MDBI and II

[Churchill]

Is MDBII +12 to MDBI? Or is it a total of +12 combined? Big difference being +12MDB or +22...wondering because I wanted to try DRK/RDM to tank JLo but if /WHM offers more then I'd do that.

[Eaglestrike]

Accuracy Bonus 1 is +10 acc.
Accuracy Bonus 2 is +12 acc.
Total is +22acc.

Most likely that's on par with how MDB works.

[Seditedi]

Pretty sure its +10 and +12 totaling +22 MDB.
WHM sub would give more. Just deck yourself in MDB+ and Magic damage taken-% gear where available, highly doubt you would need much enmity gear given the spells DRK has available to it. Chainsaw sword and Wivre Shield should do the job.

[Churchill]

Yeah, it actually seems kind of sick.

WHM sub: 22MDB
Abyss Flanchard: 5MDB
Lamia Bow: 1MDB
Resolute Belt: 2MDB

Resentment Cape: -5%
Merman's Ringsx2: -8%
Merman's Earringx1: -2%
Askar boots: -2%
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30MDB and -17%MDMG



If you tried as a PLD with Aegis, you could use the Iron Ram Lance, so...

Defending Ring/Iron Ram Lance/Aegis/Merman's Ring: -49%
Lamia Mantle/Lamia Bow/WHM sub/Resolute Belt/MDB Ring: 31MDB

Add shellV, barspells, and Magus's roll to any of those, seems kind of sick.

[ubermonkey]

If you tried as a PLD with Aegis, you could use the Iron Ram Lance, so...

Lance is a 2handed weapon no?

[Churchill]

Ah right, didn't think that part through. So non-aegis could use that, Aegis wouldn't. Still interesting.

[Seditedi]

FYI magic damage taken-% caps at 50% reduction also.
So PLD with Aegis will actually cap out with just Shell V and Aegis.
Doesn't really matter to you because you aren't exceeding -25% magic damage taken in that gear set, but if you were you'd want to hit 25% from gear because Shell V will cover the rest, then load up on MDB instead for the remaining gear slots.

and yea its a polearm I believe, so can't equip it with a shield but it'd be overkill for an aegis PLD anyway.

[Churchill]

Ah I didn't know gear checks along with shell, I was assuming seperate ie haste until a higher% rather than cap at the gear cap of 50%.

[Seditedi]

But yeah, your gearset will definitely to the job for tanking it.
I've just tanked it on RDM/NIN - it's really boring lol.
You should have fun tanking it on DRK though, as taru the first time I did it I ate Carbonara because I was afraid I'd get oneshotted, only had like 1100 some HP + 350 HP Stoneskin, but after first time I didn't even bother using food again and tanked it with like a little over 1k. Hardest nuke (Thundaga III) only hit me for like 350-400 through stoneskin.

[Theodoric]

Sounds kinda fun actually. I tanked Alexander for ToAU as DRK. I think I was the only melee type not to eat dirt after the 50% mark. Too bad since I tanked and other were dead we lost that round.

Theo :bastok:

[Churchill]

But yeah, your gearset will definitely to the job for tanking it.
I've just tanked it on RDM/NIN - it's really boring lol.
You should have fun tanking it on DRK though, as taru the first time I did it I ate Carbonara because I was afraid I'd get oneshotted, only had like 1100 some HP + 350 HP Stoneskin, but after first time I didn't even bother using food again and tanked it with like a little over 1k. Hardest nuke (Thundaga III) only hit me for like 350-400 through stoneskin.

Well for me it's always go melee or go NIN and tank adds...so boring is boring I guess, just a new and therefor more exciting boring.

[Suiram]

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but MDBII is just 12 total, not 22. It's just written as +12 since you think of it as adding 0.12 to 1.0 or whatever your MDB is from gear before trait.

[Churchill]

If that's true it'd actually be good news, since I only wanted to level a RDM sub -_-;

[Seditedi]

Guess Suiram is correct, like I said I wasn't sure.
RDM sub is better anyways in terms of utility over WHM sub.