Shadowbind

Job Ability Information Job Ranger Type Level   Level Obtained 40 Description Roots enemy in place. Duration 00:00:30 or until broken Recast 00:05:00 Cumulative Enmity 1 Volatile Enmity 800 Command /ja "Shadowbind" <stnpc>  Category Shadowbind Effect Ranks Available 20 Effect of each Rank Increase duration by 1 second.

Notes

• Cannot be removed by Erase
• When used on mobs that are immune to Shadowbind, the following message will be displayed:

"XXX uses Shadowbind, but misses."

• The only type of mob (excluding Notorious Monsters) that Shadowbind does not have a 100% success rate on are Ghrahs, located in the Grand Palace of Hu'Xzoi and the The Garden of Ru'Hmet.
• When used from Ranger support job, there will be a penalty for accuracy.
• With Orion Bracers +1 and 20/20 Job Points in Shadowbind the maximum duration is 30 + 12 + 20 = 62 seconds.
• Any form of damage tends to break Shadowbind very quickly even sometimes DoT effects still on the mob or a single ranged attack.
  • As a result players tend to use shadowbind to deal with pulling enmity/hate resets, running from an engagement, or letting the tank/party recover after a NM uses a dangerous move (such as death) rather than as a safe damage tool.
  • Ex. Arise Weakness is 3 minutes, so two Ranger and a COR using Random Deal can keep a mob bound long enough for the tank to fully recover.

 

Equipment Modifying Ability...
Equipment Piece	Modifier
Hunter's Bracers	Extends Shadowbind duration to 00:00:40
Hunter's Bracers +1	Extends Shadowbind duration to 00:00:40
Orion Bracers	Extends Shadowbind duration to 00:00:40
Orion Bracers +1	Shadowbind +12, Extends Shadowbind duration to 00:00:42

References

• wikia shadowbind durations