Phoenix.Kingofgeeks said:
Ramuh.Lorzy said:
noticed a lot of people using mab atmas, so i'm guessing most people brew from the start? what i did was minikin/ambition/vv, and ws it until i get a blue read. then i just die and hp if it's h2h, or use a brew and use the regain to proc blue. my numbers on earth crusher with no mab atmas are pretty shitty, but i also don't equip mab gear on whm.
are you telling me that you just outright solo shinryu until you get blue, THEN you use brew? if thats the case i'm very interested in seeing your itemset for this and any advice you'd have to give
I usually go WHM/SAM for meditate/sekkanoki, and use claw/MM/Sea Daughter for atmas. Lately I've only gone with other people since I don't need much from it, but I'll tank shin anyway. Start with at least 200 tp, pull at beginning of blunt. Use sekkanoki. This will give you a few chances to proc discernment fairly quickly (2 ws's from sekka, one soon after from meditate). I use different ws's until I get a hint (in case I happen to proc). If it's club or staff, I'll pop the brew and cycle ws's until I get blue, then earth crusher spam (relax and take your time so you don't heal him while he's casting/tping). Doom screen is always a good idea before you brew but I always forget.
I usually tank in my PDT/MDT set (below, 44% PDT/ 16% MDT), but have also done it in my cure set. It's easy to keep up with his damage output with Cure V.
Note that I have all of the procs for club and staff. If I go in with a group where someone else has to proc, I won't pop my brew until they get blue. It's easy enough to keep them alive though.
EDIT: tl;dr: yes, solo shin until you know for a fact that you can proc blue, then use your brew. He's really not so bad to tank on whm though.