Ninja/Red Mage Is it good?

[Galilei]

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[Raydeus]

Once upon a time I soloed as NIN/RDM all the way to Ni. After getting Nikkariaoe and using Aquaveil I'd rarely get interrupted, plus I'm a Fast Cast addict.

Does this have anything to do with the OP? I have no idea, but for soloing xp NIN/RDM was great. :thumbsup:

[Galilei]

Cool! Thanks :D

[eticket109]

It's decent enough for solo but you'll be hard pressed to get a party with it. People will expect you to be NIN/WAR and tank

[Galilei]

How about Ninja/Thief?

[Raydeus]

Not unless you are farming.

[Taskmage]

nin/rdm is pretty good after you get Ni elemental ninjutsu and before you could get Magic Attack Bonus II from /blm, prodided you're willing to shell out for ninja tools. So from about 40-59 I guess. You get an MAB trait which gives your spells 20% more damage, 10% less wait time between utsusemi or elemental wheel casts from the Fast Cast trait, and if for some reason the spell damage doesn't hold hate on its own you get Bind and Blind too. Magic defense bonus and sleep at 50. Be warned though, it's extremely difficult and expensive to play, and it's likely you'll run into people who don't understand the combo that will deride you or try to talk you out of it.

[Malacite]

^ What T.M. said.

It's also great for BCNM 40: Under Observation. By lv 60 it's not really that great anymore though, since you'll be missing out on berserk and double attack from /WAR and MAB II from /BLM.

If you *really* are obsessed with fast cast though, it could be used at 70+ along with haste gear and a Loquacious earring for some crazy fast ninjutsu spamming, but that's ridiculously expensive and IMO, only really worth it on /BLM for the damage boost.

[Dragonsword]

I sub /whm or /rdm whenever I solo for exp. Also note that you have stoneskin which will take one hit from EP with almost no interruption on your shadow casting.

[Ryoii/Nonomii]

Fast Cast and MAB significantly improve your performance when using Ninjitsu at Lv40 capped battles. What I'm curious about is soloing as NIN/PUP. I believe a puppet with the WHM head would have Cure III when you hit Lv42.

[Sevv]

nin/rdm allows me to solo alot of things when I can't get help. Stoneskin is a major plus when soloing that nm you know is gonna hit ya.

[arkaine23]

Seems good for soloing.
Stoneskin (stack mnd where you can to boost this)
Phalanx (-8-10 damage taken depending on Enhancing skill @75)
Aquaveil (less interrupts of ninjitsu casting)
Dia/Bio (dots and defense/attack down)
Protect/shell (some extra defense and magic defense)
Cures/Regen
MAB +20 (stronger Ni nukes, to compare /BLM is +24 after the 2nd trait)
Fast Cast (recast reduction of 5% @ 30, 7.5% @70 , and double that reduction to cast times)
Mainhand a dagger to recover mp with Energy Drain
Comparing to /BLM for a nuking build, /RDM offers way more utility. /BLM offers only +4 MAB and Bio I/II. Either sub can generate enough hate to tank in the 40's from nuke spam.