MRD Tanking MateriaFollow

Below is a list of what I believe would be the best HP Setup for MRD tank. The max HP gained from Materia is capped @ 280 per Yoshi's post. With 2x perfect 70HP materia's attached on a single gear you could meet this cap in 2 pieces of gear for a total of 280 HP from materia however that is unrealistic. Odds of attaching a III with a IV are around 18-25% depending on the total stats of each gear. Needless to say this can get very $$$ but it is not very hard to attach 2x III's or 1x IV and 1x III materia to once peice of gear. For the setup below I opted to finish off the 280 HP cap (if needed) by way of VIT materia instead of HP since it gives a 1 to 1 ratio of 1 HP per point of VIT and also reduces damage. Each peice of gear will have 2x materia of the stat listed below. A stat range of 2x the lowest III to 2x perfect IV's is listed as well.

With all things being perfect below you "Could" reach 360 HP (80 over cap) from materia (ya right) so you will have to make it up. I am shooting for exactly 280HP from VIT and HP materia combined to leave other slots where HP or VIT would not give the best benefit for other mitigation stats (DEX, EVA, M.EVA). I have not seen any parses yet for mitigation stats so I'm going with my gut so to speak.

From the gear alone you will get a total of 266 HP (including VIT stats) with the possibility of 204 (2x Lowest III materia) to 360 (2x Perfect IV materia). Personally I have already attached 7 pieces of gear with either 2x III, 1x III and 1x IV. Last night I made an Electrum Scepter with 68 MP! on it for our THM. So far I have not been able to make 2x IV stick yet however I will keep trying as I want to create the best armor set I can. Square allowed the Sentinel set to be Meldable so if your really really brave you could potentially make a godly/valuable gear set out of it as well. I leave this for the super rich.

SLOT-----Gear------------------------HPGEAR+VIT-----2xMateriaRange-----HPW + MateriaRange
Head-----Cobalt Celata (Red)-----------45--------------32-50 M.Eva---------45
Body-----Cobalt Cuirass (Red)----------67-------------22-40 VIT--------------67 + 22-40
Belt-----Cobalt Plate Belt-------------------2------------80-140 HP-------------2 + 80-140
Hands--Cobalt Gauntlets (Red)--------33--------------22-40 DEX------------33
Legs-----Boarskin Skirt (Red)------------28-----------80-140 HP-------------28 + 80-140
Feet-----Cobalt Sabatons (Red)---------32-------------32-50 Eva-------------32
Weap---Demilune Bhuj--------------------0---------------22-40 VIT-------------22-40
Wrist----Mithril Wristlet-------------------26----------------N/A-------------------26
Wrist----Mithril Wristlet-------------------26----------------N/A-------------------26
Ring-----Heliodor Ring----------------------7-----------------N/A-------------------7

-Dame Guy
Rabanastre

Edited, Oct 28th 2011 2:57pm by DameGuy

Edited, Oct 28th 2011 3:00pm by DameGuy