Quote Originally Posted by valsemiel View Post
Also, for any nerds like me who like looking at this stuff. Here's a 1513 MNK parse in A3S. It's basically full mastery of Momo Ten's strategies (same Opener, RB adds, TK > PB) and being augmented by a shit ton of Diadem gear (797 Crit, 657 Det, 615 SkS). Still really impressive though. I always knew MNKs had the potential to outdo BLMs there (it currently beats the highest non-AST BLM parse by around 10).
NIN also looks to be magnitudes above DRG for a MNK's personal DPS. Some of his bursts during the Trick Attack + Hypercharge combo are crazy high and Goad is really a lifesaver for both you and your BRD/MCH- perhaps even negating or dampening the blow of having no Disembowel by lowering the amount of Paeon/Promotion played. It makes me question whether the MNK/MNK/NIN/MCH or MNK/DRG/NIN/MCH meta will come into play next tier after the Chinese group used it to great effect in their i190 A4S kill as well as Lucrezia in their A3S speed kill to an extent (MNK, NIN, MCH, BLM). Barring any obvious benefit of a caster (LB3, physical damage invulnerability/resistance, or spatial restrictions), I honestly think this is one of the better compositions which groups unfortunately do not build around. I think if the MCH buffs are good enough, we'll start to see more diverse lineups rather than the current gold standard of DRG, NIN, BRD, BLM.
MNK/MNK/NIN/MCH is probably a non starter, at least for progression, the DPS gain of a MNK/MNK is probably not big enough to offset the DRG/MCH buff and how the double classes will effect the LB gain.

I think the biggest thing that will be good for MNKs is the PLD buff. If PLD/WAR becomes a good go to for Midas then a Mnk will be a good addition for Dragon Kick, since there is no delirium.

Personally I'm trying to see the potential of Smn/Blm/Drg/Brd. From the video shown, it looks like the actually battle maps for Midas might be much bigger than Gordias, so ranged might be good when you have to handle a mechanic on the other side of the arena.

I think we'll see MCH/NIN/DRG/MNKs push for world first though if groups start getting stuck at DPS checks.