Nin are better tanks now?

[Kaeoni]

Mnk has more HP, which is pretty game breaking when some moves can and will 1 shot any other job.
Nin has 4-5 shadows, Migawari and its respective de-buffs.
Thf has it's evasion but is limited being able to only sub ninja when tanking.

Drop rates red blue and grellow processions aside its just what you need at the time for what you plan to fight. All 3 of these jobs make holding hate a non issue, Atma's take care of that.

So if you don't have Sentinel's Scherzo you might want to go with a monk, however if your ninja is intelligent enough to know how to manage Migawari he can not only lessen the blow of an attack, but totally evade dmg that would have otherwise killed him. If none of this is the case, the world revolves around drop rates, Thf far out does both ninja and mnk in that department while barely skimping out on kill speed, and who cares about a minute or two more kill time on something if what everyone is looking for actually drops.

[Alderin]

Mnk has more HP, which is pretty game breaking when some moves can and will 1 shot any other job.
Nin has 4-5 shadows, Migawari and its respective de-buffs.
Thf has it's evasion but is limited being able to only sub ninja when tanking.

Drop rates red blue and grellow processions aside its just what you need at the time for what you plan to fight. All 3 of these jobs make holding hate a non issue, Atma's take care of that.

So if you don't have Sentinel's Scherzo you might want to go with a monk, however if your ninja is intelligent enough to know how to manage Migawari he can not only lessen the blow of an attack, but totally evade dmg that would have otherwise killed him. If none of this is the case, the world revolves around drop rates, Thf far out does both ninja and mnk in that department while barely skimping out on kill speed, and who cares about a minute or two more kill time on something if what everyone is looking for actually drops.

+2. Every job has their place.

I disagree however with Migawari being the be-all and end-all. There are only a few NM's around that can 1-shot a ninja tank. Not saying they don't exist. Even if we are talking about +2 body pieces here, a hume ninja with cruor buffs and no HP atmas have about 1700HP. That means the mob has to take about 1300+HP in order for the attack to be anulled. Sure the odd NM does that, in fact I may be understating it by saying the "odd" NM does it, as there are a few - however with a spell duration 1/2 the recast time, it has to be reasonably timed in order to be worth it. I would just drop a DD atma and wack on a HP atma if there was a risk of being 1 shotted.

I believe that a good ninja always has shadows, and only gets hit if the mob's TP moves wipe / ignore shadows. That is when a WHM comes in handy. I with a recast timer of 30 seconds (or less depending on gear), you have quite a bit of time to wait for :Ni to get back up. Hell I am not even talking about :Ichi here. That is esentially only 15 seconds you have to survive before you can recast shadows.