Originally Posted by Electricity Gone Human  |
BLU/WHM and BLU/RDM are very good when either you or the party would like having the following:
/WHM: Debuff-removal spells, much more base MND for Healing Breeze, Wild Carrot and Death Scissors (strangely enough).
/RDM: Fast Cast trait, some more INT for debuffs and Magic Attacks.
Also, I wouldn't worry about /NIN in EXP situations, because you really won't be doing much damage compared to /THF, /WAR or /DRK. Thus, even I wonder why most BLUs even bother subbing /NIN in EXP for reasons other than Dual Wield and Utsusemi. |
First off: MND does not affect Death Scissors. I dunno where you got that. The mod on Death Scissors is STR60%.
Secondly: a BLU can take hate very easily, regardless of sub. You compare it to /THF, /WAR, and /DRK. Well, THF sub will take hate unless they Trick Attack whatever they are SAing, /WAR is only a tanking combo (Attack Bonus, Berserk, Warcry, etc. only affect your sword damage, which, while nothing to ignore, is not nearly as high as spell damage), and /DRK is much like WAR sub, except that Souleater can be used with Blue Magic (I think... I don't have DRK leveled, so I haven't tested this myself). Personally, I went /NIN most of the time throughout the levels. In the earlier levels (30-59), it was partly for Utsusemi, but mostly for the extra stat-boosting offhand weapon and slightly higher DPS. From 60-70 I mainly used /THF. I always had to be careful about taking hate, but it worked. I tried /THF once I was 71 and got Savage Blade, and I kept nearly getting myself killed. From there on, it was /NIN only.