How is Ninja DPS endgame?

[Krindor]

Nin is now second in personal DPS once BiS with the new gear. DRG got gear shafted so the rank is now MNK > NIN > DRG.

[cynical_baby]

I really hope that it will get better with the new gear. Until now (old gear) NIN ist the worst/last personal DPS for the new raid tier (not talking about raid buffs). lets see how that changes.

[FinaSel]

Did you mean Duality + Aeolian Edge?

When I have a Warrior in the Party using Storm's Eye, I have a lot more time to use Aelion Edge, because I don't need to think about Dancing Edge.
But I oftentimes find myself close to losing Huton, but I have a Trick Attack and Duality available, so I pop Duality --> Trick Attack --> Armor Crush if I need it. Unless I have a Warrior, I find I often do.

Otherwise I will use Aeolian Edge.

[Lastelli]

Do you guys know if there's an optimal threshold for sks on ninja? Or is it better to just have sks as low as possible?

[DarkerOrange]

As close to 0 (354) as you can get. 3.4 BiS is 488 SkS I think.

[Lastelli]

As close to 0 (354) as you can get. 3.4 BiS is 488 SkS I think.

thx for your answer. Does the new bis look something like this? I was just playing a little bit with ariyala and this is what I've come up with.

[Dogempire]

I know this thread is a bit old but so far I've gotten ninja to 55. My only gripe about the class is that every time I get a new skill my rotation gets jumbled up and I go through a period of being confused on how to incorporate the new skill.

Being a DPS is so confusing with all the buttons.

[DarkerOrange]

thx for your answer. Does the new bis look something like this? I was just playing a little bit with ariyala and this is what I've come up with.

http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/W446

This is what I've come up with, using the the new weights Krindor posted on reddit a couple of days ago. (It's actually 444 SkS, not 488, and I'm using Baked Pipira Pira, cos I'm cheap, lol.)

[Darkstride]

I know this thread is a bit old but so far I've gotten ninja to 55. My only gripe about the class is that every time I get a new skill my rotation gets jumbled up and I go through a period of being confused on how to incorporate the new skill.

Being a DPS is so confusing with all the buttons.

Every job has to adapt as they gain new abilities...

There really isn't much that affects the core rotation or priorities on Ninja after 50. You still need Huton up, you still want the Slash debuff active, you still want your DoTs active, etc etc. There's nothing new, really.

The addition of Armor Crush just alleviates the need to recast Huton, but it shouldn't be making anything more complicated, you just use it when you need it. The same goes for the remaining abilities. Smoke Screen and Shadewalker are situational, Duality you use whenever it is up and you can pair it with Aeolian Edge, and Dream Within a Dream you just weave into your rotation.

[Lastelli]

http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/W446

This is what I've come up with, using the the new weights Krindor posted on reddit a couple of days ago. (It's actually 444 SkS, not 488, and I'm using Baked Pipira Pira, cos I'm cheap, lol.)

Oh, so this time around it's us nin that have to wear that ugly ilvl260 piece of gear when all the rest is ilvl270? ;_;