works in PvP btw) so PLD only has pretty flat healing at all times, unless you want to spend a gcd on Clemency. (ew, don't) PLD requires 4 braincells to sustain itself without a problem. GNB requires like 2 braincells to do the same, but with slightly less healing and way more damage. WAR requires 0 braincells to literally make healers worthless and still outdps PLD.
I know it probably seems like common sense, but since you included stuff like reprisal, you should probably mention that arm's length is a tank cooldown. The slow you inflict on enemies basically makes it a 33% mitigation. (In dungeons only though).
A note about Inner Release: it doesn’t get used up when using the Infuriate versions of Fell Cleave and Decimate, don’t don’t worry about using them before or after IR.
3:50 if you accidentally use Infuriate while you’re on IR, don’t feel alone. All WAR Mains have *accidentally* done this once. Hence, why majority of WAR mains know not to do this! ---- 4:50 also, ToB also works with BW and Shake it Off
Tenacity scales really bad. It might be the "tank stat" but it will change almost nothing in a fight, since a 1% mitigation or whatever you get from it will still not make the healer need to cast less heals on you. That's why you want to increase your damage as much as possible and Az explained the correct order for stat priority in his video for this. The faster you kill your enemies the less damage they can do.
Tenacity changes almost nothing for tanks, and WAR requires different materia builds regardless, since inner release already guarantees crit and direct hits. For WAR, it usually goes crit > sks > determination, since crit stacks (whereas direct hit does not), and sks is still somewhat necessary for inner release and weaving.
ive been playing summoner so far. only 76 right now xD... was thinking about leveling warri tank but as of now i did not tank a single ini in this game. yee newbi i know :D trying to learn some things with them videos. so far warri is lvl 31
Glad my videos can teach you along your journey, if you want to know more about general tanking you can check out my latest video about tanking! Make sure to just take your time and enjoy the game though :)
I answered a question like this already but idm just leaving a copy and paste here for you, hope it helps :) The glamour I'm using in game is as follows. Headpiece is Demonic Horns (Cash shop). Chest piece is Limbo Chiton of Fending (Normal mode raid gear "Asphodelos"). Hands are "Far Eastern Nobles Armlets, legs are "Eastern Lady Loincloth" and boots are "Eastern Lady Crakows" All of which are from the cash shop. Except the chest piece of course! Hope that helps :)
How come skill speed is always talked about in terms of the time, 2.45, 2.47, etc, but in game it is shown as a number, i.e. 1300. I've never been able to find a proper explanation for what stat number equals what time.
Is there a way to tell how much more crit, determination, etc. can be melded on a piece of gear? I just crafted a full 580 set and am trying to figure out how best to meld all of the available slots using the crit > determination > everything else guidance.
You always have two sub stats on a piece of gear, one being on cap (the higher stat) and one being below cap (the lower cap). You can't meld anything past the cap so the higher sub stat on the piece of gear indicates what the cap is.
Great guide, man! Quick question: how does one get the most out of bloodwhetting on single targets such as bosses? I've been told that the healing is still amazing but I personally feel it's underwhelming compared to using it in packs. Maybe I'm using it "wrong"?
Hmm, good question! I think its more a case of how busted Bloodwhetting is in Dungeons, which makes it seem weaker on single target, but its still incredibly strong! But if you're wanting to get as much value out of it as possible? You'll pretty much be using it off cooldown, except if you know a Tank Buster is coming up in the next 25 second window of the Bloodwhetting cooldown. I hope that makes sense!
This (And all of your other EW guides so far) was super helpful and informative! Keep up the great work with the vids. a few quick questions: I see you use 2 different Nascent Flash macros as well as the base ability on your hotbar. I've been looking for a clear answer on why to use the macro, and while everyone says it's a good idea, I can't find an explanation why. Could you (or anyone else for that matter) break that down or link something that explains it? Is there a difference between the 2 macros? Why also have the base ability on your bar? But besides that one point, video was super comprehensive and really easy to make sense of, even when I have 99% of my braincells reserved for pressing bloodwhetting or Fell Cleave.
Hey thank you! To answer your question, the one not macroed is just legacy, I haven't bothered taking it off since they made it so we cant use Nascent on ourselves. The other 2 do have a purpose though, the first one being for the 2nd in my party list, which is always the other tank and the other one being a mouse over for anyone in my party, so I just hover over them in the party list, press the button and then give them nascent flash :) Here are the macros! Other tank: /micon "Nascent Flash" /merror off /ac "Nascent Flash" Mouse over: /micon "Nascent Flash" /merror off /ac "Nascent Flash"
Hey! I answered this already but Ill just copy and paste the reply so no worries there! The glamour I'm using in game is as follows. Headpiece is Demonic Horns (Cash shop). Chest piece is Limbo Chiton of Fending (Normal mode raid gear "Asphodelos"). Hands are "Far Eastern Nobles Armlets, legs are "Eastern Lady Loincloth" and boots are "Eastern Lady Crakows" All of which are from the cash shop. Except the chest piece of course! Hope that helps :)
I have a question. I guess its a dumb question but I have been playing for a while and its always something I never understood. I always see everyone say get skill speed to a certain number, say 2.45. But they say materia meld crit. Do I have to materia meld skill speed first? When I was messing around on my pally (going for the skill speed you recommended) I had to meld A LOT of materia to get that skill speed. I will note I have full Limbo (except pants) and Hyd weapon and then a mix of moon and limbo accessories. So I am just a little confused lol. Also thanks for these guides they are amazing. I main tanks so all of your videos have been so helpful! I learned some new things.
Not dumb at all! My suggestion would be to meld Skill Speed in the pieces of gear that already have maxed Crit and then when you meet the GCD threshold you can meld Crit and Det into any remaining pieces, this way your still maximising your Crit stat :) hope this helps, if it doesn't please don't hesitate to ask for further elaboration !
I've been so frustrated as a gunbreaker trying to hit a higher dps, and feeling squish without a sages shields. Try harding every combo I can only manage 3.4k dps in i580, sometimes 4k, but it's hard to time and hit everything, it feels like a lottery. Got warrior to 90, used your simple rotation and tactics of using onslaught between fell cleave and I'm sustaining 4800-5100 dps while not being squish. I thought it was me. >_< Thank you for the guide! I am using tenacity in a lot of slots, should I sub them for more crit/determ if the gear can use it?
Hey, you'll want to prioritise crit above everything else as a WAR, after that determination and if you can't meld anymore crit or det then go for tenacity, as WAR does not benefit much from Direct Hit. You also might want some skill speed to hit certain GCD threshold, not too much but I like my WAR gcd to be around 2.43-2.44. So it's Crit > SkS (until a certain threshold, not too much) > Det > Tenacity > Direct Hit. Hope this helps!
haven't played for 2 years, just about to get back into it and I wonder why did the hp get reduced so drastically? If I remember correctly I had somewhat over 140k hp and now it's down to 35k :/ Can anyone tell me the purpose of this? Were the numbers getting out of hand and they needed to tone it down so that the next expansion with lvl 100 cap allows us to reach 100k hp or what's the point of it?
@@banriswirl6414 You're correct but my comment was to inform ppl on what their specifically used for. Interject cancel pacific types of magic attacks. The same can be said for Low Blow. The thing is that the action doesn't specify whether it cancels magic or melee and neither does Low Blow. There are specific magic attacks that Interject cancels and you have to know what the cast bar looks like.
@@banriswirl6414 I know that but I didn't want to give out all that info. I mean the video doesn't. So I figure I'd limit information too. LOL There are a lot of things he left out of this video. Some things he has said in this video that are not true either but no one is giving their perspective or maybe they need it to brought to light. For instance he's limiting information about what a tank should be focused on and never talks about the role attributes. Doing that shows that most ppl are in a sense, diminishing the developers programming. Too many players are trashing the Tenacity attribute and saying it's useless. So they don't even put it in for BiS purposes. Then he talks about mitigation but Tenacity is for that purpose. So why didn't he mention it in the video? Then the invocation of tanks doing DPS will only get ppl to ignore Tenacity. It has gotten so bad that ppl are trying to dps as healers. If you want to dps then do a dps job. Tanks and healers have their roles.
@@pileus_storm Azurite has uploaded a general tanking guide where he's going over role specifics for the tank role. This guide is specific for WAR only. FFXIV's roles are not that limited as you point them out to be. Tanks are there to take the big hits and mitigate damage BUT they also have a dps rotation for a reason. The faster you kill an enemy the less damage it can do to you. Tank (and Healer) DPS contribute a lot to making a run shorter and therefore smoother. The idea of Tenacity as a stat is good on paper. In reality it doesn't scale good at all. The maybe 1% mitigation you get from it at most doesn't make a healer need to cast less heals on you. Therefore it's better off avoiding the stat as much as possible because the other stats just benefit you and the group much more. Trust me in that point, it's been theorycrafted for years and Tenacity as it is now and ever has been so far isn't a good stat. I know Azurite and I know he does his homework.
@@AzuriteTV The differences in damage aren't that big between tanks, but the differences in survivability/easy/comfort of play is massive. WAR is just the coziest tank.
I don't disagree. This skill speed threshold is only if you want to get 4 GCDs under bloodwhetting, which you don't really need but it does prove valuable in progression scenarios. Like doing Savage or Ultimate progression
Thank you! The glamour in the thumbnail is the warrior level 90 artifact set "Pummelers attire". The glamour I'm using in game is as follows. Headpiece is Demonic Horns (Cash shop). Chest piece is Limbo Chiton of Fending (Normal mode raid gear "Asphodelos"). Hands are "Far Eastern Nobles Armlets, legs are "Eastern Lady Loincloth" and boots are "Eastern Lady Crakows" All of which are from the cash shop. Except the chest piece of course! Hope that helps :)
Is it your favorite job because it is overtuned rn or because of its actual design? I see a lot of warriors around which is funny because the warrior community was really negative about the EW changes before they figured out how busted it is. It seemed the overall consensus was “oh they’re dumbing it down again”. But now, since it’s so strong people won’t shut up about how amazing it is. Funny that. (This coming from someone who really likes the design of warrior and appreciates the changes)
I've been a WAR main since ARR so I think it's because design because WAR wasn't good at the very start of this games life, I've been through all of WARs changes, it's good times, it's bad times so I think I'll allow myself the honour of calling it my favourite job :)
3:24 “On 3 or more targets, pretty much a recurring theme for *all classes [tanks]!”* Me: “Not all tanks, 3 or more for all tanks, _except_ Dark Knight!”
GNB at 90, ilvl 575: I have a breeze in dungeons and normal content. I'm just beginning to dabble in extremes. Dark Knight at lvl 74; it feels just... messy and scuffed and poorly designed. Because of the Conan-appeal that a warrior has I just had to start leveling WAR today and that is what I'll bring to savages once I get into a tired dads'/moms' static.
I'm with you on the aesthetic on Warrior, I love the barbarian/berserker kinda theme, I still hold out hope for a DPS with a similar aesthetic, maybe Dual Hatches or something like that :D
WAR was seriously bad at the start of 2.0, but after a patch or so later was when WAR truly started to become a beast of a tank... Inner beast was so busted xD
Just started with FF14 Online, so a lot of new details. Doesn't sound as the class is "broken", more like works well and other classes need to have their efficiency improved :)
That's not bad! you honestly don't NEED the recast time, but it is recommended to get 4 GCDs comfortable in Bloodwhetting, its not a DPS increase but it could be a DPS increase to your healers :)
I see a lot of warriors using Nasant Flash instead of Bloodwetting. STOP DOING THIS. Seriously. Yeah you’re getting the healing but you’re missing out on Damage Mitigation. Sincerely, your healer
I’m inclined to believe that DH is worse for warriors now because WAR gets an extra 2 guaranteed crit dh gcds in a 3 minute window because of IR getting put on 60 and primal rend existing
Correct, which is why we meld Tencity instead, I might not make it super clear in the video because it was still kinda early in the expansion and Savage wasn't out yet, but now Savage is out I might make a general gearing video for all tanks, to clear up any confusion
I'm curious why the single target combo is used for opener. Does it just line up better with most raidwide buffs? I've been enjoying opening with the aoe combo because it gets your personal buff up with one less GCD, two if you want to start with 60 seconds.
Yes it lines up better with raid buffs. Also the single target rotation is doing almost 3x more raw potency over the AoE rotation, this is why we only use AoE on 3 or more targets. Surging Tempest is important but getting it up 1 GCD sooner isn't the way to go because the overall potency we are losing doing an AoE combo over doing a storms eye combo is pretty big, as I said almost 3x more potency.
@@AzuriteTV Actually, using 6 GCDs, starting with aoe then doing single target has a gain of 16 potency. 2 storms eye combos vs aoe+one storms eye combo+1 Heavy swing.
There might be some random fight down the line when shifting everything forward one GCD can gain an IR use, but otherwise the potency loss is just too huge.
@@banriswirl6414 i mean 200 potency is nowhere near huge. I imagine it's good to think about for solo content or if there's an early burst window to force/skip a phase change. AoE is a faster rage builder too for another potential strategy, getting your big burst window 2 GCD earlier.
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Just came from a Babil run where the other 3 of us died at 50% on Anima and the WAR soloed the rest.... it took forever, but awesome to watch. And why I'm watching this now lol
Honestly WAR is such a beast, one man army the job :D
Can attest I have done this many a times. It’s enjoyable to watch, and even more satisfying when you do it yourself. Final notion, good as advertised. Welcome to Tanking.
That.. feels awfully familiar lmao
Said WAR might be me, cuz i did a run of Babil a few days ago where my party died and i just did 50% of Anima's HP, took some time but it was so hype to pull off lol
As a WAR, I soloed a stormblood boss that had about 30% health left. As a mediocre player, it made me feel awesome.
Yo, was said Warrior cosplaying Magnai? If so, that was me. It was a ton of fun and that moment really cemented Warrior as my favorite tank class
I've played WAR to level 90 and still learned a lot from this! Thank you!
You're welcome! Glad I could provide further insight into the job for you :D
lmao if it wasn't for this video I would have forgot I had vengeance ability.
Clean, straight to the point and covers all the important nuances! Thank you for your guides :)
Glad it helped! And thank you for watching :>
Merry Christmas to you all too! :)
The gearing part was really helpful for me thank you ❤️
You're welcome! I'm glad it has value :)
not many other guides are this articulate. tysm and keep up the great work ^^
Thank you! I'm glad its easy to understand :)
Super clean video I must say. This is very well put together so that its not just a bunch of info thrown at you at once. Each thing was covered and explained clearly. GJ!
Hey thank you! I honestly feared the opposite but I'm glad yourself and many others have told me otherwise, appreciate it :)
recently started a warrior because of all the stuff i have seen on them and being in a party with them. Also healing on sage or doing dungeons with dps and seeing how crazy they are on soloing bosses in dungeons when the healer or the whole group goes down, currently lvl 62 and i am absolutely loving it so far. Done a few low level dungeons so far and currently farming prae/castrum for the moogle treasure trove event. Everything u have said here will help a lot, love your videos so informative and you dont just say do this and ur good u explain it so that new players can know what to do correctly. Keep it up man will definately be coming back to ur channel if i need help with FFXIV content.
Glad I could help and I hope I can further provide a resource for you for your final fantasy needs! :D
lvl 80+ War, learned a lot from your guide. Great breaking down each point, really easy to follow. Thanks!
Welcome! Glad you could learn some stuffs :)
Great video! I am making my return to FFXIV after about 2 years and I learned that my old main, DRK, isn’t too great anymore and I want to make the switch to WAR. This video answered so many questions that I had and I feel confident making the role switch 😅
Your video is amazing for newer players (like myself) but I'm trying to set all this up on a PS5. I don't know why this confuses me so much lol oh well, thanks so much!! You're a legend ❤
Well now I know which tank I will level up next! I only have PLD so far but I fell in love with tanking and the job. Ty for your insight and effort to make these vids! Have a Happy New Year!
You're very much welcome and I'm honestly loving PLD too, it feels so good this expansion and has quickly become my 2nd favourite tank job! You have a happy new year too! I hope it's everything you want and more :)
Already have a level 90 PLD and GNB and have only just got WAR to 83 but blood whetting is a bonkers ability, really loving all the tanks ( - DRK)
Yeah Bloodwheeting is ridiculous good, but I'm hoping it doesn't get nerfed. All the tanks have their quirks even DRK, admitely the only thing they have really given DRK is the top DPS spot for tanks, which just feels slapped on :(
@@AzuriteTV I think even if it gets nerfed to half the current potency it won't be that bad, but I hope they don't straight up gut it. I was one of the few WAR mains and happy for the changes before EW, now everyone is switching which has me scared for the nerfs. Like go back to PLD yall were so hyped about lol.
@@Nodnarb59 We would, if PLD got anything even close to as good as Bloodwhetting lol
@@skeletonwar4445 I dunno, Holy Shelton @ lv 82 gives an xtra mitigation + regen, then lv 84 Holy Spirit / Circle gives 400 potency heal each attack, best used during Req spam.
All in all, solid self healing kits for tanks (minus drk, sadge)
@@dnawulf3212 Oh yeah, PLD has no problems doing pulls if you use like at least 4 brain cells.
But even with how good PLD's sustain is, WAR's is just infinitely better. Because for some reason they decided to make the healing on Holy Circle *not* count per enemy (which is how it works in PvP btw) so PLD only has pretty flat healing at all times, unless you want to spend a gcd on Clemency. (ew, don't)
PLD requires 4 braincells to sustain itself without a problem.
GNB requires like 2 braincells to do the same, but with slightly less healing and way more damage.
WAR requires 0 braincells to literally make healers worthless and still outdps PLD.
I know it probably seems like common sense, but since you included stuff like reprisal, you should probably mention that arm's length is a tank cooldown. The slow you inflict on enemies basically makes it a 33% mitigation. (In dungeons only though).
Thank you for an amazing, short and up to point guides!
Super helpful and very informative. Thank you! Subbed!
Appreciate you!
Super nice video Az. Thanks!
You're welcome! Thanks for checking out another one :)
A note about Inner Release: it doesn’t get used up when using the Infuriate versions of Fell Cleave and Decimate, don’t don’t worry about using them before or after IR.
Thanks for the guide! Wanted to ask what glam do u have on in the intro (and weapon)?
I Love ur vids from the how to play Series.
If u struggle with a class the vid will help you to understand the mechs and Skills from it👍🏻😁😁
Thank you! I'm glad you find them helpful :)
3:50 if you accidentally use Infuriate while you’re on IR, don’t feel alone. All WAR Mains have *accidentally* done this once. Hence, why majority of WAR mains know not to do this!
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4:50 also, ToB also works with BW and Shake it Off
@Blue Ruki correct. 6.1 allowed the stacks to only work with FC or Decimate.
Really great advice
Thank you! This makes me happy to hear :)
Amazing, thanks!
Great video, don’t mean to Chuck a bone of contention but I’ve always been told that for a tank it’s Tenacity > Crit
Tenacity scales really bad. It might be the "tank stat" but it will change almost nothing in a fight, since a 1% mitigation or whatever you get from it will still not make the healer need to cast less heals on you. That's why you want to increase your damage as much as possible and Az explained the correct order for stat priority in his video for this. The faster you kill your enemies the less damage they can do.
Tenacity changes almost nothing for tanks, and WAR requires different materia builds regardless, since inner release already guarantees crit and direct hits. For WAR, it usually goes crit > sks > determination, since crit stacks (whereas direct hit does not), and sks is still somewhat necessary for inner release and weaving.
@@citruscenturion thanks for the info, will help a lot when i go back to lvl my WAR.
i do vengeance alone, rampart and reprisal together. i try not to add dmg reduction % cd's together, its not additive.
Great guide. Thank you /Sprout warrior
ive been playing summoner so far. only 76 right now xD... was thinking about leveling warri tank but as of now i did not tank a single ini in this game. yee newbi i know :D trying to learn some things with them videos. so far warri is lvl 31
Glad my videos can teach you along your journey, if you want to know more about general tanking you can check out my latest video about tanking! Make sure to just take your time and enjoy the game though :)
What set is that in the beginning? It looks awesome
I answered a question like this already but idm just leaving a copy and paste here for you, hope it helps :)
The glamour I'm using in game is as follows. Headpiece is Demonic Horns (Cash shop). Chest piece is Limbo Chiton of Fending (Normal mode raid gear "Asphodelos"). Hands are "Far Eastern Nobles Armlets, legs are "Eastern Lady Loincloth" and boots are "Eastern Lady Crakows" All of which are from the cash shop. Except the chest piece of course! Hope that helps :)
How come skill speed is always talked about in terms of the time, 2.45, 2.47, etc, but in game it is shown as a number, i.e. 1300. I've never been able to find a proper explanation for what stat number equals what time.
Is there a way to tell how much more crit, determination, etc. can be melded on a piece of gear? I just crafted a full 580 set and am trying to figure out how best to meld all of the available slots using the crit > determination > everything else guidance.
You always have two sub stats on a piece of gear, one being on cap (the higher stat) and one being below cap (the lower cap). You can't meld anything past the cap so the higher sub stat on the piece of gear indicates what the cap is.
@@LuminNox That is helpful - thanks.
How to get your haristyle?
Great guide, man! Quick question: how does one get the most out of bloodwhetting on single targets such as bosses? I've been told that the healing is still amazing but I personally feel it's underwhelming compared to using it in packs. Maybe I'm using it "wrong"?
Hmm, good question! I think its more a case of how busted Bloodwhetting is in Dungeons, which makes it seem weaker on single target, but its still incredibly strong! But if you're wanting to get as much value out of it as possible? You'll pretty much be using it off cooldown, except if you know a Tank Buster is coming up in the next 25 second window of the Bloodwhetting cooldown. I hope that makes sense!
You can guarantee crit heals with Inner Chaos and Primal Rend so if you pair it with them it will always do a big heal on you
Amazing video
Thank you, hope it helps :)
How do I get that axe? 😍
What glam and weapon is this!?
This (And all of your other EW guides so far) was super helpful and informative! Keep up the great work with the vids.
a few quick questions: I see you use 2 different Nascent Flash macros as well as the base ability on your hotbar. I've been looking for a clear answer on why to use the macro, and while everyone says it's a good idea, I can't find an explanation why. Could you (or anyone else for that matter) break that down or link something that explains it? Is there a difference between the 2 macros? Why also have the base ability on your bar?
But besides that one point, video was super comprehensive and really easy to make sense of, even when I have 99% of my braincells reserved for pressing bloodwhetting or Fell Cleave.
Hey thank you! To answer your question, the one not macroed is just legacy, I haven't bothered taking it off since they made it so we cant use Nascent on ourselves. The other 2 do have a purpose though, the first one being for the 2nd in my party list, which is always the other tank and the other one being a mouse over for anyone in my party, so I just hover over them in the party list, press the button and then give them nascent flash :)
Here are the macros!
Other tank:
/micon "Nascent Flash"
/merror off
/ac "Nascent Flash"
Mouse over:
/micon "Nascent Flash"
/merror off
/ac "Nascent Flash"
@@AzuriteTV makes sense. Thanks for the Macros and the response!
nice video what are your macros
What axe is that???
Shoutout to anyone who puts Provoke ABOVE low blow so it looks like a human ^.^
I would do this but muscle memory be damned xD
@@AzuriteTV hahaha! I see what you did but the colour scheme matches with intercept so I don't mark you down :p
Gotta know what is your glamour on the first frames?
Hey! I answered this already but Ill just copy and paste the reply so no worries there!
The glamour I'm using in game is as follows. Headpiece is Demonic Horns (Cash shop). Chest piece is Limbo Chiton of Fending (Normal mode raid gear "Asphodelos"). Hands are "Far Eastern Nobles Armlets, legs are "Eastern Lady Loincloth" and boots are "Eastern Lady Crakows" All of which are from the cash shop. Except the chest piece of course! Hope that helps :)
@@AzuriteTV ty :)
I have a question. I guess its a dumb question but I have been playing for a while and its always something I never understood. I always see everyone say get skill speed to a certain number, say 2.45. But they say materia meld crit. Do I have to materia meld skill speed first? When I was messing around on my pally (going for the skill speed you recommended) I had to meld A LOT of materia to get that skill speed. I will note I have full Limbo (except pants) and Hyd weapon and then a mix of moon and limbo accessories. So I am just a little confused lol.
Also thanks for these guides they are amazing. I main tanks so all of your videos have been so helpful! I learned some new things.
Not dumb at all! My suggestion would be to meld Skill Speed in the pieces of gear that already have maxed Crit and then when you meet the GCD threshold you can meld Crit and Det into any remaining pieces, this way your still maximising your Crit stat :) hope this helps, if it doesn't please don't hesitate to ask for further elaboration !
@@AzuriteTV Oh ok! Follow up question. How do I know when a piece of gear has max crit? Also thank you so much for the reply!
I've been so frustrated as a gunbreaker trying to hit a higher dps, and feeling squish without a sages shields.
Try harding every combo I can only manage 3.4k dps in i580, sometimes 4k, but it's hard to time and hit everything, it feels like a lottery. Got warrior to 90, used your simple rotation and tactics of using onslaught between fell cleave and I'm sustaining 4800-5100 dps while not being squish. I thought it was me. >_< Thank you for the guide!
I am using tenacity in a lot of slots, should I sub them for more crit/determ if the gear can use it?
Hey, you'll want to prioritise crit above everything else as a WAR, after that determination and if you can't meld anymore crit or det then go for tenacity, as WAR does not benefit much from Direct Hit. You also might want some skill speed to hit certain GCD threshold, not too much but I like my WAR gcd to be around 2.43-2.44. So it's Crit > SkS (until a certain threshold, not too much) > Det > Tenacity > Direct Hit. Hope this helps!
@@AzuriteTV thanks for everything, wish I had found you far sooner! Keep up the content, it's appreciated : D
What hairstyle is that? In-game
I believe its called Both Ways, you can get it from Zadnor lockboxes or buy it from the Market Board :)
@@AzuriteTV thank you!
haven't played for 2 years, just about to get back into it and I wonder why did the hp get reduced so drastically? If I remember correctly I had somewhat over 140k hp and now it's down to 35k :/
Can anyone tell me the purpose of this? Were the numbers getting out of hand and they needed to tone it down so that the next expansion with lvl 100 cap allows us to reach 100k hp or what's the point of it?
Low Blow interupts melee attacks and Interject interrupts magic attacks.
That isn't always true.
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You're correct but my comment was to inform ppl on what their specifically used for. Interject cancel pacific types of magic attacks. The same can be said for Low Blow. The thing is that the action doesn't specify whether it cancels magic or melee and neither does Low Blow. There are specific magic attacks that Interject cancels and you have to know what the cast bar looks like.
@@pileus_storm interject works on the red cast bars.
Low blow works on any cast bar as long as the target can be stunned
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I know that but I didn't want to give out all that info. I mean the video doesn't. So I figure I'd limit information too. LOL
There are a lot of things he left out of this video. Some things he has said in this video that are not true either but no one is giving their perspective or maybe they need it to brought to light.
For instance he's limiting information about what a tank should be focused on and never talks about the role attributes. Doing that shows that most ppl are in a sense, diminishing the developers programming. Too many players are trashing the Tenacity attribute and saying it's useless. So they don't even put it in for BiS purposes. Then he talks about mitigation but Tenacity is for that purpose. So why didn't he mention it in the video? Then the invocation of tanks doing DPS will only get ppl to ignore Tenacity. It has gotten so bad that ppl are trying to dps as healers. If you want to dps then do a dps job. Tanks and healers have their roles.
@@pileus_storm Azurite has uploaded a general tanking guide where he's going over role specifics for the tank role. This guide is specific for WAR only. FFXIV's roles are not that limited as you point them out to be. Tanks are there to take the big hits and mitigate damage BUT they also have a dps rotation for a reason. The faster you kill an enemy the less damage it can do to you. Tank (and Healer) DPS contribute a lot to making a run shorter and therefore smoother.
The idea of Tenacity as a stat is good on paper. In reality it doesn't scale good at all. The maybe 1% mitigation you get from it at most doesn't make a healer need to cast less heals on you. Therefore it's better off avoiding the stat as much as possible because the other stats just benefit you and the group much more. Trust me in that point, it's been theorycrafted for years and Tenacity as it is now and ever has been so far isn't a good stat. I know Azurite and I know he does his homework.
Tbh I don't know what's going on with the WAR. The self healing is ridiculous and seems very OP
Seems kinda OP but WAR is on the low side of damage, which I don't think is a problem with how good its raw tanking capability is
@@AzuriteTV The differences in damage aren't that big between tanks, but the differences in survivability/easy/comfort of play is massive. WAR is just the coziest tank.
The balance WAR guide is saying we don't need skill speed at all. Did something change or do you just disagree?
I don't disagree. This skill speed threshold is only if you want to get 4 GCDs under bloodwhetting, which you don't really need but it does prove valuable in progression scenarios. Like doing Savage or Ultimate progression
he i feel like my movement is really bad compared to what i see when you play, is there anything special you do ?
Probably Legacy, go to character configuration and it should be one of the first options, makes a night and day difference
Always hear to weave in potion...What potion for warrior?????
Tincture of Strength
@@AzuriteTV tytyty
Whats the glamour? Great guide!
Thank you! The glamour in the thumbnail is the warrior level 90 artifact set "Pummelers attire". The glamour I'm using in game is as follows. Headpiece is Demonic Horns (Cash shop). Chest piece is Limbo Chiton of Fending (Normal mode raid gear "Asphodelos"). Hands are "Far Eastern Nobles Armlets, legs are "Eastern Lady Loincloth" and boots are "Eastern Lady Crakows" All of which are from the cash shop. Except the chest piece of course! Hope that helps :)
@@AzuriteTV What about the axe? GREAT info in the video too btw, really enjoyed it! ty ty
@@T1mWarr3n The axe is from the 2nd extreme trial :)
Is it your favorite job because it is overtuned rn or because of its actual design?
I see a lot of warriors around which is funny because the warrior community was really negative about the EW changes before they figured out how busted it is. It seemed the overall consensus was “oh they’re dumbing it down again”.
But now, since it’s so strong people won’t shut up about how amazing it is. Funny that.
(This coming from someone who really likes the design of warrior and appreciates the changes)
I've been a WAR main since ARR so I think it's because design because WAR wasn't good at the very start of this games life, I've been through all of WARs changes, it's good times, it's bad times so I think I'll allow myself the honour of calling it my favourite job :)
@@AzuriteTV Good for you then!
It’s always nice when your favorite job becomes good. Not the other way around.
3:24
“On 3 or more targets, pretty much a recurring theme for *all classes [tanks]!”*
Me: “Not all tanks, 3 or more for all tanks, _except_ Dark Knight!”
My mistake here, this is mostly cleared up in my relevant job guides
@@AzuriteTV true. I was going to also say GNB, but I got really lazy!
I despise that AoE is only positive at 3 now. Being positive at 2 was very comfy. It's the only real negative from EW imo
I really hate this too, just wish it was 2 targets for everything but SE likes to have AoEs all over the place
GNB at 90, ilvl 575: I have a breeze in dungeons and normal content. I'm just beginning to dabble in extremes. Dark Knight at lvl 74; it feels just... messy and scuffed and poorly designed. Because of the Conan-appeal that a warrior has I just had to start leveling WAR today and that is what I'll bring to savages once I get into a tired dads'/moms' static.
I'm with you on the aesthetic on Warrior, I love the barbarian/berserker kinda theme, I still hold out hope for a DPS with a similar aesthetic, maybe Dual Hatches or something like that :D
My boy came a long way since being the crappy tank in 2.0
WAR was seriously bad at the start of 2.0, but after a patch or so later was when WAR truly started to become a beast of a tank... Inner beast was so busted xD
@@AzuriteTV I'm sure he was talking about you and not WAR 😜
@@LuminNox wow rude! Not wrong though, I have come a long way :>
Definitely! Keep up the good work!
@@AzuriteTV lol no, i was talking about war. My main since 2.0.
Just started with FF14 Online, so a lot of new details. Doesn't sound as the class is "broken", more like works well and other classes need to have their efficiency improved :)
Been leveling warrior lately. Infuriate doesn’t take away inner release stacks. It just pauses them being used
Video is old af, they changed it, sorry!
@@AzuriteTV No that’s on me. I didn’t realize the date it was posted, and forgot when exactly they made the change over
Tenacity is better then direct hit bcs direct hit doesn't work properly
I got 2.46 CGD oh my god I was so close
That's not bad! you honestly don't NEED the recast time, but it is recommended to get 4 GCDs comfortable in Bloodwhetting, its not a DPS increase but it could be a DPS increase to your healers :)
@@AzuriteTV What is the most comfy? 2.45 or 2.47?
I see a lot of warriors using Nasant Flash instead of Bloodwetting.
STOP DOING THIS. Seriously. Yeah you’re getting the healing but you’re missing out on Damage Mitigation.
Sincerely, your healer
I’m inclined to believe that DH is worse for warriors now because WAR gets an extra 2 guaranteed crit dh gcds in a 3 minute window because of IR getting put on 60 and primal rend existing
Correct, which is why we meld Tencity instead, I might not make it super clear in the video because it was still kinda early in the expansion and Savage wasn't out yet, but now Savage is out I might make a general gearing video for all tanks, to clear up any confusion
I need to be better on warrior
I'm curious why the single target combo is used for opener. Does it just line up better with most raidwide buffs? I've been enjoying opening with the aoe combo because it gets your personal buff up with one less GCD, two if you want to start with 60 seconds.
Yes it lines up better with raid buffs. Also the single target rotation is doing almost 3x more raw potency over the AoE rotation, this is why we only use AoE on 3 or more targets. Surging Tempest is important but getting it up 1 GCD sooner isn't the way to go because the overall potency we are losing doing an AoE combo over doing a storms eye combo is pretty big, as I said almost 3x more potency.
@@AzuriteTV Actually, using 6 GCDs, starting with aoe then doing single target has a gain of 16 potency. 2 storms eye combos vs aoe+one storms eye combo+1 Heavy swing.
Oh wait, forgot to multiply second single target. Total loss of roughly 200 potency
There might be some random fight down the line when shifting everything forward one GCD can gain an IR use, but otherwise the potency loss is just too huge.
@@banriswirl6414 i mean 200 potency is nowhere near huge. I imagine it's good to think about for solo content or if there's an early burst window to force/skip a phase change. AoE is a faster rage builder too for another potential strategy, getting your big burst window 2 GCD earlier.
Me a warrior who dies. Guess I suck.
Sometimes its unavoidable xD but for the most part you can actively keep yourself alive as a WAR, keep at it!
Your guides are to bias to what you prefer over what's accurate information on a jobs value. Not a fan.
Huh??? Look at how old the guide is, of course there is going to be out dated information tf you waffling bout