Talk:Guarding Skill

Revision as of 21:12, 4 April 2008 by *>FFXI-Itazura (→‎Guarding and Weapon Type.: new section)

Skilling Up

Is there any known way to skill up this ability efficiently? I tanked as a MNK/WAR from 45-59 and I only gained 12 points going from 48 to 60. Shentok 01:17, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Shentok, I plan on trying MNK/DNC from 30-37ish; I'll definitely let people know if that helps. My second guess would be MNK/NIN soloing Easy Prey mobs. --Ctownwoody 07:23, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Well I'm not sure about lower levels, I can only tell you that at 75 I checked out mobs that were in the appropriate level range and got several of them attacking me while targeting another mob. Monk mobs are good for this, including Mandies. I've worked my way to 154 Guard skill thus far, which is right around the level cap for a level 50 monk. I'm a little stuck now, but still trying to work on it. Check out the LiveJournal of Genome, a fantastic Monk on Diabolos server. If you Google his name, LiveJournal, and Guarding you should find the post in no time, more useful info there than I have re-posted here. And don't forget that /NIN won't help with Guard, because shadows are checked before Guard/ /RDM with Stoneskin/Phalanx, or /DNC with TP-healing do help though. Dziuk 18:38, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

I'd tend to agree with the above post, but I personally have a few questions about Guard myself, so I may not be the best person to comment. I found /RDM tanking multiple mobs at once (Make sure to face them!) to be an effective, if slow method of skilling up guard. --Vycron 01:02, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Guarding and Weapon Type.

The page currently says Guarding can only happen when using Hand-to-Hand weapon and when using one-handed weapons (if no Shield), but not two-handed weapons. Are all those conditions formally tested? If so, where are the testings documented? Lastly, if equipping shield in the sub slot affects guard, what about another one-handed weapon for NIN and /NIN? --FFXI-Itazura 21:12, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

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