The Divine Protector: PLD Guide 2025

You guys need to get a room or something.

yes I usually DA>Manif>klima the least. Once when we zone in and buff, once right before Aminon pull, then 1 more time, during Aminon. Unless we are at a dead stop to redo songs then switching out of LA for klima is probably not worth the time. I just try to get as much buffs on them as possible to keep their Savage damage as high as possible. Every bit helps.

I manually just storm the bard/cor(usually) throughout the run. Ill save accession for stoneskin, and for erase to get bind off to get us moving faster. Regen is prebuffed from a SCH for the first 20~ min, its the annoying duration one to have to keep up. between holy circle and the /drk circles that another buff to keep on at all times also.

I did an index search and didn't see a Reprisal set. Figured I'd post mine. The shield is pretty much interchangeable. I go with Srivatsa for best DEF, Enmity, and Acc/Attk balance. When Palisade is up, it's capped block rate. With ~20% haste from magic, songs, or bubbles (just 1 source is enough), Reprisal reaches 100% uptime.

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Hi everyone,

Things have been pretty busy on my side these past few months, so I hadn't been able to keep the guide up to date. I'm back at it seriously now — over the last 2–3 days I've reworked several sections. Here's what changed and what's coming.


✓ Done

• Theory · Aggro priority: one generic table → 4 sub-job tables (PLD/BLU & PLD/RUN, ST/AoE) with numbered priority and rewritten Objectives. Jettatura VE 2959 → 2948.
• Theory · Atonement: per-hit cap added (≈1190 at Lv.119); fTP mod reframed (x2 base / x3 with Burtgang AM3); AM3 40%×2 / 20%×3; breath-type, 2 hits (CE + VE).
• Theory · Magical Damage: summary recap added above the existing tables.
• Theory · Damage Taken: new Reduction Types & Caps header.
• Theory · HP Management: added the principle that every gear swap is a potential HP-loss event compounding across hundreds of swaps.
• Theory · Spell & JA mechanics: new Offense category covering Enlight II, Sepulcher and Intervene; Holy Circle added under Defense. Each entry has formulas/values, thresholds and practical notes.
• Sets · Phalanx: new PHALANX MAX (Ceiling +70) set (Skill 417, PDT/MDT −50% capped); Hybrid gains SIRD +3%.
• Sets · Fast Cast: Reverence Surcoat +4 + Sworn Brais → PDT −40% (was −32%), DEF +1089 (was +965); FC cap unchanged at 80%.
• Sets · GearSwap priorities: Idle / FC / Full Enmity reordered for HP retention. Per-piece breakdown rewritten as Δ HP vs the previous set in the swap cycle (39 Δ entries). Inline back tables replaced by Rudianos.tank / Rudianos.FCSIRD.
• Misc: global CSS fix on invalid 3-value text-shadow.


→ Planned

• Theory: full Food section.
• Sets: more alternative sets across Idle, Enmity, JA, FC cap, Phalanx alternatives, Enhancing, Cure, Engaged. Plus a new Reprisal set and additional WS sets to complement the existing ones (Atonement, Savage Blade R15/R30, Aeolian Edge, Sanguine Blade).
• Sets: upgrade every set to the AF +4 versions to keep the guide current — not strictly mandatory pieces, but worth listing.
• Tooling: scripts / Excel sheets to compute alternative-set stats accurately rather than estimating by hand.