Katanananana

[Ankiseth]

I've got a question for the NIN that hang around here.

Senjuinrikio & Mamushito+1
Senjuinrikio & Fudo
Unji & Unsho

Which is the best combination to use? I have a very heavy DEX setup (Thunder Rings, Haidate, Crit Merits), so I've been using a Senj and Mamu cause it's the highest dmg, but have been considering the other options.

Any opinions/parses?

[Zigma]

Mamu+1/Mamu+1.


I'm planning up working on relic katana sometime in the near future.

[threevo]

DD setup why would u uses 2x mamu. +crit% > 38base dmg

[Zetah]

Fudo + Senj for me! I only use stun katanas while soloing. Compared to other ninjas though, my melee gear is subpar (wyrm gear good though), mostly because I don't have Byakko's Haidate and an Osode. I don't like Unji/Unsho, as they don't provide the higher probability of landing criticals on your three strikes of Blade: Jin. Also the dmg is a lot lower for those weapons, so even though WS damage may potentially do more from the str (lol), the crit+ makes the ws damage more consistent and your second swing is doing more damage, which leads to more damage overall.

Fudo = highest base katana DMG, which can lead to higher Blade: Jin
Senj = higher chance of critical for Blade: Jin, and more criticals in general. Just because you have +20 DEX or whatever doesn't mean you should stop on crit+.

[vudoodoodoo]

Senjuinrikio + Rai Kunimitsu = +11% crit rate up.

[Demetrick]

Unji & Unsho

That was my favorite, quick delay, like 221 on both? and 240 for anything else? (pulling that outta my butt)
Though i think your attack rating will be higher, (because of the STR boost) and those other nice boosts to boot, but you'll hit less/time compared to Shito+1.

I never had the chance to have that r/e +6% crit. katana, but 2x Fudo's and 2 crit+ merits seemed good when farming or killing easier things.

when i would farm Elder Goobes the +2 subtle blow option was awesome, IMO, but on exp mobs like ... well anything that a random chance to stun is a good thing (bomb toss, other JA/TP moves) > all, IMO.

i would carry around 6 katana, Unji/Unsho, Fudox2, shito+1x2, just depends on what situation, IMO.

[Zetah]

Offtopic for a second -- but -- have any of you ninjas with 250+ parrying fought any wyrms lately? I fought Ouryu the otherday and parried 13 times in like 25 minutes, one time being two times in a row... I also threw on Yasha Tekko for enmity most of the time which made parrying 258 for me actually. Parried Tiamat and Jormungand a lot too.

[Demetrick]

/cue the ninja that posts here with capped parry in his sig.

[Epical]

/cue the ninja that posts here with capped parry in his sig.

Wasn't that you? Either that or your names are really similar. ><;

[Onizuka]

/cue the ninja that posts here with capped parry in his sig.

Yea his insane, Parring is a BITCH to lvl!! having capped parry is a dream

Ohh and i would go with fudo+Senjuinrikio

/cue the ninja that posts here with capped parry in his sig.

Wasn't that you? Either that or your names are really similar. ><;

Yea i thought it was him too when that guy first put up the sig, their names are just really alike and their both Ninja's XD

[threevo]

its demetrios(sp?)

[Zetah]

Demetrios, Galka PLD + NIN. Defending Ring. lol, I hope to have capped parry someday. Only 16 levels to go. People that go from PLD to NIN have the highest chance of capped parry. :D I should work on shield too, but, in my eyes there's little reason to bring PLD to stuff unless you're fighting Fafnir or certain NMs in sky.

[Chumbelina]

I use Maushito+1 and Senjuinrikio in parties and stuff. I regret selling my both of my Fudos just before the price spiked from 300k => 1.5mil then of course it's dropped to 750k-800k now.

Senjuinrikio is really good because ofthe +6%crit plus i have two merits in crit+ and a I'm Mithra, so usually crit like 2/5 times on normal attacks. Gear is pretty gimp though lol. No god gears, no haste+. I use SH pretty much. STR gear since my DEX is crazy-high anyway, and eat sole sushi (dunno if i have a better option.. suggestions?)

Never broken 1k on Blade: Jin yet.. but I did get 999 once =/

[Demetrick]

its demetrios(sp?)

LOL i wish it were me, and ya, its Deme~something

/hurray mistaken identity

my parry wasn't even 200+ after being 75 for a long time. like 185 or something gimped lol

[Zetah]

orz yeah. People that level NIN first actually have surprisingly low parrying even if they do shit to level it all the time (some NINs have like 220 parrying after doing HNM for a year), and I don't solo that often either, but people that play PLD first get parry skill ups real easy from using Flash since incredibly high chance of evading the next 1-2 hits, and parrying is somewhat related to evasion I think. I hit 75 NIN in July and parrying is doing really well.

[Onizuka]

Demetrios, Galka PLD + NIN. Defending Ring. lol, I hope to have capped parry someday. Only 16 levels to go. People that go from PLD to NIN have the highest chance of capped parry. :D

< Drk to Nin I had like 130 or 140 parry became unpapped at like lvl 40 >.< evasion was 220 became uncapped at lvl 66 =)

[Zetah]

Darks already have a decent amount of money on-hand before doing another job though, melee jobs more expensive than most jobs. I did PLD and PLD requires a lot less money than other jobs (wassup AF armor 52-73 and still use Gallant Surcoat for end-game), so around 60 or so I was slightly overwhelmed with money and had to like stop for a sec and just grind ENMs, threw happy egg too on accident while running to Peacock Charm BCNM because I thought I had Ungur Boomerang on, then continued. Sold some PLD stuff too, when PLD doesn't have much to sell anyway.

[Xavier]

People that go from PLD to NIN have the highest chance of capped parry. :D

Long story short I started off pld with 144 parry from sam, finished pld with 189 parry, took up nin and finished off nin around 210 parry, took up war and now my parry is 220.

Theres definitely something about PLD that gives massive parry skillups, I think its because evasion checks before parry and pld doesn't evade much at all.

On subject, whenever I play nin, which is pretty rare since we don't use them to tank hnms, I go fudo + stun, mainly because I don't have the 6% crit katana =(

[mdn]

fudo/sen is best xp katanas
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/1689/jin10sg.jpg
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/6973/jin29kt.jpg

for soloing, mamushito+1x2 is best

[Onizuka]

Darks already have a decent amount of money on-hand before doing another job though,

Yes and by lvl 24 i had spent over 4mil on the job by 57 i had to stop for the 6.2 SH(at the time, was 7mil 1 day after i bought mine lol) and at 65 for 1.2mil evasion tourq, So i hsd to stop every now and them for money which sucked ; ; if i took pld 4mil would last me till 73 if not 75. I always liked that pld got everything they needed in their af and could spend all their money on pimp accessories


PS: Mdn thats some pimp nin dmg you got their 8)