FFXIV New Weapons for 9 Classes Preview (Updated)

Conjurer | Gladiator | Lancer | Pugilist | Archer | Thaumaturge | Blacksmith | Miner | Marauder

Marauder

Marauders specialize in using great axes, which pirates use to attack enemy ships or during their pillage parties on land. Although stigma related to this pirate weapon still exists, there are also many heroes who have made a good name for themselves and this weapon by using it to great effect during wars and monster extermination. The axe cleaves through defenses; it destroys the shields of its foes and knocks its opponents out with powerful blows. The marauder also has access to throwing axes, like Franciscas, to use until the close the gap between them and their enemies.

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Tools of the trade: Axes
The weight of the weapon is what gives it its destructive power in every blow. Information for two axes has been released this time: the double-edged type labrys and the single-edged war axe. I wonder what each of their strengths are in battle?

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Focus your strength! Turn the tables in your favor with one wide-reaching mighty blow!!

Abilities
Bloodbath: Strengthen your thirst for battle with the blood of your enemy (Damage done on your next attack restores your HP)
Powerful strike: Put the weight of the axe behind your blow to drop it in a mighty strike (Increases critical hit chance)
Defender: Defend with your axe (Raises physical defense at the cost of attack)
Disorient: Work up a dust cloud with your axe (Drops the enemy's evasion)
Unyielding march: Stomp steadily forward (Continue moving, although slowly, even if restrictive magic is cast on you)

Weapon skill
Skull sunder: A strong, disorienting blow to the head (A slicing attack that leaves damage. Charging the skill widens its range)
Stump splitter: An axe blow that could cleave a redwood in two (A slicing attack that is especially effective against plant-type enemies)
Fracture: Grab an enemy's attack and prevent further big attacks (When used after deflecting an enemy's attack, does bludgeoning damage and disable's the enemy's weapon skills)
Brandish: Cleave an area with your axe (Slash attack to all enemies in the surrounding area)
Iron tempest: Make your axe sing like a whirlwind (A donut-shaped wind-elemental attack with you at the center)

Developers' comments: Power over quantity, land that blow!

I: This is a class who can change the flow of battle with a single, powerful hit. When there are a lot of enemies, though, they can still dish out a number of attacks without charging their power.
S: Though they are more powerful than other classes, their axes' accuracy is much lower than other weapons.
O: They'll also have to predict where their enemies will be and get into position early, because they have many attacks that must be used from a fixed position instead of moving around.