Which melee DPS can keep itself alive the most?

[YojimboM]

Monk has the highest eHP of any melee DPS job. Riddle of Earth has a ridiculous amount of HP value. In savage raid content, or really any content, Monks are typically the lowest damage taken of all party members by far if Riddle of Earth is used properly. Mitigation is equivalent to healing in that it completely negates a % of damage you take. So, it is always effective healing, as opposed to normal healing skills that could result in an overheal. For example, Life Surge on Dragoon is needed within the rotation and should never be used for survival, which means it frequently overheals and results in no additional survivability.

Not to mention Monk played at its best historically deals nearly the highest personal DPS in the game (currently behind BLM and SAM only), which means Bloodbath is far more effective, particularly during its burst.

Sort of hard to properly utilize, but Mantra is utility no other melee DPS provides for healing, too. The 10% healing increase is small but I have seen cases where it has actually prevented deaths during savage prog by making shields slightly stronger, when health gets dropped to quadruple digits or lower from AOE or other things.