Quote Originally Posted by Gamer3427 View Post
They do, but the initial impression of SAM based on the potencies are that it's like MNK, but on steroids, in terms of personal damage. I also wasn't stating anything as fact, just speculating as well, since right now speculation is all we have. We know some of the raw potencies, but we won't know how it all works out in practice until a few weeks from now.
To be fair, SAM will probably be better viewed than HW monk just because they do a slashing debuff, which is infinitely more useful than blunt.