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    Recently I've been getting into debates with NINs I know about the best way to tank various HNMs and to almost 90% I've talked to the general consensus is that evading HNMs is not very efficient and your gear should generally be +VIT.

    Then I found an intresting website:
    http://rukenshin.livejournal.com/9212.html#cutid1

    -Used primarily for HNMs/NMs also, and sometimes when I need to hold something for a certain amount of time.. It gives me about +114 evasion with blinding potions (always with my HNM gear) and nighttime, with +30 or so AGI.. Usually don't wear the rasetto feet though, and hands too.

    Main: Wind Staff
    Sub: -
    Ranged: Ungar Boomerang
    Ammo: -
    Head: Emperor's Hairpin
    Neck: Evasion Torque
    Ear1: Bat Earring
    Ear2: Bat Earring
    Body: Scorpion Harness
    Hands: Seiryu's Kote/Rasetto Tekko
    Ring1: Mermaid Ring
    Ring2: Bomb Queen Ring
    Back: Nomad Mantle +1/Toreador Cape
    Waist: Survival Belt
    Legs: Koga Hakama/Arhat's Hakama+1
    Feet: Fuma Sune-Ate/Rasetto Sune-ate

    It's fun to play with, it gives just about any mob I've tanked a considerable accuracy cut.. Even Vrtra misses pretty often when I do this, brings his accuracy to something like 60% ish. The most fun though was holding the Orc Overlord NM for 40 minutes with this setup, the biggest chain of misses stretched to 18 in a row. XD
    Evading Gods
    (Anonymous)
    2005-10-21 04:10 am UTC (link)
    With all the +Evasion gear that you have (I believe that you mentioned you hat +114) how often would you say you evade attacks from the sky gods? Byakko specifically, but I'm wondering about all 4 (-Kirin).

    Thx ^^

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    Re: Evading Gods
    [info]rukenshin
    2005-10-21 04:15 am UTC (link)
    In full evasion gear if I can land blind on them I evade about 40-70% of attacks, it fluctuates a lot... Same story for the other HNMs and such.
    What about you guys? Does this hold true for other races besides Elvaan and how well does it work?
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    Re: Evading HNMs

    with a full evasion/agi build + mambo x2 and march x2, those numbers seem about right for a taru. however, holding hate is a bit different story.

    most nin go with the vit/dmg reduction build b/c they use arhats gi. then stack on the enmity also to help hold hate.
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    • #3
      Re: Evading HNMs

      enimty is established by macroing it in sololy for provoke and ja. With this meathod ruke holds hate and tanks at a higher level.
      http://kofman2155.blogspot.com/

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      • #4
        Re: Evading HNMs

        yes, macroing works also. but i find that many nin just tend to not want to do that and go for the full enmity/vit/dmg reduction rather than evasion/agi. it seems to be more solid that way.
        Omni@Remora: NIN75 RNG75 MNK75 COR75 BST64 BRD53
        ♪♫ San d'Oria Complete ♪♫ ZM Complete ♪♫ CoP Complete ♪♫ AM Complete ♪♫

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          Re: Evading HNMs

          i never thought of going insane with my macros like he has done. but it has definately given me new direction..

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