Final Fantasy 14 Basics Guide: The concept of Enmity, in detail



In this video, I will guide you through the concept of Enmity. In particular, I will first explain what Enmity is. Then, I will explain how you can track Enmity. Finally, I will go through the actions available to regular jobs (Read: Not Blue Mage) that can affect Enmity.
I also use silly illustrations to help with understanding in examples!

If you have any questions or anything to add, please leave a comment and I will get back to you.

Reddit link mentioned in the video:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/wiki/enmity

Proof by example that Provoke does 2000 potency of enmity:
https://youtu.be/tMsPXm-Aho4

Music used:
Neath Dark Waters: An extended version of this song can be found here: https://youtu.be/7Dv5Ps1ehF4 , but be aware that it may contain spoilers for Final Fantasy 14: Shadowbringers specifically.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:28 What is Enmity?
3:01 How do I track Enmity?
4:52 What actions interact with Enmity?
6:57 Fun fact

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4 thoughts on “Final Fantasy 14 Basics Guide: The concept of Enmity, in detail”

  1. But let's say that a secondary tank come into a fight late and for some reason try to pull agg off the main tank with provoke, this rarely works so i'm wondering why (some ppl actually try to do this "for fun" so i would like to know more about it so i can prevent it)

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  2. Now I understand what pop shields are for. This video was informative, but I'm sorry, I found the constant pops right into my ear pretty annoying.

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