What Atmas Do You Use?

[ThaiChi]

I'm with the general consensus with the RR/GH/Apoc. But throughout all the abyssea I've done, the combination has changed a lot. When I only have 1 lunar abyssite it was no question, Razed Ruins was the way to go. When I got my 2nd lunar, I threw on Voracious Violet to balance out the Blade: Jin modifiers. The more I played with it I realized after Razed Ruins, the 2nd atma became situational -- if I had to tank, I needed Cloak and Dagger or Siren Shadow. Then I got 3rd abyssite and put VV back on. Yay, best of everything, Blade: Jin damage surprisingly unaffected... Then I got Apoc, and shortly after, my Kannagi and Blade: Hi. I'd determined that the crit damage bonus for RR really made up for whatever STR I had forgone from not using VV, and my evasion set was upgraded rather rapidly in the course of the last lunar abyssite and my Kannagi; enough to warrant me almost never needing to use C&D or SS (I say almost because Tunga is a pain in the ass to land hits on, as is Indrik, but I forget which one has attack and which has accuracy).

I eventually landed on Gnarled Horn for 2 reasons: the most obvious being the AGI modfier for Blade: Hi. The other being for the 20% crit rate that caps me on capped hit rate in conjunction with the 30% from RR. Apoc's instant cast is reason enough to use full time, while it is unpredictable, it has invariably saved my ass on several occasions. Always on reraise is nice because if I happen to screw up, I can Mijin and in a matter of seconds I can jump back into the fray and the only cost to MP (if that even matters) is the cost to put up haste, shell and protect back on me, which I can't do myself. And no mage can ever tell me that I should always carry my own reraise scroll/earring/hairpin, I do anyway, but its nice to not have to spend gil for those items.

The combination of those 3 atmas turns my equip setup into a flurry of Katanas much like hundred fists but faster because of the high % of double attack from /war, atheling, epona's, twilight belt, brutal. Tack on the reported 15% triple attack and my attack rate turns into what my LS mates have referred to as "seizuring". But really what really changed the way I approached NIN is the aftermath from Kannagi. I find myself building a level 3 aftermath and just riding the autoattack. ODD procs on crit damage are sweet, and for the most part, it looks almost like I have hundred fists and mighty strikes on.