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whatever happened to thf as a sub?

Um...GAX dmg = slashing, Great Katana dmg = slashing (and I'm referring to slashing vs. piercing vs. blunt here).

How exactly would a GKT suffer any more than a GAX?

/mnk. the tried-and-true warrior subjob, monk can be used effectively from level 1 to level 37. THIS IS THE ONLY SUBJOB YOU SHOULD USE IN PARTIES UNTIL AT LEAST 20s. good boosts to str, dex and vit, along with a sizeable HP increase and a slew of useful JA's and JT's make /mnk the preferred subjob of most warriors when starting out. early on, boost provides a welcome attack increase along with some extra hate to hold aggro with, while providing passive abilities such as counter and HP boost that further increase the power a warrior has while tanking. its the cheapest, most effective way for a warrior to kick ass and take names pre-30, and its pretty fun to level as well.


/nin is what you will be using most from 37-75 probably. It allows you to comfortably go nuts with your damage, while not worrying about pulling hate as you will be able to remain untouched for up to 6 hits with one of Nin’s spells, Utsusemi. Utsusemi creates three shadows of the user, and these three shadows are used to absorb attacks directed at the warrior. Once the first 2 have been taken, start casting and as the third goes you will finish, having another 3 shadows ready and waiting for the mob. If your tank can’t get hate back after 6 shadows, you’re party isn’t exactly ideal.
These attacks can be physical or magical in nature, but they must be a single target. -ga spells of any kind will negate the effect of Utsusemi and erase all of your shadows.

The second big thing about /nin is the ability to use dual wield. This JT allows a warrior to use two 1h axes while decreasing the overall delay on those axes. Post-50, when a war/nin gains access to the second dual wield trait, the war/nin becomes capable of dealing great damage over time. The decrease in delay at 50 makes dual-wield very viable. Before this it's not recommended.

Proper party configuration and cooperation allows the utsusemi of the war/nin to be used without interruption, allowing massive amounts of damage to be absorbed and thus saving a huge amount of MP when hate is shared between the party members. a good war/nin can perform in the absence of a pld or nin as a reasonably decent offensive tank. This can be especially effectively utilized with a second war/nin in the party, sharing hate to help you recast shadows. Don't expect to go without downtime though, it just won't happen.

At 74-75, with the second utsusemi spell, war/nin is widely regarded as one of the best merit tanks in the game, due to the warrior’s natural ability to deal great damage while absorbing almost every hit directed at him.
It’s important to remember that just because you are war/nin, it’s not essential to use Dual Wield. It’s fine to use Great axe too, and until 48, it will always outperform 2xAxes. Keep axe capped, but use Great Axe most of the time to 50. Then it’s a matter of preference.


/drg is a fun subjob, but offers nothing in the way of damage mitigation like /nin or the vit/hp boost of /mnk.
If you are confident that your tank will hold hate no matter what you do to the mob, this is a nice job combination after level 30. You get jump at 20 which will give you small damage boosts and tp, and an accuracy boost eventually at 60.
More importantly, you get access to wyvern earring, giving you haste+5%, and wyvern mantle giving you a hefty att bonus. These two items make /drg a very viable choice for DDs. I wouldn't use this before 30, as you won't have the wyvern gear. I prefer /mnk 1-30, and /drg after 30-50 if you want just pure DD.

/sam takes over from where drg leaves off at level 50. If you are confident in your tank’s ability to hold hate, /sam with hasso (and TE for emergencies I guess) is absolutely fantastic, and allows you to wear other gear in the slots taken up by wyvern gear as /drg. At level 60 a war/sam gains access to meditate, allowing the war/sam to gain 60 TP over the course of five seconds which is a great bonus ever 3 mins allowing 2 weaponskills in rapid succession.
At 70, you get seigan and third eye, and as much damage mitigation as you will ever need with a good tank, making this the ideal subjob for war in a good party 70+. The security of /nin is hard to beat though.


/thf, /whm, /pld, /dnc:

All of these have situational uses, but in a party? NOT EVER. PROMISE ME. NEVER.