whats the best subjob for DD at 90?

[Ryozen]

/RDM is the premier support job for Charged Whisker burning.

With proper gear, buffs, and atma, BA+Charged Whisker can deal upwards of 5-6k damage to everything within range.

The damage dealt is limited only by how many mobs one can gather together (or have gathered together) within the 2:00 recast on Burst Affinity.

Total damage dealt per minute could easily exceed that of typical sword-swinging, CDC-and-spell-spamming /NIN damage dealing.

If the above is true, then /RDM is the premier damage-dealing support job.

[kenshyn]

Yeah rdm is ok if your aoeing but heck I get those same numbers doing it /thf /nin whatever its more atma then sub job and if ur doing it solo or not charged whisker on glavoid and see how far that gets u.

[Prothscar]

If the above is true, then /RDM is the premier damage-dealing support job.

charged whisker on glavoid and see how far that gets u.

This. I've already said that /RDM is best for whisker burning, in fact I have an entire guide on the subject. As kenshyn said, try doing that on anything other than AoE burn mobs. It won't work.

[Ryozen]

Never once did I suggest using Charged Whisker on a single mob.

I was providing a literal answer to the question proposed in the thread topic, albeit not in the manner that the OP had probably intended.

[Ryozen]

And by definition, you won't get the same numbers /THF or /NIN as you would /RDM, as they do not provide Magic Atk. Bonus II.

[saevel]

Difference between MAB I and MAB II is 4 MAB, which after everything is said and done is less then 4%. Assuming 30 MAB in gear and 50 MAB from Ultimate Atma and no Memento Mori (just for simplicity), 100 MAB vs 104 MAB. (2.04/2.00) = 1.02, or 2% difference. The more MAB you get the less that 4 MAB from sub means. In actual use the difference will be non-perceptive, you'd need a parser over a few hundred casts to detect any difference.

/NIN = DW3, DW3 = 25% DW. Shadows are ok for the times their useful, otherwise I couldn't care less.
/RDM (/THF, /WAR, /WHM) = DW2 = 15% DW

With Suppa you get 30% DW vs 20% DW.
100/70 = 1.428 (42.8% increase in DPS from DWIII)
100/80 = 1.25 (25% increase in DPS from DWII)
1.428/1.25 = 1.1424, DWIII is effectively 14.24% Melee DPS increase over DWII. The points you save from not having to set DWII you can spend in +10% DA, where as /RDM would be required to spend both the points for DA and DWII. Normally I'd give RDM more credit for it's free MAB, but MAB can be as low as 3 points with 4 being more common using Dream Flower.

Honestly the only way I can justify /RDM is if I need to use healing magic. Blue cures are calculated ~exactly~ the same way White Magic cures are. Thus having healing magic skill from sub significantly enhances the amount of HP cure on all healing spells. WoP / H.Breeze / P.Embrace / M.Fruit are all pretty powerful when your /RDM or /WHM.

[Atomic_Skull]

DW3 has only further cemented /NIN as the only subjob for 1H DD's

[Fyreus]

I've always used /nin then i found this amazing sub called /dnc. I personal use it for utility and it also offers the missing 5% weapon delay (without tp penalty lol) but since this update it's been pretty good on zerging something real quick. WS > cast > reverse tp DURING melee > WS > cast. I haven't tested CA > cast during azure lore (incase anyone asks you can't blu cast > blu cast for self sc) but in the end it's really situational.

If you're fighting something that hits fast, aoe spell/tp/ws, or terribad enfeebles and you're a blu main then this sub definitely helps. If doing abyssea then you can also /rdm especially if aoe farming for ki. The list simply goes on and on even as th3 /thf.

[Neisan_Quetz]

Er what? Using steps/flourishes lowers your DoT pretty badly especially since you're not a dnc main, so you aren't getting that delay reduction for 'free'.

[kenshyn]

Well /thf for me is pretty much all win went from doing this on bombs farming for ft seals:



To Farming time on worms in La thiene:



So to me sexy is back in play again...