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Since level 1 I've been playing Bst/Whm and finding it quite awesome for soloing. Unfortunately, a lot of equipment slots have to go towards +mana to make this work well. I'm a mithra beastmaster, so my mana total is acceptable and quite useful with several +mana items.
I got an invite to help a party slay the dragon to reach rank 3. This made sense since at the time I was exactly level 25 beastmaster. Anyways, for an experiment and since it seems to be regarded fairly well and we had a whm, I decided to try sub ninja instead for the battle.
Well, let's sum it up like this:
Dark Knight swings (GWD) connects for 58 damage.
Beastmaster axe hit for 36
Beastmaster axe hit for 32
HareFamilar hit for 42
Repeat that about 8 times and the dragon as dead. I didn't lose a single hp because of blink. Harefamiliar did his special attack for over 100 damage (foot kick). I was doing more than twice the damage of the drk. Among one handed weapons, axe has the best damage, so dual wield can crank out some impressive damage.
Anyways, we slayed the dragon in about 3 mins, and then I warped back to my spot to resume levelling as bst/ninja to use my remaining shihei. I found myself being able to kill tough mobs faster as ninja than as whm, and I was able to get better exp chains without restings.
So here's my notes about this combo:
-Without the need for +mana gear, I was able to equip more strength, dex and evasion gear.
-Without needing to use juices for mana, I was able to eat meat mithkabobs continuously.
-With whm sub my axe was hitting for 20-25 damage.
-With nin sub my axe was hitting for 30-35 damage (twice).
-By using utsusemi once or twice per battle, I was able to tank the mob and finish killing it once my pet had died off without losing any much hp at all.
-Once I had completeled my exp chain (usually chain #1 or #2) the downtime to fully recover my hp was much longer without cure spells. However, with whm, I had never been able to do chain #2 at all before needing to rest. Ninja just kills mobs so much faster than whm sub, important for exp chaining.
-Loss of protect spells and -a spells hurts, losing cure spells hurts but good use of utsusemi covers most of the lost healing.
-Ninja also has enfeebles (although not until higher level).
Anyways, I would use this as a subjob in a party any day without hesitation, it makes for a MEAN damage dealing addition to any party with a familiar greatly adding to the damage and pushing it to ridiculous levels. You can take a few hits or pull even easier with utsusemi and stealth, ninja adds a decent boost to evasion compared to whm, or so I felt. Soloing it is quite good as well, allowing you to finish mobs off quicker with better damage as long as your time in combat remains short. In a prolonged fight, ninja will get the beats where a whm could cure themselves, and block decently with shield, and hurt a bit less with protect.
Anyone else have good experiences with this subjob?
I got an invite to help a party slay the dragon to reach rank 3. This made sense since at the time I was exactly level 25 beastmaster. Anyways, for an experiment and since it seems to be regarded fairly well and we had a whm, I decided to try sub ninja instead for the battle.
Well, let's sum it up like this:
Dark Knight swings (GWD) connects for 58 damage.
Beastmaster axe hit for 36
Beastmaster axe hit for 32
HareFamilar hit for 42
Repeat that about 8 times and the dragon as dead. I didn't lose a single hp because of blink. Harefamiliar did his special attack for over 100 damage (foot kick). I was doing more than twice the damage of the drk. Among one handed weapons, axe has the best damage, so dual wield can crank out some impressive damage.
Anyways, we slayed the dragon in about 3 mins, and then I warped back to my spot to resume levelling as bst/ninja to use my remaining shihei. I found myself being able to kill tough mobs faster as ninja than as whm, and I was able to get better exp chains without restings.
So here's my notes about this combo:
-Without the need for +mana gear, I was able to equip more strength, dex and evasion gear.
-Without needing to use juices for mana, I was able to eat meat mithkabobs continuously.
-With whm sub my axe was hitting for 20-25 damage.
-With nin sub my axe was hitting for 30-35 damage (twice).
-By using utsusemi once or twice per battle, I was able to tank the mob and finish killing it once my pet had died off without losing any much hp at all.
-Once I had completeled my exp chain (usually chain #1 or #2) the downtime to fully recover my hp was much longer without cure spells. However, with whm, I had never been able to do chain #2 at all before needing to rest. Ninja just kills mobs so much faster than whm sub, important for exp chaining.
-Loss of protect spells and -a spells hurts, losing cure spells hurts but good use of utsusemi covers most of the lost healing.
-Ninja also has enfeebles (although not until higher level).
Anyways, I would use this as a subjob in a party any day without hesitation, it makes for a MEAN damage dealing addition to any party with a familiar greatly adding to the damage and pushing it to ridiculous levels. You can take a few hits or pull even easier with utsusemi and stealth, ninja adds a decent boost to evasion compared to whm, or so I felt. Soloing it is quite good as well, allowing you to finish mobs off quicker with better damage as long as your time in combat remains short. In a prolonged fight, ninja will get the beats where a whm could cure themselves, and block decently with shield, and hurt a bit less with protect.
Anyone else have good experiences with this subjob?
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