Perfecting Nin

So I just finished 90 kannagi yesterday (hurray!!), but now I am trying to decide what else I really need to work on before I can finally say my nin is done. So any advice on the following gear sets would be great. We'll assume all inside abyssea for now.

TP:

WS:

EVA:

And a set I'm a big proponent of.. the Eva/Haste combo set:

Anwig: AGI+4 DEX+4 Crit hit Dmg+4% WS DMG+4%
B. Haidate: Currently crit hit dmg+4% store tp+3 resist slow+4 (trying to exchange the resist slow for some AGI but taking awhile)
Sieryu Kote: Currently crit hit rate+2, store tp+1 (Shooting for better of these stats)

If parry isn't close to cap, fugacity mantle may be better. Also, why no Ungur on full evasion?

Was just assuming you would keep tathlum full time to keep tp but can swap ungurs and sekka+2 of course for higher eva if holding or something.

good call on fugacity back, never seen it, but my parrying is high enough that I think I will just continue with Boxer's.

good fricken luck. i can't find one to save my life =/.

I just assumed full evasion you want to avoid as much, and for the haste/evasion, you'd have some kind of support, which would make tathlum seem more plausible there. Just thought you mixed the two up is all.

One on AH on Bismark at the moment.

/raaaaaaaaaage

If you need any direction in "Perfecting NIN" you should visit Upbeat's (ODIN) profile and items sets. Virtually every possibility covered there, from Haste to a *** convert set for NIN/RDM.

Usu body and hands got more eva btw.

Not if you're counting AGI too...

Usu hands don't, you forgot the AGI from the gloves.

This, though if you don't wanna go that far, at least setup a nuking/enfeebling setup. Never forget about Ninjutsu.

I wasnt, wasnt even sure if these two were any better just mentioning them incase they were just missed.

Personally I'd rather use Usu for the counter, chances are you'll have near max evasion vs the mob anyways. Although the harness he does have might beat usukane for the sheer fact of increased crit damage, at least in my opinion.

Blade: Hi-


Mixed Eva-

For TPing, I prefer AF3+2 legs + Usukane feet over BHaidate + AF3+2 feet. It maintains capped haste, and the STP on Usu feet shave one hit off what you need for 100% TP (11 vs 12).

EDIT: The hit # includes the 3 STP on your BHaidate. Even with the crit damage+%, AF3+2 legs + Usu feet slightly beat BHaidate + AF3+2 feet, though the difference is minimal.

I just don't see how crit hit dmg+4% could possibly be beat by the store tp on usukane.

My reasoning is that store tp is a lot more ineffective on a job like nin vs 2 handers. Triple Attack, Double Attack, dual wield all work against store tp in that they can make it so that youre 12th hit is arriving simultaneously as your 11th. I'm sure figuring the math on this would be quite easy, but I have to go for now, but i'd estimate it at least 75% that this happens in abyssea. So yes the store tp may be useful 25% of the time but that won't out due crit hit dmg+4% imo.

Do you have any math?

^my rant on Store TP from another thread.
edit: and more!

Because critdmg, like most everything else, is subject to decreasing returns. You're already at 45% during TP phase. Further, you're not just sacrificing Store TP. You're also sacrificing ~10 attack.

It's really not. 2handers are also subject to TA/DA causing TP overflow, and while DW does cause overflow on the offhand it may get you to 100 TP at the end of a round as well. If anything Store TP is better for non-2handers because every bit added will have a positive effect on your average rounds to WS.

I can confirm her statement. Only time Haidate/Iga is better than Iga/Usukane is in situations outside Abyssea where the 20 DEX gained has a significant impact on critrate, and you need a high STP augment to really give it an edge. They're comparable in high critrate situations outside Abyssea, with Iga/Usu pulling ahead in low critrate situations.

Glad to know I'm not missing much by not augmenting mine then.

Except for potentially the best Hi/Jin legs inside and outside abyssea?

I disagree with a few of your choices, they're not huge though.
You're at 41 subtle blow in your evasion set (assuming merits), and most likely cap dodge rate on most things. You can cap subtle blow with traits (+25), merits (+5), rajas ring (+5), heed ring (+7), torero torque (+9). This would be +51 subtle blow, enough to cap at both 50% and w/e fractional cap above 50 but below 51 that there may or may not be. Heed ring can be ignored in favor of alcide +1, or alcide +1 can be swapped for usukane, though I believe alcide +1 and a free ring slot would be better than usukane paired with heed ring.

Also, I don't know if you're a spellcast user or not, but if so, there are definitely times when shadow belt should be swapped with anguinus for Blade: Hi. Potentially when berserk is down, or on particularly defensive NMs.
Also various obvious stuff like swapping chainmail for ningi during marches, etc.
Very solid overall, just adding some more uh, nebulous stuff I guess.

Edit: Yeah, usukane and hakama +2. *** bees though, for real.

Orrrrrr he could use Myoshu.

Myoshu is cool and all, but I think not having to bother casting it and have better stats as a result is cooler. By making the switch, net change would be +5STR/DEX/STP, +12 subtle blow, +6acc, +3INT, -7 AGI, -6.5 or 7 evasion, depending on AGI amount.
Outside abyssea the -7AGI might result in slightly less net subtle blow, but within abyssea you'll more than likely be capped.

Has anyone parsed the difference in dmg from Tobi +2 over lvl 90 Kannagi? I would assume the numbers to be very different making Kannagi far superior to the tobi +2? Just curious?

Higher base dmg and +10-15 AGI, it will be alot higher

Seeing as I don't have usu boots, is it safe to assume that b.haidate with crit damage and af+2 boots is the best I have at my disposal? I am obviously working on usu boots, but it's turning out to be a fairly hard challenge.

lv 90 Kannagi also rapes in DoT cause of aftermath. Thats what really sets the true emp from WoE