Closed Position

This article is about the PvE action. For the PvP action, see Closed Position (PvP).

Closed Position

Acquired

 DNC (actions)

Level

60

Type

Ability

Casting

Instant

Recast

30s

Range

30y

Radius

0y

Targeting

None

Patch

5.0

Grants you Closed Position and designates a party member as your Dance Partner, allowing you to share the effects of Standard Finish, Curing Waltz, Devilment, and Finishing Move with said party member. Effect ends upon reuse.

— In-game description

Closed Position is an action unlocked at level 60. It is available for Dancer.

Related actions

• Ending
• Standard Finish
• Curing Waltz
• Devilment
• Finishing Move

Notes

• This action changes to Ending (which removes Closed Position and Dance Partner) after being used.
  • Standard Finish and Esprit granted to the Dance Partner will be removed. The dancer's own Standard Finish and Esprit buffs will not be removed.
• Generally one Dance Partner should be assigned for the entire encounter without changing. Exceptions are if the Dance Partner is KO'd (in which the dancer should switch immediately) or during downtime before certain phases in Ultimate raids wherein a specific DPS may be much stronger in the upcoming phase.
  • A quick way to select a Dance Partner in Duty Roulette content would be to pick the DPS with the highest HP (if there is a large difference), as this would indicate much stronger gear. Otherwise, jobs with high burst damage, typically melee DPS or pictomancer, should be prioritized. After combat has initiated, the Enmity List will roughly indicate which DPS is doing the most damage, at which time a switch may be called for.
  • Switching Dance Partner on DPS death is recommended due to the powerful effects of Weakness negating any benefit from Closed Position.
  • Similarly, dancers should avoid partnering a Tank or Healer unless all other DPS are dead, have Weakness, or Brink of Death. In this case, tanks are usually better options over healers.
    • It is important to note that healers can generate significant amounts of enmity through AoE healing actions. This does not necessarily imply they are doing the most amount of damage.
  • If there are two dancers in a dungeon, each dancer should partner each other as most buffs from Dance Partner will stack.
  • In an full party, if there are two or more dancers, they should not partner the same player as the buffs do not stack.

History

• Patch 6.0 (2021-12-07): Changed "allowing you to share the effects of Standard Finish, Devilment and Curing Waltz with said party member." to " allowing you to share the effects of Standard Finish, Curing Waltz, Devilment, and Tillana with said party member."
• Patch 5.01 (2019-07-15): Fixed an issue wherein the Closed Position status would not be removed upon loss of connection.
• Patch 5.0 (2019-07-02): Added.