An Idiot's Guide to TANKING | FFXIV Endwalker

[6.45] Tanking is a lot of fun! I think it's a very enjoyable role and I am glad to be able to share some tips for all of you! Tanking is a lot easier than it might seem, it can be stressful but I promise it's very easy. I wanna mention that this guide is meant for new players, if you are a high end raider, this might not a guide for you! Hope you enjoy the video!

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:24 - Tank Role Actions
1:32 - Dungeon Tanking
3:16 - Trials/Raid Tanking
4:44 - Outro

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[raarasunai]

Ironically this video drops after I've had a streak of awful tanks over the weekend. From a Gunbreaker who refused to use any mitigation other than Rampart(I somehow kept him alive through the dungeon) to a Warrior who openly admitted to forgetting about Raw Intuition/Bloodwhetting, to a Dark Knight who forgot about TBN, to a Warrior who literally forgot what mitigation even IS, even after I reminded him and he runs in and makes the exact same fatal mistake less than 30 seconds later.
EDIT: Got another bad tank to add. This one, the only mitigation he used was…Clemency! As soon as his HP hit 70%, theres the cast bar. Even when I assured him I could handle it, and he even got mad for Rescuing him out of a would be fatal attack against the final boss of the dungeon. The boss was basically dead, so I could have let him die without consequence, but that’s not what a good white mage does

[Puddingskin]

I always figured Shirk was to only be used when the DRG refused to floor tank for the group.

[roxiane]

Dude just wanted to say that your guides have been so easy to understand and its helping me a ton. Am looking to play tank and healer now so this is great help!

[Hasediel]

Your lalafell is so iconic I just felt weird the entire video! xD

[Maha-gxzm]

Nice .this is first time somebody in their video has mentioned how to look at your enmity while raiding as a tank ty

[Moezychan]

I'm leveling up my third tank and this was just recommended to me! I never knew when to use either stun or interject before and one of my friends that taught me how to play said interject is situational and I kept asking her when to use it and she could never give me a clear answer, so thank you for this wonderful guide! This should really help my tanking!

[gentlecard_tom]

2:07 In my experience this is half true. In ARR and HW, most of the time two groups is normal but at the other expansions I was expected to wall to wall pulls. I've had party members run ahead of me just to aggro the next group even when I take a lot of damage. This did force me to remember most of the dungeon layouts but i'll still forget how many mobs there are. Wall to wall pulls are what give me tank anxiety, that and tank swaps, I don't understand when I need to tank swap sometimes (without a guide or leader). Sucks because I love Paladin, got to lvl 90 and everything

sorry for the rant lol

[Zephyrir_Snow]

Thank you so much man! I didn’t even know that interject had an indicator till now. I’m already in stormblood…

[SonicPhantom]

This is a really simple and clear guide - I know how to tank dungeons pretty well but I wish this guide had been out when I started learning.

[Mr_megido]

Wow you’re actually going on to roles now great for new players
Nice vid by the way

[governmentghost]

I miss the lala :( but everyone needs to spice stuff up, so more power to you

[michaelwilliams]

Thank you for that interjection tip. I never knew that until now.

[drmayhem]

Says to face boss North

Proceeds to direct boss East

[DCDCWizard]

These videos are always my go to’s. Thank you for posting and thank you for the updated classes. Hope to see more in Dawntrail! ❤😊

[zachthepolisaur]

Loving your videos very helpful 🥰 thank you. Will be sharing the healing videos to my friend who's a white Mage to help her out.

[PROTOgarrettv]

I'd love an idiot's guide to the various PVP modes. I know I always keep looking up the various aspects of how mechanics or basic principles work because they aren't clearly explained, such as Battle High.

[HayTatsuko]

I wish more Tanks knew about how excellent Arm's Length is for big trash pulls in dungeons. Another very important thing is using the line-of-sight mechanic to draw in enemies that exclusively use ranged attacks. They're the ones that won't come to you unless you hide from them. After you aggro the enemy group, run and hide behind the nearest corner to make all of those enemies come to you so everything will be grouped up for your team to wreck them quickly with AoE!

[Galliao]

3:47 You should also use Arm's Length for any AOE tank buster. Because if you're me, I'm going to Rescue you into the group and wipe everyone.

[highhorseo]

Perfect timing! Just got my DRK up to 50

[Porcelainbowl]

Wall to wall pull has a lot of nuance to it but is pretty much expected on any dungeon after 50. They are simply designed to be played that way. Earlier dungeons can have quirks to them that can makes this difficult. If you dont pull wall 2 wall you'll soon see DPS or Healers pulling ahead of you to remind you to move forward. This could be considered insulting to some tanks. Especially old-school ones. Which leads to this next point: "You Pull You Tank" is considered griefing in FFXIV, and can give you a ban.