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How to get over Tank Anxiety
By 2BVayne
For those that want to transcend past your fears. Let me guide you and show you the true way.
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Languages: English
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Guide Index
Overview
What is a tank? 
Symptoms of Tank Anxiety 
What makes a good tank? 
Embracing the Giga-Chad inside you. 
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What is a tank?
In order to get over our Tank Anxiety, we need to relearn what is a tank.

Corporate would like you to tell me the differences between these tanks.

Tank A


Tank B


Tank C


The only correct answer:

A tank comes in many different shapes and sizes but most importantly they can all Tank damage better than any other class in their respective games. Why should we be afraid? We aren't just IN the frontline we ARE the frontline. The fear is making you lose out on all your potential mental buffs!!

When met against the most formidable foes, are you going to do what needs to be done?


The mental buffs of being a tank
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High HP
Giga-Chad Mitigation use
Frontline Kings
Your girlfriend let's us pull ALL her mobs!
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Symptoms of Tank Anxiety
include but aren't limited too.
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-Inability to use Tank Stance
-Completely unnecessary simping for your healer
-Doesn't know what their abilities do besides the damage abilites
-Watches over 500 episodes of one piece just to find out it's a mid anime at best
-Very weak mob pulls that extend the dungeon time +20 additional minutes.
-Doesn't use mitigation
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What is a bad tank?
The universal definition of a bad tank is one that encapsulates a complete fake bravado. They want to be viewed as a good tank but their mental might as well be the last drop of toothpaste.


One that doesn't utilize their mitigation, no no, instead! They chose to replace the need to use it with the need for more healing from the healer. If this tank was good the amount of healing they'd need wouldn't be as plentiful had they just used their abilities to NEGATE DAMAGE.


All tanks have abilities that make them invulnerable to damage so as big of a layer of protection as that is, you'll still have tanks that don't use abilities like Superbolide. Instead they'll opt in to small pull with the excuse that it's for the healer. This is clearly copium from the tank, it's to hide the fact that their insecure about their true potential. Some honestly just simp for the healer. Only good healers find big pulls attractive. It's not attractive for a healer if you're spending the first 5 minutes hoping she says yes to small pulling.

When you ask if you could small pull this image should pop into your head.



The only dungeon where small pulling is acceptable. This is what separates the smart tanks from the dumb ones, It also separates bad dungeon design from good ones.


What makes a good tank?
Getting over tank anxiety might be hard but I'd like you to know that we all appreciate our tank mains. You guys help our queue times and are essential employee's teammates in every party of ff14.
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-Understanding that it's okay to fail
-Wiping once on a big pull is still faster than clearing a dungeon with just small pulls
-Having enough game sense to know when your healer's mana is too low and using your mitigation's instead of not using any at all.
-Always looking to improve the way you play so you could be the most optimal tank.
-Understanding that you won't die to mobs as easily, just please turn on tank stance next time.
BIG SEXY PULLS!
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With FF14 being a time consuming mmo, only the sexiest tanks know what it looks like to type "Big pulls?" in chat. your healers reaction will always be the gif below.



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A big tank uses their mitigation so that the healer just needs to use their holy for fast mob clears!


We all love a strong independent tank that doesn't go limb at the sight of low health. The best and most attractive tanks shrug it off. Your healthbar has been in low places but that doesn't stop you! We know how to use our abilities.


What if I'm met with a scenario where I can only small pull and there's no other way?
leave the dungeon and take the 30 minute timer
If met with no other option, your healer said "Look the trackball on my mouse is sliced in half and I'm running on 10 fps." Knowing what mobs to pull in any given situation is what makes the tank. Understand that it's okay to care about your teammates despite the technological burdens!
Embracing the Giga-Chad inside you.
After a long days worth of tanking, you could go to the bathroom IRL or in an RP area and smile at your beautiful mirror reflection.

39 Comments
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Odin's Balls 5 Jun @ 6:02am 
this is so fucking good
Night Commander16 17 Mar @ 8:17am 
Looked at this while waiting for a download, laughed. Time well spent. 10/10 sound advice.
Rubijox 5 Dec, 2023 @ 7:50pm 
The funniest thing to me as a warrior is how useless healers are, every time they cast a heal i'm full hp before it even gets to me, or they spam heals trying to keep me alive while i have "holmgang" active only to be instantly full hp right before it ends.
like bruh, you realise most of my mitigation is healing myself, let me use it :steamsad:
[CZ] Shero 17 Aug, 2023 @ 2:23am 
"My hands looks like this..."

thats me since Stormblood......it made me laught so hard xD thanks man....
Julmara 29 May, 2023 @ 5:07pm 
i just picked up the game i hope i wont fail i got some experience from wow but this game plays quite differently ono
The Angered Cat 21 May, 2023 @ 12:28am 
Should also be noted that a small pull also depends on dungeon size an the skill of both the tank and the healer. For example if you are a skilled tank with a skilled healer, do a wall to wall, but if your healer isn't great or if they are newer to the game, you are the one to adjust and pull 2 pulls at most. If you are newer to the game and/or chose Drk or Gnb as your first tank class, then practice 'til you you know what you need to do in a given situation. 2 is the minimum for any dungeon pull and wall to walling is a skilled basis as you need to juggle mitigation on top of healing from the healer. ALSO FROM ONE TANK TO ANOTHER, USE ARM'S LENGTH IN ANY PULL SIZE, IT SLOWS DOWN THE WEAPON SKILL RATE OF THE ENEMY IF THEY HIT YOU WITH A PHYSICAL ATTACK. AND WE KNOW SLOWER WEAPON SKILL COOLDOWNS MEANS LESS ENEMY DPS COMING AT YOU
774 9 May, 2023 @ 4:14pm 
Remember to Superbolide randomly as Gunbreaker to keep the healer on their toes.

- A Sage main
Izeyash 5 May, 2023 @ 11:43pm 
Can put as many memes in it as you want, Tanxiety doesn't exist. LITERALLY JUST A DPS WITH COOLDOWNS AND WITHOUT POSITIONALS.
[CZ] Shero 28 Jan, 2023 @ 5:17am 
As a DRK main since HW.....I APPROVE OF THIS MESSAGE !!!
LUKE 25 Jan, 2023 @ 2:32pm 
automatically commending the healer as a tank is also a hallmark sign of tank anxiety--commend the dps that utilize their aoe rotation (ie the cleaving SAM) on the big pulls because thats how parties can clear ever faster :warplate1: