Summary of FFXIV: ABC - A Beginner's Guide to Tanks

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This video covers the basics of tanking in Final Fantasy XIV, including the trinity system, shared responsibilities, and using cooldowns. It also discusses the importance of communication and boss mechanics.

  • 00:00:00 This guide covers the basics of tanks in Final Fantasy XIV, including the trinity system and shared responsibilities. It also discusses the basics of DPS and healing, and how tanks contribute to group success. Finally, it provides advice for new tanks.
  • 00:05:00 The three main points that beginner tanks should remember are that gear is important, don't get scared, and take time to learn basics. It is also important to remember that as a tank your primary role is to protect your party members, and that your gear needs to be at a similar level to the content you are playing.
  • 00:10:00 A tank's main duty is to keep enemies on them, and maximizing their damage output is a huge help. There are a lot of terms and concepts to learn, and mastering them is the key to being a good tank.
  • 00:15:00 Tanking is a difficult job, and using cooldowns properly is essential to maximizing your effectiveness. While offensive and defensive cooldowns can be useful in emergencies, you should generally only use two at a time, because they are multiplicative rather than additive. cycles your cooldowns one or two at a time to make the most of them.
  • 00:20:00 The video discusses the different types of tanks in Final Fantasy XIV, and how they should move around the battlefield to avoid enemy attacks. It also covers the importance of dodging enemy aoes, and how to fix boss positioning if it's become problematic.
  • 00:25:00 The "FFXIV: ABC - A Beginner's Guide to Tanks" video explains the basics of tanking in Final Fantasy XIV, including how to handle enemies and healers. The video also covers how to survive low health and the importance of cooldowns.
  • 00:30:00 This video provides a beginner's guide to using tanks in Final Fantasy XIV. The main points covered are: - Learning how to use your aoe move to hit all nearby enemies, and how to avoid being surrounded. - When pulling, you should run slightly past the enemies, so they group together next to each other. - Grouping enemies this way places them optimally for your allies to aoe and you can shuffle around slightly to closer group smaller enemies together. - Even in later levels, mobs in the starting area of the game can still be dangerous, so it is important to use your best tools for trash mobs. - When dealing with ranged enemies, you have two options for how to adjust to them: running further or backtracking until all enemies are grouped together. - Hiding around a corner can be a useful strategy against ranged enemies, as they can't attack you through walls. - Be aware that your healer cannot heal through wolves, so make sure they are following you.
  • 00:35:00 The video discusses the importance of tanks following their allies closely and avoiding stragglers, as well as how to properly pull enemies. It also covers the concept of pulling small or multiple enemies, and the importance of committing to a pull.
  • 00:40:00 The video tutorial explains how to tank effectively in Final Fantasy XIV, covering the basics of chain pulling, stopping and starting, and using cooldowns. It also discusses the importance of melee and ranged DPS in a tank's arsenal, and warns players about the dangers of running too close to enemies.
  • 00:45:00 This video discusses tanking in Final Fantasy XIV, focusing on the basics of gear and communication, and how to handle different types of enemies. The video then goes on to discuss boss mechanics, and how to run through them successfully.
  • 00:50:00 The video covers the basics of tanks in Final Fantasy XIV, emphasizing the importance of properly using provoke and ranged attacks to take down bosses more quickly. The video also covers exceptions to the rules, such as the boss in Stone Vigil that does not have any tank busters. The video ends with a discussion of how to communicate with other tanks in a raid.
  • 00:55:00 The video explains the importance of being the main tank in a party, how to become the main tank, and the benefits of being a tank. It also provides a brief overview of tank limit breaks and how they are used.

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This video provides a beginner's guide to tanks in Final Fantasy XIV, discussing the basics of tanking, including how to position yourself, use your abilities, and move around the battlefield. It also covers the importance of communication and weaving, and provides tips on how to tank effectively.

  • 01:00:00 This video covers the basics of tanks, including why people might fear them, how to position yourself to minimize fear, and how to use your UI to help you stay aware of the fight. It also covers how to pull with provoke, which can be a useful tool in tough fights.
  • 01:05:00 This video explains the different tank abilities, how to use them effectively, and the importance of communication. It also points out that LB is not always useful, and that using your ultimates as cooldowns is a good idea.
  • 01:10:00 The video covers the basics of tanks in Final Fantasy XIV, including the importance of always being casting ABC (Always Be Casting), the use of melee and ranged attacks, and the use of sprint to move around the battlefield quickly. It also discusses the importance of dodging aoes, and the use of max melee range and sit at max melee to dodge an aoe.
  • 01:15:00 This video teaches beginners how to tank effectively. First, the orange circle that indicates when a player's tanking damage has been calculated will disappear and it is usually safe to walk back in. The main points to remember when tanking are to keep bosses still, not spin them, and to aim to hit the buttons before the cooldowns finish. Weaving is also important and players should be able to do it before their cooldowns finish. Offensive and defensive cooldowns share the same 2.5 second cooldown, and abilities can be used between gcds.
  • 01:20:00 This video provides a beginner's guide to tanks in Final Fantasy XIV. The video covers changes to walkers and discusses how tanks can benefit from using and defeating and mid-hogsley.

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