RDM and Eminent Staff

[Doombringer]

in general, between Chant du Cygne and Requiescat, sword has better weaponskills.

you mentioned vorpal blade, and how it performed fairly well when you could get it? CDC is essentially "vorpal blade, but better" it uses dex instead of strength, but it has double the bonus from that mod, and higher FTP. (and swapping from str to dex isn't even necessarily a bad thing when you consider they can both crit, and amping up your dex will also improve the crit rate on CDC)

requiescat is a little more of a special case, but in the right situations with the right gear it's fantastic. it has a fairly rare trait amongst weaponskills in that it copies it's first hit ftp to all subsequent hits. using the correct elemental belt/gorget combo is equivalent to adding an entire extra hit to the ws (more if you're dual wielding) and while a mnd mod isn't ideal, it's something an rdm should have no problem stacking. it's one issue is the attack penalty. at 100% tp your dmg is calculated as if 20% of your attack stat was sacrificed to the aether. if you're getting outside buffs this is a non issue, leaving REQ with nothing but a 100% secondary mod and outstanding FTP, but if you're solo it can hurt and might push things back into CDCs favor.


all that being said though, if you're in abyssea, and you DON'T have CDC, and you're dual wielding (therefore don't have vorpal blade) evisceration is probably competitive just due to how well crit weaponskills combine with crit atmas.