I appreciate you reminding dps to arms length if a tank goes down because I do this all the time and alot of others don't realize it can slow a potential wipe from happening🙏🙏🙏
@@Kougaon never underestimate the power of sleep from caster, when tank died, its also very useful if not better to survive, sadly many attack...but hey even if they do the mobs stop when u cast sleep for a split second xD
I like to use sleep when I'm playing Black Mage when the tank goes down. I just feel bad for when the party doesn't catch on right away and wake their targets back up and die and if the healer dies during this I'm already sprinting back to the dungeon entrance.
Don't use it with reprisal. Its extremely tempting to pop them one after the other but You'll likely be fine spacing them out and will be mitigating more damage in the long run.
I usually only do Arm's Length alongside reprisal if I'm panicking because we're about to wipe or I'm about to go down and the healer can't keep up, and I have no invuln. Usually I'll just use it alongside abilities like rampart. Absolutely amazing
@@KevinMCable Stacking mits is fine the smaller the percentage is. You can stack up to 30% "potential" mit (Like Reprisal + Rampart) and be totally fine. Arm's length isn't as powerful a mit as something like Rampart so it's completely okay. You lose like 1% or 2% mit and that's almost negligible. It only becomes really bad once you start stacking stuff like Guardian + Rampart or Shadow Wall + Oblation, etc. If your healer is out of Cooldowns, or is just plain bad, and you're taking too much damage, it is completely fine to stack mits like that up to 30%. If you know that you're about to take lethal damage, it's better to mit 28% for the next 10 seconds than to mit 10% and then die.
@@cheesemuffin8129 i always read them. But I have a habit...like many others. Skim reading. We look for the basic 101 of the skills such as damage % or if it heals or shields. Information that apply to us the most. But after that. We stop looking at it. I didn't know about the slow effect at all...I always use knockback against the push attacks. But never cared to read further on...or rather I should say...not cared to read further but didn't care to pay attention. Of course over the years I have gotten much better about this especially after switching to Reaper. But I still ignored the old hat tricks...such as the knockback or even Stun...
@@GamingDualities the tool tip literally reads "Creates a barrier nullifying most knockback and draw-in effects. Duration: 6s Additional Effect: Slow +20% when barrier is struck Duration: 15s"
@@ilitsa movement speed slow or attack speed/casting time speed is a huge difference. nowhere in the tooltip it ways affects attack speed or casting speed
I use it at part of the mitigation package on my tanks. 20% slow might as well be 20% damage reduction. It’s great. I also keep it on my dps in case a tank dies and I get the enmity so I can last a little longer.
While Casters may not get Arms Length, they do get Sleep which is an AOE unlike the healer's Repose spell. So if the tank goes down and you're a BLM, SMN, or RDM you can just use swiftcast and sleep the entire pull giving the healer plenty of time to res the tank.
@PrincessofKeys yes I believe you're correct, sleep does immediately end if any enemy under its effect is struck. Alternatively, for BLM specifically I like to pop Manaward if the tank dies and I get aggro. I've found it helped some but it's too bad only BLM has it.
I use this in dungeons all the time. I treat it like another tanks CD and staking it with another CD helps while you wait for enemies to get effected by it or if an enemy misses it during the 6 second duration.
Reprisal is also aoe so it's good to use as a mit in trash packs too. I had to train myself to use arms length in trash packs because I forgot it did this.
And your dps has it too. Me a NIN main : let me just Shukuchi twice forward, pop shade shift, pop arms length and raiton. Shukuchi back to tank and VOILA!.
at first I was like: "arm's length"? do not cite the deep magic to me witch, I was there when it was written. but then I: perhaps I treated you too harshly. I'm definitely going to use it more often now.
"sorry casters" *Sleep literally being one of the best survival tools if a tank dies for trash mobs and nobody ever uses it* Seriously, if a tank dies, you can sleep mobs for long enough for a healer to slow cast rez.
Oh, so that's why I'm often last one standing when the rest of the party wipes, and sometimes even manage to beat the boss the rest of the way alone despite being DPS. I always use Bloodlust and Arms Length, but I've never really paid attention to what they do, just knew that I fought better with them active.
To be fair it also depends on what job you're playing. Healer will generally have the 2nd most aggro, and then after that it depends which dps are doing the most damage - Samurai will usually be taking aggro before a Dancer, for instance.
Any tank that reads the tool tips knows this. If you use arms length on a mob it slows each monsters auto attack on the tank by 20 percent. You want to pair it with reprisal 10 percent dam. Mitigation plus that 20 percent slow. It's what all tanks need to be doing if they're pulling wall to wall. Not even counting Rollin thru all your other def. Mits
Whenever im melee dps and the tank dies, I immediatly pop arm's length + bloodblath. Then proceed to AoE like never before, even then you still might die but you'll give your team a few extra seconds.
I use this for large trash pulls. it keeps me alive just long enough for the healer to catch up. edit: keep in mind the slow effect does NOT WORK ON BOSSES.
Casters (well at least BLM, idk the other casters) have sleep which can be used to make all the enemies stop attacking while you wait for the tank. But that requires for everyone else to notice and stop attacking so it's harder to use lol
Hey fellow FFXIV players! If you ever feel useless, remember this video exists. You wonder why? Because those who actually don't know this ability exists, most likely don't consume additional content about the game to improve themselves either. Including this video. So thanks for your video @Kougaon but it's as useful as telling a Summoner to use Physick.
I unknowingly press this whenever tank is down and im targeted because i thought itd up my defenses or something because id see it used by tanks during pulls (never played tank myself) 😂😂
I've given up all hope of seeing a tank use Arm's Length with my own eyes. It feels like I'm using some forbidden technique in some damn anime when I'm tanking and use it.
I love shorts like these. years ago when we tried telling people to use all their class abilities everyone was like "that's for tryhards" I like how the culture has shifted more to "maybe if I use all the tools available we can get this done faster and easier"
Casters are really screwed tbh. Phys ranged can kite and slow, melees have not only arms length but Bloodbath which is essentially a budget WAR and we all know war is op in mob packs... and caster just have their hopes and dreams and prayers to protect them... WHILE ALSO HAVING THE LOWEST HP AND DEFENSE TO BEGIN WITH
Diminishing returns: Do not use arms with reprisal. If a mob is already slowed, that means you get less benefit from reducing its attack dmg… bc it hits you fewer times. Instead, combine it with your short tank cd like holy shelltron etc. Reprisal + defense cd, no diminishing returns.
Nobody really forgets arms length, this isn't an issue. Anyone who starts out will notice, hey when I pop this ability that says it will negate knock backs, it negates knockbacks and, hey, it also says it applies slow on enemies. Now an ability people REALLY forget us interjection and head graze, only time people don't forget it is during CT raids it seems. Also that one SHB dungeon.
This is actually one of your more potent mitigations. Not quite as potent as your job-specific mits, but a 20% slow is essentially a 20% DR, making it as potent as rampart. Do note two things while using this, however: - Most if not all bosses are immune to slow, so don’t pop this in a boss fight except for when a knock back effect appears. - The slow effect only triggers if you’re struck physically during its small duration. Casts from enemies and (perhaps, not sure) other ranged attacks will not trigger the slow effect. Make sure you use this when you’ve already got a group of melee enemies surrounding you.
use arms length every 2nd pull as tank (2nd pulls, or the pulls before a boss tend to have more mobs or higher damage, helping a TON).. your healers will thank you
I feel like I knew this but have forgotten it in my month long breaks of FF14, like what warrior does or how to heal, or how to pronounce Corps-a-corps
Sadly it dosen't pair THAT well with rampart and alike since most of the enemy attacks will not be delivered due the slow; reprisal is good since is a middle ground tho work best with stuff such as raw intuition and it's evolved form for war and a lil less with TBN from drk due how low their cd are and plany of coverage
Would say casters have sleep but no doubt someone else said that already, plus not only are some enemies immune to it but if the tank dies and healer or dps are doing their aoe attacks then you're still boned because they'll just wake them up. Literally did duty as summoner, was 2nd aggro and tank suddenly died, I swiftcast sleep only for the healer and other dps to keep aoe attack, guess who got sent to visit god right after the tank T__T (I even tried sleeping them again but healer was still casting art of war aoe instead of rezzing the tank)
I won't lie, I think I went a while without using this as a tank. I spent years with it just being a knockback tool and it was great to realize I had a new defensive CD when I learned they changed it.
Casters, have sleep, if it gets to the point where they need to hold agrro for any lenght of time, they use that on the group and just wait and pray that the party gets up in time. maybe rez the healers if they can.
Im so sick of all these youtubers telling everyone tabks forget about arm's length. Like stop. We eiger already know or it doesnt matter. If you really want the perfect dungeon runs every time, just form a static for dungeons.
Okay well, 2 things real quick. Firstly, it's just a friendly tip to use one of the best skills in a tanks arsenal, since a lot of people don't actually know that it works. I've had to tell so many sprout friends about it and none of them realised, they just thought it was for knockbacks. In the end, it helps and it makes the healers life easier, makes the dungeon easier, there's no reason to not use it. Secondly.... No one forms a static for dungeons
As a melee DPS, you will have attacks that deal more damage if you attack from the rear or the flank, usually the last hit in a combo. True North allows you to bypass the requirements and do max damage with those skills regardless of your position. I realise your comment was 5 months ago though, and you probably already know this - but hey, better late than never.
Me, a Floor Tank extraordinaire, getting pubbed with sprouts finishing Stormblood for the first time, and watching as the start wiping to Shinryu's first Tidal Wave after I told them "EITHER PAY ATTENTION OR USE ARMS LENGTH IMMEDIATELY": I guess someone will mental gymnastic their way into making this a Dragoon bad meme
The stories my healers have told me. Apparently, tanks that use any damage mitigation at all are a dying breed. Then again, some of these same healers have gotten butthurt that I started using clemency to save myself on more than one occasion. Wait until those guys hear about equilibrium and bloodwhetting!
Tank main here, If I’m in a dungeon pull I use arms length by itself usually, or maybe with the small mitigation each tank has. If I use it with rampart or another major mit I feel like you get less usage out of your stronger mits since it’s absorbing less hits and damage while the slow is active. Just a preference tho, might be more efficient for double or triple pulls
For dungeons with ~1 min between pulls, starting off with rampart before arms lets you get another rampart as the second big cooldown next pull. Very helpful for the last stretch of zot where most tanks I've encountered use 1-2 big cooldowns on the first pull and only 1 on the second. It's also nice having that bigger flat damage reduction so that someone like a sage can use a couple rounds of autos to weave their healing rotation without spamming them all up front to prevent death and then having them run out too soon and making the rest of the pull harder. With just arms, you can end up dropping pretty low from one round of autos sometimes, let alone when you pop arms too late and it takes _two_ rounds for enemies to actually become slowed. If your first thought to this is that arms is more effective the more enemies you slow, so is rampart and every other mit.
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I appreciate you reminding dps to arms length if a tank goes down because I do this all the time and alot of others don't realize it can slow a potential wipe from happening🙏🙏🙏
I gotchu, here’s to less groups wiping 🙏🙏
@@Kougaon never underestimate the power of sleep from caster, when tank died, its also very useful if not better to survive, sadly many attack...but hey even if they do the mobs stop when u cast sleep for a split second xD
I like to use sleep when I'm playing Black Mage when the tank goes down. I just feel bad for when the party doesn't catch on right away and wake their targets back up and die and if the healer dies during this I'm already sprinting back to the dungeon entrance.
I do that and pop health and bloodbath and damage mitigation. Usually manage to stay alive until tank is revived. Or until boss dies if healer dies.
Tank Dead = Arm's Length and Blood Bath ACTIVATE!
Alternatively, if I'm a caster... SPRINT!
After i found out about the slow effect i always make sure to pop this as my first cd alongside reprisal when i w2w.
Don't use it with reprisal. Its extremely tempting to pop them one after the other but You'll likely be fine spacing them out and will be mitigating more damage in the long run.
Do not do this...
I usually only do Arm's Length alongside reprisal if I'm panicking because we're about to wipe or I'm about to go down and the healer can't keep up, and I have no invuln. Usually I'll just use it alongside abilities like rampart. Absolutely amazing
I usually pair enemy debuff with personal shields
@@KevinMCable Stacking mits is fine the smaller the percentage is. You can stack up to 30% "potential" mit (Like Reprisal + Rampart) and be totally fine. Arm's length isn't as powerful a mit as something like Rampart so it's completely okay. You lose like 1% or 2% mit and that's almost negligible. It only becomes really bad once you start stacking stuff like Guardian + Rampart or Shadow Wall + Oblation, etc. If your healer is out of Cooldowns, or is just plain bad, and you're taking too much damage, it is completely fine to stack mits like that up to 30%.
If you know that you're about to take lethal damage, it's better to mit 28% for the next 10 seconds than to mit 10% and then die.
Omfg i always only use this as a last resort bec I thought the slow effect was placed on me, not the enemy.
NOOOO LOL
I'm always amazed that people don't know or forget about the slow effect on Arm's Length
A looooot of people dont read tooltips
@@cheesemuffin8129 i always read them. But I have a habit...like many others. Skim reading.
We look for the basic 101 of the skills such as damage % or if it heals or shields.
Information that apply to us the most.
But after that. We stop looking at it.
I didn't know about the slow effect at all...I always use knockback against the push attacks.
But never cared to read further on...or rather I should say...not cared to read further but didn't care to pay attention.
Of course over the years I have gotten much better about this especially after switching to Reaper.
But I still ignored the old hat tricks...such as the knockback or even Stun...
It literally doesnt say jack sheet sbout attack and casting speed
@@GamingDualities the tool tip literally reads "Creates a barrier nullifying most knockback and draw-in effects.
Duration: 6s
Additional Effect: Slow +20% when barrier is struck Duration: 15s"
@@ilitsa movement speed slow or attack speed/casting time speed is a huge difference. nowhere in the tooltip it ways affects attack speed or casting speed
I use it at part of the mitigation package on my tanks. 20% slow might as well be 20% damage reduction. It’s great. I also keep it on my dps in case a tank dies and I get the enmity so I can last a little longer.
While Casters may not get Arms Length, they do get Sleep which is an AOE unlike the healer's Repose spell. So if the tank goes down and you're a BLM, SMN, or RDM you can just use swiftcast and sleep the entire pull giving the healer plenty of time to res the tank.
And if the other dps don't attack them it would be. Doesn't hitting the enemies just tskes the sleep effect off?
@PrincessofKeys yes I believe you're correct, sleep does immediately end if any enemy under its effect is struck. Alternatively, for BLM specifically I like to pop Manaward if the tank dies and I get aggro. I've found it helped some but it's too bad only BLM has it.
I've just completely forgotten that Sleep existed and was an option
I only just put this back on my bar this year (thanks to reduced button bloat) and it is amaaaaazing
I use this in dungeons all the time. I treat it like another tanks CD and staking it with another CD helps while you wait for enemies to get effected by it or if an enemy misses it during the 6 second duration.
Reprisal is also aoe so it's good to use as a mit in trash packs too. I had to train myself to use arms length in trash packs because I forgot it did this.
And your dps has it too.
Me a NIN main : let me just Shukuchi twice forward, pop shade shift, pop arms length and raiton. Shukuchi back to tank and VOILA!.
I didn't know that Arm's Length slowed enemies when used as a DSP. Just thought it was a tank thing.
No it works for dps too. I always use it when I get aggro from tank
at first I was like: "arm's length"? do not cite the deep magic to me witch, I was there when it was written.
but then I: perhaps I treated you too harshly.
I'm definitely going to use it more often now.
For casters don't forget we have repose/sleep and that lasts a very long 30 secs as long as everyone stops attacking
"sorry casters"
*Sleep literally being one of the best survival tools if a tank dies for trash mobs and nobody ever uses it*
Seriously, if a tank dies, you can sleep mobs for long enough for a healer to slow cast rez.
THIS!
Only works if melee dps don't decide to use their one braincell and stop attacking
I think it is useless if others keep attacking the mobs. Probably one reason why I don't use it.
thank you for the tips, mr kou
you're welcome uwu
I get so meny questions from healers as to why I don't die as fast, I just tell them it's skill, muahahahaha!
Oh, so that's why I'm often last one standing when the rest of the party wipes, and sometimes even manage to beat the boss the rest of the way alone despite being DPS. I always use Bloodlust and Arms Length, but I've never really paid attention to what they do, just knew that I fought better with them active.
To be fair it also depends on what job you're playing. Healer will generally have the 2nd most aggro, and then after that it depends which dps are doing the most damage - Samurai will usually be taking aggro before a Dancer, for instance.
@@lj_aderyn I usually play as either a Monk or a Ninja
Any tank that reads the tool tips knows this. If you use arms length on a mob it slows each monsters auto attack on the tank by 20 percent. You want to pair it with reprisal 10 percent dam. Mitigation plus that 20 percent slow. It's what all tanks need to be doing if they're pulling wall to wall. Not even counting Rollin thru all your other def. Mits
I always use it on large groups since I main tank ;)
Proud of you 🥺 your one of my favs
Whenever im melee dps and the tank dies, I immediatly pop arm's length + bloodblath.
Then proceed to AoE like never before, even then you still might die but you'll give your team a few extra seconds.
And take your enemy with you
I always use " Arms Length " since my first job was a Bard and it was dps, then moving to Dancer.
I use this for large trash pulls. it keeps me alive just long enough for the healer to catch up.
edit: keep in mind the slow effect does NOT WORK ON BOSSES.
Casters (well at least BLM, idk the other casters) have sleep which can be used to make all the enemies stop attacking while you wait for the tank. But that requires for everyone else to notice and stop attacking so it's harder to use lol
All casters have sleep, yeah. If it's under the Role skill tab then its for everything in that role.
I normally use it alongside rampart though my FC mates told me to arm's length + reprisal instead, so idk what's better lol
And we’re going to KEEP talking about this until it sinks into their heads! 😤
somehow i prefer Arm's length over Rampart even for big pulls.. idk, it feels like a bigger impact, especially combined with reprisal
well the slow translates to about 20% mit, same as Rampart
Hey! You gave away our secret
When doing dungeons I always pull mobs before tank to pop my arms to make their life easier
Need this
Well, casters can Swiftcast Sleep so they'll be fine too if tank dies
Wait, this is quite useful for variant dungeons.
As a tank main, I often forget about the secondary effect. Thanks for the reminder!
Hey fellow FFXIV players! If you ever feel useless, remember this video exists. You wonder why?
Because those who actually don't know this ability exists, most likely don't consume additional content about the game to improve themselves either. Including this video.
So thanks for your video @Kougaon but it's as useful as telling a Summoner to use Physick.
I unknowingly press this whenever tank is down and im targeted because i thought itd up my defenses or something because id see it used by tanks during pulls (never played tank myself) 😂😂
I've given up all hope of seeing a tank use Arm's Length with my own eyes. It feels like I'm using some forbidden technique in some damn anime when I'm tanking and use it.
I love shorts like these. years ago when we tried telling people to use all their class abilities everyone was like "that's for tryhards" I like how the culture has shifted more to "maybe if I use all the tools available we can get this done faster and easier"
As a dark knight main and my 2 healers refusing to heal me as a joke amongst us, I didn't need arm's legnth to take out 2 bosses back to back.
Good on you to help the newcomers breh.
Casters are really screwed tbh. Phys ranged can kite and slow, melees have not only arms length but Bloodbath which is essentially a budget WAR and we all know war is op in mob packs... and caster just have their hopes and dreams and prayers to protect them... WHILE ALSO HAVING THE LOWEST HP AND DEFENSE TO BEGIN WITH
Diminishing returns: Do not use arms with reprisal. If a mob is already slowed, that means you get less benefit from reducing its attack dmg… bc it hits you fewer times. Instead, combine it with your short tank cd like holy shelltron etc.
Reprisal + defense cd, no diminishing returns.
I always use Arm's Length, especially in Palace of the Dead... That slow effect can be the difference between life & death if you hit a luring trap!
Nobody really forgets arms length, this isn't an issue. Anyone who starts out will notice, hey when I pop this ability that says it will negate knock backs, it negates knockbacks and, hey, it also says it applies slow on enemies.
Now an ability people REALLY forget us interjection and head graze, only time people don't forget it is during CT raids it seems. Also that one SHB dungeon.
This is actually one of your more potent mitigations. Not quite as potent as your job-specific mits, but a 20% slow is essentially a 20% DR, making it as potent as rampart.
Do note two things while using this, however:
- Most if not all bosses are immune to slow, so don’t pop this in a boss fight except for when a knock back effect appears.
- The slow effect only triggers if you’re struck physically during its small duration. Casts from enemies and (perhaps, not sure) other ranged attacks will not trigger the slow effect. Make sure you use this when you’ve already got a group of melee enemies surrounding you.
That slow is amazing, just like this video ❤
Did Stigma the other night as Scholar. Got a Dark Knight who only used TBN and Living Death. I deserved all those comms.
That is useful, I've only ever thought it was for knockback
I mena it doesnt say it id attack speed and casting speed slow in description
use arms length every 2nd pull as tank (2nd pulls, or the pulls before a boss tend to have more mobs or higher damage, helping a TON).. your healers will thank you
I usually forget because I play WAR, so it's not usefull most of the time. But on DRK it's necessary!
I feel like I knew this but have forgotten it in my month long breaks of FF14, like what warrior does or how to heal, or how to pronounce Corps-a-corps
I literally use it just for the slow and keep forgetting about the displacement immunity it grants
SO MANY PEOPLE forget this ability lol
I use Arm's Length against trash.
and as a melee DPS I use it for mechanics with knockback or when the tank dies as a panic button.
Sadly it dosen't pair THAT well with rampart and alike since most of the enemy attacks will not be delivered due the slow; reprisal is good since is a middle ground tho work best with stuff such as raw intuition and it's evolved form for war and a lil less with TBN from drk due how low their cd are and plany of coverage
Would say casters have sleep but no doubt someone else said that already, plus not only are some enemies immune to it but if the tank dies and healer or dps are doing their aoe attacks then you're still boned because they'll just wake them up. Literally did duty as summoner, was 2nd aggro and tank suddenly died, I swiftcast sleep only for the healer and other dps to keep aoe attack, guess who got sent to visit god right after the tank T__T (I even tried sleeping them again but healer was still casting art of war aoe instead of rezzing the tank)
If it was replaced with heavy things would be a lot easier. Like skipping adds.
Also worth mentioning is that it's a 20% slow for like 20 while seconds, so it's literally one of the most powerful Mit skills against 3+ ads
nice didn't know this!
Off topic: how do you play with all the names listed on your screen like that? :S
But Surecast in addition to preventing knockbacks guarantees a cast without interruption and casters have sleep.
I won't lie, I think I went a while without using this as a tank. I spent years with it just being a knockback tool and it was great to realize I had a new defensive CD when I learned they changed it.
Bruh I now remember what I didn't have mapped on my GNB
It's on my basic mitigation rotation as a Tank. I always use it while I pull a big mob. XD it's kinda sad that so many Tanks don't use this skill
you didn't mention the most important part: it blocks off rescue so ur shit healer can't pull you out of your ley lines
Thank you for this! This has helped me a lot in dungeon lately ^^
I mean people miss it only because they don’t read their abilities 😂
Casters, have sleep, if it gets to the point where they need to hold agrro for any lenght of time, they use that on the group and just wait and pray that the party gets up in time. maybe rez the healers if they can.
You know something you gotta be dummy to forget a move that is good for Extreme and raid bosses haha
Can sleep spells work on trash mobs and you can just get away?
Fun fact: the logo is the same as gigachad
I've been an Arms Length connoisseur for a long time now
Casters have Sleep aoe though so you could run away
Uh... people do not use arm's length on tanks?
I had always thought this was a movement slow........
The arms length guy kinda looks like giga chad
As a 3 IQ dragoon, ill be honest, still wont use it 😂
Arms length + reprisal is my go to for the first mob pull
I use it with bloodwhetting on dungeons
I tanked after the tank died as NIN with Shadeshift and Arm's Length long enough for the healer to get the tank back up
What is the hairstyle seen on your character at the end?
Never knew this thanks
Im so sick of all these youtubers telling everyone tabks forget about arm's length.
Like stop. We eiger already know or it doesnt matter.
If you really want the perfect dungeon runs every time, just form a static for dungeons.
Okay well, 2 things real quick.
Firstly, it's just a friendly tip to use one of the best skills in a tanks arsenal, since a lot of people don't actually know that it works. I've had to tell so many sprout friends about it and none of them realised, they just thought it was for knockbacks.
In the end, it helps and it makes the healers life easier, makes the dungeon easier, there's no reason to not use it.
Secondly....
No one forms a static for dungeons
Yeah but you need to time that bc its only 4 sec on me
It's a fun free mitigation debuff.
I still use that tho
*looks at my healer*
No.
wtf good kougaon content
Ok, now do True North, as I literally never use it on account I've no clue what it is.
As a melee DPS, you will have attacks that deal more damage if you attack from the rear or the flank, usually the last hit in a combo.
True North allows you to bypass the requirements and do max damage with those skills regardless of your position.
I realise your comment was 5 months ago though, and you probably already know this - but hey, better late than never.
I always use it in my tanks rotation
I don't forget it exist, I just don't have enough buttons and something had to go.
What's this? One of the strongest mitigation tools in my entire kit that doubles as knockback resistance?
Who needs that shit?!
THAT'S WHAT SLOW DOES!? OMG
Warrior: SAFELY Unga Bunga W2W for me!!
What's that? I can't hear you over the sound of the necks snapping under my axe!
what I sometimes do is sprint ahead of the tank on melee and arms length the pack before they take aggro
what tank didnt know this… smh
I usually use sleep as a caster if it works on that certain enemy when tank dies.
That works too. Or stun as melee. Or bind as range
Do we know if the tank dies, can the slowga stack from several dps using it? Given that the enemy isn't immune to slowga
It doesn't stack. It works like stun. It doesn't have an effect if enemy has debuff. And each use reduces the timer.
Same thing works if enemy uses slow on you. You can ignore it until you're immune.
Me, a Floor Tank extraordinaire, getting pubbed with sprouts finishing Stormblood for the first time, and watching as the start wiping to Shinryu's first Tidal Wave after I told them "EITHER PAY ATTENTION OR USE ARMS LENGTH IMMEDIATELY": I guess someone will mental gymnastic their way into making this a Dragoon bad meme
I thought Arm’s Length was a thing everyone used because it’s so good ad mitigating damage on big pulls…
Some folks just don't like to read... at all. 😂
The stories my healers have told me. Apparently, tanks that use any damage mitigation at all are a dying breed.
Then again, some of these same healers have gotten butthurt that I started using clemency to save myself on more than one occasion. Wait until those guys hear about equilibrium and bloodwhetting!
Tank main here, If I’m in a dungeon pull I use arms length by itself usually, or maybe with the small mitigation each tank has. If I use it with rampart or another major mit I feel like you get less usage out of your stronger mits since it’s absorbing less hits and damage while the slow is active. Just a preference tho, might be more efficient for double or triple pulls
Huh, I honestly never knew it could do that.😳
You learn something new everyday
Yeeees and as a tank main if an eager DPS runs past me to grab a pack, I'd appreciate if you at least popped Arm's Length to help me out :)
For dungeons with ~1 min between pulls, starting off with rampart before arms lets you get another rampart as the second big cooldown next pull. Very helpful for the last stretch of zot where most tanks I've encountered use 1-2 big cooldowns on the first pull and only 1 on the second. It's also nice having that bigger flat damage reduction so that someone like a sage can use a couple rounds of autos to weave their healing rotation without spamming them all up front to prevent death and then having them run out too soon and making the rest of the pull harder. With just arms, you can end up dropping pretty low from one round of autos sometimes, let alone when you pop arms too late and it takes _two_ rounds for enemies to actually become slowed.
If your first thought to this is that arms is more effective the more enemies you slow, so is rampart and every other mit.