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* In Final Fantasy XI two commonly used tanking styles are nicknamed " Blood Tanks " and " Blink Tanks ".
A blood tank focuses purely on being able to take many hits, through either higher than usual HP pools, heavy defense ratings, or both.
A blink tank, on the other hand, focuses on higher than usual evasiveness and / or misdirection effects such as " shadow images ", so as to prevent the damage from landing on the player in the first place.
Depending on the type of fight you are going into, one of these two types of tanks is typically more suitable than the other.
For example, against slower, less accurate enemies, a blink tank is ideal.
In the proper setup, a blink tank will take hardly any damage at all, thus allowing party member resources that would otherwise be focused on the survival of the tank to be directed elsewhere, such as increasing DPS or enfeebling the enemy.
Conversely, against faster, more accurate enemies, a blood tank is typically the tank of choice.
A blink tank typically can not withstand nearly the damage a blood tank can, so in cases where damage is unavoidable, a blood tank usually fares much better.
In Final Fantasy XI, blood tanks are of the Paladin and ( to a lesser extent ) Warrior classes, and blink tanks are of the Ninja and ( to a lesser extent ) Thief classes, although recent changes to the overall level cap and abilities of certain classes have expanded what classes can tank in certain specialized situations.

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