From what I understand...

dLVL and weapon damage are the most effective DPS modifiers. Next is STR and INT to their respective caps and finally ATK (ACC thrown in as needed).

My question:
Will the MNK GC weapons w/o the use of sanction be more beneficial than Ifrit’s Claws? I am from The Maelstrom so we can use the Storm Sergeant’s Hooks as the example.

Storm Sergeant’s Hooks:
DMG = 132
Delay = 3.3

Ifrit’s Claws:
DMG = 131
Delay = 3.3
ATK+30
Chance to inflict fire DMG.

Before I spend weeks attempting to determine which is better through parses…
Can anyone shed some light on this?

My initial thought is that it will likely be a wash trading +30ATK and Fire DMG for +1 Weapon DMG. Currently I use the Hooks with sanction and I ask the question for instances where I die during a run. Would it be better to switch back to Ifrit’s Claws?

Thanks