I dont know where to start really, so i guess i will jump right in! Basically I Tank Paladin with a support job of ninja for 95% of the things i do. Since this is the case, I'm going to focus on paladin/ninja specifically for this entry. I am going to cover tons of shit, everything from macro sets, gear swaps to techniques i use to tank and not to forget merits that I current have. Lets start off with what my macro pallets look like.





Since i have so many macros (although half of them i might not even use anymore...) I have to switch between two different macro pallets. The top screenshot is of my main macro set and the second is what I have to change to while tanking something like Tiamat or Ultima for my Fire resist setup and my Magic Damage Down gear.

There are three macros that I use to a huge degree while tanking HNMs. These are the ALT 8, 9 and 0 macros. This is how i do a complete gear reset back to my idol gear. Every time i do an action that makes me switch gear I hit those 3 macros to make sure my gear swaps back to all of its Haste and Enmity gear that i Idol in.





Then there are macros that i use during the fight that swap in and out gear while performing certain actions. A good example of this is my Sentinel macro (ALT1). This simply swaps in my Valor Leggings in for when I'm going to use sentinel. These are incredibly useful feet since they increase your sentinels duration by 15 seconds and gives you a tiny boost in the amount of damage it blocks.



Next on my Main macro set is my Vorpal Blade macro (ALT 3+4). This swaps in all of my gear I used to use when i wanted to Vorpal blade.





Now that they came out with an amazing weapon skill like atonement for paladin... this makes that macro incredibly useless lol. But since i put so much time into trying to figure out how to increase my Vorpal blades, ill go ahead and show them off to you anyway.



Before i threw these two macros into the trash can because of Atonement i was able to pull off 400 damage vorpal blades on Khimaira. Buutt now that Atonement can easily get up to 600-700 damage... I think you can see why vorpal blade is pretty useless now.



The next important macro id like to show everyone is my shield skill ++++ gear (ALT6). This is important for those shitty times when you are caught without any shadows. With merits and my shield skill gear, I can manage to bring my shield skill to 318. There are a few more pieces I could buy to increase that number, but i just dont see the point.





Next on the list is a macro that i barely use at all but have in there for weird situations when I am having trouble with hate and just need a little boost. Alt7 is my Enmity macro that swaps in all of my enmity gear that i possibly have. Everything from valor breaches to Askar feet go into this one.





Off to my 2nd macro pallet where my Fire Resist gear and Magic Damage Reduction gear is found. With all of my gear equipped for damage reduction Citidel Buster usually hits for around 800 damage and i can get Jailer of Loves AGA spells (Subbing ninja) down to about 600 damage. These are the only two fights I reliably use my Magic Damage Reduction gear for. I use CTRL 1 and 2 on my second macro pallet for magic damage reduction gear macros.





On Tiamat fire resist gear is incredibly important to use while it flies in the air. This macro swap can greatly reduce the amount of damage you take with barfire and fire carol stacked ontop of it. usually tiamat hits me for around 30 damage a hit, but he still gets off a nasty one now and again for about 200 damage. My resist gear has room for improvement but im content with where it is right now. ALT 1 2 and 3 on my 2nd macro pallet is where I use my fire resist gear. By myself i get my fire resistance base to 149.





Next on the menu are the merits I have earned. I think the screenshots can speak for themselves on this one.











This turned out to be way larger than I first anticipated so I will leave my techniques for tanking until my next entry. I guess I will have to name this one Part 1 or something, haha. Thats it for now, I hope you enjoyed this entry! Until next time!