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==General Information==
==General Information==
One of the two traditional tank jobs in the game.
<Write about the job here>
Has the highest base physical defense.
Is a safe choice for breaking into content.


==Food to Eat==
==Food to Eat==

Revision as of 18:24, 17 September 2020



General Information

One of the two traditional tank jobs in the game. Has the highest base physical defense. Is a safe choice for breaking into content.

Food to Eat

Reccomended:

  • Miso Ramen icon.png Miso Ramen
  • Stats: HP +100, STR +5, VIT +5, DEF +10% (Cap: 170), "Magic Def. Bonus"+5, Magic Evasion +10% (Cap: 50),"Resist Slow" +10
    • The best defensive tanking food there is. It couples HP+, Defense, and Magic Evasion+ all into one food.
      • Purchased from the Auction House, crafted only.

Alternatives:

  • Black Curry Bun icon.png Black Curry Bun
  • Stats: (DEX+2, VIT+4, INT+1, Accuracy+5, Ranged Accuracy+5, Evasion+5, DEF+15% (Max. 180), "Resist Sleep"+3, HP recovered while healing +2, MP recovered while healing +1)
    • The next best thing. This food actually has 10 more defense than Miso Ramen, but lacks the other benefits. The silver lining is that they are a fourth to a fifth the price of Miso depending on the market.
      • Purchased from the Curio Moogle for 4,000 gil, 48,000 a stack.
  • Tavnazian Taco icon.png Tavnazian Taco
  • Stats: (HP+20, MP+20, DEX+4, VIT+6, AGI+4, CHR+4, DEF+25% (Max. 150), HP and MP recovered while healing +1)
    • The once famous food. There is no reason to really use this anymore, but if you are a lower level it will grant more defense than one of these higher level items given its lower cap, but higher percentage increase.
      • Purchased from the Curio Moogle for 4,000 gil, 48,000 a stack.
  • Fried Popoto icon.png Fried Popoto
  • Stats: (HP +30, VIT +2, Element: Fire +20, Defense +20% (Cap:145), Subtle Blow +8)
    • This food is as cheap as it gets, excluding the crystal it costs less than 300 gil to make 6 of these a synth. Making these in bulk to store and use for Ambuscade spam and similar events will cost you next to nothing. Even if you have to shout and pay a level 90+ cook 50-100k to make them for you. It would still only cost you roughly 10-20k a stack of Fried Popotos.
      • Purchased from the Auction House, crafted only.

Roles

Tank

Tanking /BLU

For those of you who are not inundated with the ins and outs of tanking with /BLU here is how it works:

  • Use Cocoon to boost your defense.
  • For maintaining hate on a target outside of your job specific abilities you use:
    • Jettatura, which has a long recast.
    • Blank Gaze, which has a very short recast and you may spam in between abilities, the cool down for Flash, etc. This is your bread and butter.
  • For maintaining AoE hate on a target outside of your job specific abilities you use:

If you were really desperate for AoE hate then you could also use Soporific, but coordinating your abilities with the recast of the aforementioned two spells is likely enough in most situations.
I also find Sandspin worth a mention as it has a niche use. While Sandspin will gain you just about no enmity it casts twice as fast as the previous spells and is an AoE. This is valuable for tanks who have many mobs on them and are being interrupted while casting the typical AoE hate spells. Sandspin can be used by those without a -102% spell interruption rate midcast set to tag mobs and then use an ability for hate, if only a little more successful.

Setting spells on for tanking /BLU focuses simply on a few enmity spells and then the rest are either for some traits or mostly due to their stat boosts. I personally focus on HP+ first before moving to VIT and AGI.

/BLU Tank Setups Regardless of Points.
Notes Spells Cost Traits Gained
Base set
Healing Breeze
(Curaga II)
4 Auto Regen I
Sheep Song
(AoE Enmity)
2
Wild Carrot
(Cure III)
3 Resist Sleep I
Pollen 1
Terror Touch 3 Defense Bonus
Grand Slam 2
Cocoon 1
Jettatura
(Enmity)
4
Blank Gaze
(Enmity)
2
Screwdriver
(VIT +1, HP +10)
3
Total Cost 25
Suggested options for remaining points:
Utility Spell
Options
Refueling
(10% Haste, if your mages suck)
3
Sandspin
(VIT +1)
2
Geist Wall
(AoE Enmity)
3
Trait Bonus
Options
Cursed Sphere 2 Magic Attack Bonus
Sound Blast 1
Wild Oats
(HP+10)
3 Beast Killer
Sprout Smack 2
Foot Kick
(AGI +1)
2 Lizard Killer
Claw Cyclone
(VIT +1)
2
Power Attack 1 Plantoid Killer
Mandibular Bite 2
Bludgeon 2 Undead Killer
Smite of Rage
(AGI +3)
3
Stat Boost
Options
Feather Storm
(HP +5)
3
Helldive
(HP +5)
2
Magnetite Cloud
(VIT +2)
3
Mysterious Light
(AGI +3)
4
Chaotic Eye
(AGI +1)
2
Stinking Gas
(AGI +1)
2

Don't use Metallic Body. It isn't worth ever casting.

You should only be casting your enmity spells (Gaze and Jet) and Cocoon. Keep cocoon up, use Blank Gaze between actions, and then rotate your other hate tools. That is about it.

Abilities and Traits

<Job traits and abilities here>

Merits

<Write about merit choices, job points too if you want>

Support Jobs

<Write about sub choices>

Equipment

Fresh to 99  
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Sulevia's Mask icon.pngSulevia's Mask description.png Twilight Torque icon.pngTwilight Torque description.png Ethereal Earring icon.pngEthereal Earring description.png Cassie Earring icon.pngCassie Earring description.png
Sulevia's Plate. icon.pngSulevia's Plate. description.png Sulevia's Gauntlets icon.pngSulevia's Gauntlets description.png Sulevia's Ring icon.pngSulevia's Ring description.png Defending Ring icon.pngDefending Ring description.png
Rudianos's Mantle icon.pngRudianos's Mantle description.png Creed Baudrier icon.pngCreed Baudrier description.png Sulevia's Cuisses icon.pngSulevia's Cuisses description.png Sulevia's Leggings icon.pngSulevia's Leggings description.png
  Damage Taken -39%.