Paladin, Warrior, Dark Knight or Gunbreaker, which one would you like to be? I give my personal take on the good and the bad of each of the tank jobs in FFXIV! I hope you will find it helpful!
In case you were inspired to play any of the four tanks by this video, I have guides for both starters and high levels for each if you are interested!
Paladin Starter: https://youtu.be/RjWfc1rfwss
Paladin High Level: https://youtu.be/1wKE6-wYU-U
Warrior Starter: https://youtu.be/CXTlrKC_VxA
Warrior High Level: https://youtu.be/MMO5ZH8Ufoo
Dark Knight Starter: https://youtu.be/W-yy9HET9sk
Dark Knight High Level: https://youtu.be/EbvuBxoQp3g
Gunbreaker Starter: https://youtu.be/iAGDjVFKy8o
Gunbreaker High Level: https://youtu.be/r7rvfx0cAAo
Additionally, if words like GCD and oGCD, or lateweave confuses you, I have a guide on this subject too:
https://youtu.be/4jZ9j7ti0Nw
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https://twitter.com/CaetsuChaijiCh
Music Used:
FFXIV: Shadowbringers – Neath Dark Waters
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:24 Ratings Glossary
00:35 Introducing Paladin
01:44 Paladin and Skillspeed
02:11 Quirks of the Physical and Magical Bursts
02:41 Paladins Defensive Tools
03:57 Complexity: Talking about Paladin Openers
04:33 Introducing Warrior
05:27 Low Ability Count
05:59 Warrior and Lateweaving
06:28 Warriors Defensive Tools
07:19 Complexity: Warriors Rotation and Openers
08:16 Introducing Dark Knight
08:46 Dark Knight Attacking Abilities
09:50 Dark Knight Defensive Tools
10:41 Complexity: Dark Knights Opener and Burst
11:19 Introducing Gunbreaker
11:43 Gunbreakers Burst
12:46 Gunbreakers Gameplay Loop
13:01 Gunbreakers Defensive Tools
13:25 Complexity: The No Mercy Window
14:22 Gunbreaker and Skillspeed
14:57 Summary
15:31 New Player Summary
16:24 Fun Fact
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I started off the game as a gladiator. By the time I hit level cap as PLD in Endwalker my confidence in tanking had… tanked lol. I actually find it more awkward than current GNB.
WAR is definitely a good starting point. It just FEELS good to play. The gauge resource management is satisfying enough between bursts and all the weaponskills have satisfying animations and sounds. Levelling is also smoother because everything builds on each other.
I love your guides! So thorough but compact. I started as a GLD/PLD in ARR and switched to DRK when HW came out but WAR is my current love. I'm a smoothbrain so WAR and WHM are my go-tos haha. If I ever decide to to get back into the other tanks I know where to look for help
Best tank was Heavensward drk, best tank now is war
I agree with most of the video but think the paladin mastery is the hardest of all the tanks. There are stupid amounts of meaningful fight to fight rotational adjustments.
Leveling all the tanks currently.. gunbreaker only one I dislike. It doesn't hold aggro very well. I swear the aoe radius is lower than the others. Warrior the easiest, basically heal yourself, and Darknight the funnest for me as it isn't overly complicated by 70 anyway so far and runs really strong with its survival without being to the point of an easy snooze fest like war or frantic struggle to get all the mobs like gnb
Gunbreaker. Started as warrior. Felt little bored by rotation of it. I want good flow and damage. So gunbreaker it is
Great video mate! I love all the tanks, for different reasons.
Have all 4 tanks at 90 for quite awhile. GNB is my least played, do not like the rotation. War is no brainer easy and simple. Love drk for its glam and pally is my main, love passage of arms/cover. Clemency is nice in a pinch with insta cast.