The Ninja Superthread

[Best-MNK-NA]

Your BIS slot list isn't actually BIS.

This is as far as I can tell: http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/OTEF

Gives up some VIT for 2-3 stats worth of DEX depending on your stat weights. Not sure where your stat weights came from (or the MNK ones, would love a source for why that's been updated) but NIN and MNK most certainly do not have the same stat weights. NIN benefits from crit far more than either melee dps - they attack faster than DRG and have significantly less auto-crits than MNK.

Opener is missing X-Pot and applies Mutilate before it gets buffed by Trick attack. Try:

Huton (pre-pull, 10s) > BfB > SE > IR > GS > X-Pot > DE > Suiton > SE > Trick Attack > SF > Kassatsu > Mutilate > Raiton > SE > Mug > GS > Jugulate > AE

[Dervy]

Gives up some VIT for 2-3 stats worth of DEX depending on your stat weights. Not sure where your stat weights came from (or the MNK ones, would love a source for why that's been updated)

Weight's will update periodically each time there is an item level boost. The purpose of weights are to adjust for the latest item level increase. Each increase of ilevel will provide x Job with a different potential stat-load out. On top of this, the values of each weight will shift depending on the reach of stats with the ilevel increase. The weights of SS/CRT will increase as the DET increases. The weight of WD will decrease as our weapons WD increases - but the weight increases as our Primary stat (str/dex) increases. For example with Dragoons, in ilevel 110/patch 2.2, the Dragoons base Skill Speed was much higher. Therefore, the value of 1 Skillspeed per Strength decreased. We also had much lower DET. Come patch 2.4 with ilvl135, our gears base SkillSpeed absolutely plummeted and DET was increased a lot more. Therefore, the value of Skillspeed and Crit absolutely exploded.

Also this patch, the ilvl:STR ratio increased by a metric tonne, increasing the value of WD a lot more.

[Manu-Kesna]

Hello! I want to start maining Ninja for this expansion and I would love some tips on how to get better and what would be the optimal rotation and that kind of stuff. Thanks for the help

[Korashy]

Hello! I want to start maining Ninja for this expansion and I would love some tips on how to get better and what would be the optimal rotation and that kind of stuff. Thanks for the help

A few pages back someone wrote down the optimal rotation. They also have a pretty decent guide in their signature. NIN is a fast playstyle that can heavily punish your dps for mistakes, so it's not for everyone.

[Shadow12000]

A few pages back

Why isn't the initial post being updated? Or if the poster is no longer around, why hasn't a new superthread been started for the expansion?

[treuhavik]

Why isn't the initial post being updated? Or if the poster is no longer around, why hasn't a new superthread been started for the expansion?

Apologies to all my fellow Ninjas out there. I've been away for a while and in coming back I've found myself with less time than I previously had. Fret not, though, Leggerless, aka LordTiberiusRex, the author of Ninja: Heaven-Sword, will be creating a new thread to keep you all better informed.

In the meantime, I've band-aided the OP with a few updates and quotes straight out of the aforementioned guide. I hope it's enough to hold you all over until the new thread is ready.

[LordTiberiusRex]

Public announcement? I too live dangerously.

I'm going to pull something like a Dervy with Ninja, folks.

[Phireblast]

What's the ideal DPS I should be aiming for? Last night I ended up with 457, then when i left combat to end the parse, I had 448. Here's my lodestone to give you an idea about what gear i'm using:

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...acter/7183123/

[FyrmurlFloerasksyn]

What's the ideal DPS I should be aiming for? Last night I ended up with 457, then when i left combat to end the parse, I had 448. Here's my lodestone to give you an idea about what gear i'm using:

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...acter/7183123/

Is that with party buff/food/pots etc?

[Phireblast]

Is that with party buff/food/pots etc?

No foreign buffs, no.