Holy Fire (Spammable Skill) → Flying Shield  →  Holy Shield Throw → Holy Hammer
Save Holy Regen & Ardent Guardian to deal with mechanics.

Holy Hammer
Attack a target with the Divine Hammer to deal Physical DMG equal to 76% of your ATK+140, and increase your Glancing Chance by 4% for the next 13sec.
Holy Hammer deals 15% more base DMG and grants 7.5% higher glancing chance.

Holy Shield Bash
Use a shield to strike a target and enemies within 4m of the target, dealing Physical DMG equal to 25% of your ATK+63, and boosting your Physical DEF by 5%+14 for the next 56sec.
Casting Holy Shield Bash gives you 9 Aegis Energy. If at least 3 targets are hit, it also grants 3 more Aegis Energy.
The additional effects if Holy Shield Bash last 2sec longer. While active, you take 4% less DMG.

Flying Shield
Throw an Enchanted Aegis at the target, dealing Physical DMG equal to 194% of your ATK+357.
If the skill hits a target, you will be granted a Shield that absorbs DMG equal to 12% of your max HP+3360.
Flying Shield deals 15% more base DMG and its Shield absorbs 45% more DMG.

Holy Fire
Be surrounded by Divine Energy to deal Magic DMG equal to 4% of your ATK+60 per sec for 112sec to enemies 6m of you.

Holy Regen
Guide Divine Power to recover 19% of your max HP+4928.
This skill can’t deal Crit. hit or count as Combo.
Holy Regen heals 20% more, and its base cooldown is reduced by 20sec.

Ardent Guardian
Divine Power protects you in the next 12sec, reducing the DMG taken by 20% and increasing Physical DEF by 910.

For your stats the main focus should be on the following:

• Resilience: This will make you immune to being critically hit but it varies between bosses.
• Stamina: Increases HP and Health Recovery which is important for Tanking.
• Focus: Increases armor rate for a Tank.
• Glancing: This is the chance percentage that you have to reduce incoming damage by 25%, soft caps at 42% so focus on this stat via your gear and special aptitude.
• Cooldown Rate: Decreases global cooldowns, reduces skill cooldowns, increases cast speed. We want this to eventually reach 25% so that our Holy Fire skill can maintain a 100% uptime.
• Omni: Provides tanks with reduced damage and damage immunity. This only becomes good once it’s over 1855.

For optimal performance, aim to equip the set gear which is obtainable from Elite Raids. This provides valuable additional stats and benefits, complementing the usual aptitudes and attributes. Additionally, the weekly reward box from completing the Arcane Realm can also yield set gear pieces.

Make sure to:

• Fill all gem slots on your gear to maximize stats.
• Empower each piece to enhance its effectiveness.
• Use the Tempering system to transfer favourable aptitudes and stats from non-set gear onto your set gear.

With Glancing soft capping at 42%, you can use Focus instead on gear.

Aim to have a Special Aptitude on all gear pieces. The most beneficial aptitudes enhance your short cooldown skills. For a Barbarian Fighter, prioritize aptitudes that boost Chill Strike, Frost Cross, and Frost Strike, as these skills are frequently used.

Special Aptitudes provide varying benefits depending on the gear piece they are on, allowing you to utilize one of each aptitude across your gear. They also stack, so you can use multiple of the same aptitude for added effect.

All Special Aptitudes offer some benefit, except for Storm Flying Axe. Avoid using this aptitude, as you won’t be utilizing that skill.

When you see the Special Aptitude mention “Echo of Destiny,” it refers to the Fatuina Echo, which is triggered via your Inscribe Stone system. Check the starting node for more information.

• Divine Body (3/3)
• Mental Focus (3/3)
• Holy Hammer+ (3/3)
• Returning Shield (3/3)
• Holy Shield Bash (1/1)
• Thermal Recovery (3/3)
• Fast Recharge (3/3)
• Flying Shield+(3/3)
• Guardian Shield (2/2)
• Holy Regen+(2/2)
• Aegis+(3/3)
• Heart of Fire (3/3)

• Barrierguard
• Reversal
• Tribal Ode
• Warlike Surge
• Potential

• Guardian Order – Single target taunt skill, good for grabbing bosses at the start of a fight.
• Challenge Guardian – AoE taunt skill, good for AoE aggro in harder content but worth dropping if you need a different Ultimate in dungeons.
• Punishment – Interrupts enemies, mostly needed for specific boss fights where a boss has an interruptible mechanic.
• Breakout – Although not exactly useful for Tanking, it helps you to stay ahead of your group which is idea for clumping during add pulls.

• Potions – Always have the highest level potions you can use available to top up your health after a big hit from a boss
• Burst Potions – Use the Shield burst potions to increase Glancing and Physical DEF
• Fish – Fish gained by fishing offer increased stats or other benefits such as life leach and damage shield. Use these before starting a raid as the effect usually have a long duration.
• Food – Food obtained from the Food Festival provides some strong buffs
  • Sea Food Flavoured Beef Soup: +Glancing
  • Fish Stew with Eggs: +Defence
  • Sour Wild Wolf Soup: +HP
  • Premium Stew: Group Buff +Glancing, Defence & HP