Feb 2018 Ambuscade Vol 1

They do this for the MB that follow. I believe skillchain damage can't be resisted (citation needed) but it is affected by the enemy's resistance rank when the damage is calculated.

Good to know, just assumed MB added macc + dmg if applicable thats increased further with traits/gear etc. and didnt mess with ranks

Yeah, whoever told you this is not your friend.

The theme around here lately seems to be "your friends are not nice people"

So, the Charger (horse) "Scintillant Lance" is a classic Ixion-like move that does light-based damage and this damage can be pretty high and goes up, following a certain formula, according to how much he gets healed by the damage he receives during his charging tp moves (that makes him get healed for damage received).

After seeing several PUG PLD die because of Scintillant Lance, yesterday I decided to do 4 runs with myself on RUN/WHM, sporting the appropriate runes of course.

And... Scintillant Lance damage was always laughable.
Thing is, I'm unable to tell if this is because of how good RUN is against that specific move compared to PLD, or because the DDs I was playin with were too competent (compared to the average PUG) in avoiding to heal the horse too much.
I even tried to heal the horse ON PURPOSE spamming Dimidiation hoping to spike up the damage, but to no avail.


Anybody else has more experience on this? I'm curious.

Pld just needs Aegis and shell5.

On Run with light runes up the lance move does 0 dmg even if you purposefully heal it by spamming WS moves during his charging thing.

FWIW, definitely don't need a tank on this one. We've been doing BRD COR WHM and 3 DD and it works fine. Usually have 1 of the DD stunning (BLU or DRG, we prefer BLU) and you're all set. WHM or any of the DD can tank everything these guys put out (see: almost nothing) with ease.