Which melee DPS can keep itself alive the most?

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Every melee DPS has Bloodbath, but many of Reaper's strongest skills don't actually benefit from it (Communio is a spell, Gluttony, Unveiled Gibbot, etc, are all abilities). It has no special advantages with Bloodbath.

almost everything

Did i really need to quote myself

Arcane Circle is weaker than Riddle of Earth on Monk. The shield is only 10% of your maximum HP. The HoT is only 250 potency in total (50 potency for 15 seconds, which is 5 ticks) and it can't crit heal.

Take note of this we will comeback to is

Second Wind is 500 potency and CAN crit heal for reference on how weak the HoT is.

What did SW have to do with anything, I can crit on everyone also if your banking on it criting to prove a point I dont think we are in the same conversation.

so not only does it prevent more damage but it won't fall off before it can be fully broken if you mistime it.

Skill problem not what were talking about

SAM has the worst personal mitigation of any melee DPS. It just doesn't really have anything anymore besides Third Eye and Third Eye sucks. Its Bloodbath healing is great during its burst, but it's not reliable since the rest of the rotation is relatively low potency.

its not a RoE or AC but it does what is needed reduce a big hit SAMs sustain comes from being able to get your help back to full very fast meaning I kill you before you can kill me

DRG's just pretty terrible in terms of survivability. At least it doesn't have the lowest magic defense of any job anymore, though. Its Bloodbath healing is probably better than NIN's at least?

After remembering that they have 2 life surge and high armor I have to place them above NIN and fighting with SAM now I do apologize to the DRG mains

If i were to rank each one it would be like this

It was my opinion don't jump down my throat