Quote Originally Posted by Sylvina View Post
Since when does MNK ever outdamage SAM? isnt SAM the highest or 2nd highest personal dps class in the game?
Theoretically, no, even if gauging optimal builds and compositions of each. BLM is first, then MNK is barely, barely second, in a pure dummy fight. In actual logs as well, MNK has higher personal dps than SAM in 3 out of 5 of the Savage fights this tier, and even over BLM in some. Monk is less susceptible to desync from party coordination / less dependent on party-coordinated burst, and then has a decent portion of rDPS atop it's neck-and-neck, if not outright superior, pDPS.

Hopefully SAM will get some small buffs and that will change, but for the moment, SAM is merely among the top 4, depending on the fight, despite having no contribution despite its pDPS; it's undertuned.