Sam in HNM?

[Tomato_Kai]

I've been leveling mnk for a little while now, and reading guides, I've learned that the job I enjoy so much is fairly well rounded as far as DD's go. However, I've come to also understand that MNK aren't typically brought along to HNM's because of their lower "per hit" damage vs. their DoT. So, my next thought was "Well, how good would Sam be?"

So, that's my question. How well does SAM fit into HNM's?

(I'm asking because I've noticed a startling gear similarity between mnk and sam, and that one could cover the gaps left by the other fairly efficiently. Seems like a great way to gear up two jobs at the same time and cover all my bases.)

[IfritnoItazura]

At the very least, SAM/THF can be used to TA weapon skills onto the tanks, getting TP from Meditate instead of meleeing. Or, the SAM wait for opportune time to run in and skillchain, for the BLMs to magic burst big nukes. Sometimes they do so with another SAM (or some other melee), sometimes they're called to self SC Light.

Can't just engage and swing katana on every fight, but SAM definitely is useful.

[Selphiie The Enchantress]

Ifritnoitazura got it

Sometimes they sit outside the alliance while they meditate up (unless its just one alliance) and they get invited to TA onto the tank once they got their 100TP. Even when Meditate is down they usually sit there with opo necklaces and sleep potions to build tp in between meditates. HNMs is almmost 99% SAM/THF though so make sure you have a /thf subjob leveled. They aren't there for the DOT damage they are there for the skillchains and huge spike damage. Alot of different linkshells use SAMs differently, its really all up to your LS, but i know the majority of (good) Linkshells require their SAMs to come THF for big spike numbers.

[Tomato_Kai]

Hmm, good info to know :O

Got sam this weekend, yay!

Unrelated, but worth mentioning: I also got nin, rng, and Rank 4 all sunday evening. A very very helpful LSmate helped me out :D

[Nataka]

What's the best G.Katana for HNM use with the exception of relic? And I guess the Futsuno Mitama, lol.

would it be the Kumokirimaru? Kumokirimaru - FFXIclopedia - a Wikia Gaming wiki (http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Kumokirimaru)

or the Onimaru? Onimaru - FFXIclopedia - a Wikia Gaming wiki (http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Onimaru)

[Sevv]

OK HNM as in real Hnm. Your looking at Sam/War with Overwhelm merited fully, as well as the G. Katana you would want is Hagun. If you want a full gear set i can lay it out for you.