Warrior Job Guide for FFXIV — Endwalker 6.55

Warriors are one of four tanks found in FFXIV, wielding a massive greataxe, as well as an extremely potent series of healing spells that allow them to comfortably regain lost health.

Warrior's core gameplay consists of building up your Beast Gauge with actions, to then unleash powerful, resource-spending moves that deal large amounts of damage to your enemies. With the use of actions such as Inner Release, you can chain together windows of large amounts of damage output, as well as keep yourself healthy and topped-off with a number of defensive and healing actions, such as Bloodwhetting.

Warriors require you to have already leveled the Marauder base class to level 30 before receiving your job stone to transform you into a Warrior from the "Pride and Duty (Will Take You from the Mountain)" quest, given to you by Wyrnzoen in Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks (x11, y6).

The Beast Gauge for Warriors has two functions: showing how much gauge you have, as well as whether or not you have Defiance activated.

You generate gauge by completing combos with your basic actions, such as Heavy Swing, Maim, and Storm's Path or Storm's Eye, or your AoE equivalents Overpower and Mythril Tempest. There are also abilities that instantly generate an amount of gauge, such as Infuriate.

To spend your Beast Gauge, there are a number of actions that can be used, and the actions available to you will change as you level, but the first ones you will acquire are Inner Beast and Steel Cyclone. These will later upgrade to Fell Cleave and Decimate, and beyond that upgrade again while under the effect of Nascent Chaos, to Inner Chaos and Chaotic Cyclone.

If you would prefer to watch a video that provides an overview of Warrior, feel free to give the video below a watch. The video was provided by Julia Care, a member of the community on The Balance Discord server.

Action Name	Cast Recast	Range Radius	Effect
Heavy Swing Lv. 1	Instant 2.5s	↔ 3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 200.
Maim Lv. 4	Instant 2.5s	↔ 3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 150. Combo Action: Heavy Swing Combo Potency: 300 Combo Bonus: Increases Beast Gauge by 10
Berserk Lv. 6	Instant 60.0s	↔ 0y 0y	Grants 3 stacks of Berserk, each stack guaranteeing weaponskill attacks are critical and direct hits. Increases damage dealt when under an effect that raises critical hit rate or direct hit rate. Duration: 15s Additional Effect: Extends Surging Tempest duration by 10s to a maximum of 60s
Defiance Lv. 10	Instant 2.0s	↔ 0y 0y	Significantly increases enmity generation. Effect ends upon reuse.
Overpower Lv. 10	Instant 2.5s	↔ 0y 5y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 110 to all nearby enemies.
Release Defiance Lv. 10	Instant 1.0s	↔ 0y 0y	Cancels the effect of Defiance.
Tomahawk Lv. 15	Instant 2.5s	↔ 20y 0y	Delivers a ranged attack with a potency of 150. Additional Effect: Increased enmity
Storm's Path Lv. 26	Instant 2.5s	↔ 3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 160. Combo Action: Maim Combo Potency: 440 Combo Bonus: Restores own HP Cure Potency: 250 Combo Bonus: Increases Beast Gauge by 20
Thrill of Battle Lv. 30	Instant 90.0s	↔ 0y 0y	Increases maximum HP by 20% and restores the amount increased. Additional Effect: Increases HP recovery via healing actions on self by 20% Duration: 10s
Inner Beast Lv. 35	Instant 2.5s	↔ 3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 330. Beast Gauge Cost: 50
Vengeance Lv. 38	Instant 120.0s	↔ 0y 0y	Reduces damage taken by 30% and delivers an attack with a potency of 55 every time you suffer physical damage. Duration: 15s
Mythril Tempest Lv. 40	Instant 2.5s	↔ 0y 5y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100 to all nearby enemies. Combo Action: Overpower Combo Potency: 150 Combo Bonus: Grants Surging Tempest, increasing damage dealt by 10% Duration: 30s Extends Surging Tempest duration by 30s to a maximum of 60s. Combo Bonus: Increases Beast Gauge by 20
Holmgang Lv. 42	Instant 240.0s	↔ 6y 0y	Brace yourself for an enemy onslaught, preventing most attacks from reducing your HP to less than 1. Duration: 10s When a target is selected, halts their movement with chains.
Steel Cyclone Lv. 45	Instant 2.5s	↔ 0y 5y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 170 to all nearby enemies. Beast Gauge Cost: 50
Infuriate Lv. 50	Instant 60.0s	↔ 0y 0y	Increases Beast Gauge by 50. Additional Effect: Grants Nascent Chaos Duration: 30s Maximum Charges: 2 Can only be executed while in combat.
Storm's Eye Lv. 50	Instant 2.5s	↔ 3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 160. Combo Action: Maim Combo Potency: 440 Combo Bonus: Grants Surging Tempest, increasing damage dealt by 10% Duration: 30s Extends Surging Tempest duration by 30s to a maximum of 60s. Combo Bonus: Increases Beast Gauge by 10
Fell Cleave Lv. 54	Instant 2.5s	↔ 3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 520. Beast Gauge Cost: 50 ※Action changes to Inner Chaos while under the effect of Nascent Chaos.
Raw Intuition Lv. 56	Instant 25.0s	↔ 0y 0y	Reduces damage taken by 10%. Duration: 6s Additional Effect: Restores HP with each weaponskill successfully delivered Cure Potency: 400 Shares a recast timer with Nascent Flash.
Equilibrium Lv. 58	Instant 60.0s	↔ 0y 0y	Restores own HP. Cure Potency: 1,200 Additional Effect: Gradually restores HP Cure Potency: 200 Duration: 15s
Decimate Lv. 60	Instant 2.5s	↔ 0y 5y	Delivers an attack to all nearby enemies with a potency of 200. Beast Gauge Cost: 50 ※Action changes to Chaotic Cyclone while under the effect of Nascent Chaos.
Onslaught Lv. 62	Instant 30.0s	↔ 20y 0y	Rushes target and delivers an attack with a potency of 150. Maximum Charges: 3 Cannot be executed while bound.
Upheaval Lv. 64	Instant 30.0s	↔ 3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 400. Shares a recast timer with Orogeny.
Shake It Off Lv. 68	Instant 90.0s	↔ 0y 30y	Creates a barrier around self and all nearby party members that absorbs damage totaling 15% of maximum HP. Dispels Thrill of Battle, Vengeance, and Bloodwhetting, increasing damage absorbed by 2% for each effect removed. Duration: 30s Additional Effect: Gradually restores HP Cure Potency: 100 Duration: 15s Additional Effect: Restores target's HP Cure Potency: 300
Inner Release Lv. 70	Instant 60.0s	↔ 0y 0y	Grants 3 stacks of Inner Release, each stack allowing the use of Fell Cleave or Decimate without cost and guaranteeing they are critical and direct hits. Increases damage dealt when under an effect that raises critical hit rate or direct hit rate. Additional Effect: Grants Inner Strength, nullifying Stun, Sleep, Bind, Heavy, and most knockback and draw-in effects Duration: 15s Additional Effect: Extends Surging Tempest duration by 10s to a maximum of 60s Additional Effect: Grants Primal Rend Ready Duration: 30s
Chaotic Cyclone Lv. 72	Instant 2.5s	↔ 0y 5y	Delivers a critical direct hit with a potency of 320 to all nearby enemies. Damage dealt is increased when under an effect that raises critical hit rate or direct hit rate. Additional Effect: Reduces the recast time of Infuriate by 5 seconds Beast Gauge Cost: 50 Can only be executed while under the effect of Nascent Chaos. Effect fades upon execution. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Nascent Flash Lv. 76	Instant 25.0s	↔ 30y 0y	Grants Nascent Flash to self and Nascent Glint to target party member. Nascent Flash Effect: Restores HP with each weaponskill successfully delivered Cure Potency: 400 Nascent Glint Effect: Restores HP equaling 100% of that recovered by Nascent Flash while also reducing damage taken by 10% Duration: 8s Additional Effect: Grants Stem the Flow to target, reducing damage taken by 10% Duration: 4s Additional Effect: Grants Stem the Tide to target, nullifying damage equivalent to a heal of 400 potency Duration: 20s Shares a recast timer with Bloodwhetting.
Inner Chaos Lv. 80	Instant 2.5s	↔ 3y 0y	Delivers a critical direct hit with a potency of 660. Damage dealt is increased when under an effect that raises critical hit rate or direct hit rate. Additional Effect: Reduces the recast time of Infuriate by 5 seconds Beast Gauge Cost: 50 Can only be executed while under the effect of Nascent Chaos. Effect fades upon execution. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Bloodwhetting Lv. 82	Instant 25.0s	↔ 0y 0y	Reduces damage taken by 10%. Duration: 8s Additional Effect: Restores HP with each weaponskill successfully delivered Cure Potency: 400 Additional Effect: Grants Stem the Flow Stem the Flow Effect: Reduces damage taken by 10% Duration: 4s Additional Effect: Grants Stem the Tide Stem the Tide Effect: Creates a barrier around self that absorbs damage equivalent to a heal of 400 potency Duration: 20s Shares a recast timer with Nascent Flash.
Orogeny Lv. 86	Instant 30.0s	↔ 0y 5y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 150 to all nearby enemies. Shares a recast timer with Upheaval.
Primal Rend Lv. 90	Instant 2.5s	↔ 20y 5y	Jumps to the target and delivers a critical direct hit to target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 700 for the first enemy, and 70% less for all remaining enemies. Damage dealt is increased when under an effect that raises critical hit rate or direct hit rate. Stacks of Inner Release are not consumed upon execution. Can only be executed while under the effect of Primal Rend Ready, granted by Inner Release. Cannot be executed while bound.

Action Name	Cast Recast	Range Radius	Effect
Rampart Lv. 8	Instant 90.0s	↔ 0y 0y	Reduces damage taken by 20%. Duration: 20s
Low Blow Lv. 12	Instant 25.0s	↔ 3y 0y	Stuns target. Duration: 5s
Provoke Lv. 15	Instant 30.0s	↔ 25y 0y	Gesture threateningly, placing yourself at the top of a target's enmity list while gaining additional enmity.
Interject Lv. 18	Instant 30.0s	↔ 3y 0y	Interrupts the use of a target's action.
Reprisal Lv. 22	Instant 60.0s	↔ 0y 5y	Reduces damage dealt by nearby enemies by 10%. Duration: 10s
Arm's Length Lv. 32	Instant 120.0s	↔ 0y 0y	Creates a barrier nullifying most knockback and draw-in effects. Duration: 6s Additional Effect: Slow +20% when barrier is struck Duration: 15s
Shirk Lv. 48	Instant 120.0s	↔ 25y 0y	Diverts 25% of enmity to target party member.

Action Name	Acquired	Effect
Tank Mastery	Lv. 1	Reduces damage taken by 20%. Furthermore, grants a bonus to maximum HP based on your vitality attribute, and a bonus to damage dealt based on your strength attribute.
The Beast Within	Lv. 35	Increases Beast Gauge when landing Maim or Storm's Path in a combo.
Inner Beast Mastery	Lv. 54	Upgrades Inner Beast to Fell Cleave.
Steel Cyclone Mastery	Lv. 60	Upgrades Steel Cyclone to Decimate.
Enhanced Infuriate	Lv. 66	Reduces Infuriate recast time by 5 seconds upon landing Inner Beast, Steel Cyclone, Fell Cleave, or Decimate on most targets.
Berserk Mastery	Lv. 70	Upgrades Berserk to Inner Release.
Nascent Chaos	Lv. 72	Infuriate grants the effect of Nascent Chaos, upgrading Decimate to Chaotic Cyclone. Upon reaching level 80, Nascent Chaos will also upgrade Fell Cleave to Inner Chaos. Duration: 30s
Mastering the Beast	Lv. 74	Increases Beast Gauge when landing Mythril Tempest in a combo.
Enhanced Shake It Off	Lv. 76	Adds a healing effect to Shake It Off. Cure Potency: 300
Enhanced Thrill of Battle	Lv. 78	Adds an additional effect to Thrill of Battle that increases HP recovery via healing actions by 20%.
Raw Intuition Mastery	Lv. 82	Upgrades Raw Intuition to Bloodwhetting.
Enhanced Nascent Flash	Lv. 82	Extends the duration of Nascent Flash and Nascent Glint to 8 seconds. Grants Stem the Flow to target, reducing damage taken by 10%. Duration: 4s Grants Stem the Tide to target, nullifying damage equivalent to a heal of 400 potency. Duration: 20s
Enhanced Equilibrium	Lv. 84	Grants healing over time to self. Cure Potency: 200 Duration: 15s
Melee Mastery	Lv. 84	Increases the potency of Heavy Swing to 200, Maim to 150, Storm's Path to 160, and Storm's Eye to 160.
Enhanced Onslaught	Lv. 88	Allows a third charge of Onslaught.

On the northernmost edge of Abalathia's Spine exists a mountain tribe renowned for producing fearsome mercenaries. Wielding greataxes and known as warriors, these men and women learn to harness their inner-beasts and translate that power to unbridled savagery on the battlefield.

In former times which saw war waged ceaselessly in Eorzea, the warriors featured prominently on the front lines of battle. With the arrival of peacetime, however, their art has descended into the shadows of obscurity, where it remains to this day.