Job Vision: Watch paint dry

[Dallas]

And that's all before even considering the actual Melee jobs' exclusive gear (SMN maxes out at 23 haste from gear, EVERY dedicated melee can hit 26 comfortably alongside other relevant stats) and job abilities/traits which can't be subbed.

SMN gets its CHOICE of: 15% Haste, 30-50 Acc, 30 Att, 22 MAB (Cata), 24% DA, ??% Crit Rate

No subjob, not counting any gear. I consider all of these to be relevant melee stats.